TikTok Went Down Today Leading Users To Panic Thinking They'd Lost All Their Followers And Videos

TikTok suffered an outage this morning, with users around the world unable to access videos posted to their profiles and the profiles of others. Just like Tuesday, when Discord and Spotify went down for several hours, TikTokers flocked to Twitter to vent their frustrations and fears. Inevitably, those frustrations and fears took the form of memes and reaction images.

me omw to stalk myself and then seeing all my post r gone bc tiktok is down #tiktokdown pic.twitter.com/VgGg633QI0

— tubbotaker (@tubbotakerr) March 10, 2022

Me rn because TikTok is down. pic.twitter.com/rixcUCdc8g

— Stacie (@Stacie0307) March 10, 2022

The outage began in the morning East Coast time, meaning that many users on the app woke up and started their days with the raw adrenaline shock of seeing their TikTok posts no longer loading, all their followers gone and none of their videos displaying. Some feared the worst.

why I had a whole panic attack like I did something wrong and was banned cuz my #TikTok was down just to realize everyone account is down too lol #tiktokdown pic.twitter.com/F5pLTliKXt

— The Female Invader Zim (@modelesque_nic) March 10, 2022

POV: you wake up and all your tiktok posts are gone. #tiktok #tiktokdown pic.twitter.com/NLDVZJefO1

— goggleboy🤿 (@g0ggleb0y) March 10, 2022

me running to twitter to see if tiktok is really down or if my internet is tweaking #TikTok #tiktokdown #tiktok pic.twitter.com/dQ1wj8l79M

— anthony essa (@atx_anthonyyyy) March 10, 2022

Many users immediately went to other social networks in order to check whether TikTok was down or not. Upon finding out the outage was a global event, many breathed a sigh of relief as memes and reactions flooded platforms like Twitter in response to the outage.

Me when i find out tiktok is down for everyone and not my wifi 😂💀 pic.twitter.com/2xf5Zhs341

— 鷲 (@AetosMatzio) March 10, 2022

As of noon EST, TikTok has still not issued any comment on the outage. But users online were taking measures to restore service via their own creative means. Memers also reported that the same "highly skilled" team that was photographed at work on the servers of Spotify and Discord earlier this week was on the scene at TikTok headquarters.

Me manifesting so TikTok works again #tiktokdown pic.twitter.com/VxU7HYPXLD

— 𝑘𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑎🐳🏓 (@KarBondare) March 10, 2022

How someone at TikTok headquarters Finna be when they find out it’s fucking up #tiktokdown pic.twitter.com/nQAduNSUVX

— (Philly4LiFe)North🙏🏾🅿️ (@philly215bull) March 10, 2022

Many compared this current outage to Tuesday's issues with Google Cloud, griping about the inconveniences caused by both events and speculating that the outages were not a coincidence. Some users blamed Russia or speculated about a potential cyberattack.

spotify finally working again vs #tiktok being down the next day pic.twitter.com/7f2RpEqQn8

— sophs (@soffixe) March 10, 2022

Twitter went down, Spotify went down and now TikTok has gone down.. Russia really taking all apps down

— ‘ (@Burner6ix) March 10, 2022

While the majority of reactions to the TikTok outage were negative, some posters argued that it might have some positive consequences as well.

Today will mark the most productive day in years as TikTok is down.

— People Party (@LotsaJustice) March 10, 2022

Like the outage from a couple of days ago, and those of the past like the October 2021 Facebook and Instagram outage or the 2018 YouTube outage, this morning's TikTok outage is yet another in a long list of social media services going down, and it won't be the last.