TikTok is down right now

TikTok is down for some users in the United States of 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 15.

May 15, 2025 - 23:50

If you're trying to load or watch videos on TikTok and it's not refreshing quite right, you're not alone.

So, is TikTok down? It sure seems like it.

Around 4:08 EST on May 15, users started noticing that things were not quite right on the TikTok app, according to Down Detector. (Disclosure: Ziff Davis owns both Mashable and Down Detector.) By around 5 p.m. EST, more than 33,000 users reported errors with their TikTok app on Down Detector.

When Mashable tried to bring up TikTok, we were able to load some videos, but only intermittently. We also repeatedly received loading screens.

Credit: Screenshot courtesy of Timothy Beck Werth

screenshot of mashable tiktok page not loading properly

Credit: Screenshot courtesy of Timothy Beck Werth

Meanwhile, users on X are not happy.

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It's unclear what, exactly, is causing the app to glitch. TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Mashable.

We'll update this post if we receive more information. In the meantime, you can check Down Detector for the latest user error reports.

While TikTok was briefly banned in the United States earlier this year, we have no reason to believe this outage is related to that ongoing political dispute.