There are extra lurkers than creators on TikTok, a latest Pew Analysis Heart examine has discovered. The very fact tank surveyed 2,745 grownup TikTok customers within the U.S. and noticed the accounts and posting habits of 869 respondents.

You are not the one camera-shy person: 52 p.c of adults surveyed have by no means posted on TikTok, and solely 40 p.c have posted a video publicly. In conclusion, a minority of customers make up for almost all of content material on the platform.

Becoming in with the mannequin of power-users on different platforms, posters have interaction way more with different accounts on the platform. The median poster follows virtually 4 occasions the variety of accounts as non posters. The median poster has posted six TikToks and obtained 149 likes. Posters are additionally unsurprisingly almost 5 occasions extra prone to have custom-made their profile’s bio.

The age group with probably the most respondents which have posted a TikTok video is shocking not the youngest set, however the 35- to 49-year-old age group.

Pew Analysis Heart additionally surveyed U.S. adults on what they consider their For You Web page. and the addictive algorithm appears to be working. Roughly 85 p.c of respondents discovered the content material “at the least considerably fascinating,” whereas 40 p.c discover it “extraordinarily or very fascinating.” Solely 14 p.c say their FYPs are “not too or by no means fascinating.”

What movies are placing these respondents off? Is it day-in-my-life movies, sexy cooks, or journey gurus. We could by no means know.