By CHRIS MELORE, ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Published: 22:15 BST, 15 May 2025 | Updated: 22:29 BST, 15 May 2025

TikTok has suffered a worldwide outage that’s disrupting millions of people trying to watch videos on the app.

The technical issues started around 4:30pm ET and quickly led to thousands of people complaining about the outage online.

Some users noted that the social media platform was claiming that the issues were tied to the users’ internet connection, but the connections were actually stable.

‘TitTok blaming it on me saying I [have] no internet,’ one person wrote in the outage tracking site Downdetector.

The biggest outages have been reported in New York, with other major trouble spots popping up in Washington and Houston.

As the outage stretched for more than an hour, plenty of faithful TikTok users flocked to other platforms to voice their sadness over the social media blackout. 

‘TikTok not working feels like having no internet,’ one person wrote on X.

Other TikTok users have reported that the app came back momentarily around 5:20pm ET, but it quickly went down again.

TikTok has not addressed the worldwide outage on their accounts on other social platforms. 

‘It seems like they’re not talking about it at all, and I don’t even see creators talking about it or noticing it,’ one person said on Downdetector.

This is a developing story. More updates to follow. 

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TikTok is DOWN worldwide as users report issues with watching videos in app

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