BY MIKAYLA SHULTS In 2018, more than 1 billion videos were viewed every day on TikTok. With covid restrictions, kids have been spending much more time on social media apps than in 2018. It is important to know what children have access to online, so we asked some students from SLV, Scotts Valley, Oasis, and BCE what they have been watching on TikTok. Most, if not all, said they watch dancing videos. The most popular dancer on the app is Charli D’amelio, with over 120 million followers. If your kid is on TikTok, there is no doubt that they have seen her videos. There are many more creators like her who millions of people watch daily. Dancing is not the only thing that users do on this app, so let’s look at the most popular answers from our kids.
Baking and Cooking - @ballehurns makes vegan recipes look easier than any cooking show on Food Network. Dancing - The #dancing has been viewed 19 BILLION times on the app.
Fashion and Art - Although TikTok was created for dancing, art has taken over with the #art being seen 187.7 billion times. Singing - It seems like every day there is a new singing challenge circulating, and every video including the #singingchallenge has led to almost 4 billion views combined.
Lifestyle and Day in the Life - There are over 130 different hashtags including the phrase “day in the life”. This became popular on YouTube, and is now condensed into 30 second videos on TikTok.
Dancing - Bailey, Anaya, and Maiya all watch and make dance videos. Lip Syncing and Singing - Anaya and Maiya both lip sync in their videos. Day in the Life - Bailey creates day in the life videos most often.
Storytelling and Advice - Anaya watches a lot of “funny and relatable” content, and Maiya watches basketball videos. They take advice from these and use them in real life.
Making Art - Bailey makes crafts, while Anaya uses makeup and clothing as her artform. Maiya masters the skills in basketball, with motivation fromTikTok.
Bailey Shults makes videos about pampering her animals, baking for friends and family, and dancing with cousins. She has over 5,000 likes from her lifestyle videos! She usually spends most of her time on the app watching her following page, rather than the For You Page. There she gets ideas from cooking, dancing, and art videos. Anaya Sutcliffe watches lots of dancing videos on TikTok, so of course her favorite videos to make are dancing ones. She also lip syncs in most of her 15-30 second videos. Her views range from 500 to 2,200. She’s pretty much TikTok famous with 14.5k likes! Maiya Armstrong watches and follows other teenagers who share similar interests with her. She watches dance videos and creates them, too. Basketball is one of her passions, and TikTok has pages and hashtags for every sport you can imagine. Maiya also loves lip syncing in her videos!
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