How to repost on TikTok: Repost button explained

TikTok’s repost feature allows users to share content with their followers, but many don’t know that it can also boost your engagement and grow your audience. Here’s everything to know about how to use the repost button.

Videos on TikTok can range from just a few seconds right up to 10 minutes, but all can spread like wildfire with the app’s algorithm, which helps get some videos millions of likes and views.

In 2022, the social media platform added a ‘repost’ button, which allows users to share the videos they like the most with their followers.

Here’s everything you need to know about the ‘repost’ feature on TikTok.

What is TikTok’s repost button?

Simply put, TikTok’s repost feature is a quick way to share any video you find with your friends and followers.

Similar to other social media sites, instead of claiming ownership of the content by publishing it on your account, you’re simply relaying it to your followers through your account. Reposting will still show the original owner of the TikTok clip, but it will be available to your followers on your page.

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How to repost on TikTok

If you want to repost something on TikTok, just follow these instructions:

1. Open TikTok.
2. Find the video you want to repost.
3. Press the share arrow in the bottom right of the screen.
4. On the top row of icons, click ‘Repost.’

As TikTok adds more shareable options to the platform, expect to find more ways to interact with your favorite content creators.

Did TikTok remove the repost button?

Back in May 2022, many users began to report that they no longer had access to the repost button on TikTok, and that it had disappeared from the app altogether. Some were dismayed to see the feature go, as it had proven to be relatively popular with many users.

Is it just me or is the TikTok repost button disappeared?????

— Angie (@angie13158871) May 8, 2022

However, when TikTok initially started introducing the feature at the end of 2021 and the start of 2022, it appeared to only be in a testing period originally. This may explain the reports that the feature was disappearing from the app, however, TikTok has not officially confirmed this.

Regardless, it now seems as though it’s here to stay.

If you want to learn more about how to use TikTok, you can check out our other guides here:

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