It’s short-form, it’s engaging and it’s talent based. Here is a list of the top 10 countries by user base on TikTok.

Now with over a billion monthly active users, how do countries compare by the number of TikTok users.

In June 2020, TikTok was banned from India over national security issues, where the short-form video app had the largest user base, with 190 million users. Being a Chinese company, it should also be noted, TikTok has a Chinese version of the app called Douyin. Douyin has over 750 million daily active users.

The following data is based on the advertising audience reach numbers published by TikTok’s self-service tools in April 2023. For this reason, number are based on active TikTok users aged 18 and above.


Flag of the United States

1. The United States of America

116.5 million users


2. Indonesia

113.0 million users


Flag of Brazil

3. Brazil

84.1 million users


Flag of Mexico

4. Mexico

62.4 million users


Flag of Russia

5. The Russian Federation

51.2 million users


Flag of Vietnam

6. Vietnam

50.6 million users


Flag of the Philippines

7. The Philippines

41.4 million users


Flag of Thailand

8. Thailand

41.1 million users


Flag of Turkey

9. Turkey

31.0 million users


Flag of Saudi Arabia

10. Saudi Arabia

28.4 million users


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