JD Vance Immediately Trolled Over Return to TikTok

JD Vance has returned to TikTok–but not everyone is happy to have him back. The vice president announced the comeback in a ...

How TikTok keeps its users scrolling for hours a day

Washington Post reporters analyzed data from over 800 TikTok users to learn how the app turns people into power users, some ...

The “watch my egg” TikTok challenge brings back the old-school internet prank

“Watch my egg” seems to have originated sometime in early to mid September, 2025 before quickly spreading across TikTok and ...

TikTok creator guilty of killing woman by dangerous driving

Leigh Sutherland was speeding in a car with defective brakes when he smashed into a Peugeot 108 in Cumbernauld.

Matt Mathews on Trauma, TikTok Fame and Finding His Voice in Music: 'Not Everything Has to Be So Dark' (Exclusive)

"Growing up as a kid, I used to get put out of class because of my mouth," comedian Matt Mathews told PEOPLE. "I would sit in ...

Why Indonesia Suspended—Then Un-Suspended—TikTok’s Operating License

The Southeast Asian country, which has the second-most TikTok users globally, lifted the app’s operating license suspension ...

H-E-B's 98-cent glazed croissant donut is a TikTok sensation, selling out quickly at Texas stores

The 98-cent doughnut has been selling out in minutes at H-E-B stores across Texas since it started trending on social media, ...
Psychology Today

What Is TikTok Doing to Us?

TikTok uses an algorithm that we may know little about, but we do know that its effects on users are often negative.

We teamed up with our audience to measure TikTok’s unmistakable draw

In a unique experiment, The Washington Post collected more than 1,100 TikTok users’ data so it could analyze how the social ...