Engagement rate · TikTok TikTok engagement rate calculator
On TikTok most people reach a video through the For You feed, not by following, so engagement is usually measured per view. TikTok’s own creator marketing platform, TikTok One, defines it as likes, comments and shares divided by video views.
- By followers, reach, impressions, views
- Platform definitions cited
- Runs locally
Enter interactions and the audience numbers you have
Leave an interaction empty to leave it out. Fill in any of the four audience numbers; the ones you skip show a dash. For several posts, enter totals and the post count.
Which rate to show as the big number. All four are calculated below.
Interactions and views are totals for these videos.
Reactions, hearts, thumbs up.
Comments and replies on the post.
Sends, shares and forwards.
TikTok One lists favourites separately, so its rate leaves them out. Fill in to include them.
Reposts, link clicks, sticker taps: only if your formula counts them.
Follower count when the posts went out.
Unique viewers, if your analytics shows them.
Rarely available for organic TikTok posts; leave empty.
Total times the video was watched.
Engagement rate
7.00%
The formula chosen above. The four rows below use the same interactions with different denominators.
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Four rates, one post
The same 525 interactions give 3.5% or 6.25% depending on what you divide by. None is wrong; they answer different questions.
By followers
How much of your audience you activate per post. Public inputs, so you can compute it for any account; the standard formula in industry benchmark reports.
By reach
How many of the people who actually saw the post interacted. Better for judging the content itself, because it does not punish posts that reached few followers.
By impressions
Interactions per showing. Lower than by reach because one person can see a post several times. Mostly used for paid posts, where impressions are what you buy.
By views
Interactions per video view. The formula TikTok uses in TikTok One reports and the usual choice for YouTube and short video.
Two benchmarks with sources, two formulas: Socialinsider’s TikTok study (by views, likes + comments + shares + saves) reports a 2025 average of 4.20%; the Rival IQ / Quid 2026 benchmark report (by followers) reports a median of 2.01% per post. Compare your rate by views with the first.
From a post to a comparable number
Pull the numbers from the same report and the same date range.
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Copy the interactions
From the post’s insights: likes, comments, shares, saves. Leave out anything your benchmark does not count.
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Add the audience numbers
Followers on the day, plus reach, impressions or views if you have them. Skip what the platform no longer reports.
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Pick a headline formula
Followers to compare accounts; reach to compare posts; views for video. The other rates stay visible below.
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Average over posts
Enter totals and the number of posts. By followers is averaged per post; the others are total interactions over total audience.
Engagement rate = interactions ÷ audience × 100
Interactions are the actions you choose to count; the audience is followers, reach, impressions or views. Say which, every time you quote a rate.
- TikTok One reporting: engagement rate = (likes + comments + shares) ÷ total video views; favourites are a separate metric
- Total video views = total times the video was watched (TikTok One help); in TikTok Ads, a view is counted when an in-feed video starts playing
- The TikTok API exposes
view_count,like_count,comment_countandshare_countper video, with no saves field - By followers is possible but misleading on TikTok: a video can reach many times your follower count
By followers
ER = (interactions ÷ posts) ÷ followers × 100
525 ÷ 1 ÷ 12,000 = 4.38%
By reach
ERR = interactions ÷ reach × 100
525 ÷ 8,400 = 6.25%
By impressions
ER = interactions ÷ impressions × 100
525 ÷ 10,500 = 5.00%
By views
ER = interactions ÷ views × 100
525 ÷ 15,000 = 3.50%
Interactions
likes + comments + shares + saves (+ other)
420 + 36 + 18 + 51 = 525
One post, six published formulas
A video with 5,200 likes, 140 comments, 260 shares and 1,900 favourites; 80,000 views; 9,400 followers.
| Formula | Counts | Divided by | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| TikTok One (by views) | Likes + comments + shares = 5,600 | 80,000 views | 7.00% |
| By views, favourites included | 5,600 + 1,900 = 7,500 | 80,000 views | 9.38% |
| By followers | Likes + comments + shares = 5,600 | 9,400 followers | 59.57% |
| By reach | — | Viewers, if shown | — |
| By impressions | — | Not reported for organic posts | — |
| Likes only | 5,200 likes | 80,000 views | 6.50% |
The follower-based rate is high because most views came from the For You feed. Formula from TikTok One reporting help (checked 2026-11-10); sample figures.
Where engagement rates stop being comparable
Most disagreements about engagement rate are about inputs, not arithmetic.
Mixing denominators
A rate by reach next to a benchmark by followers looks like a win and is not. Check the formula behind every number you compare.
Ignoring metric changes
Instagram replaced impressions with views (API cut-over 21 April 2025); YouTube counts a view when playback starts from 24 August 2026. Rates before and after are not like for like.
Counting giveaway posts
“Comment to win” posts multiply comments. Leave them out of an average or report them separately.
Using today’s follower count
For older posts, followers at the time of posting is the fair denominator. A fast-growing account understates old posts with today’s count.
Engagement on the platform, results on your site
TapCub does not read your social accounts. It picks up when someone clicks through: the social channel and campaign are kept on the visitor, and the visit is followed to sign-up, order or subscription.
Campaigns and UTM
Sessions, conversions and rate per campaign, source and medium, so a post’s link can be judged on what it brought in.
Learn moreFirst and last touch
See whether social introduced customers who bought later through another channel.
Learn moreOn-site engagement rate
The content template’s engagement rate: likes, comments, shares and favourites ÷ content views on your own pages.
Learn moreEngagement rate questions
Still have a question?
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How do I calculate TikTok engagement rate?
Add likes, comments and shares, divide by video views and multiply by 100. That is how TikTok One reports it. 5,600 interactions on 80,000 views is 7.00%.
Are favourites (saves) part of TikTok engagement rate?
Not in TikTok One’s formula, which lists favourites as a separate metric. Some benchmark studies include saves. Fill in the favourites box only if you are comparing with a source that counts them.
Why is my TikTok engagement rate by followers so high?
Because TikTok distributes videos to people who do not follow you. Interactions from those viewers are divided by your follower count, which can push the rate far above other platforms or even over 100%. Use views for TikTok.
Does TikTok Studio show engagement rate?
TikTok Studio shows views, likes, comments, shares and favourites per video. The engagement rate defined by TikTok itself is in TikTok One campaign reporting. For your own posts, calculate it from the Studio counts here.
What is a good TikTok engagement rate?
By views, Socialinsider reports a 2025 average of 4.20% across brand accounts. By followers, the Rival IQ / Quid 2026 benchmark report gives a median of 2.01% per post. Match the formula before you compare.
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Find out what the engagement turned into
Tag the links in your posts and TapCub shows the visits, sign-ups and orders each one brought.