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Who Has Viewed My TikTok Profile? Here’s How To Check

TikTok is a viral video app steadily rising in popularity as video takes over social media more and more. The app is comparable to Vine because users can upload short videos to tell short stories, create comedy videos, or showcase something in their life. TikTok also offers a feature few other social media platforms do, allowing users to see who’s viewed their profile.

To check who’s viewed your TikTok profile, navigate to your profile and tap the footprints in the top corner. If you don’t see this option, you’ll have to go to Settings, Privacy, and then change your Profile Views on or off. From then on, you’ll be able to see who’s viewed your profile.

Let’s take a closer look at how to check your TikTok profile view history and how to turn it on or off, as well as the benefits, disadvantages, and limitations of this feature.

How to Check TikTok Profile View History

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Checking your TikTok profile view history is easy, as TikTok has made a point of putting this feature on the front of the profile. This is how you do it:

  1. Open the TikTok app.
  1. Navigate to your profile page by hitting the far right button on the menu bar at the bottom of the screen.
  1. Tap the footprints at the top of the page.

From here, you should then be able to see a list of users that have viewed your profile and whether they follow you. If you can’t see the footprints, you may not have your profile view history turned on. 

How to Turn Profile View History On or Off

If you can’t see the footprints, it’s time to turn the profile view history on. Fortunately, it’s easy, and this is how you do it:

  1. Navigate to your profile.
  1. Hit the three lines on the top right of the screen.
  1. Choose Settings and Privacy.
  1. Choose Privacy.
  1. Scroll to Profile Views.
  1. Turn them on.

You can also come here and turn the profile views off if you no longer wish to see who’s viewing your account.

Limitations of Profile View History

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Some people aren’t allowed to see their profile view history, and accounts must meet specific requirements to be able to turn this on. The requirements are as follows:

  • The user must be at least 16 years old.
  • You must have less than 5000 followers.
  • You must have a public account, not a private one.
  • You can only see the last 30 days.

There are some other things to consider when enabling profile view history. Other users can also see when you view their profile if enabled.

If you disable it, you can view other people’s TikToks, and they will not be able to see you in their Profile Views list.

In this way, it’s comparable to Linkedin’s privacy features.

It’s also limited in the sense that you only see people who also have their Profile Views enabled. So if you suspect someone is viewing your profile and want to look for a specific account name, but they have their account on private, you will not be able to tell if they’re looking at yours.

Benefits of Profile View History

There are some considerable benefits of being able to view your profile history, which are essential to consider.

Know Your Audience

Knowing your audience is vital if you’re trying to grow it. If you want to become an influencer or get your account to be more well-known, it helps to know who’s looking at your TikTok profile.

You can look through the accounts and get a good idea of your demographic.

Engage with Your Followers

It also helps you engage with your followers. Knowing who’s consistently viewing your account lets you know who to prioritize engagement with.

It enables you to make friends or, if that’s your goal, build out your audience and keep loyal followers around who are actively checking in on you.

Peace of Mind

Sometimes, it helps to know who’s viewing your account because you may want peace of mind about your audience and who is following your profile. Some people like to stay in the know!

Helps Set Boundaries

If there are certain users you don’t want to engage with your content or a type of person you’d rather not interact with, it can also be beneficial for setting boundaries.

For example, you can see who’s been viewing your profile and block them before they ever get a chance to interact with you, which can be a potent tool on social media, where it sometimes feels like everyone has access to everyone.

Disadvantages of Profile View History

As with anything, a few disadvantages exist when turning your Profile View on. 

People Can See You’ve Viewed Their Profile Too

If you have your profile view history on, then people will be able to see when you’ve viewed their profile, too (as long as they have less than 5000 followers, as per the restrictions). This can be a problem for some people who want to be incognito or view specific accounts without anyone knowing it’s them.

That’s why you should be aware of your settings as you browse through profiles unless you’re okay with people being able to see that you’ve been on their profile.

It Doesn’t Show Data for Individual Videos

If someone is scrolling through their feed and comes across a video of yours that they watch, you’ll never know except for the view count going up. To show up in your Profile Views, they’d have to click on your account and view the front page of your profile.

The only way you’ll know that the video popped up on their feed is if they like, comment, or interact with it in some way.

This can be frustrating for users who want to know who’s seen specific videos of there, even if that person may not have clicked further into their account.

It’s Easy to Become Obsessed

The last possible disadvantage is it’s easy to become obsessed with seeing who’s been looking at your account, especially if you’re hoping for particular names or accounts.

So some people do better with the feature turned off.

To Conclude

Overall, this feature on TikTok is a great one. It allows you to easily see who’s viewed your account and keep track of people engaging with you, and you can always turn it off if it doesn’t help or you don’t want people to see when you’ve viewed their profiles.