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90% -- share of total views within 72 hours for TikTok videos (2025)
The median video on TikTok accumulates 90% of its total views within 72 hours.
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90%
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Percentage
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2025
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75
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60
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20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Tubular Labs
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https://greenfroglabs.com/blog/viral-video-definition-metrics-thresholds ↗
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Everyone throws around the word "viral." A client sends a TikTok with 50,000 views and calls it viral. A creator hits 500,000 on YouTube and says the same thing. A brand gets 2 million views on a Reel and the marketing team celebrates going viral.
They might all be right. Or none of them. Because "v…
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Tubular Labs 2025 video intelligence report
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TikTok videos: 90% share of total views within 72 hours. Source: Tubular Labs (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/tiktok-90pct-views-72h-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/tiktok-90pct-views-72h-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>90%</strong> -- share of total views within 72 hours for TikTok videos<br><small>Source: Tubular Labs (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/tiktok-90pct-views-72h-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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