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53% -- share citing appetizing food as top factor for TikTok users (2025)
53% of survey respondents cited 'the food looks appetizing' as a top factor driving restaurant visits or orders from TikTok.
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53%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Geography
Global
Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
MGH
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Tier C
https://www.trykitchenhub.com/post/business-in-the-age-of-tiktok-how-short-videos-influence-food-con… ↗
Source Article
How Short Videos Influence Food Consumption and Restaurant Experiments | KitchenHub Blog
By Tanya Alipchikova
If your restaurant isn't on TikTok, you might not be doing it right.
Well, if the reason for that is not wanting to support China, that is understandable, and I respect that.
But when there is no explanation, and the only excuse sounds like “I am too old for this… thing” or “I a…
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MGH
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MGH survey on factors driving restaurant visits from TikTok
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IndustryFood & Beverage
RegionGlobal
RoleAll marketers
Channelsocial
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TikTok users: 53% share citing appetizing food as top factor. Source: MGH (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/tiktok-food-video-appetizing-factor
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