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Engagement Benchmarks

What is the average TikTok engagement rate in 2026?

As of 2026-06-29, the median TikTok engagement rate is 8.4%, measured across 150 public videos sampled via the SocialCrawl API. The mean sits at 10.6%, and top-performing videos (90th percentile) reach 23% or higher.

Last updated June 29, 2026

The numbers, right now

Last updated June 29, 2026

8.4%

Median engagement rate

23%

Top 10% engagement rate

10.6%

Average engagement rate

150

Videos sampled

Engagement rate breakdown

MeasureEngagement rate
Median engagement rate8.4%
Average engagement rate10.6%
Top 10% engagement rate23%

How we compute this

Engagement rate is calculated per video as (likes + comments + shares) / views, then the median, mean, and 90th-percentile are derived across 150 public TikTok videos sampled via the SocialCrawl API endpoint /v1/tiktok/search using several broad search queries. Videos with zero views are excluded. The snapshot was last computed on 2026-06-29.

Source endpoints
/v1/tiktok/search
Sample size
150
Computed
2026-06-29

Run this yourself

One API call returns the same live feed we sampled. Drop in your key and go.

curl "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/search?region=US" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_your_api_key_here"
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What is a good TikTok engagement rate?
8.4% is the median benchmark as of 2026-06-29, the dividing line between typical and above-average TikTok performance. Videos in the top 10% record 23% or higher. If your videos consistently beat the median, your content is outperforming most public TikTok posts in the SocialCrawl dataset.
Is the average TikTok engagement rate higher than Instagram's?
TikTok's median engagement rate of 8.4% (as of 2026-06-29) tends to run higher than Instagram benchmarks because TikTok measures engagement against views, not followers, and pushes content to non-followers. A fair cross-platform comparison has to match the denominator: views-based rates on TikTok are not the same figure as follower-based rates on Instagram.
How is TikTok engagement rate calculated in this dataset?
Each video's engagement rate is (likes + comments + shares) / views. The median of that figure across 150 public TikTok videos sampled via /v1/tiktok/search is 8.4% as of 2026-06-29. Videos with zero views are excluded so a missing view count cannot distort the result.

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