Can People See Who I Follow on TikTok?

When you head to your profile page on TikTok, or onto the profile page of another user, you are confronted…

When you head to your profile page on TikTok, or onto the profile page of another user, you are confronted with a series of details and buttons.

In between the profile picture and the grid of posts lies three individual headings, each with a number above it.

These read ‘Following’, ‘Follower’, and ‘Likes’.

The ‘Following’ button lets you know all of the users that the profile holder follows themselves – while the ‘Follower’ button tells you which other users follow them.

So, what does this mean for your own information and follower data?

Finding Out Who Follows Who on TikTok

In short, yes – anyone can see who you choose to follow on TikTok.

There are two ways in which they can see who you are following (with one infinitely more streamlined than the other).

  1. The first is by heading to your profile page and clicking on the ‘Following’ tab. This will open a list of accounts that you follow, giving them insight into the users that you choose to follow and engage with.
  2. The second way of seeing who you follow is by noticing or seeking out your username on the ‘Follower’ lists of other users. This is an incredibly time consuming way of determining who you follow.

NOTE: This information is available to any user whether they follow you or not, if your profile is set to public.

If you want to hide who you are following, you will need to change your profile to a private account – or set your following list to ‘Only Me’. Find out how to do both in the next section.

Hiding Your Following List

Set Your Profile to Private

By setting your profile to private, you will protect your ‘Following’ list and other data. Only those who follow you, and who you choose to approve as new followers, will be able to view your content, interact with your videos, and see who you follow (and who follows you!)

You can do this by navigating to your profile and clicking on the menu button in the top right hand corner. Select ‘Settings and Privacy’ then ‘Privacy’ – and switch on the toggle at the top of the page for ‘Private Account’.

Set Your Following List to Private

You can also set your following list to private without making your whole profile private – granting you extra control over what other users can see.

To do this, simply navigate to your profile and click on the menu button in the top right hand corner.

You then need to select ‘Settings & Privacy’, then ‘Privacy’. Scroll down until you see an option for ‘Following List’ and change the visibility setting to ‘Only You’.

This will hide the list to all other users.

So, whether you want to celebrate the accounts you follow or hide them from view, both options are incredibly easy to navigate. We hope this helps!