Question 1

What is a viral score?

Accepted Answer

It is how many times more views a video got than the creator usually gets. A score of 4.2x means the video did 4.2 times the creator's median views. Comparing a video with the creator's own videos, not with everyone on the platform, tells you whether this one broke out for them.

Question 2

How is the creator's usual reach worked out?

Accepted Answer

We take the creator's last 20 videos that are at least two days old, leave out the video you are checking, and use the median views as their usual reach. We also show the percentile: where the video ranks against those recent videos.

Question 3

Which links does the viral score checker support?

Accepted Answer

TikTok videos (including vm.tiktok.com and vt.tiktok.com short links), Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts. Paste the link to a single public video. Profile and channel links will not work.

Question 4

Why can't some videos be scored?

Accepted Answer

Two reasons. A creator with too few public videos has no usual reach to compare against yet. And we only score videos posted in the last 30 days, while they are still collecting views. In both cases we still show the video's own numbers.

Question 5

What counts as viral?

Accepted Answer

We call a video viral at 5x the creator's median views or more, outperforming from 2x, on par from 0.8x and underperforming below that. These are rules of thumb for comparing a creator with themselves, not platform-wide thresholds.

Question 6

Is the viral score checker free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. You can check up to 5 videos a day without an account. Checking the same video again within an hour is free and doesn't count towards the limit.

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