TikToker

noun

Tik·​Tok·​er ˈtik-ˌtä-kər 

variants or less commonly tiktoker

plural TikTokers also tiktokers

: a person who creates and uploads videos on the TikTok online video sharing service

There's a legion of YouTubers and TikTokers who chronicle their day-to-day challenges and escapades while living out of their cars and vans.

—Moises Mendez II

Examples of TikToker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Need to Know One TikToker came up with a creative hack to nap on planes without using a neck pillow. — Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026

Tangent More than 40,000 people have reportedly pledged nearly $27 million to rescue and nationalize Spirit Airlines after a TikToker’s joke went viral. — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 4 May 2026

The chief executive even recently collaborated with TikToker Max Klymenko, the creator behind the viral Career Ladder series, for a video now topping 4 million views. — Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026

Bri Silva, another TikToker, posted a video also showing the approach worked to calm her daughter. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2026

According to TikToker Marcelo Wang, who explained the phenomenon to Western internet users in a viral clip, the Jenner trend is all about manifestation. — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

2018, in the meaning defined above