During the third quarter of 2022, approximately 20 million TikTok accounts were removed from the platform due to suspicion of being operated by users under the age of 13. During the last measured quarter, there was a staggering 51 percent increase in the number of fake accounts removed from the platform, with 51 million fake accounts removed from TikTok in the third quarter of 2022.
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TikTok. (December 19, 2022). Number of TikTok accounts removed from the platform from 3rd quarter 2020 to 3rd quarter 2022, by reason [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 21, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308893/tiktok-accounts-removed-by-reason/
TikTok. "Number of TikTok accounts removed from the platform from 3rd quarter 2020 to 3rd quarter 2022, by reason." Chart. December 19, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308893/tiktok-accounts-removed-by-reason/
TikTok. (2022). Number of TikTok accounts removed from the platform from 3rd quarter 2020 to 3rd quarter 2022, by reason. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308893/tiktok-accounts-removed-by-reason/
TikTok. "Number of Tiktok Accounts Removed from The Platform from 3rd Quarter 2020 to 3rd Quarter 2022, by Reason." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308893/tiktok-accounts-removed-by-reason/
TikTok, Number of TikTok accounts removed from the platform from 3rd quarter 2020 to 3rd quarter 2022, by reason Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308893/tiktok-accounts-removed-by-reason/ (last visited March 21, 2023)
Number of TikTok accounts removed from the platform from 3rd quarter 2020 to 3rd quarter 2022, by reason [Graph], TikTok, December 19, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1308893/tiktok-accounts-removed-by-reason/