Poll: Do you use TikTok as a search engine?

We’ve seen a few experiences in the previous few months about youthful folks utilizing TikTok as their search engine of alternative for some queries. More particularly, it looks like customers are more and more turning to the video platform for searches associated to enterprise queries (eg eating places), tutorials, and extra.

So with that in thoughts, we thought we might ask you whether or not you used TikTok as a search engine. Let us know by taking the ballot beneath, and go away a remark if you’d prefer to elaborate in your search habits.

We can perceive why TikTok is likely to be more and more standard for searches like eating places, for instance. Food is a fixture on visual-driven social media platforms, so it is a provided that you’ll discover nice locations to eat in your space with the related search. TikTok’s short-video format additionally looks like a nice match for tutorials.

In saying so, there are some sorts of search queries that merely do not work effectively on the platform. These largely relate to content material not accessible on TikTok, as The Verge notes.

Searches on platforms aside from devoted search engines is not a new phenomenon, although. We’ve beforehand seen YouTube turn into a mega-popular search engine for its movies. A current Android Authority The ballot additionally confirmed that the majority surveyed readers append “Reddit” to their search outcomes, suggesting that Google’s engine is not meting out the specified outcomes.