What does ratio mean on TikTok?

GENERATION-Z reguarly leave milenials and boomers scratching their heads with new slang.

So what does ratio mean on TikTok? Here’s all you need to know…

Ratio and ratioed are phrases regularly used on TikTok

What does ratio mean on TikTok? 

If you have been ‘ratioed’ on TikTok –  it usually means that your comment has more replies to it than it has likes. 

This usually is seen as a bad thing because it could mean that there are more people disagreeing with your comment than there are people agreeing with it.

With this logic it means that usually when someone has been inundated with responses – and hasn’t received many likes – it is safe to assume that they have had a pretty bad take on something.

What are ratio requests? 

Ratio requests are when people request that they receive the same amount of likes and comments on TikTok.

Someone may comment ‘Ratio me 1:1’.

This means if the video has 100 likes then they also want 100 likes on their comment.

People can also request a 1:1:1 which means if the video has 100 likes then they also want 100 likes on their comment – as well as 100 replies.

Is ‘ratio’ used on other social media platforms?

The term ‘ratio’ actually predates TikTok’s popularity.

The term began on another social media platform – Twitter.

If you Tweet something that is unpopular then you may get more quote tweets than retweets.

This is also known as rationing.

​When was tiktok invented?

The brain behind controversial app TikTok is Zhang Yiming.

He is a 36-year-old Chinese internet entrepreneur who is behind successful internet based programmes

In 2012 Zhang set up ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, after leaving his first business.

By September 2016, TikTok had launched in China under the name Douyin.

In 2017 TikTok was available internationally and marketed towards young people.

The app did incredibly well after this, particularly among young people, and in July 2018 managed to have 500 million global active users.

International views on the app are divided as India has banned the app, Trump’s administration threatened to, and Indonesian placed a temporary ban on the app (that is now lifted).

In the UK, the app has been for many a source of entertainment – most notably at the height of lockdown.