In a race of heart winning and attention grabbing every social media platform is trying to do more from the other. Many of those social media Platforms, which were started as video sharing platforms, are now mostly used for connecting with others rather than just sharing the short form content.
TikTok is one of those platforms which can be used in multiple ways.
Messaging with friends is one of its most attention grabbing features which is now more attractive with a new feature of keeping track of messaging consistency with your friends. This new feature has been given the name of TikTok Streaks.
In this Blog, We will discuss all about the TikTok streaks and end by answering the mostly asked questions about it.
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What is TikTok Streak?
Streaks on TikTok help you keep track of your messaging consistency with your friends on TikTok. When you message a person on TikTok for three consecutive days then a streak badge will appear on the chat. This badge represents a streak that has started. The longer you keep your streak going on the more badges you will receive.
How to enable Streak on TikTok to get started?
First of all, TikTok Streaks feature is not available in every country. It is only being tested in those countries where TikTok messaging is common in use e.g USA, UK and Canada.
If you are living in a country where TikTok streaks have been added for use then you can enable the feature by just updating your app.
Once you update your TikTok app you will be able to use the streaks feature. Send and receive back messages from your friends for three consecutive days to start the streak.
Can I disable or turn off streaks on TikTok?
By now there is no direct way or a push button to turn off the feature. However, if you don’t want to keep the streak with a person then you can simply break the streak by not sending message to him for 24 hours.
How to send a streak to someone on TikTok?
First of all, streaks on TikTok start by a process. You can not directly start the streak by the first day. For starting a streak with someone on TikTok:
- Choose a person on TikTok you want to have streak with
- Send him message for 3 consecutive days and don’t delay in sending message up to 24 hours
Can I keep a streak with a person even if he does not reply?
Yes, You can keep the streak even if the person from the other side does not reply to you. It will only break if you don’t send him a message for 24 hours.
How to get Rainbow streak on TikTok?
In the rainbow streak your streak fire icon is replaced with a rainbow fire icon which happens when you keep your streak active for more than 5 days. It will further change its color after more days pass.
Different color streaks show your streak badge representing how long the streaks have been.
What does a Grey TikTok streak mean?
Grey Streak on TikTok is a sign that your streak is at risk of expiring and can expire soon. If you don’t keep the streak by messaging in 24 hours it will expire and you will have to start it again.
Is there a way to restore/recover the TikTok streak if it is broken?
Once your TikTok streak is broken you can’t recover it. Unlike Snapchat streaks which can be restored using the Snapchat plus version, you can’t restore TikTok streaks because the feature is quite new.
There may be an option in the coming time for restoring the streaks on TikTok.
You will have to start the streak again once you have lost it on TikTok.
Does TikTok pay for streaks? Can you earn money from TikTok streaks?
Don’t keep hearing rumors like these. Some people are sharing videos on TikTok and YouTube to fool others by saying that they are earning through TikTok streaks.
No, TikTok does not pay on keeping streaks.
Can I save streaks on TikTok?
No, there is not a direct way to save a streak and start it again whenever you want.
Similar to Snapchat streaks, TikTok streaks are dynamic and you will have to send messages for consecutive days to keep the streak growing.
However, you can keep a screenshot of the streak badge as a reminder or memory.
Can I send Video as a streak on TikTok?
No, Videos or Images don’t count for a message on TikTok as a streak. You will have to send a message to keep the streak.
However, You can send videos in the chat but it will not contribute to keeping the streak.
TikTok Streaks not working: Try these fixes.
If you are unable to start a streak on TikTok then it can be due to the following reasons and you can resolve the issue by solving the problem:
- Your app is not updated: In this case you can simply get the feature by just updating TikTok app
- You are not messaging for 3 consecutive days: You can start the streak by sending messages for three days consecutively.
- You are not in a country where feature is available: You can fix this problem by using TikTok sim Vpn method
How to turn on/off TikTok streaks Notifications?
If you want to get streaks notifications on your screen then you will have to enable display notifications for TikTok. Here is the way to do so:
- Open TikTok settings
- Tap on the ‘Display’ option
- Under this option you will see ‘Notifications’ tab
- Now scroll down to the streaks option and enable streaks notifications
How to know how old a streak is?
You can see the number of days you have been sending a streak to your friend. This number will appear right before the streak icon on the chat.
What is the Highest streak on tiktok?
Tiktok streak feature was started in the beginning of June. Accordingly, the highest TikTok streak is 95 days old by September 5-2024. You can count the date and so on.
The users who started the streaks on TikTok first day are winners.