Explainer-What is so special about TikTok's algorithm?

The content recommendation algorithm that powers the online short video platform TikTok has once again come under the ...

ByteDance’s agreement to sell TikTok puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the ‘For You’ page works and what’s to come

With a change of ownership in the works, TikTok’s algorithm – the secret sauce of its success – is going to be reset for US ...
Politico Europe

Anatomy of a scroll: Inside TikTok’s AI-powered algorithms

This article is part of a series, Bots and ballots: How artificial intelligence is reshaping elections worldwide, presented by Luminate. When Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, many sought updates from ...
Los Angeles Times

How the TikTok algorithm created new words like ‘unalive’

Adam Aleksic has somehow managed to make linguistics cool. His rapid-fire videos have attracted an audience of millions across the social media universe. A Harvard graduate with a linguistics degree, ...
British Vogue

What Does Your TikTok Algorithm Say About You?

Sometimes, while scrolling through TikTok – as I did for a horrifying 17 hours and 53 minutes last week – I’ll have a strange out-of-body experience. I’ll see a video, chuckle, then move on to the ...
BBC

How have social media algorithms changed the way we interact?

Social media algorithms, in their commonly known form, are now 15 years old. They were born with Facebook’s introduction of ranked, personalised news feeds in 2009 and have transformed how we interact ...