TikTok users in Taiwan up significantly last yearSCREEN TIME: Users’ preference varied from age group to age group, from TV to apps to streaming services, with certain apps seeing their highest numbers to dateBy Shelley Shan / Staff ReporterAbout 73 percent of people aged 16 to 25 reported having used TikTok last year, up from 24 percent in 2019, according to a survey by the National Communications Commission. The TikTok logo is seen in this illustration taken on 2022. Photo: ReutersWhile last year’s survey showed that more than 95 percent of respondents reported having watched content on YouTube, the same as in previous years, it showed that 47.5 percent of respondents reported having viewed content on TikTok as well, up from 18.7 percent in 2019. About 21 percent of the respondents accessed the content on Xiaohongshu (小紅書, known asRedNote), up from 17 percent in 2024. Past surveys showed that 45.1 percent of viewers aged 16 or above watched streaming content in 2019, a 14.3 percent jump from 2017.

Source: Taipei Times January 04, 2026 17:14 UTC