How to Add Friends on TikTok (3 Simple Ways)

If you are new to TikTok, the first thing you would want to do is to add followers. TikTok is similar to Instagram in which people can follow your TikTok account, and at the same time, you can either follow back or not. You can also view other people’s account if they choose to share it publicly. If you want to increase your followers, you need to produce video content consistently and set it to public. However, you can also add friends on TikTok without creating any content yet.

Here in this article, we are going to show you three simple ways how you can add more followers and friends on your TikTok account.

FIND EXISTING CONTACTS ON TIKTOK

Fortunately, TikTok allows you to leverage on your phone’s address book to immediately search for your friends who have TikTok account.

Here are the steps

Step 1

In your TikTok profile, tap the “+” icon beside the “Edit Profile.”

Step 2

You will open the “Find Friends” menu

You have three option here. You can find friends via Invite Friends or Find Contacts. This option will access your smartphone address book. It will also require you to put your smartphone number

You can also find TikTok friends via Facebook

Step 3

Tiktok will detect your Facebook friends that have TikTok account

Tap “Follow” to follow your friends

FOLLOW BACK YOUR FOLLOWERS ON TIKTOK

Other simple ways to start seeing content from your friends are by adding back when they followed your account.

Here are the steps

Step 1

In your TikTok, go to notifications

Step 2

You will see the list of your TikTok account followers here. Tap “Follow” to follow back your followers

SEARCH FOR FRIENDS ON TIKTOK

If you do not know the TikTok username, you can find your friends or random people by searching them in TikTok. 

Here are the steps

Step 1

In your home screen menu, tap the search icon below

Step 2

Next, tap at the Search column bar above

Step 3

Type your friend’s name here

Step 4

A list of the TikTok username similar to your friend’s name will appear here. Search for your friend and add them to your TikTok account.

So, there you have it – three simple ways how you can increase your friend’s list on TikTok. Please feel free to comment below on how you grow your friend’s list on TikTok.

If you are new to TikTok, you can read our article on how to use the TikTok app, a beginner’s guide to TikTok.

Please also read our previous article on how to add friends on Snapchat