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The Sexual Identity That Emerged on TikTok

Conor Friedersdorf

April 7, 2021

An illustration of TikTok images in red and blue

High School Wasn’t Supposed to Be Like This

March 11, 2021

A collage of two eyes with a tear

The Internet Is Starting to Turn on MLMs

Kaitlyn Tiffany

December 17, 2020

Pink and blue bubbles in the shape of a pyramid, with an X through them

98 Million TikTok Followers Can’t Be Wrong

December 2020 Issue

three photos of producing TikTok videos

Forget SNL. The Best Election Satire Is on TikTok.

November 13, 2020

How Quickly Can a Girl Go Viral on TikTok?

Kaitlyn Tiffany

September 16, 2020

Cartoon girl sitting in a pile of hearts, inside the shell of a smartphone.

For Whom the Tok Tiks

August 6, 2020

The Atlantic Daily: The TikTok Scuffle Tells a Bigger Story

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

August 4, 2020

Why America Is Afraid of TikTok

Michael Schuman

July 30, 2020

Sarah Cooper Has Mastered the Trump Joke

May 8, 2020

Prom at Home Is Sad, but Sweet

Kaitlyn Tiffany

April 22, 2020

A TikTok video of a boy dancing at an at-home prom, and a girl doing a promposal with a poster.

How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?

December 4, 2019

TikTok Is Taking Over India

Snigdha Poonam and Samarth Bansal

November 15, 2019

A splitscreen image showing three Indian TikTok users.

Famous for Looking Like Someone More Famous

Kaitlyn Tiffany

September 19, 2019

Ariana Grande sits onstage on a chair in partial shadow.

TikTok Stars Are Preparing to Take Over the Internet

July 12, 2019

The TikTok stars Joe Waud and Payton Moormeier pose with fans at VidCon 2019.