36 Things Tik Tok Taught Me

I’m addicted to Tik Tok. I admit it. One of the reasons I love the platform so much is because of the interesting stuff I learn.

I’m going to share 36 things Tik Tok taught me.

Let’s get into it!

A quick note

First, don’t believe everything you read/hear on the internet. Just because someone on Tik Tok said it, doesn’t mean it’s the truth.

You’ve got to do your own research and your own due diligence, even if it’s coming from a professional (attorney, doctor, psychologist, etc.).

These 36 things I’ve learned aren’t vetted by me and I haven’t tried and tested them all yet.

If you’re interested in learning more about any of these, make sure to do your research.

36 Things Tik Tok Taught Me

1. You can throw 5 ingredients or less in a pan and it’ll come out delicious

There are so many recipes on Tik Tok I’ve tried that are this.

You combine 5 or less ingredients in a ceramic dish or pan, put it in the oven and bake. It’s done. It’s delicious.

Example 1: Feta tomato pasta

This is the famous viral feta tomato pasta that sold out the feta cheese block in my H-E-B for weeks. It’s as good as it looks and I’ve made it four times.

Example 2: The recipes from these Tik Tok girls, Fooddolls

They’re known for throwing a bunch of ingredients into a ceramic dish (including dry pasta) and baking in the oven. Pull it out, give it a twirl with tongs mixing up the pasta and sauce/ingredients and it’s done.

I tried this one time and it was a bust.

Not enough liquid covered the dry pasta in the oven and it was uncooked and stuck together. I reviewed the comments on the video and a lot of people had success so I’d be willing to try this recipe or similar ones in the future.

2. You can learn a skill from a Tik Toker

I learned how to trade cryptocurrency on Tik Tok.

I used the knowledge learned from one video to figure out how to buy and trade Safemoon, which turned my $100 investment into around $1,400 a few days later.

My First Investment in Crypto Earned Me $1,400 in 72 Hours

I had been hearing about cryptocurrency for a while. I had some interest in it but I knew very little and had no idea…

medium.datadriveninvestor.com

3. Video is enough to connect you to other humans

I don’t know how many times I’ve cried watching a 15-second Tik Tok video. It just proves how powerful video is.

4. You can start a full, flourishing business on Tik Tok

I’ve personally experienced this.

I created a brand new account and turned it into up to $7K/month in additional income with under 100K followers in less than a year.

I grew to 60,000+ Tik Tok Followers — Here’s How I Did It

Plus, How I Landed My First Sponsor

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And, other creators have had raving success too:

Vi Luong has one million followers, films vlogs on her Tik Tok account, she has made up to $32,000/month
This Tik Toker makes $120,000/year from his Tik Tok side hustle

This 31-year-old earns $120,000 a year from his TikTok side hustle

Jay Wey, 31, is a social media personality and startup founder making $120,000 a year, mainly from branded content on…

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5. If you want to cheat the system, search it in Tik Tok to find the answer

Tik Tok blocks certain content around nudity, drugs, and other topics.

Depending on what you’re looking for, if you search Tik Tok, you just might be able to find it.

For example, there are almost a dozen ways you can shop Costco without a membership. You can learn how on Tik Tok.

6. For movie/TV show recommendations, tune in to Tik Tok

Don’t know what to watch on Netflix?

Hit up Tik Tok!

I follow so many movie/TV show accounts. I work from home and I have been for the past nearly 10 years.

I usually have TV going on in the background when I work and when I’m not working, I enjoy watching TV.

I can binge-watch a TV series in a day or two.

Anything new that hits Netflix or Hulu or other streaming channels, I usually find out about the day it releases and then quickly watch it.

Bottom line, I consume a lot of TV content.

It makes it hard to find something new and interesting to watch. So, I follow some accounts on Tik Tok which find and share new movies and shows to watch.

Im.mia.not.mya is one of my favorites.

7. I can use filters to do my makeup

Have you seen the eyebrow filter?

Or, the blush contour filter?

You turn this filter on like you’re filming a Tik Tok video and do your makeup. The lines on the filter tell you where to draw on your makeup. Easy little life hack.

8. I can copy other traders and make money

There are Tik Tok accounts you can follow and copy their trades on stocks and cryptocurrency. They charge you for this service, of course but it exists.

And, I would’ve never known this had I not been on Tik Tok.

One group I’m in educates you on stock trading.

They also put out stock trading picks every week and you can choose to follow their recommendations or not.

People in the group are making money and learning at the same time. It’s a neat incentive to get hands-on experience and get rewarded by making money.

9. I can cure my stuffy nose with this head trick

Stuffy nose?

Pinch your nose, blow, viciously shake your head up and down a few times, like you’re head banging.

Stuffy nose gone.

10. I can make homemade pickles in my kitchen

They look mouthwateringly good.

Water, vinegar, salt, red pepper flakes, one chopped onion, garlic, some other ingredients you boil. The recipe is surprisingly simple to put together.

The account to check out for this is sarahelizabeth9939.

11. Day in my life videos never get old

Day in the life of an attorney, day in the life of a doctor, day in the life of a Harvard college student, day in the life of a Googler, day in the life of a model, doesn’t matter.

I’ll watch it and enjoy every moment.

12. ASMR is the GOAT

All the genres of ASMR aren’t my thing. I have favorites:

Food ASMR
Plucking
Mic play
A few other favorites

If I’m trying to fall asleep, I tune into a Tik Tok live that an ASMRtist is doing and instantly fall asleep in 5 minutes.

13. Watching people eat exotic food is entertaining — but, I’ll probably never do it

Papaya, chocolate pudding fruit, ice cream bean fruit, it sounds super delicious.

It looks good to watch other people eat it but in reality, I’ll probably never get the opportunity to try these fruits (and I don’t have a huge want to try them) and I’m ok with that.

14. Weight loss transformation videos are inspiring

But not enough to prompt action for me to do something, haha. Just being honest.

It’s interesting to learn about the different diets people do though — intermittent fasting, water fasting, keto, paleo, etc.

15. I’ll heart almost every cat video I come across

So many cat videos are in my favorites. They’re just so cute. I love all the videos.

I did learn that you can potty train a cat on a toilet. Interesting stuff.

16. Booktok is addicting

If you’re trying to get into reading books, get on booktok.

I like the creators that summarize the first quarter of the book then leave you hanging.

You’ve got to get the book to find out what happens. I could watch those videos on repeat all day long.

17. Smartwater is bad

I’ve been hearing this over the past few months.

It was one of the brands I’d reach for at the gas station when I wanted water. Second thinking it now.

Not sure if this is true or rumor but, makes me hold off buying it until I find out.

18. There are many opportunities to get money through class action settlements

Cereal brands, software users, even Tik Tok users can be entitled to money from class action lawsuits.

There’s a creator (probably several creators) that share info about these on Tik Tok. Very interesting.

19. You can make money posting on social media without a social following

This is true.

Make Tik Tok videos for brands, like you would for sponsored posts but, you don’t post it to your social media account. The content you make is for the brand.

Interesting right?

How to get paid to post on social media — no followers required

Did you know you can make money creating social media posts? But wait, the kicker is, no social media following is…

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I learned about a new Tik Tok (under 1,000 followers) who booked a $5K/month deal creating crypto content for a company!

20. You can earn passive income with Helium mining

You buy a helium miner, put it in your window sill and connect with other hotspots providing network coverage, earning Helium cryptocurrency for your efforts.

I did series on this on my Tik Tok for a while.

Where I live (Houston), people could make up to $9,000/month doing this, no work required aside from the initial setup.

Crazy, right?

If you want to check how much you can possibly make, visit Explorer.Helium.com and find your city.

The miners cost $300 to $600 each.

You usually can only have one per location so, only one in your home. And then if you have access to other locations like work, etc., you can put one there. That’s if you want to buy multiple.

I think many people start with just buying one.

Some people will go to Starbucks, set up a laptop and work and connect their miner while they work to use Starbucks as a location, haha.

If you want a free miner, this company can get you one but you have to pay them a portion of your earnings every month. If you’re ok with that, click here to learn more.

21. Cruises are way more glamorous than I thought

I never was drawn to cruises. I get motion sick so that’s probably why.

Tik Tokers show you an inside look at their cruise experience and you get to see how amazing it can be:

Tons of restaurants
Casinos
Water slide
Comedy club
Dance club
Karaoke club
Pool

On and on. It looks really fun. I might consider going on one just for the experience if I can figure out how to not be motion sick during the cruise.

22. People are thoughtful to delivery drivers

I had no idea and it had never occurred to me that people leave snacks and cold drinks at their front door for delivery drivers.

How sweet.

You’ve got to watch the Ring doorbell videos of drivers being surprised and grabbing a cool drink and snack and being so happy about it.

It’s the little things.

23. The coconut cloud smoothie from Erewhon in LA is something I will try

https://www.tiktok.com/amp/tag/mariannasmoothie

I live in Texas. I’ve never been to California. But, I must try this $17 smoothie, one day.

24. The $140 box of Last Crumb cookies are something I will taste

I actually talked with their team last year and I was close to getting a free box of their $140 box of gourmet luxury cookies.

Communication got sketchy after the first two emails and I haven’t been able to get back in contact with them.

These are 12 cookies in different flavors that are huge like Crumbl cookies. They look better than Crumbl and super tasty. They are not available year round.

The company does cookie drops like they’re new release shoes.

The latest drop was two days ago and yes, I snagged a box before they sold out in under 4 hours.

Life’s too short.

25. Twenty-year-olds are making $100K+ per month in their online business

I have come across so many twenty somethings killing it in business. I guess if I grew up with internet as a child, I might be in the same boat.

No, I’m not bitter (lol).

You wonder if this is real or not. The screenshots help but those can be doctored.

I like to give people the benefit of the doubt and believe them unless they give me a reason not to so, I choose to believe this is real.

26. You can wrap fruit rollup, chamoy, and tajin on anything and it tastes good

No, I haven’t tried it yet even though the thought of it makes my mouth water. Wrap up a cucumber, mango, icecream, whatever, it’s going to taste good.

27. People are going through stuff

Whatever you’re going through, you’re not alone, first.

Second, someone else is going through something worse.

You think you’re doing bad feeling stressed out about juggling work and home life but then you see someone on Tik Tok who just lost their partner in a car accident or dealing with a chronic illness or homeless.

It really opens your eyes.