Quick answer · Yap & Done study
What percent of TikTok accounts have 1,000 followers?
About 43% of TikTok accounts that have posted at least 5 videos (38% counting every account with a video). About 7% have 10,000 and 0.8% have 100,000.
43%of TikTok accounts with 5+ videos have 1,000 followers or more
The numbers
What we found
- 1,000+ followers: 43%. 10,000+: 7%. 100,000+: 0.8% (accounts with 5+ videos).
- By account age: under 1 year 26%, 1–2 years 39%, 2–4 years 48%, 4+ years 49% have 1,000.
- Accounts with 250+ videos: 80% have 1,000 and 21% have 10,000.
Accounts at each milestone
Ordinary TikTok accounts with 5+ videos, picked at random.
How we know: Follower counts of 3,141 ordinary TikTok accounts picked at random from people commenting in our niches, weighted so frequent commenters don't count extra.
Read the full study: How long does it take to get 1,000 followers on TikTok?
FAQ
Related questions
Is 1,000 followers on TikTok good?
Yes: it puts you ahead of more than half of accounts that post (43% of them have 1,000 or more).
What percent of TikTok accounts have 10,000 followers?
About 7% of accounts with 5+ videos.
How long does it take to get 1,000 followers?
About 8 months and 38 videos for new accounts that got there (see "How long does it take to get 1,000 followers on TikTok?").
Cite it
Yap & Done (2026). What percent of TikTok accounts have 1,000 followers? 10,799 TikToks from 777 creators in 10 advice niches, picked without looking at how they did. Each video's views are compared with the same creator's other videos.what-percent-of-tiktok-accounts-have-1000-followers/