If your TikTok feed has felt a little off lately, it’s not just you. TikTok says is still working to fix its service in the US following a power outage at one of its data centers that’s caused \u201cmultiple bugs\u201d in the app. TikTok users have reported problems logging in and uploading videos, as well as strange behavior from the “for you” algorithm. Creators have also noticed that new uploads are seemingly getting o views or likes and that in-app earnings have disappeared. <\/p>\n
“Since yesterday we\u2019ve been working to restore our services following a power outage at a U.S. data center impacting TikTok and other apps we operate,” the company wrote in a statement Monday. “We’re working with our data center partner to stabilize our service. We’re sorry for this disruption and hope to resolve it soon.”<\/p>\n
\nSince yesterday we\u2019ve been working to restore our services following a power outage at a U.S. data center impacting TikTok and other apps we operate. We’re working with our data center partner to stabilize our service. We’re sorry for this disruption and hope to resolve it soon.<\/p>\n
\u2014 TikTok USDS Joint Venture (@tiktokusdsjv) January 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
In a subsequent update several hours later, the company said that the power outage had caused a \u201ccascading systems failure\u201d that is still affecting the app and leading to \u201cmultiple bugs,\u201d including those affecting view counts and load times. \u201cCreators may temporarily see \u20180\u2019 views or likes on videos, and your earnings may look like they’re missing,\u201d the company wrote in an update on X. \u201cThis is a display error caused by server timeouts; your actual data and engagement are safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\nAn update on our work to restore and stabilize TikTok. pic.twitter.com\/PZzsuFeZmj<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 TikTok USDS Joint Venture (@tiktokusdsjv) January 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
The statement didn\u2019t directly address reported issues with the app\u2019s recommendation algorithm. Since Sunday, users have reported seeing a wave of generic videos flood their feeds, which are typically hyper-personalized. Other users have reported seeing the same few videos repeated over and over again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The issues come just days after TikTok finalized a deal to spin off its US business into a separate entity largely controlled<\/a> by US investors. That timing hasn’t gone unnoticed by users, many of whom are already suspicious of the company pushing a terms of service and privacy policy in the hours after the deal was finalized.\u00a0The problems affecting the app’s recommendation algorithm have also raised questions about TikTok USDS Joint Venture’s plans to “retrain” TikTok’s central feature. <\/p>\n
Update, January 26, 2026, 4:18PM PT: <\/strong>This post has been updated to include additional information from TikTok about the outage and bugs affecting users.<\/p>\n
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If your TikTok feed has felt a little off lately, it’s not just you. TikTok says is still working to fix its service in the US following a power outage at one of its data centers that’s caused \u201cmultiple bugs\u201d in the app. TikTok users have reported problems logging in and uploading videos, as well as strange behavior from the “for you” algorithm. Creators have also noticed that new uploads are seemingly getting o views or likes and that in-app earnings have disappeared. “Since yesterday we\u2019ve been working to restore our services following a power outage at a U.S. data center impacting TikTok and other apps we operate,” the company wrote in a statement Monday. “We’re working with our data center partner to stabilize our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}