Censorship Monitor · US Last test 17 Oct 2026, 01:17 UTC

Is TikTok banned in the US?

No. TikTok isn’t banned in the US. Since 22 January 2026 the US app has been run by a new majority-American joint venture, approved under the 2024 law, and it’s in the Apple and Google app stores.

Today’s test · www.tiktok.com

Opens

www.tiktok.com opens normally on Comcast Xfinity and AT&T.

Last confirmed: 16 Oct 2026, 21:01 UTC
Tested on: Comcast Xfinity and AT&T

Blocked
Blocked on some networks
Turned away by the site
Opens
Not monitored

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The official status

TikTok in the US

A 2024 law required TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell its US operations or face a ban. The Supreme Court upheld it on 17 January 2025, and TikTok went dark in the US late on 18 January, coming back the next day after President-elect Trump promised to delay enforcement.

Executive orders paused enforcement through 2025, and TikTok returned to the Apple and Google app stores in February 2025. In September 2025 an order approved a sale to a new US joint venture as a “qualified divestiture”, which exempts the app from the law.

The deal closed on 22 January 2026. The TikTok USDS Joint Venture now runs the US app; Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX hold 15% each, and ByteDance keeps 19.9%.

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Around the world

Where else is TikTok blocked?

TikTok is blocked in 3 other countries we test.

It opens in 20 of the 23 other countries with a current result.

What else is blocked in the US?

None of the other 66 sites and apps with a current result is blocked in the US.

History

Changes for TikTok in the US

No confirmed changes since monitoring began on 29 Sep 2026. When a block appears or lifts, and a re-check on several machines agrees, it shows up here.

Method

How we test

Every day, test machines on Comcast Xfinity and AT&T home connections open www.tiktok.com.
A failure counts only when it happens twice on the same network, while the site opens from other countries.
A change is published only after re-checks a few hours later and again the next day, on several machines per provider, confirm it. It’s dated from the first sighting.
Test machines caught getting around blocks, through a VPN or a filter-dodging tool, are set aside.
We test the website over home broadband. The app, calls and mobile networks can behave differently.

Questions

TikTok in the US: questions

Does TikTok Work in the US?

Yes. TikTok isn’t banned in the US. Since 22 January 2026 the US app has been run by a new majority-American joint venture, approved under the 2024 law, and it’s in the Apple and Google app stores.

Do I Need to Download a New TikTok App?

No. American users kept the same app after the joint-venture deal closed in January 2026.

Could TikTok Still Be Banned in the US?

No ban is scheduled. The September 2025 order approved the joint-venture sale as a qualified divestiture, which exempts the app from the 2024 law. A lawsuit filed in March 2026 argues the deal breaks that law, but it asks for the deal to be renegotiated, not for a ban.

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Source: vpnAlert Censorship Monitor, https://vpnalert.com/tools/censorship-monitor/us/tiktok/

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