What data we read
Shadowban Checker reads only your own public video metrics through TikTok’s official API, with your permission: views, likes, comments, shares, captions and timestamps, plus basic profile info. It is read-only — no posting, no messages, no other accounts, no private data. We don’t sell your data or use it for advertising.
The signals we compute
We compare your recent videos against your own history and look for the patterns that limited reach tends to leave in the data:
- Reach vs. baseline. A robust baseline (median-based, using a median/MAD approach) describes your normal range, so a single outlier post doesn’t distort it. A drop counts when it’s a drop for you.
- Engagement-rate inversion. Engagement holding steady or rising while reach collapses suggests distribution is the issue, not the content.
- Reach cliffs. A sudden step-down sustained across several posts is weighted more heavily than one quiet video.
- Risky hashtags. Patterns in your own captions associated with reduced recommendation are flagged, not asserted as bans.
These combine into a single 0–100 visibility-risk score with the contributing signals shown alongside it.
What the score can’t tell you (the honest part)
- It’s an estimate, not a verdict. TikTok never confirms a “shadowban,” so no tool can read one. Shadowban Checker measures outcomes (your reach and engagement) and infers backward.
- Low views aren’t proof. TikTok says a video with few views may simply have weak engagement rather than being ineligible for the For You feed. We hedge accordingly.
- We can’t see TikTok’s internal decisions. There is no API that reports “this account is limited.” Your own account status and analytics are the closest thing to a source of truth.
- Reach naturally fluctuates. A trend across several posts is meaningful; a single video is noise.
Why we publish this
Many “checkers” hand you a confident yes/no and invent durations or banned-hashtag lists. We think a visibility tool for a compliance-sensitive topic should show its work and its limits. If you want the underlying background, read what a TikTok shadowban really is and our glossary.