New Delhi, May 16 -- TikTok users across the world faced unexpected disruption on May 15, as the popular video-sharing app suffered a major outage. The problem began around 4:15 p.m. EDT, with over 33,000 users reporting issues on the monitoring website DownDetector. Most complaints (around 79%) were related to the app not working properly. Some users also faced trouble connecting to the server or were suddenly logged out. By 5:30 p.m. EDT, the number of reports had reduced to around 13,300, indicating that the issue was gradually being resolved.

TikTok has not yet released an official explanation for the outage. In the absence of clarity, users turned to social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter) to voice their frustrations, share...