Is TikTok Banned? Map of Countries & States That Have Banned It So Far

Map created by MATE475

Update 19 January 2025: On January 18, 2025, at 10:30 p.m. (ET), TikTok shut down its services in the United States due to a US bill banning the app nationwide that went into effect on January 19, 2025.

The map above shows which countries have and haven’t banned social network app TikTok so far as of 18 Jan 2025.

Here they are:

TikTok banned for all users

• United States (self-imposed)
• India
• Nepal
• Iran
• Afghanistan
• Syria
• Jordan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Uzbekistan

TikTok banned de jure but not enforced

• Somalia
• Montana

TikTok banned on government devices

Note this is for the national government; local government rules may vary.

• United States
• United Kingdom
• Canada
• Australia
• Ireland
• New Zeeland
• France
• Netherlands
• Belgium
• Denmark
• Norway
• Austria
• Estonia
• Latvia
• Malta
• Taiwan

It is also banned on all EU and NATO devices

TikTok not available; Douyin used instead

Ironically, despite TikTok being owned by China’s ByteDance, it’s not available there. Instead people can download and use Douyin

• China
• Hong Kong

TikTok no longer banned for all users

• Pakistan
• Bangladesh
• Indonesia
• Azerbaijan

US TikTok Ban

From Wikipedia’s Censorship of TikTok page:

In March 2024, the United States House of Representatives passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which would effectively ban TikTok unless it is divested from ByteDance within 180 days of the bill becoming a law, with U.S. president Joe Biden agreeing to sign it if the bill passed the US Senate. In April, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 8038 (later known as Public Law 118-50), a collection of other bills which packaged together the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act with other bills that touched on supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia, fentanyl, and support for Israel and Taiwan. The divestiture period was increased to 270 days with the option to extend it a further 90 days. This bill was then passed by the United States Senate the following week and signed into law by President Joe Biden on April 24, 2024.

Banning of TikTok on state government devices by U.S. state (as of April 2023)

Map created by PJRoRo

 

Countries where new users can sign up for TikTok

Map created by Wfnsgwg

With the United States, India and China both not allowing the use of TikTok, it means that around 50% of the world have no access to it.

What do you think? Should TikTok be banned?