Is your friend in the video with you?
If they are, you can tag them to give them credit.
That way, viewers can follow your friend’s TikTok account as well.
Tagging can also be done to give credits to the original dance.
This is also known as “DC”, which means dance credit.
You can tag the original user who created the dance by using “DC: @username”.
In this guide, you’ll learn how to mention or tag someone on TikTok in your video to give them credit.
How to tag someone on TikTok
To tag someone on TikTok, you need to edit the caption of your video.
Before you post a video, you’ll be able to tag people by tapping on “@ Friends”.
The “@ Friends” option allows you to search for users on TikTok.
For example, if you want to tag the official TikTok account, search for “TikTok”.
Lastly, tap on the TikTok official account to tag them in your video.
On social media platforms like Instagram, you’ll be able to tag people in your photos.
However, you cannot tag people in your videos on TikTok.
Instead, you need to mention them in the caption of your video.
When you mentioned someone in the caption of your video (e.g. @TikTok), viewers can tap their handle to visit their profile.
Here is how to tag someone on TikTok:
- Tap on the “+” icon
- Upload a video
- Select the video that you want to upload
- Tap on “Next”
- Tap on “Next” again
- Select “Friends”
- Search for the user that you want to tag and select them
- Post the video
1. Tap on the “+” icon
To begin with, you need to open TikTok and log in to your account if you haven’t already.
Once you’re on TikTok, you need to upload or take a video.
On the bottom navigation bar, you’ll see multiple icons including a “+” icon.
Tap on the “+” icon to upload or take a video.
2. Upload a video
After you’ve tapped on the “+” icon, your camera will open.
Now, you need to upload a video from your camera roll or take a new video.
To take a video, press the record button.
If you want to upload a video from your camera roll, tap on “Upload” next to the record button.
3. Select the video that you want to upload
After you’ve tapped on “Upload”, your camera roll will open.
Now, you need to navigate to the video that you want to post on TikTok.
You can tap on the header to switch between your albums.
Once you’ve found the video that you want to post on TikTok, tap on it to select it.
Then, tap on “Next” to proceed to trim the video.
4. Tap on “Next”
After you’ve tapped on “Next”, you’ll land on the trimming page.
On the trimming page, you’ll be able to trim the video.
You can also rotate the video by tapping on the rotate icon.
Once you’re done, tap on “Next” to edit the video.
5. Tap on “Next” again
After you’ve tapped on “Next”, you’ll land on the editing page.
On the editing page, you’ll be able to edit the video.
This includes adding sounds, effects, text, and more.
Once you’re done editing the video, tap on “Next” to proceed to the next step.
6. Select “Friends”
After you’ve finished editing the video, you’ll land on the “Post” page.
On the “Post” page, you’ll be able to add a caption and location.
You’ll also be able to select a cover and edit the privacy settings of the video.
Above the “Add location” option, you’ll see a couple of options.
This includes “# Hashtags” and “@ Friends”.
To start tagging someone on TikTok, tap on “@ Friends”.
7. Search for the user that you want to tag and select them
After you’ve tapped on “@ Friends”, the “@Friends” page will open.
On this page, you’ll see a search bar.
Now, you need to search for the user that you want to tag on TikTok.
To do so, type the username of the person that you want to tag in the search bar.
For example, if you want to tag TikTok, search for “TikTok”.
Lastly, tap on the official TikTok account to tag them in the caption of your video.
8. Post the video
After you’ve tapped on the user that you want to tag, you’ll see it in the caption of your video.
For example, if you’ve tagged TikTok, you’ll see “@tiktok” in the caption of your video.
You can also tag more than one user.
To do so, you can tap on the “@ Friends” option again and search for the user that you want to tag.
Alternatively, you can type “@” followed by the person’s username in the caption of your video.
Lastly, tap on “Post” to post the video on TikTok.
After you’ve posted the video on TikTok, viewers will be able to see the user that you’ve tagged in the caption of your video.
They can visit the user’s profile by tapping on their username (e.g. @tiktok).
Conclusion
A common practice on social media platforms is to tag the people in your photo or videos.
This is to give them recognition or credit.
On Instagram, you can do so by using the “Tag people” feature.
On TikTok, you can tag people by mentioning them in the caption of your video.
For example, if you want to tag TikTok, you can add “@tiktok” in the caption of your video.
By including the “@” sign in front of a username, the person will be tagged.
If you forgot to tag someone in the caption of your video, the best you can do is to post their TikTok handle as a comment.
That way, viewers will be able to find the person’s TikTok account in the comment section of your video.
Further reading
How to Add or Find Favorites on TikTok
