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This statistic presents the number of TikTok app users in France by gender and age in 2024. The age groups and are the most represented on TikTok, as is the case on social networks in general. Additionally, women are slightly more numerous than men in using the app.

The TikTok Phenomenon

Launched internationally in 2017 by the Chinese company ByteDance, whose annual revenue reached *** billion U.S. dollars in 2023, the TikTok app quickly established itself among other giants in the social media sector such as Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. The platform, which today has about *** billion active users, allows the sharing of short videos on various topics.

In France as in the rest of the world, those under ** are the most present on the app. However, globally, male users are slightly more numerous than the female audience, unlike in France. Used by ** percent of the French Generation Z due to its playful and entertaining nature, TikTok reaches an audience quite different from the social network Facebook, which is used by ** percent of Generation X and ** percent of the Baby Boomer generation but where Generation Z is much less present.

At the beginning of 2020, the TikTok app experienced particularly rapid growth due to the lockdowns related to the Covid pandemic, recording a record number of over *** million downloads in the first quarter of 2020. Today, TikTok is among the most downloaded mobile applications worldwide. In France, the number of people using TikTok was estimated at about **** million in 2023, making it the seventh most used social network in the country.

Screen Time and Social Networks

In 2022, the French spent more than ** hours per month on TikTok, and overall, smartphone owners spent an average of three and a half hours per day on mobile applications. These many hours spent on social networks allow users to create social connections by sending private messages to their loved ones or even making new acquaintances through sharing information, photos, and videos.

However, the use of social networks and screens more broadly also has harmful effects. While several scientific studies link screen use among children to developmental delays, particularly in language and social interactions, ** percent of French people considered themselves dependent on social networks in 2025, and many have tried to limit their screen time. According to Michaël Stora, a specialist in addictions and digital technology, social networks and their excessive use promote, in addition to addictive behaviors, identification with unattainable beauty standards. Indeed, in recent years, those under ** have increasingly turned to cosmetic surgery with the goal of resembling the flawless beauty filters provided notably by TikTok.