Table 1.
Characteristics and content of 100 trending TikTok videos related to COVID-19 vaccinations
| Count |
Video Views |
Video Likes |
Video Comments |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 35,338,600 | % | 5,443,223 | % | 119,004 | % | |
| Discouraged a Vaccine | 38 | 14,008,600 | 39.64% | 2,411,488 | 44.30% | 56431 | 47.42% |
| Encouraged a Vaccine | 36 | 17,964,700 | 50.84% | 2,622,820 | 48.19% | 47,203 | 39.67% |
| Falsely Claims Vaccine Availability for Public Uptake | 31 | 15,195,600 | 43.00% | 2,070,254 | 38.03% | 53,300 | 44.79% |
| Parody/Meme of an Adverse Reaction | 26 | 11,255,900 | 31.85% | 1,557,844 | 28.62% | 41,075 | 34.52% |
| Vaccine Development Process | 23 | 13,859,000 | 39.22% | 2,013,108 | 36.98% | 33,857 | 28.45% |
| Specific Company Identified | 17 | 5,566,600 | 15.75% | 1,159,267 | 21.30% | 15,032 | 12.63% |
| Trial Volunteers | 13 | 6,994,800 | 19.79% | 801,485 | 14.72% | 19,415 | 16.31% |
| Human Trial | 11 | 5,860,500 | 16.58% | 704,115 | 12.94% | 14,879 | 12.50% |
| Manufacturing Process and/or Cost | 9 | 7,166,600 | 20.28% | 1,129,634 | 20.75% | 17,994 | 15.12% |
| Dosing | 7 | 3,345,100 | 9.47% | 443,033 | 8.14% | 10,031 | 8.43% |
| Length of Time to Develop | 6 | 4,259,700 | 12.05% | 536,149 | 9.85% | 11,193 | 9.41% |
| Vaccine Being Fast-Tracked | 4 | 2,163,000 | 6.12% | 260,004 | 4.78% | 7,126 | 5.99% |
| COVID is a Hoax | 3 | 251,500 | 0.71% | 25,191 | 0.46% | 1,337 | 1.12% |
| Vaccine is a Hoax | 3 | 296,900 | 0.84% | 40,330 | 0.74% | 1,583 | 1.33% |
| Animal Trial | 2 | 1,852,300 | 5.24% | 245,700 | 4.51% | 1,465 | 1.23% |