# Connect your TikTok account to Blackbox

URL: https://blackbox.plus/guides/connect-tiktok
Level 1: Get set up (https://blackbox.plus/guides/get-set-up)
Updated: 2026-10-20
Time: about 2 minutes
You'll end with: Your TikTok account connected, with its recent videos loading into Blackbox
Do it in Blackbox: https://blackbox.plus/app/data

> Track followers, views and engagement on the videos you post, and publish from Blackbox when you want to. One login covers one account.

## Short answer

To connect a TikTok account to Blackbox (blackbox.plus), you sign in as the TikTok account itself; one login covers one account, so repeat it for each account you want. In Blackbox, open Data, click Connect a channel and choose the TikTok tile under Social & search — not TikTok Ads, which is the separate advertising connection — then Continue to TikTok. Sign in, and approve everything TikTok lists: your profile, engagement statistics, public videos and permission to post. Turning a toggle off leaves that part of your reporting empty. There is no account picker afterwards; the account appears under Social & search and its recent videos load within a few minutes. Blackbox reads your profile, follower and video counts, and your public videos with their lifetime views, likes, comments and shares. It cannot see private videos, drafts or anything set to Only me, cannot delete posts, and only posts when you press Publish on a specific post.

## You'll need

- **The account's own login.** You sign in as the TikTok account itself. One login covers one account, so repeat this for each one.
- **Public videos.** TikTok only shares public videos. Drafts and anything set to Only me won’t appear in reporting.

## How to connect your TikTok account to Blackbox

1. **Open Data.** In Blackbox, click **Data** in the left menu.
   You'll see: Your channels, with **Connect a channel** at the top right.
   ![The top of the Data page in Blackbox: the Data heading, a line saying how many channels are connected, and the Connect a channel button on the right](https://blackbox.plus/guides/shared/01-data.png)
2. **Pick the TikTok tile.** Click **Connect a channel**, then the **TikTok** tile under **Social & search**. Not **TikTok Ads**, which is a separate connection.
   You'll see: What you need and what happens next, with **Continue to TikTok** below.
   ![The Connect a channel window with the TikTok tile picked: what you need, what happens next, and the Continue to TikTok button ringed](https://blackbox.plus/guides/connect-tiktok/02-provider.png)
3. **Sign in as the account.** Click **Continue to TikTok** and sign in as the TikTok account you want connected.
   You'll see: TikTok’s list of what Blackbox is asking for.
4. **Approve everything on the list.** Leave every toggle on and approve.
   You'll see: You’re back on Data, with the account under **Social & search**.
   ![What you see back in Blackbox once TikTok has asked for your approval: TikTok under Social & search on the Data page, tracking the whole account, its row ringed](https://blackbox.plus/guides/connect-tiktok/03-connected.png)

## Good to know

- New to Blackbox? Setup connects your first channel as one of its steps — see [How to get started with Blackbox](https://blackbox.plus/guides/get-started).
- TikTok asks for your profile, engagement statistics, public videos and permission to post. Turning one off leaves that part of your reporting empty.
- There is no account picker afterwards: the connection is the account you signed in as.
- You can sign in with the QR code, a phone number or email, or a linked login.
- Recent videos and their counts load within a few minutes.

## Blackbox can read

- Your profile — display name, avatar, bio and verified status
- Your follower, following, likes and video counts
- Your public videos and their lifetime views, likes, comments and shares

## Blackbox will not

- Post to TikTok unless you press Publish on a specific post in Blackbox
- Delete anything — TikTok gives no way to remove a post through its API, so Blackbox cannot
- See private videos, drafts, your inbox or anything set to Only me

## Questions people ask

**There is no reach or impressions figure**

TikTok's public API gives lifetime totals per video — views, likes, comments, shares — and no reach, impressions or saves. Blackbox shows what it is given and leaves the rest blank rather than guessing.

**My numbers only move from the day I connected**

Every counter TikTok returns is a lifetime total with no history, so day-to-day movement starts at the first sync. The trend fills in as the days pass.

**I don’t want Blackbox posting to TikTok on its own**

It won’t. A post only goes to TikTok when you pick your TikTok account on it and press Publish or Schedule.

**I connected the wrong TikTok account**

Disconnect it on the Data page, then connect again as the right account. If TikTok signs you straight in, use Switch account on its login screen.

**I want to disconnect it**

On the Data page, open the ⋯ menu on the channel's row and choose Disconnect. Blackbox hands the access back to TikTok at the same time. Your posts and follower history stay, and new numbers pick up again when you reconnect.