TikTok, the most popular video app of the moment, has a large number of words that can be difficult for new users. Surely in some video you have seen the word fyp —in most cases used with the hashtag # fyp— and you don’t know what it means. Here we explain it to you.
Fyp stands for for you page . It is used to refer to the section of the same name in English- speaking countries, known as “Para Ti” in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries . The “For You” section of TikTok shows videos of users that sometimes we do not even follow or know, but that may be of interest to us. Therefore, content creators can get a lot of views and popularity for their videos if they appear in this section.
This word without the hashtag is used in comments or descriptions. For example: “Yesterday I got a video of you on the fyp”. He refers to a video in the ‘For You’ section of TikTok.
WHY THEY USE THE HASHTAG #FYP ON TIKTOK
In most TikTok videos you can see the hashtag #fyp. Do you know why they use it? Normally, to try to position the videos in the ‘For You’ section . In fact, it is one of the most used hashtags on the platform. It can also be used to position a video in searches for that hashtag. In this way, when someone enters the #fyp tag through the search engine or a video, they will be able to see all videos that have included this hashtag in the description.
Is the hashtag #fyp useful to position the videos in the For You section? It can be helpful to get more views, but including the hashtag does not mean that your video will appear yes or yes in the For You section. In fact, there are many videos that do not include this tag and that do appear in this section, they even go viral.
TikTok positions those videos that may be of interest to users : original content or trends, regardless of the hashtag included in the clip’s description. It is also not necessary to have a large number of followers.
