Tiktok Removed 25.4 Million Videos in Pakistan Between April and June 2025
In a sweeping content-moderation move, the short-form video platform TikTok announced that it removed 25,448,992 videos in Pakistan between April and June 2025 (Q2) for violating its Community Guidelines.
Key figures
Of the total removed in Pakistan, 99.7 % were proactively identified by TikTok’s systems—meaning flagged before user reports.
96.2 % of the removed videos were taken down within 24 hours of being posted.
Globally for the same quarter, TikTok says it removed around 189.5 million videos — about 0.7 % of all uploads worldwide.
In Pakistan in Q1 (Jan-Mar) 2025, TikTok removed 24,954,128 videos — demonstrating consistent high volumes of takedown.
What types of content were removed?
According to the company’s breakdown:
30.6 % of globally removed videos were flagged for sensitive or mature themes.Significance for Pakistan
Pakistan has in recent years seen repeated bans or threats of bans on TikTok by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) over “indecent / immoral content” concerns.
The Q2 takedown figure suggests that TikTok is proactively moderating in Pakistan at a high rate, presumably responding both to internal policy enforcement and external regulatory/legal pressures.
For creators, this means the platform is actively enforcing rules — many videos may be flagged and removed very quickly, sometimes before getting significant reach.
What this means for users & creators
If you’re posting on TikTok in Pakistan: expect that content flagged by automated systems may be removed quickly — within hours.
Maintain awareness of TikTok’s Community Guidelines (safety, privacy, civility, misinformation, AI-edited content) to minimise risk of takedown.
From a platform-perspective: TikTok is signalling transparency and intent on reducing policy-violating content, which may affect how content is surfaced, monetised, or moderated.
Outlook & questions
Will the regulatory environment in Pakistan continue to push TikTok (and similar platforms) towards higher moderation rates or even localised content restrictions?
For creators: balancing creativity with compliance is becoming more critical.
For policymakers & civil society: such volume raises questions over what kinds of content are being removed, oversight of moderation systems (automated vs human), and transparency in appeals/reinstatement.
Bottom line:
TikTok’s enforcement in Pakistan during April-June 2025 saw a very large number of removals (~25.4 million) with very high proactive detection and rapid takedown rates. It underscores an elevated level of content moderation at play on the platform in the Pakistani market.
