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I deleted and re-edited my tiktok and now it seems to not be getting pushed to fyp?
Posted by on December 13, 2025 at 8:37 pmI'm not sure if it's worth taking it down and just posting again later.
I initially posted my video and it performed quite poorly, I sort of assumed it might be due to the opening clip being quite long (it was in essence a "response video").
So I thought l'd just use delete and re-edit to make it a bit shorter and snappier (and also remove some swearing in the start)
Now the video seems to be doing even worse at around 700 views, my viewers are showing as 91% followers so only 9% fyp, so I'm thinking it's just not getting pushed.
I don't generally use the delete and re-edit feature often so is this just how it goes and I need to wait a bit longer?
For context my videos always get 10k+ and this has already done 20k on insta, so l'm a bit lost.
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Yeah, that delete and re-edit feature is a trap. TikTok’s system sees it as you trying to game the views, so it slaps an invisible penalty on the video. It stops pushing it to new people and just shows it to your loyal followers as a kind of timeout. That’s exactly why your FYP percentage is in the gutter.
Seeing it do well on Instagram is just salt in the wound. It proves the video is good, but TikTok’s algorithm is now suspicious of it specifically.
Deleting it and posting a truly different version later is probably the cleanest fix, but you’ll have lost the initial upload momentum. To rescue this specific video from penalty box, you’d need to create an undeniable surge of good engagement that forces the algorithm to reconsider.
This is where a targeted push can work like an appeal. A service like Viewtiful Day can generate that surge flooding the video with a wave of views and likes from real-looking accounts. That new data makes TikTok’s system think, “Huh, this is catching on organically,” which can sometimes shock it into lifting the penalty and finally pushing the video to the FYP where it should have been all along. It’s a tactical fix for an algorithmic glitch.
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Never repost a video unless major changes were made to it essentially changing it entirely. Tiktok/any platform will view it as spam and not push it out. I usually give it a 24-48 hour rule of deletion if I know for a 100% it should be performing.
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You should never delete a video, just hide it (set it visible only to yourself).
I think the best thing now is to just leave it as it is. If you can significantly re edit the video then you can upload it again.
Btw sometimes a video does good on one platform and bad on the other so no need to feel bad about it
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