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Social Blade TikTok vs TokConnect: the score or the X-ray

To find out why a TikTok account is growing, TokConnect is the pick: it shows which posts earned the views, what the comments say and what people search for on TikTok. Social Blade is the pick for the score, free: follower counts, ranks and years of growth charts.

X-ray an account 50 free credits, no card
A scoreboard and an X-ray light box side by side. The scoreboard shows what Social Blade showed for Duolingo on 8 October 2026: 18M followers, followers rank 228th, grade A, 100K followers gained in 14 days. The X-ray film shows views on each of Duolingo's 34 latest TikTok posts, from 122,400 to 4.0 million. Social Blade · TikTok Duolingo 18MFollowers 228thFollowers rank AGrade +100KIn 14 days 34 posts · views The score The X-ray
Duolingo on 8 October 2026. Social Blade's score: 18M followers, 228th by followers, grade A, +100K followers in 14 days. Under it, 34 posts: five carried 39.5% of 29.9M views.

Side A · The scoreboard

What Social Blade does well

Social Blade is the stadium scoreboard of social media. It records an account's public totals every day and keeps them, so you can see a growth line that started long before you looked. Here is what it gets right, from its own pages.

  • $0Profile pages, top 100 lists, the last 14 days of daily numbers and monthly growth charts are free. No account needed to look.
  • 52MTikTok accounts it says it tracks, part of 167M creators across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Twitch and Facebook.
  • 5 yrsDuolingo's monthly follower chart runs from 31 August 2021 to 30 September 2026. TokConnect keeps no history like that.
  • Top 100Ranked TikTok lists by followers and more, free. Paid plans stretch them to 250, 500, 1,000 or 5,000.

Social Blade prices

Monthly, US dollars, from its membership page, checked 8 October 2026.

Paid plans remove ads and add favorites, longer top lists and longer daily tables (up to 3+ years on Platinum). The Business API sells credits from $0.50 each (100 for $50) and offers up to 10 years of daily history for non-YouTube profiles.

Social Blade's history starts on the day it first added a profile, and its TikTok numbers are the rounded ones TikTok shows. Duolingo's daily table read 18,200,000 followers on 8 October, while TikTok's profile data gave 18,208,409.

PlanPer month
Free$0
Bronze$5.99
Silver$14.99
Gold$59.99
Platinum$149.99

Side B · The X-ray

What the X-ray shows behind the score

Same account, same day. Now hold it up to the light.

The scoreboard says Duolingo gained about 100,000 followers in 14 days. It doesn't say why. We asked TokConnect for Duolingo's profile, its 34 latest posts, the comments on one of them and what people search for around it.

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Five posts did 39.5% of the work.

Duolingo's 34 posts from 27 August to 7 October 2026 drew 29.9M views. The median post got 605,450. Eleven passed one million. Each bar is one post, oldest to newest; the five most-viewed are highlighted.

Views per post, Duolingo on TikTok, 27 August to 7 October 202634 posts. Median 605,450 views. The five most-viewed posts (4.0M, 2.0M, 2.0M, 1.9M, 1.9M) are highlighted and add up to 11.8 million of 29.9 million views.01M2M3M4M27 Aug: 987,200 views, 2,115 comments, 35,800 shares28 Aug: 700,600 views, 1,488 comments, 7,248 shares1 Sep: 1,900,000 views, 7,473 comments, 183,000 shares3 Sep: 1,400,000 views, 3,186 comments, 60,000 shares4 Sep: 816,900 views, 1,508 comments, 3,517 shares4 Sep: 1,900,000 views, 5,231 comments, 19,800 shares8 Sep: 187,900 views, 694 comments, 884 shares9 Sep: 161,200 views, 424 comments, 305 shares9 Sep: 2,000,000 views, 7,791 comments, 51,700 shares9 Sep: 178,600 views, 566 comments, 107 shares10 Sep: 991,800 views, 3,956 comments, 38,400 shares10 Sep: 191,800 views, 599 comments, 264 shares10 Sep: 1,100,000 views, 1,561 comments, 16,900 shares16 Sep: 406,700 views, 1,642 comments, 1,267 shares17 Sep: 1,400,000 views, 6,386 comments, 28,500 shares18 Sep: 2,000,000 views, 7,496 comments, 181,100 shares18 Sep: 515,300 views, 4,936 comments, 18,900 shares21 Sep: 278,200 views, 3,045 comments, 828 shares22 Sep: 607,200 views, 3,485 comments, 53,600 shares23 Sep: 603,700 views, 3,736 comments, 4,485 shares24 Sep: 549,700 views, 4,056 comments, 19,100 shares25 Sep: 4,000,000 views, 10,200 comments, 37,600 shares25 Sep: 1,200,000 views, 6,917 comments, 43,900 shares28 Sep: 1,300,000 views, 8,584 comments, 33,800 shares29 Sep: 365,100 views, 41,700 comments, 3,252 shares30 Sep: 217,000 views, 17,300 comments, 661 shares1 Oct: 122,400 views, 379 comments, 273 shares1 Oct: 530,700 views, 1,481 comments, 10,600 shares2 Oct: 135,800 views, 456 comments, 520 shares2 Oct: 549,900 views, 2,056 comments, 15,800 shares5 Oct: 226,700 views, 766 comments, 3,162 shares6 Oct: 319,400 views, 1,088 comments, 3,589 shares7 Oct: 963,000 views, 3,119 comments, 17,100 shares7 Oct: 1,100,000 views, 3,207 comments, 54,700 sharesMedian605,45027 Aug21 Sep7 Oct4.0M: “i’m feeling TREMENDOUS” Views per post, Duolingo on TikTok, 27 August to 7 October 202634 posts. Median 605,450 views. The five most-viewed posts (4.0M, 2.0M, 2.0M, 1.9M, 1.9M) are highlighted and add up to 11.8 million of 29.9 million views.01M2M3M4M27 Aug: 987,200 views28 Aug: 700,600 views1 Sep: 1,900,000 views3 Sep: 1,400,000 views4 Sep: 816,900 views4 Sep: 1,900,000 views8 Sep: 187,900 views9 Sep: 161,200 views9 Sep: 2,000,000 views9 Sep: 178,600 views10 Sep: 991,800 views10 Sep: 191,800 views10 Sep: 1,100,000 views16 Sep: 406,700 views17 Sep: 1,400,000 views18 Sep: 2,000,000 views18 Sep: 515,300 views21 Sep: 278,200 views22 Sep: 607,200 views23 Sep: 603,700 views24 Sep: 549,700 views25 Sep: 4,000,000 views25 Sep: 1,200,000 views28 Sep: 1,300,000 views29 Sep: 365,100 views30 Sep: 217,000 views1 Oct: 122,400 views1 Oct: 530,700 views2 Oct: 135,800 views2 Oct: 549,900 views5 Oct: 226,700 views6 Oct: 319,400 views7 Oct: 963,000 views7 Oct: 1,100,000 viewsMedian 605,45027 Aug7 Oct4.0M

Source: TikTok public counts via TokConnect user_profile and creator_posts, pulled 8 October 2026. Data.

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Two posts drew over 20 times the usual comment rate.

32 of 34 posts got under 1.1 comments per 100 views. Two got 8.0 and 11.4.

Comments per 100 views on each of Duolingo's 34 latest posts, on a log scale. Median 0.35. Two posts tied to a Brawl Stars collaboration reached 8.0 and 11.4.0.1%0.3%1%3%10%10 Sep: 0.14 comments per 100 views (1,561 on 1,100,000)4 Sep: 0.18 comments per 100 views (1,508 on 816,900)28 Aug: 0.21 comments per 100 views (1,488 on 700,600)27 Aug: 0.21 comments per 100 views (2,115 on 987,200)3 Sep: 0.23 comments per 100 views (3,186 on 1,400,000)25 Sep: 0.26 comments per 100 views (10,200 on 4,000,000)9 Sep: 0.26 comments per 100 views (424 on 161,200)4 Sep: 0.28 comments per 100 views (5,231 on 1,900,000)1 Oct: 0.28 comments per 100 views (1,481 on 530,700)7 Oct: 0.29 comments per 100 views (3,207 on 1,100,000)1 Oct: 0.31 comments per 100 views (379 on 122,400)10 Sep: 0.31 comments per 100 views (599 on 191,800)9 Sep: 0.32 comments per 100 views (566 on 178,600)7 Oct: 0.32 comments per 100 views (3,119 on 963,000)2 Oct: 0.34 comments per 100 views (456 on 135,800)5 Oct: 0.34 comments per 100 views (766 on 226,700)6 Oct: 0.34 comments per 100 views (1,088 on 319,400)8 Sep: 0.37 comments per 100 views (694 on 187,900)2 Oct: 0.37 comments per 100 views (2,056 on 549,900)18 Sep: 0.37 comments per 100 views (7,496 on 2,000,000)9 Sep: 0.39 comments per 100 views (7,791 on 2,000,000)1 Sep: 0.39 comments per 100 views (7,473 on 1,900,000)10 Sep: 0.40 comments per 100 views (3,956 on 991,800)16 Sep: 0.40 comments per 100 views (1,642 on 406,700)17 Sep: 0.46 comments per 100 views (6,386 on 1,400,000)22 Sep: 0.57 comments per 100 views (3,485 on 607,200)25 Sep: 0.58 comments per 100 views (6,917 on 1,200,000)23 Sep: 0.62 comments per 100 views (3,736 on 603,700)28 Sep: 0.66 comments per 100 views (8,584 on 1,300,000)24 Sep: 0.74 comments per 100 views (4,056 on 549,700)18 Sep: 0.96 comments per 100 views (4,936 on 515,300)21 Sep: 1.09 comments per 100 views (3,045 on 278,200)30 Sep: 7.97 comments per 100 views (17,300 on 217,000)29 Sep: 11.42 comments per 100 views (41,700 on 365,100)Median 0.35%8.0%11.4% Comments per 100 views on each of Duolingo's 34 latest posts, on a log scale. Median 0.35. Two posts tied to a Brawl Stars collaboration reached 8.0 and 11.4.0.1%0.3%1%3%10%10 Sep: 0.14 comments per 100 views (1,561 on 1,100,000)4 Sep: 0.18 comments per 100 views (1,508 on 816,900)28 Aug: 0.21 comments per 100 views (1,488 on 700,600)27 Aug: 0.21 comments per 100 views (2,115 on 987,200)3 Sep: 0.23 comments per 100 views (3,186 on 1,400,000)25 Sep: 0.26 comments per 100 views (10,200 on 4,000,000)9 Sep: 0.26 comments per 100 views (424 on 161,200)4 Sep: 0.28 comments per 100 views (5,231 on 1,900,000)1 Oct: 0.28 comments per 100 views (1,481 on 530,700)7 Oct: 0.29 comments per 100 views (3,207 on 1,100,000)1 Oct: 0.31 comments per 100 views (379 on 122,400)10 Sep: 0.31 comments per 100 views (599 on 191,800)9 Sep: 0.32 comments per 100 views (566 on 178,600)7 Oct: 0.32 comments per 100 views (3,119 on 963,000)2 Oct: 0.34 comments per 100 views (456 on 135,800)5 Oct: 0.34 comments per 100 views (766 on 226,700)6 Oct: 0.34 comments per 100 views (1,088 on 319,400)8 Sep: 0.37 comments per 100 views (694 on 187,900)2 Oct: 0.37 comments per 100 views (2,056 on 549,900)18 Sep: 0.37 comments per 100 views (7,496 on 2,000,000)9 Sep: 0.39 comments per 100 views (7,791 on 2,000,000)1 Sep: 0.39 comments per 100 views (7,473 on 1,900,000)10 Sep: 0.40 comments per 100 views (3,956 on 991,800)16 Sep: 0.40 comments per 100 views (1,642 on 406,700)17 Sep: 0.46 comments per 100 views (6,386 on 1,400,000)22 Sep: 0.57 comments per 100 views (3,485 on 607,200)25 Sep: 0.58 comments per 100 views (6,917 on 1,200,000)23 Sep: 0.62 comments per 100 views (3,736 on 603,700)28 Sep: 0.66 comments per 100 views (8,584 on 1,300,000)24 Sep: 0.74 comments per 100 views (4,056 on 549,700)18 Sep: 0.96 comments per 100 views (4,936 on 515,300)21 Sep: 1.09 comments per 100 views (3,045 on 278,200)30 Sep: 7.97 comments per 100 views (17,300 on 217,000)29 Sep: 11.42 comments per 100 views (41,700 on 365,100)Median 0.35%8.0%11.4%
  • 0.35median comments per 100 views
  • 11.4the post inviting fans to its Brawl Stars quest
  • 8.0“translate this. wrong answers only”

Comments ÷ views per post, log scale. Data.

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The comments explain it.

We read the top 30 comments on “translate this. wrong answers only”, a post with 17,300 comments on 217,000 views. 28 of the 30 were about one thing.

  • FREE BRAWL STARS
  • LIBERAD A BRAWL STARS O YA VERÉIS
  • СВОБОДУ БРАВЛ СТАРС!

Fans of the game Brawl Stars, writing in English, Spanish, Russian and Portuguese, asked Duolingo to “free” it during the two brands' collab. The spike came from that fan push, not from the translation joke. No follower chart can tell you that.

TokConnect video_comments, top 30 by TikTok's relevance order, 8 October 2026. Names removed. Data.

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What people type into TikTok search.

Searches in the 7 days to 8 October 2026, worldwide, from TikTok's Creator Search Insights. “Videos” is how many videos TikTok matches to each search.

Typed search7-day searchesVideos
Around the brand
i am human duolingo326,6320
duolingo test english272,672517
duolingo costume266,873132
duolingo results209,537579
Around the niche
how to learn spanish as a no sabo kid280,815196
learn how to cuss in spanish275,8720
how to learn Spanish219,7211,097

A costume search with 132 videos in October is a brief for next week. Two searches with no matched videos at all are open ground. None of this lives on a scoreboard.

TokConnect search_topics for “duolingo” and “learn spanish”, 8 October 2026. Data. What these numbers mean: Creator Search Insights explained.

The box score

Social Blade TikTok vs TokConnect, line by line

LineSocial BladeTokConnect
What it readsAccount totals: followers, following, likes, videos, plus grade and ranksLive public profiles, every recent post's views, likes, comments, shares and saves, comment text, search demand, hashtags, sounds and Shop listings
Follower historyYes. Daily since the profile was added. Monthly charts free, up to 3+ years of daily tables on PlatinumNo. It reads the profile when you ask and keeps no history
RankingsYes. Top 100 free, up to 5,000 on paid plansNo
PlatformsYouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Twitch, FacebookTikTok only
Why a post workedNot on the TikTok profile page we read. Its plans page lists a video statistics featureYes. Per-post counts, comments and transcripts where TikTok has captions
TikTok search demandNot offered on any page we readYes. 7-day searches and matched videos from Creator Search Insights
How you use itWebsite, plus a paid REST APIChat at chat.tokconnect.com, or ChatGPT, Claude and Cursor through its MCP server. 83 tools as of 8 October 2026
PriceFree. Ad-free plans $5.99 to $149.99 a month. API from $0.50 a credit50 free credits. $49 a month for 500, $99 for 2,000, $199 for 8,000

Checked 8 October 2026 on socialblade.com, its membership page, its Business API page and the Duolingo TikTok page. TokConnect prices from its pricing page.

Verdict

Which one should you open?

TokConnect is the better pick for explaining why an account grows and for planning what to post next. Social Blade is the better pick for free follower history and ranks.

Best for the reasons

Open TokConnect when you need the reasons

  • You have to explain a spike to a client or a boss.
  • You want the posts, hooks and comment threads that drove it.
  • You're planning videos and want what people search for, with how many videos already answer it.
  • You want answers inside ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor.
Best for the score

Open Social Blade when you need the score

  • You want to know if an account is growing or shrinking, and since when.
  • You need history from before today, or ranks against other accounts.
  • You also track YouTube, Instagram or Twitch.
  • You don't want to pay anything.

You can use both: Social Blade for the line, the X-ray for the reasons. Looking at more options? See the field guide to Social Blade alternatives or the TikTok analytics tools guide.

What each one leaves out

Neither tool does everything. Here are the gaps, side by side.

GapSocial BladeTokConnect
Follower historyKeptNot kept. It reads a profile live; ask on a schedule and keep the answers, or use Social Blade for the line
Ranks and gradesYesNo
PlatformsFiveTikTok only
Posts, comments, searchesNot on the TikTok profile pageYes
PriceFree to look; paid plans from $5.99 a month50 free credits, then from $49 a month
Data accessPublic totalsPublic data only; it doesn't log in to, post to or read the private analytics of any account

What went into one X-ray

The Duolingo X-ray on this page came from four TokConnect tools: user_profile, creator_posts, video_comments and search_topics, run for three search seeds. Each returned the data listed beside it.

Want to check one video before you sign up? The free video stats checker needs no account, and the comment viewer shows any video's comments.

  1. user_profilefollowers 18,208,409
  2. creator_posts34 posts
  3. video_comments30 comments
  4. search_topics“duolingo”
  5. search_topics“learn spanish”
  6. search_topics“language learning”

Questions about Social Blade and TikTok

Is Social Blade the best tool for analysing a TikTok account?

For free follower history and ranks, yes. For explaining an account, TokConnect is the better pick: it shows which posts earned the views, what the comments say and what people search for on TikTok. Many people use both.

Is Social Blade accurate for TikTok?

Social Blade records the public counts TikTok shows, and TikTok rounds big numbers. On 8 October 2026 its daily table showed Duolingo at 18,200,000 followers, while TikTok's profile data gave 18,208,409. That is fine for spotting a trend, but daily changes smaller than the rounding show up as a dash.

Is Social Blade free for TikTok?

Yes. As of 8 October 2026, profile pages, top 100 lists, the last 14 days of daily numbers and monthly growth charts are free. Paid plans cost $5.99 to $149.99 a month and remove ads, lengthen top lists and unlock longer daily tables.

How far back does Social Blade TikTok history go?

It goes back to the day Social Blade first added the profile. Duolingo's monthly follower chart runs from 31 August 2021 to 30 September 2026. Platinum unlocks up to 3+ years of daily tables, and the Business API offers up to 10 years of daily history for profiles outside YouTube.

Can Social Blade show which TikTok videos did best?

Its TikTok profile page focuses on account totals, ranks and growth, and its plans page lists a video statistics feature. TokConnect returns each recent post with views, likes, comments, shares and saves. Duolingo's 34 latest posts had a median of 605,450 views, and the top five made up 39.5% of all views.

What is a good Social Blade alternative for TikTok?

It depends on the job. To see why an account grows, TokConnect is the pick: per-post views, comment text and TikTok search demand. TokCount and Countik show live counts, HypeAuditor's free tools audit an account, Exolyt tracks accounts over time for a fee, and TikTok Studio covers your own account. The field guide to Social Blade alternatives compares them.

Ask TokConnectYou know the score. Find out why.

Ask about any niche, trend, creator or hashtag. TokConnect checks TikTok’s real numbers and tells you what to do.

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