{
 "retrievedOn": "2026-09-22",
 "page": "/guides/tiktok-vs-youtube-shorts/",
 "tool": "search_suggestions",
 "arguments": [
  {"keyword": "youtube shorts vs tiktok", "count": 10},
  {"keyword": "which is better tiktok or youtube", "count": 10}
 ],
 "note": "Autocomplete suggestions TikTok search returned for two seeds, used to confirm that money/monetisation and the head-to-head 'which is better' framing are what people search. No personal data.",
 "result": {
  "youtube shorts vs tiktok": [
   "youtube shorts vs tiktok comments",
   "youtube shorts vs tiktok vs instagram",
   "youtube shorts vs tiktok money",
   "youtube shorts vs tiktok monitization",
   "youtube shorts vs tiktok empathy",
   "youtube shorts vs tiktok edit",
   "youtube shorts vs tiktok dead internet theory",
   "youtube shorts vs tiktok",
   "youtube shorts vs tiktok vs youtube",
   "youtube shorts vs tiktok shorts"
  ],
  "which is better tiktok or youtube": [
   "which is better tiktok or youtube",
   "why tiktok is better than youtube shorts",
   "why tiktok is better than youtube",
   "which pilates youtube workout is the best",
   "piggyvest or cowrywise which is better",
   "which hanabi skin is better",
   "which is better youtube or tiktok",
   "why youtube is better than tiktok"
  ]
 },
 "derived": {
  "playsPerFollowerByTier": {
   "note": "Computed from content/evidence/tiktok-engagement-rate-calculator-sample.json (58 creators surfaced by TikTok search in six niches, September 2026). Per creator: median playCount across their posts with at least one view, divided by their follower count. Tier value is the median of those per-creator ratios. This is TikTok plays (views, which can include repeat views) per follower, not unique reach. YouTube Shorts has no comparable public per-channel figure, so none is shown.",
   "source": "/evidence/tiktok-engagement-rate-calculator-sample.json",
   "tiers": {
    "under 10k": {"n": 5, "medianPlaysPerFollower": 1.01},
    "10k to 100k": {"n": 7, "medianPlaysPerFollower": 0.30},
    "100k to 1M": {"n": 17, "medianPlaysPerFollower": 0.07},
    "over 1M": {"n": 29, "medianPlaysPerFollower": 0.035}
   },
   "overallMedianPlaysPerFollower": 0.11
  }
 }
}