TikTok Dictionary: Definitions of TikTok slang terms you need to know!
“Ratio” and “ratioed” has several different meanings on TikTok. Here’s a list of the most common meanings of “ratio” and “ratioed” on Tik Tok:
like when someone has/asks for a equal number of likes and followers
— sae ♛ (@positionsae) February 21, 2021
- If a user’s comment is “ratioed” on TikTok it means that the user’s comment has more replies than likes.
- If as user adds “Ratio me 1:1” it means that the user wants others to like their comment so their comment will receive as many likes as the number of likes the video has received.
i think its when a comment gets more likes than the video itself
— zacharie (@puppetsclown) February 1, 2021
The definitions above are the most common but “ratio” can also refer to a TikTok user’s followers:
isnt it like the difference between ur followers and likes ? i think its the same thing as a twit ratio almost
— addy !! (@iwasallovrrher) December 24, 2020
As the tweet above explains, “ratio” could refer to a user’s followers to likes ratio or a user’s followers to comments ratio. The tweet below explains the definition of “ratio”:
There are now two different meanings of the word ratio. One for youtubers where you compare the likes to comments (More comments meaning you fucked up), and the popular tiktok-esque version which just means the “ratio comment” should be liked more than the original post.
— Mike (@TheBooLord) July 28, 2021
Here’s a more detailed definition of “ratio”:
According to the dictionary, it means “the quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.”
— teato (@teatothefroggy) June 7, 2021
Don’t feel bad if you didn’t know what “ratio” meant on TikTok. As the tweet below reveals, there are other people that didn’t know what the term meant:
If I ask what does ratio mean does that make me a boomer?!?!… I wouldn’t even dare bringing a touchy subject like this to the tiktok community🤐
— ChimiChurri Pyro (@elvisflair) July 27, 2021
What Does “Ratio” Mean On Social Media?
TikTok isn’t the only place where the term “ratio” is used. In the tweet below, NBA player Myles Turner asks if someone could explain what “ratio” means on social media:
Can someone from the younger generation explain to me what tf ratio means on social media… like is that a good thing or? Is someone on my head or?
— Myles Turner (@Original_Turner) May 22, 2021
The following tweet presents yet another definition of the term ratio on social media. According to the tweet, if someone replies “ratio” to your social media post, it means that the person does not agree with your statement, basically challenging the validity of the statement. If the person’s reply receives more likes than the original post, the person’s ratio challenge was successful.
Ratio is when someone disagrees with your opinion or think you are saying something dumb, so they reply ratio. If the ratio reply to the comment gets more likes than the actual comment then it’s a successful ratio. Synonym for ratio is also “.”
— James Bouknight Stan (@plsmavsplayoffs) May 22, 2021
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