Poignant testimonies, extracts from police custody, or even accounts of sordid criminal cases… This kind of content is very popular on TikTok. And their popularity is such that even Netflix decided to take advantage of this opportunity.
In a few seconds, these videos captivate Internet users and make tens of millions of views. “True crime” stories, about criminal cases, have always appealed whether through films, series or documentaries. According to a Pew Research Center study“True crime” podcasts are also becoming the most listened to genre in the United States in 2022. And crime story fever has even reached the social media sphere. In particular on TikTok, where billions of contents containing these various facts continue to make the buzz. The recent affair of Lucy Letby confirms this since the associated hashtag has accumulated more than 151.7 million views on the platform.
This crime is far from the only one to have captivated Internet users on social networks. On TikTok, Internet users can juggle several hashtags to find these stories told in different ways. #truecrimetiktok has over 14.5 billion views#crimetok and #crimestories have respectively 18 billion and 5 billion views.
2023-08-27 11:02:54
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