TikTok Removes Nearly 3.8M Videos in Nigeria in Q2 2025 Amid Safety Push
Story : written by Daniel November 21,2025
TikTok removed 3,780,426 videos in Nigeria between April and June 2025 for violating its Community Guidelines, according to the company’s latest enforcement report released during the West Africa Safety Summit in Dakar.
Globally, TikTok deleted 189 million videos in the second quarter of 2025, meaning Nigeria accounted for roughly 2 percent of all removals despite representing a smaller portion of the platform’s user base.
In Nigeria, 98.7 percent of the videos were deleted before anyone could view them, and 91.9 percent were removed within 24 hours of posting. Worldwide, TikTok proactively caught 99.1 percent of violating content, with 94.4 percent removed within a day.
The report coincided with TikTok’s first West Africa Safety Summit, held in partnership with AfricTivistes and attended by government officials, regulators, civil society representatives, and experts from Nigeria, Senegal, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Ethiopia.
Duduzile Mkhize, TikTok’s Outreach and Partnerships Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa, highlighted the platform’s commitment to balancing global standards with local context. “While global in scope, we remain hyper-local in our daily enforcement efforts,” Mkhize said. “Collaboration with policymakers and regional partners is crucial to maintaining a safe and secure digital environment.”
This Nigeria-specific data marks the first time TikTok has released quarterly removal statistics for a single African country. Most of the 3.78 million removed videos were flagged by automated systems before reaching users. Globally, 86.7 percent of all removed content was identified using AI moderation tools. During the same period, TikTok also removed 76,991,660 fake accounts worldwide and 25,904,708 accounts suspected of being underage.
Violating content continues to represent less than 1 percent of all uploads globally, reflecting the effectiveness of TikTok’s proactive measures.
The report also provided transparency on LIVE monetization enforcement. Worldwide, TikTok issued warnings or demonetized 2,321,813 LIVE sessions and took action against 1,040,356 creators. In Nigeria, 49,512 LIVE sessions were banned for breaching monetization rules.
Akinola Olojo, a Nigerian expert on countering violent extremism and member of TikTok’s Sub-Saharan Africa Safety Advisory Council, welcomed the release of the data and the summit. “Sharing concrete enforcement figures and bringing stakeholders together shows our work with TikTok is impactful,” he said. “We need to continue building systems that empower communities to resist radicalization and use online platforms positively.”
The #SaferTogether summit aimed to enhance regional cooperation on content moderation, child protection, combating violent extremism, and ensuring election integrity in the lead-up to upcoming West African elections. TikTok said the discussions will help shape future safety policies and moderation practices tailored to the languages, cultures, and threats in West Africa.
