How to see recently watched lives on tiktok?

If you’ve ever tuned into a livestream on TikTok and wanted to find it again later, you may have wondered how to see your recently watched lives. The good news is that TikTok does keep track of the live videos you view, and provides an easy way to access your viewing history. In this article, we’ll walk through the steps to find and rewatch past livestreams you’ve seen on TikTok.

Viewing Your TikTok Live History

TikTok stores your livestreaming viewing history for the last 30 days. To see the live videos you’ve recently watched:

1. Open the TikTok app on your mobile device.
2. Tap on the “Profile” icon in the bottom right corner.
3. Select the “History” tab at the top of your profile page.
4. Your viewing history will open. Swipe left or right to navigate between Watch History, Search History, LIKED, and LIVE.
5. Select the “LIVE” tab to see all the livestreams you’ve tuned into recently.

This history page shows thumbnails of each live video you’ve joined in the past month in reverse chronological order. The most recent livestreams you viewed are at the top. You can scroll down to go back further in your LIVE watch history.

How Far Back Does TikTok Save Your Live History?

TikTok keeps your livestream viewing history for the previous 30 days. Once a live video you watched passes the 30-day mark, it will disappear from your LIVE history tab.

So if you’re looking for a live you tuned into more than a month ago, unfortunately it won’t show up through this history method. The LIVE tab only shows livestreams from the last 30 days.

Re-Watching a Live Video from Your History

Once you’ve found a livestream you want to watch again in your LIVE history, just tap on the video thumbnail. This will open the live recording and allow you to re-watch it as many times as you want. The live will play just like any other video on TikTok.

One thing to note is that you can only re-watch a live if the creator has chosen to save the recording to their profile. Some creators delete their livestreams after they finish broadcasting. So if you tap on a live thumbnail and get a message that the video is unavailable, it means the creator removed it and you can no longer view the recording.

Searching for a Specific Live Video

If you’re trying to find a particular live that you don’t see in your recent history, you can also search for it directly. Here’s how to search for a specific livestream:

1. Tap the discover magnifying glass icon on the TikTok home page.
2. Type keywords related to the live video in the search bar. For example, the creator’s username, the title of the live, topics discussed, etc.
3. Select the “LIVE” tab under the search bar to filter for livestream results.
4. Scroll through the results to find the live recording you’re looking for.
5. Tap on the live thumbnail to watch the replay.

Keep in mind that your ability to find and re-watch a live will depend on whether the creator has left it posted on their profile. But searching gives you another option if you don’t see a live video you’re looking for in your history.

Finding Lives You’ve Liked or Commented On

Another way to track down a live you viewed is checking your likes or comments. When you like or comment on a TikTok livestream, it gets saved to your profile just like other video engagement.

To see livestreams you’ve liked:

1. Go to your profile.
2. Tap the “LIKED” tab.
3. Look for live thumbnail icons to find the live videos you’ve liked recently.

And to see livestreams where you’ve commented:

1. Go to your profile.
2. Tap on the “Comments” tab
3. Look for the live icon to identify comments you’ve left on lives.

Tapping on those live thumbnails will open the replay video (if still available) so you can watch the livestream again.

Saving Lives to Your Favorites

To make sure you can easily find and re-watch a livestream later, you may want to add it to your Favorites collection while watching. Here’s how to save a TikTok live to your Favorites:

1. Join the livestream and tap the heart icon near the bottom.
2. This saves the live to your Favorites on your profile.
3. To rewatch later, go to your profile and tap “Favorites”.
4. Find the live video in your collection and tap to open the replay.

Favoriting a live is the best way to bookmark it for later viewing. The video will stay in your Favorites as long as the creator leaves the recording posted on their profile.

Enabling Live Recommendations

If you enjoy watching lives on TikTok and don’t want to miss when your favorite creators go live, you can turn on notifications. Here’s how to get notified when someone you follow starts a livestream:

1. Go to their profile and tap the bell icon next to the Follow button.
2. Select “Livestreams” to enable notifications specifically for when they go live.

You’ll then get a push notification on your device when that user starts broadcasting live. This makes it easier to tune in right away without missing the action.

TikTok may also recommend lives based on the accounts you follow and the content you engage with. Even without notifications turned on, popular live videos may appear on your For You feed.

Why Can’t I Find Some Past Livestreams?

In some cases, you may be looking for a TikTok live that you can no longer access. As mentioned above, TikTok only stores your live viewing history for the last 30 days. And creators have the option to delete their livestreams after the broadcast ends. So here are some reasons you may not be able to find a live you’re searching for:

• The live happened over 30 days ago – it will no longer show up in your viewing history.
• The creator deleted the live video from their profile after they finished broadcasting.
• The creator chose not to save the live replay at all.
• The live had technical issues and didn’t save properly.

So if you can’t seem to find a live no matter what, it likely means the video is gone and can’t be accessed anymore. Going forward, saving lives to your Favorites as you watch is the best way to ensure you’ll be able to view replays later on.

Can You See Someone Else’s Live Viewing History?

On TikTok, your LIVE watch history and engagement is private to your account. Other users can’t see which live videos you’ve joined or what you comment on or favorite. The only person who can access your live viewing history is you from within your own profile.

As a viewer, you also can’t view another user’s livestream viewing history. That information is only available to each individual TikTok account holder.

So rest assured that your live viewing activity is kept private from other users. The only way to know if someone watched your live is if they engage with it by liking, commenting, sharing, etc.

Conclusion

Finding and re-watching livestreams on TikTok is easy once you know how your viewing history works. Check your LIVE tab, LIKES, COMMENTS, and FAVORITES to see the live replays you’ve tuned into and engaged with recently. Be sure to favorite live videos you want to save for later viewing before they expire or are deleted. With these tips, you can easily go back and watch TikTok lives again and again.