FarmTok, Teresa Mannion and rescue seals: TikTok reveals what Irish people loved this year

A young transgender man from Meath who documented his transition on TikTok was one of Ireland’s most watched creators on TikTok last year

FarmTok, Teresa Mannion and rescue seals featured on TikTok's Best of 2022 list

Irish farming videos, World Champion Irish dancers, a seal rescue charity in Wexford and Teresa Mannion’s “don’t make unnecessary journeys” report from Storm Desmond were some of the most popular Irish videos on the platform this year.

Farming videos, lovingly-termed 'FarmTok' on the platform, drove tens of millions of views in Ireland and overseas in 2022 according to a new report from the Dublin HQ of the Chinese giant, while Baji the seal helped an Irish charity go viral internationally with some 1.8 million followers on the platform.