About Business Account Custom Audience

Last updated: May 2025

Business Account Audience lets you use your own TikTok Business Account to retarget audiences, only if your organic profile has completed one of the following events:

  • Follow

  • Visit Profile

  • Video View (2s, 6s, 100% view)

  • Video Engagement (Like/Share/Comment)

Supported Events

Action

Definition

Lookback Window

Follow

People that followed the Business Account.

None

2s video view

People played any video that belonged to the Business Account for at least 2 seconds.

7/14/30 days

6s video view

People played any video that belonged to the Business Account for at least 6 seconds.

7/14/30 days

Video view at 100%

People played any video that belonged to the Business Account for 100% of its duration.

7/14/30 days

Engagement (Like/Share/Comment)

People completed a like, share, or comment on videos that belonged to the Business Account.

7/14/30 days

Visit Profile

People who visited the Business Account Profile.

7/14/30 days


Benefits

  • Retarget Engaged People: Use your TikTok Business Account to retarget people who have already shown interest in your content through actions like following, visiting your profile, or engaging with your videos.

  • Enhanced Audience Targeting: Leverage specific actions (like, share, comment) to create highly targeted audiences, ensuring your ads reach people who are more likely to be interested in your brand.

  • Flexible Lookback Windows: Choose from 7, 14, or 30-day lookback windows to capture recent interactions and tailor your retargeting efforts to the most relevant audience.


Key use-cases for Business Account Audience

  • Gaming: TikTok Business Account with stable numbers of followers use Business Account Audiences to drive App Install or brand campaign objectives.

  • Entertainment: TikTok Business Account with movie clips and entertainment content use Business Account Audiences to drive frequent interaction with follower-based audiences

  • Retail/healthcare: Looking to increase their brand awareness by leveraging TikTok Business Account.

  • E-commerce: TikTok Business Account content around merchandise awareness or selling on TikTok.

  • Retail: Retail brands that want to increase their follower base by leveraging Community Interaction and looking to try out a new set of audience and targeting capabilities.

Please Note:

  • You can reach both paid and organic followers in Business Account Audience, regardless of the acquisition channel.

  • Creator Account or Spark Ads (with or without creator consent) are not supported.

  • Audience Sharing is supported across ad accounts within the same Business Center. To share audiences across different Business Centers, contact your GBS representative for allowlisting.