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Young people dancing energetically at a party, with a vintage record player in the foreground, symbolizing TikTok's revival of older music.

How TikTok's Algorithm Revives Older Music Content

In British TikTok posts this year, tunes more than five years old accounted for 19 out of the 50 top tracks, the highest proportion since TikTok started monitoring the trend in 2021, according to The Guardian.

Julian Mercer·June 8, 2026