Hi
Started a tiktok account and first five videos totally flopped and got stuck around 300 (first one got 800views). All the videos are 100% optimized for virality as I had previous success with very similar editing style. Content type is a short comedy skit and it promotes an app, very subtle and not direct, so it's not a regular ad. clean edits and fast cuts (up to 30sec clips and shorter). I have 4 accounts that got successful and usually it's the first video that gets pushed right away. Everything I've done so far was on 1 IP and 1 android phone, those didn't target US audience but performed well in my country, one account had viral videos in US as well (no us sim/no proxy).
1. I use an iphone with US sim. No proxies. My IP is europe.
2. My username has AI in it. Is this triggering the algo to not trust the account?
3. Is tik tok now seriously favoring long form content and doesn't push first video like couple of months ago.
4. Account was warmed up for a week.
Have I made a mistake of not starting with proxies in the first place? I've read here some conflicting views one say you only need us sim, other say you need proxies as well. So what is the correct answer here?
If anyone has some kind of explanation or way to fix this let me know.