Social media platform TikTok has apparently been crashing for thousands of users who have now flocked to Twitter to express their annoyance.On September 15, Down Detector reported that the video hosting service kept crashing when people tried to open and access it.Down Detector is a website used to monitor internet outages. Reports of the app crashing started appearing at around 10 am when the website saw more than 6000 complaints about TikTok within minutes.The app kept crashing for thousands of users. (Image via Jakub Porzycki/Getty)As per the user reports, the issues arising with the social media platform pertain to its phone app. Several reports allege that the app is crashing or is abruptly going down.As per an experiment conducted by The Sun, the video-sharing app may be having an issue after Apple released the latest iOS 16 update. However, neither company has commented on this. The publication tried using the app on two iPhones with the iOS16 update, which crashed, but it seemingly worked fine on the third phone with an older software version.Twitter reacts to TikTok crashing down abruptlyAfter the popular video sharing platform started crashing down for thousands, several users shifted to Twitter to report their annoyance. However, they used several hilarious memes to showcase their emotions, which led to #TikTokdown trend on Twitter.kait xx@Leahhhhd99Me realising my life evolves around tiktok now it’s down #tiktokdown142952075Me realising my life evolves around tiktok now it’s down #tiktokdown https://t.co/GZzXdSBFmcHOBIPALOOZA wife⁷@MoniqueRod19everyone coming straight to twitter after their tiktok keeps crashing #tiktokdown100871397everyone coming straight to twitter after their tiktok keeps crashing #tiktokdown https://t.co/VSMQBmL2UQArinn@Arinn900Me: opens tiktok and watches it close on me for the 10th time #tiktokdown2607222Me: opens tiktok and watches it close on me for the 10th time #tiktokdown https://t.co/SMFcauzYOAbenthompson7@benthompson73Leaked footage of me running to Twitter to see if everyone else’s tiktok is crashing too: #tiktokdown5979585Leaked footage of me running to Twitter to see if everyone else’s tiktok is crashing too: #tiktokdown https://t.co/SqSmEYpobSEm 🌙@Mily_xoxstarted watching Instagram reels just to feel something. #tiktokdown #TikTok3613387started watching Instagram reels just to feel something. #tiktokdown #TikTok https://t.co/yHxfH10hJ7Khadifcy@khadifcyMe running to tweeter to confirm if its only my Tiktok glitching #tiktokdown #TikTok1909197Me running to tweeter to confirm if its only my Tiktok glitching #tiktokdown #TikTok https://t.co/nUt6kRBNgExo@xoxoxocbUs running to twitter after our tiktok app crashing #tiktokdown1478141Us running to twitter after our tiktok app crashing #tiktokdown https://t.co/bfCXPk7zgPɢʀᴀᴄᴇ 🦋@imabluebuterflii never realized how much i love and rely on tiktok until now#tiktokdown119086i never realized how much i love and rely on tiktok until now#tiktokdown https://t.co/5pYAdfQZNNad1tyx 𖤐@ad1tyyxTik Tok headquarters rn like #TikTokdown33929Tik Tok headquarters rn like #TikTokdown https://t.co/jVmOo9womhtrap.glizzy@trap_glizzyyI’m forced to go to sleep now!!! #tiktokdown69157I’m forced to go to sleep now!!! #tiktokdown https://t.co/shgPg4ZWX3𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓵𝓾𝓼𝓽💚@shellymurrellxome force closing tiktok, deleting the app and reinstalling, then restarting my phone to then seeing this tag #tiktokdown43828me force closing tiktok, deleting the app and reinstalling, then restarting my phone to then seeing this tag #tiktokdown https://t.co/iEwPqYf2CzCODEINE COWBOY 🧊🤠@DRAYBEOKAYMe rushing on Twitter to see that I'm not the only one with the TikTok crashing problem #TikTokDown1548125Me rushing on Twitter to see that I'm not the only one with the TikTok crashing problem #TikTokDown https://t.co/pjTdfN3nzDyeyo 🫁@alonediegome rn bc tiktok isn’t working #tiktokdown59931me rn bc tiktok isn’t working #tiktokdown https://t.co/4XIC9manYBAngel@virgoatangeli knew my tiktok addiction was bad when i restarted my phone and everything and then zoomed to twitter. #tiktokdown #tiktok45646i knew my tiktok addiction was bad when i restarted my phone and everything and then zoomed to twitter. #tiktokdown #tiktok https://t.co/qr8KMdHf91syd !@SYDYELTONmy tiktok every time i try to open it #tiktokdown14714my tiktok every time i try to open it #tiktokdown https://t.co/edwY2nhn6HWhile some called Twitter and Spotify the only two apps that "didn't let me down," others were left wondering what they would do at 3 am if the video sharing app was down.CocOL@_j_effeTikTok down again? The only two apps that don’t let me down fr #tiktokdown25218TikTok down again? The only two apps that don’t let me down fr #tiktokdown https://t.co/wn3ahMkb66arie@ariestshirthow am I supposed to enjoy 3am if tiktok is down??#tiktokdown29717how am I supposed to enjoy 3am if tiktok is down??#tiktokdown https://t.co/TCBx86Kjyh🦇melissa🦇@_llmelissall_Honestly tiktok being down is worse than losing the queen #TikTokdown41545Honestly tiktok being down is worse than losing the queen #TikTokdown https://t.co/xgRVB95lRDLara@lara_0123Me waiting for tiktok to work again#tiktokdown18110Me waiting for tiktok to work again#tiktokdown https://t.co/K7FaxzXG8eC H R I S S Y🤍💭@chrissyoliphantMe after reinstalling tiktok and it still crashes. #tiktokdown1194Me after reinstalling tiktok and it still crashes. #tiktokdown https://t.co/MzGRfGnSMwgaby@g4bybrecTwitter once everyone found out that tik tok isn’t working #tiktokdown 8510Twitter once everyone found out that tik tok isn’t working #tiktokdown https://t.co/j3Xb94Fpjtnina@adorequinnsme running straight to twitter after my tiktok crashes #tiktokdown12513me running straight to twitter after my tiktok crashes #tiktokdown https://t.co/6562OoxIq3chxppa!@isthatchxppamood because tiktok is the only thing that brings me sanity and it’s down rn #TikTok #tiktokdown22613mood because tiktok is the only thing that brings me sanity and it’s down rn #TikTok #tiktokdown https://t.co/M1F3YL0VZVTikTok is a Chinese app founded by Zhang Yiming in 2016 and has been a hit video platform in several countries including the US and the UK. The app was launched in 2018 in the United States and has since become one of the most downloaded apps on the phone.The app allows users to share videos from 15 seconds to 10 minutes across genres like dance, stunts, pranks, jokes, tricks, etc. The app has also become a sensation among various celebrities who use the platform to broadcast their messages among their fans.The app is owned by ByteDance, a Beijing-based company, and the Chinese version of the social media platform is called Douyin.As of now, the creators of the app have not responded to the crash news.