To see someone's most popular TikTok videos, open their profile on tiktok.com in desktop Chrome and sort it by views with the FeedRama extension — the whole catalog reorders from their biggest video down, in a few seconds. TikTok's own interface gets you part of the way there on some profiles, but it never shows the complete ranked list, and it never lets you choose the metric or the time period.
Whether you're a fan hunting for a creator's greatest hits, a marketer vetting an influencer, or a researcher mapping a niche, the process is the same. Here's each option and what it can and can't tell you.
The short answer
Install FeedRama (free), visit the profile on tiktok.com, and sort by views, likes, or shares. You get the full ranked list — not a curated sample — for any public account.
Add FeedRama to Chrome — freeStart with what TikTok gives you
Fair is fair: TikTok isn't completely silent on popularity. Two built-in signals exist. Some profiles display a small popularity-based selection of videos alongside the chronological grid — handy for a 30-second impression of what an account is known for. And every thumbnail shows its play count, so a patient person can scroll and compare numbers by eye.
Both fall over the moment you need anything rigorous. The curated selection is a sample you can't expand, reorder, or scope to a date range. And eyeball-scrolling an account with hundreds of uploads means holding a leaderboard in your head while thumbnails fly past — you'll miss things, guaranteed. Neither approach answers questions like "what were their top five videos last quarter?"
Get the full ranked list in about a minute
FeedRama's TikTok sorter turns the profile page itself into the leaderboard:
- Install FeedRama from the Chrome Web Store. Free to add; no sign-up before your first sort.
- Navigate to their profile on tiktok.com. Any public account works — you don't need to follow them, and they're never notified.
- Pick your metric. Views is the classic definition of "most popular," but likes, comments, shares, and saves are one click away, and each tells a different story.
- Set the time range and sort. All-time greatest hits, or just their best of recent weeks — your call. The grid reorders in place with counts visible.
Three ways in, side by side
| TikTok's popularity picks | Scrolling by eye | FeedRama sort | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coverage | Small curated sample | As far as your patience goes | Complete, within your chosen range |
| Choose the metric | No | Views only (it's on the thumbnail) | Views, likes, comments, shares, saves, date |
| Time-scoped ranking | No | Manual and fuzzy | Yes |
| Time required | Seconds | Minutes to hours | Seconds after install |
Fans and marketers want different answers
If you're here as a fan, the sorted grid basically is the answer — a binge-ready playlist of someone's best work, oldest inside jokes included. Pair it with a date sort to relive an account's rise chronologically; we cover that flip side in How to See a TikTok Account's Oldest Videos.
If you're vetting an influencer or studying a competitor, popularity is the start of the question, not the end. Look at the gap between their top videos and their median — a creator whose #1 video has fifty times their usual views got lucky once; one whose top twenty are consistently strong has an audience. Check when the popular videos were posted: a greatest-hits list clustered two years ago is a red flag for current reach. And compare metrics against each other — high views with thin likes and comments can signal passive or poorly-matched audiences. The full playbook is in How to Analyze a TikTok Account's Content Strategy.
A five-minute vetting checklist
If you're evaluating an account — for a collaboration, a sponsorship, or just to size up a rival — run these checks against the sorted grid before you form an opinion:
- Depth of the bench. How many videos clear a meaningful threshold, not just the single best one? Ten solid performers beat one monster and silence.
- Recency of the peaks. Re-run the sort scoped to recent months. If nothing recent cracks their all-time list, the account may be coasting on old momentum.
- Engagement shape. Sort by likes and comments after views. Popular videos that also spark conversation indicate an audience that acts, not just watches.
- Format consistency. Do the top videos share a recognizable format the account still produces? That predicts whether future videos can repeat the success.
Five minutes with those four checks tells you more than an hour of unstructured scrolling ever will.
Going past "look" to "use"
Once the ranked list is on screen, FeedRama treats it as a working set. Select the top videos and transcribe them to read their scripts as text, save them into a research folder, download them for reference, or — on Pro — export the whole ranked table (URLs, dates, and every engagement metric) to CSV for a report. That last step is what turns "I saw their top videos" into evidence you can put in a deck.
The honest print: FeedRama runs in desktop Chrome only, and the free plan's sort range covers a profile's previous 25 posts or the last week. For most popular ever on a big account, you'll want Pro — $10/month, or $5/month billed annually. If you mostly care about the mechanics of view-ranking itself, there's a dedicated walkthrough in How to Sort a TikTok Profile by Most Viewed Videos.
FAQ
How can I see someone's most popular TikTok videos?
Open their profile on tiktok.com in desktop Chrome with the FeedRama extension installed, then sort the profile by views or likes. Every public video reorders from most popular to least, with the counts shown.
What is TikTok's Popular tab and why isn't it enough?
Some profiles show a small popularity-based selection of videos, but it's a curated sample — you can't control the ranking metric, see the full list, or pick a time period. A proper sort gives you the complete ordered catalog.
Will the person know I looked at their top videos?
No. Sorting happens in your own browser using publicly visible data. TikTok doesn't notify anyone that their profile was viewed or sorted.
Can I see the most popular videos from a specific month or year?
Yes — FeedRama lets you pick a time range before sorting. The free plan covers the previous 25 posts or 1 week; Pro opens any range in the account's history.
Do I need a TikTok account to do this?
You need to be able to view the profile on tiktok.com in desktop Chrome. FeedRama itself requires no sign-up to start, and the free plan includes unlimited sorting within its range limits.