| TikTok | ||
|---|---|---|
| Characters | 2,200 | 3,000 |
| Media | a video (required) | optional |
| Hashtags | max 5 hashtags, inside the caption (comments are invisible to the algorithm) | 3 hashtags (5 max) at the end |
| Links in body | fine | suppress reach |
| Needs platform approval | yes | yes |
TikTok: max 5 hashtags, inside the caption (comments are invisible to the algorithm). LinkedIn: 3 hashtags (5 max) at the end. Carrying the tag block across is the single most obvious sign of an automated cross-post.
Links are fine on TikTok. On LinkedIn they cut distribution — the link belongs in a comment, not in the post.
TikTok is hook-first, not SEO-first: the first 80-100 characters decide everything. LinkedIn is professional and first-person; the hook must fit in 210 characters. Those are different jobs, so the same words cannot do both well — and every algorithm here demotes text that obviously was not written for it. The fix is not to skip cross-posting; it is to send a native version to each network.
curl -X POST https://postwire.io/api/post \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTWIRE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"platforms": ["tiktok", "linkedin"],
"text": "Your post",
"per_platform": {
"tiktok": { "text": "The TikTok version" },
"linkedin": { "text": "The LinkedIn version" }
}
}'
PostWire's /api/generate writes those per-platform versions for you from a single prompt, respecting
every limit in the table above. From an AI agent it is one MCP tool call.
Other pairs: LinkedIn to TikTok · all combinations · which APIs need approval