| TikTok | ||
|---|---|---|
| Characters | 2,200 | 10,000 |
| Media | a video (required) | optional |
| Hashtags | max 5 hashtags, inside the caption (comments are invisible to the algorithm) | none — Reddit has no hashtags |
| Links in body | fine | fine |
| Needs platform approval | yes | yes |
TikTok caps at 2,200 characters, Reddit allows 10,000. Posting the short version verbatim wastes the room Reddit gives you to actually explain the thing.
TikTok: max 5 hashtags, inside the caption (comments are invisible to the algorithm). Reddit: none — Reddit has no hashtags. Carrying the tag block across is the single most obvious sign of an automated cross-post.
TikTok is hook-first, not SEO-first: the first 80-100 characters decide everything. Reddit is value-first; it must read like a community member, not an ad. 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", "reddit"],
"text": "Your post",
"per_platform": {
"tiktok": { "text": "The TikTok version" },
"reddit": { "text": "The Reddit 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.
PostWire takes one idea and publishes a version written for each network — the right length, hashtags and format per platform. It also refuses posts that would fail, like a video network with no video, before they are queued.
Free for one brand — 30 posts a month, no card. Starter is $9/month for three brands and 300 posts. There is a REST API and an MCP server if you would rather automate it.
Start free — no card →Other pairs: Reddit to TikTok · all combinations · which APIs need approval
Doing this at any volume usually means an API. Which social APIs let you post programmatically covers what each one allows.