TikTok is younger than Instagram, but its explosive growth compressed the same "short names run out fast" dynamic into a much shorter timeframe — meaning short TikTok handles claimed even a few years back are now genuinely scarce.
Because TikTok's user base grew so quickly after 2018-2020, demand for short, brandable handles (especially ones useful for a creator brand) shot up fast, and pricing on clean 3-4 letter/word handles has followed that same trajectory — often chased as much by creators and brands wanting a specific name as by collectors.
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