Tiny TikTok / I'm So Small and Petite

About

Tiny TikTok or I'm So Small and Petite, also known as, Petite and Tiny TikTok refers to a TikTok trend where users pretend to be unnaturally small using the Anime Eyes filter while making jokes about how petite and tiny they are, often using everyday objects to represent their stature. The trend began in February 2022 and became increasingly popularized over the course of March, inspiring creators like James Charles and Bbno$ to take part in it. The trend is set to a sped-up version of the Tokyo Ghoul theme song, titled "Unravel."

Origin

On February 11th, 2022, TikToker^[1][2] @snacswell posted a video using the Anime Eyes filter and blinking at the camera in an exaggerated way, writing via on-screen caption, "It's so hard being so petite and tiny. One time I was out with my mom and a strong gust of wind over took me. She had to chase me down the street like a receipt that fell out of her pocket 🥺🥺," gaining over 583,000 views in a month (shown below, left). He posted another video like this that day, gaining over 228,000 views in the same span of time (shown below, right).

Spread

On February 13th, 2022, TikToker^[3] @_jaytag posted a video using the same filter and making a joke about being tiny, gaining over 10 million views in a month (shown below, left). On the same day, TIkToker^[4] @ella_isnotokay posted a similar video, gaining over 4.9 million views in a month (shown below, right).

On February 14th, TikToker^[5] @snacswell, the originator of the trend, posted another tiny and petite video, gaining over 2.6 million views in a month (shown below, left).

On February 17th, TIkToker^[6] and rapper Bbno$ posted a video following the trend, gaining over 1.1 million views in a month (shown below, left). On February 26th, James Charles posted a video to TikTok^[7] following the trend, gaining over 5.3 million views in two weeks (shown below, right).

On March 7th, TikToker^[8] @loganluvscats posted a video pretending to eat a regular-sized grape as a tiny person, gaining over 14.1 million views in a week (shown below).

On March 8th, Ethan Klein, host of the H3 Podcast, posted a version of the trend referencing James Charles' video following the trend and his allegations of being a predator, gaining over 3.3 million views in six days (shown below).

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