What Does Ratio or Ratioed Mean on TikTok and Twitter?

TikTok and Twitter are the two popular social media apps that have contributed a lot in promoting new internet slang words these days.

There's no doubt that they're a unique platform where you can find tons of unusual words which are difficult to understand sometimes. However, the users may be curious to know about it.

It's basic to know some of these popular terms since it will make it easier to communicate with users on the applications. One of the internet slang words that have caught our attention lately is ratio or ratioed.

What does 'ratio' or 'ratioed' mean? Why did people often say it in the comments on social media sites like TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram?

That's why in today's article, we're going to explore the terms "ratio" and "ratioed" that currently becoming a thing on social media apps and answer some queries related to them. All right, let's dig in.

What is the meaning of 'Ratio' or 'Ratioed' on TikTok?

"Ratio" in the general sense of the English dictionary is the quantitative relation between two amounts, showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other. But on social media, its meaning and use can be much different.

On social media TikTok, 'ratioed' is when the comment reply has more likes than the original comment itself. It is straightforward and usually signifies that the original one is unpopular, not so liked by many users, and only a few agree with the comments.

An example of this is when your comment has had 30 likes. Meanwhile, a reply to that comment got over 750 likes where such a situation may make you feel bad, right? By the look of the number of engagements, you're beaten here.

So, 'ratio' or 'ratioed' on TikTok is when the replies to comments considerably outnumber the likes or reactions. If you get "ratioed" on TikTok, it means that your comment has received more opposed replies than likes.

You can view this as a bad thing that shows everybody is talking about the content of your posts negatively rather than engaging positively.

That's why to distinguish 'ratio' and 'ratioed' more clearly, people add new terms in the form of ratio 1:1, ratio W, and L that we will explain further below.

What does 'Ratio' or 'Ratioed' mean on Twitter?

The trend of using the terms is not only what you can find on TikTok, but in fact, Twitter introduces it first, and the key concept is more or less the same.

The difference is that its use on TikTok focuses more on the comments sections, while Twitter on its tweets.

In short, 'ratio' or 'ratioed' on Twitter is when the replies to tweets hugely outnumber the likes or retweets. If you get "ratioed" on Twitter, meaning that your tweet has received more tweet quotes or retweets than replies or likes.

What does Ratio 1:1 mean on TikTok?

'Ratio' on TikTok has a slightly different meaning than 'ratioed' in Instagram or Twitter, it can also be very confusing but mean a 'good thing.' An example is when you see someone comment "ratio me 1:1" in a post.

That is like a call-to-action that the user who comments hopes other people will grant him the likes. He wished that the number of likes in his comment would equal the likes in that posting. Although achieving the precise same numbers, it's a hard thing to do.

So, if a posting got 1750 likes and someone comments, "ratio me 1:1," it means that he hopes to have 1750 likes too for that comment. Well, it's hard to be understood sometimes, especially for newcomers.

Not that easy to understand at first, and maybe this is not important at all for some people. However, it will be different if you genuinely care about the number of likes and engagements on your social media account.

What does Ratio L and W mean on TikTok?

Sometimes you may also see the comment of Ratio L, W, or something like that. You can say that it is another vague term in TikTok lingo.

It is a little hard to explain the real meaning of why someone writes those kinds of terms. But let's look at an example of its use directly in the comments of a video on TikTok.

There, someone straightforwardly said, "overrated tbh" on a video of President Joe Biden's granddaughter. A user replied to the comment: "ratio," and two other users replied again with L and W.

So here, we can conduct that the letter L means "lose," or "loser," whereas W means "win" or "winner" in the ratio of likes and opposed comments the user gets.

That means two things: if you win in ratio, it means that many users agree with your comment opinion, but if your ratio loses, users may think your comment is rude and not really true, and they don't agree with you.

Alright, now you know the meaning of 'ratio' or 'ratioed' on TikTok, Twitter, and other social media apps. In most cases, it is just for fun, used to counter trolls, but you don't have to play with these internet slang words if you think they're not that important.