Key takeaways
- TikTok's real caption limit is 2,200 characters.
- TikTok has no native scheduling of its own — SkedCast’s own engine holds and fires the post.
- The manual, native way to post is below, alongside exactly what SkedCast automates on top of it.
How to post on TikTok manually
The native, no-scheduler way to post on TikTok, step by step:
- Open TikTok Studio (tiktok.com/tiktokstudio) in a desktop browser and sign in.
- Click Upload and choose a video file, or Upload → Photo mode for a photo carousel (1–35 images).
- Write a caption (up to 2,200 characters) and choose who can view the post.
- Use TikTok Studio’s own "Schedule video" option to set a future publish time, or post immediately.
How to schedule it automatically with SkedCast
What SkedCast adds on top of the manual flow above:
- SkedCast schedules the same video or photo-carousel post through TikTok’s Content Posting API, with its own scheduling engine (TikTok’s API has no native scheduling of its own, separate from TikTok Studio’s in-app feature).
- Important limit to know: while SkedCast’s TikTok app is unaudited by TikTok, every post published through the API — from SkedCast or any other unaudited third-party app — is forced to private visibility, and at most 5 TikTok accounts can be connected at once. This is TikTok’s own Content Sharing Guidelines restriction on unaudited apps, not a SkedCast limitation.
- A post is either one video or a photo carousel (1–35 images) — never both — matching TikTok’s own post types.
- Bulk-schedule a batch of TikTok posts across accounts in one pass instead of uploading one at a time in TikTok Studio.
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FAQ
- Why do TikTok posts scheduled through SkedCast publish as private?
- Because SkedCast’s TikTok app is currently unaudited by TikTok, and TikTok’s Content Sharing Guidelines force every post from an unaudited app to private visibility regardless of what’s selected when scheduling. This applies to any unaudited third-party app, not just SkedCast.
- Can I upload to TikTok from a computer without an app?
- Yes — TikTok Studio at tiktok.com supports uploading a video or photo post from a desktop browser, including TikTok’s own basic native scheduling.