What Is a Bulletin Board on TikTok? Join, Leave, Create
A bulletin board on TikTok is a one-to-many channel in the inbox: an eligible creator posts bulletins, such as text, photos, posts, LIVE events and music cards, and followers who join can react with emojis. Checked against TikTok Help Center: What is a bulletin board on TikTok?
You’ll meet one either as an invitation in your inbox or as a board under a creator’s bio. This guide covers both sides: joining, muting and leaving as a follower, then the rules and limits for starting one as a creator. For TikTok’s other features, see our guide to using TikTok.
Table of Contents
- What is a bulletin board on TikTok?
- Who can make a bulletin board on TikTok?
- How do you join, mute or leave a TikTok bulletin board?
- How do you create a bulletin board on TikTok?
- How many bulletins can you post a day?
- Bulletin board vs group chats: what’s the difference?
- TikTok bulletin board FAQ
What is a bulletin board on TikTok?
It’s TikTok’s broadcast channel for creators, inside the inbox. TikTok’s Help Center calls it “an in-app channel for eligible creators to communicate and engage with their followers”. Checked against TikTok Help Center: What is a bulletin board on TikTok? Its launch announcement called it “a one-to-many broadcast channel”. Checked against TikTok Newsroom: Introducing bulletin board (en-GB, 24 November 2025)
How it works for the people on each side:
- The creator posts, members react. Followers who join react to bulletins with emojis. Only members can react, and everyone can see the reactions.
- Every member is a follower. Joining follows the creator automatically if you didn’t already.
- Anyone can look. TikTok’s Creator Academy says anyone can browse a creator’s board, follower or not, but you have to join to interact with it. Checked against TikTok Creator Academy: Engaging your followers with the bulletin board feature (last updated Aug 18, 2026)
- One invitation. Followers get a one-time notification inviting them to join.
- The profile entry is optional. A creator chooses whether the board shows on their profile with the Show on profile setting; if it’s hidden, there’s no board under their bio to tap.
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Who can make a bulletin board on TikTok?
Creators aged 18 or over with at least 50,000 followers, where the feature is available in their region. That’s the bar in TikTok’s Creator Academy; the Help Center itself only says “eligible creators” and gives no number. Checked against TikTok Creator Academy: Engaging your followers with the bulletin board feature (last updated Aug 18, 2026)
TikTok announced the launch in November 2025, after a beta, saying bulletin board was “rolling out now for all creators at least 18 years old with 50,000 followers or more globally.” Checked against TikTok Newsroom: Introducing bulletin board (en-GB, 24 November 2025) Our TikTok updates page logs feature launches like this one as TikTok announces them.
How do you join, mute or leave a TikTok bulletin board?
Join from the invitation in your inbox, under Activity, or from the board under a creator’s bio, and leave from the board’s More options menu. If you don’t already follow the creator, joining follows them. TikTok’s steps:
In the app: From your inbox:
- In the TikTok app, tap Inbox at the bottom.
- Tap Activity, then tap the invitation to enter the bulletin board.
- Tap Join.
In the app: From a creator's profile:
- In the TikTok app, go to the creator's profile.
- Tap the bulletin board displayed under their bio. You'll only see the bulletin board entry if the creator chooses to show it on their profile.
- Tap Join.
In the app: To leave a bulletin board:
- In the TikTok app, tap Inbox at the bottom.
- Tap the bulletin board to enter it.
- Tap the More options ... button at the top.
- Tap Leave, then tap Leave again to confirm.
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Rather than leave, you can mute it. TikTok gives no numbered mute steps of its own: it says to follow the leave steps and turn the setting on, so the last step below restates that sentence.
In the app: To mute a bulletin board:
- In the TikTok app, tap Inbox at the bottom.
- Tap the bulletin board to enter it.
- Tap the More options ... button at the top.
- Turn the Mute bulletin board setting on.
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How do you create a bulletin board on TikTok?
If you’re eligible, start in your inbox: tap the Try it banner if TikTok shows you one, or the Chat button at the top, then Create a bulletin board. Choose whether it shows on your profile, then tap Create. TikTok’s Help Center steps:
In the app: To create a bulletin board:
- In the TikTok app, tap Inbox at the bottom. If you receive a banner notifying you about bulletin boards, tap Try it to get started; or tap the Chat button at the top.
- Tap Create a bulletin board.
- Turn the Show on profile setting on or off to change the visibility of your bulletin board.
- Tap Create to open your bulletin board.
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TikTok’s Creator Academy describes a slightly different route, the ”+” icon in the top left corner of the Inbox and then Create a bulletin board, so the button may look different in your app. Checked against TikTok Creator Academy: Engaging your followers with the bulletin board feature (last updated Aug 18, 2026)
Once your board is open, these are the limits TikTok’s Help Center gives:
| What | Limit |
|---|---|
| Active boards | One at a time |
| Board name | Up to 40 characters |
| Description | Optional, up to 140 characters |
| Text bulletin | Up to 1,000 characters |
| Editing the board | Changes can be saved once per day |
| Delete for everyone | Within 3 minutes of publishing; after that, Delete for me only |
| Closing the board | A closed board can be reopened within 30 days; after that, it’s deleted |
| Bulletins per day | 3, or 20 in the Creator Academy (see the next section) |
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How many bulletins can you post a day?
TikTok’s own pages disagree, so go by what your app shows. The Help Center says: “Keep in mind that you can post up to 3 bulletins per day on your bulletin board,” and deleted or recalled bulletins still count. Checked against TikTok Help Center: How to share your bulletins The Creator Academy says a bulletin board “allows you to send up to 20 bulletins a day.” Checked against TikTok Creator Academy: Engaging your followers with the bulletin board feature (last updated Aug 18, 2026)
Planning around the lower number is the safe choice. A deleted bulletin still counts toward the Help Center’s 3, and Delete for everyone only works for 3 minutes, so check each bulletin before you send it. Spend the slots on things followers would otherwise miss: a LIVE event, a new post, a music card, a photo or a short text update.
Bulletin board vs group chats: what’s the difference?
A bulletin board is a broadcast: one creator posts and members react. A group chat is a conversation among its members. TikTok has private group chats, which you can only invite mutual friends to, and public group chats, which can have up to 300 members and can be discovered and joined by others. TikTok says neither kind of group chat is available everywhere. Checked against TikTok Help Center: Public group chats on TikTok
| Bulletin board | Private group chat | Public group chat | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who posts | The creator; members react with emojis | Members | Members |
| Who can join | The creator’s followers (joining follows the creator) | Mutual friends who are invited; up to 31 people when you start one from a post | Anyone who finds it, up to 300 members |
| How one starts | Created by an eligible creator from the inbox | From your inbox or from a post | TikTok publishes no steps |
| Availability | Where available in the creator’s region | Not available everywhere | Not available everywhere |
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Group chats sit in the same inbox as direct messages, which TikTok makes available to registered accounts aged 16 and older. Checked against TikTok Help Center: Who can send direct messages on TikTok Our TikTok messages guide covers DMs and group chats in depth, what DM means explains the term itself, and more platform terms are in our social media glossary.
TikTok bulletin board FAQ
Can followers reply on a TikTok bulletin board?
TikTok describes reactions rather than replies. Followers who join a bulletin board can react to bulletins with emojis, only members can react, and the reactions are visible to everyone. TikTok calls the board a one-to-many broadcast channel, with the creator posting the bulletins.
Does joining a bulletin board follow the creator?
Yes. TikTok says that if you didn’t already follow the creator, you’ll automatically follow them when you join their bulletin board. You can join from the one-time invitation in your inbox, or from the board shown under the creator’s bio if they’ve chosen to show it on their profile.
How many bulletins can you post a day on TikTok?
TikTok’s own pages disagree. Its Help Center says you can post up to 3 bulletins per day, and deleted or recalled bulletins still count, while its Creator Academy says a bulletin board lets you send up to 20 bulletins a day. Go by the limit the TikTok app shows you.
When did TikTok launch bulletin boards?
TikTok announced bulletin board in November 2025, after a beta, describing it as a one-to-many broadcast channel. The announcement said it was rolling out for all creators at least 18 years old with 50,000 followers or more globally.
Can you close or delete a TikTok bulletin board?
TikTok says a closed bulletin board can be reopened within 30 days, and after 30 days it is deleted. For single bulletins, Delete for everyone works within 3 minutes of publishing; after that, you can only delete a bulletin for yourself with Delete for me.