"We believe that the AfD's success on TikTok very likely contributed to the AfD's electoral success," Verwiebe told DW.
"Half of all 16-24-year-olds only get their political information from TikTok," he added. "That makes the platform extraordinarily influential."
In the elections in Saxony and Thuringia, the AfD garnered the best results of any far-right party since World War II, securing more votes than coalition parties.
The analysis showed that AfD-related content reached a much larger audience on TikTok compared to other political parties leading up to the vote.
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