How much is a Whale on TikTok?
The Whale costs 2,150 coins on TikTok: a viewer in the US pays about $22 to $32 for it, and the creator earns $10.75 after TikTok's cut. We saw it sent 3,652 times on the lives we monitor between 2026-10-05 and 2026-10-08. 2,150 coins for a whale that dives across the whole stream.
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2,150
what the viewer spends
2,150
creator-side face value
$22-$32
US web to app · varies by region
$10.75
take-home after the cut
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How we know
This isn't copied from another gift chart. TikTok puts the diamond value on every gift event it sends, and we monitor live streams directly, so we recorded the Whale diving 3,652 times between 2026-10-05 and 2026-10-08, inside a window of 1,805,979 gift events across 2,303 distinct gifts. If a gift isn't on this site, it's because we haven't seen it sent.
Where the money goes
In the US a coin costs about $0.0104 on tiktok.com and about $0.0151 in the iPhone app (prices checked 2026-10-28), so the 2,150 coins for the Whale diving cost about $22 to $32. The creator receives 2,150 diamonds, and diamonds cash out at an estimated $0.005 each, so $10.75 reaches the creator's wallet. The gap is TikTok's platform cut, and it is already inside the $0.005 rate. Don't halve it twice: that mistake is why so many gift charts quote half the real payout.
Coin prices vary by country and by whether the viewer buys in-app or on the web, so the viewer-side figure is a range. The creator payout is the firmer of the two numbers. Convert any amount with TikTok coins to USD, or read the full workings on our methodology page.
How much is a Whale on TikTok?
The Whale diving costs 2,150 TikTok coins, about $22 to $32 for the viewer who sends it in the US: coins are cheaper on tiktok.com than in the app, and prices vary by region. The creator receives 2,150 diamonds, worth about $10.75 at the industry-standard estimate of $0.005 per diamond. TikTok's cut is already in that figure, and TikTok publishes no official rate.
How much does the creator actually get from a Whale?
$10.75. Diamonds cash out at about $0.005 each and the Whale diving is worth 2,150 diamonds. That figure is take-home: TikTok's cut is already inside the $0.005 rate, so you do not subtract another 50%.
How do you know the Whale diving costs 2,150 coins?
We read it off the live stream. TikTok includes the diamond value on every gift event, and we recorded the Whale diving 3,652 times between 2026-10-05 and 2026-10-08 across 1,805,979 gift events in total.
Want to see gifts like this land in real time, with the running dollar total for a creator's stream? That's what TikMonitor does. Or browse the full gift price list, the TikTok coins to USD calculator and the diamonds calculator.
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