# Yik Yak — user reviews > 457 indexed App Store user reviews of Yik Yak by Yik Yak, Inc., rated 3.90/5 from 50,105 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/yik-yak/id1573043816/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/yik-yak/id1573043816.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 32,992 · 4★ 3,028 · 3★ 1,569 · 2★ 1,251 · 1★ 11,265 ## What do users think of Yik Yak? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Entertaining and engaging app - 🤝 Sense of community and connection - 💡 Unique concept of anonymous local discussions **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and loading issues - 🤖 Inconsistent and overly strict moderation - 💬 Rampant bullying, harassment, and toxic behavior - 🔒 Lack of user safety and accountability **Commonly reported bugs** - Inability to delete own posts - Inconsistent application of content filters - Notifications not linking to correct posts **Most requested features** - Ability to mute or filter specific keywords or users - Improved notification system and post history tracking - Expansion of location radius beyond college campuses - Addition of user profiles and photo/link sharing ## Newest reviews (17 of 457) ### 2/5 — It’s just not the same *2026-08-27, version 5.8.3* . ### 2/5 — Unbanned *2026-08-20, version 5.8.3* Can I get unbanned ### 5/5 — YikYak is Touse of all apps *2026-08-19, version 5.8.3* This app lowk Touse in the App Store ### 5/5 — Niche micro celebrity *2026-08-19, version 5.8.3* When I started I found that getting engagement was super easy and it was so easy to talk to people who would comment so I often found myself talking to the same people over and over so when I started a club based off my posting(astrophotography) people showed up and were genuinely excited to meet me! I’m in love with my little lime light ### 5/5 — freak city *2026-08-19, version 5.7.4* I love freak city, they have college freak city,niche internets freak city, and nearby.not enough ways to just be weird but this is solid ### 5/5 — The best *2026-08-19, version 5.7.4* legit couldn't love this app any more for keeping up with campus ### 5/5 — an ode to the yak *2026-08-19, version 5.7.4* best app to ever yak ### 5/5 — I freaking love this app! *2026-08-19, version 5.7.4* So I got yikyak sometime last year and I really started using it to make some friends and build a community at school and it’s been super fun/easy to use. If you’re in college this is the perfect app to use! ### 5/5 — Peak *2026-08-18, version 5.7.4* Yak daddy I’m in love with you ### 5/5 — Vine Never Died *2026-08-18, version 5.7.4* This app always Yiks my Yaks ### 5/5 — Got me dying *2026-08-18, version 5.7.4* I see some of the most diabolical stuff on here. People really take advantage of the anonymous aspect of the great Yak. ### 5/5 — 😼 *2026-08-18, version 5.7.4* i'm always yikking my yak. i eat sleep and breath the yak. something happened on campus? I turn into paul revere. i owe my college experience to the yak. ### 5/5 — I love this app *2026-08-18, version 5.7.4* Never have I been so addicted to something so categorically bad for me and I’ve smoked cigarettes for 8 years ### 5/5 — One of the coolest apps ever *2026-08-18, version 5.7.4* It’s such a wonderful place for community. Being able to communicate anonymously with other members from my college is so awesome. ### 5/5 — Yik Yak *2026-08-18, version 5.7.4* YikYak is like opening the fridge 17 times hoping new food magically appeared. Somehow, it never disappoints. 10/10 would get emotionally invested in a post from someone named “AnonymousYak.” ### 5/5 — Breeding ground for the worst of humanity *2026-08-18, version 5.7.4* Yik Yak has the perfect mix of counterculture esque gossip, and gives you the social pleasure of reading it. It’s beautiful in a way that feeds the best and worst of humanity. + Wordle!!!! ### 5/5 — i be yikking my yak *2026-08-18, version 5.7.4* thumbs up emoji ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — love it but *2026-08-24, version 5.8.3* consistently makes me sign out and redownload the app repeatedly until it decides to work again ### 1/5 — Bad app *2026-08-23, version 5.8.3* Terrible ### 1/5 — Terrible *2026-08-21, version 5.8.3* Root cause of cheating on my long distance gf. Don’t get it. ### 1/5 — Spreads Hate *2026-08-12, version 5.7.4* This app is just a way for college students to spread hate anonymously and without repercussions. ### 1/5 — Trash liberal app *2026-08-07, version 5.7.4* Don’t bother engaging in any discussion about politics, you’ll be permanently banned for wrong think. ### 1/5 — reporting and downvoting bullying got me banned. *2026-08-05* in 2016, this app dropped ~75% in downloads due to cyber bullying alone and had to lay off 60% of their staff as a result. even after being bought by a new company in 2023, still holds the same morals.. clearly. if a social platform is attempting to make a positive impact: don’t we think they’d respond to criticism and make the necessary changes instead of perma-banning people just reporting racist comments? Yikyak has an agenda for what you read and consume. hate is promoted and kindness is not shown. other comments prove this. this a social platform everyone should avoid unless you’re a racist, go right ahead apparently because that’s genuinely all i saw in comments. If you are someone you love is currently experiencing cyberbullying, please search for a local crisis line for your city, they are trained for this and your life is worth more than these people make you think❤️ ### 1/5 — Banned *2026-08-03, version 5.7.4* Got banned for life because the devs didn’t like me ### 1/5 — No text code *2026-07-25, version 5.7.3* Had this app for years but I just accidentally deleted it and when I redownloaded it no matter how many times I tried to get it to text me the code it won’t send me a code. I’ve tried a dozen times tonight and it won’t send a code to my phone number at all. ### 1/5 — Time out??? *2026-07-15, version 5.7.0* I haven't really used the app in two years. Then months ago I used it then stopped. Got on months later and it says im in time out. I checked my old post and comments and they're fine dont know why im in “time out” this app is and will always be trash. The old yik yak was better. I'll wait or forget about this app for awhile but if it still says it weeks later im deleting it. You should at least explain what the user did and get real mods the user mods are destroying your app hence the reason you have to have ads and all this other random junk that doesn't make any sense. Like why do you have games and stuff on here, dumb ### 1/5 — Stop pausing my music *2026-07-14, version 5.7.0* I’ll change this to 5 stars if yall can ask gpt to fix your code enough that it won’t pause music when you open the app. I actually enjoy this app but I cannot understand why this problem still persists ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — egged *2026-08-30, version 5.8.5* fffjejrnd ### 5/5 — I love yikyak *2026-08-27, version 5.8.3* Yikyak has been the center of my life ever since coming to college. After coming to uni, I became engrossed with this beautiful app. I’ve always loved X (formerly Twitter), and now combine that with anonymity and everyone being on the same page? It’s perfect. You’re bored on campus? Yikyak. Nothing to do? Yikyak. Want to talk about your horrible professor without them knowing? Yikyak. It’s always the answer. And I really mean Always. I wish to keep yikyak in my further education and make this an app that can be used in any company. Please make this possible 🙏🙏 ### 5/5 — She Yik on my Yak until I’m anonymous *2026-08-22, version 5.8.3* 😛 ### 5/5 — must download *2026-08-20, version 5.8.3* Top tier college app ### 5/5 — Yikyak is glorious *2026-08-20, version 5.7.4* App is genuinely great for keeping up with news around campus, and is actively developing into something more and more usefully almost daily. I don’t think I’ll ever stop using this app for the rest of my college career ### 5/5 — Lwky really well maintained *2026-08-19, version 5.8.3* you can tell the development team puts thought behind the app ### 5/5 — Best College Social App *2026-08-19, version 5.7.4* I have been on the app for about over a year and consistently have had updates from my university peers on events, funny occurrences, meme sharing and much more! ### 5/5 — I love this app *2026-08-19, version 5.8.3* This app has gotten me through rough times at college and made me love my campus even more due to the amount of people who are funny on here ### 5/5 — i love this app *2026-08-19, version 5.8.3* i love yik yak. i can yik and i can yak, i can connect with my campus. yik yak. ### 5/5 — Yiking my Yak *2026-08-19, version 5.7.4* I downloaded this app in 2022, so I’ve seen it go through a lot of changes over the years. That being said, it is something I use a lot of the time and I’ve met some pretty great people on here. Very good app --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-02.*