# TikTok Followers Scraper (`automly/tiktok-followers-scraper`) Actor

Scrape the followers and following lists of any public TikTok profile: username, display name, bio, follower and like counts, verified and private flags. Newest followers first, no login, with a real-time API.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/automly/tiktok-followers-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Automly](https://apify.com/automly) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.40 / 1,000 accounts

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## TikTok Followers Scraper

### What is TikTok Followers Scraper?

**TikTok Followers Scraper** is a tool that lets you **scrape the followers and following lists of TikTok profiles**: username, display name, bio, bio link, follower, following, like and video counts, verified and private flags, and profile picture. Enter one or more usernames, click **Start**, and download the users as Excel, CSV or JSON.

- 👥 **Both lists:** who follows a profile, who the profile follows, or both in one run
- 🆕 **Newest first:** the most recent followers come first
- 📊 **Full profiles:** follower, like and video counts for every user in the list
- 🔓 **No login:** no TikTok account, cookies or API key needed

### What can TikTok Followers Scraper do?

- Scrape the **followers** of any public TikTok profile, newest first
- Scrape the **following** list: the accounts a profile follows
- Get both lists for many profiles in one run, each row tagged with the profile and the list it came from
- Get each user's follower, following, like and video counts, bio and verified badge
- Get results in seconds over the **real-time API**, without starting a run
- Export to Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML or XML, or send them to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier and more

### What data can you extract from TikTok followers?

| | | |
|---|---|---|
| 👤 Username | 🏷️ Display name | 🆔 User ID |
| 📝 Bio | 🔗 Bio link | ✅ Verified badge |
| 👥 Followers | ➡️ Following | ❤️ Total likes |
| 🎬 Number of videos | 🔒 Private account | 🖼️ Profile picture |
| 🛍️ TikTok Shop seller | 🔁 Follower or following | 🎯 Profile it came from |

### How to scrape TikTok followers

1. [Create a free Apify account](https://console.apify.com/sign-up) (no credit card needed).
2. Open **TikTok Followers Scraper**.
3. Add one or more **TikTok usernames** or profile links.
4. Choose **Followers**, **Following** or **Both**, and how many users you want per profile, then click **Start**.
5. When the run finishes, download your users as Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML or XML.

### ⬇️ Input

Profiles can be a username (`khaby.lame`), `@khaby.lame` or a profile link (`https://www.tiktok.com/@khaby.lame`).

| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Profiles | The TikTok profiles whose lists you want |
| List | Followers, Following or Both (default Followers) |
| Max users per profile | How many users to get per profile and list (default 500). With Both, each list gets up to this many |
| Language | Language for the results (default English) |

Example: the latest 1,000 followers and up to 1,000 followed accounts of each of two creators.

```json
{
  "profiles": ["khaby.lame", "https://www.tiktok.com/@lil_biney"],
  "listType": "both",
  "maxResultsPerProfile": 1000
}
```

### ⬆️ Output

You get one row per user. `profile` is the profile whose list the user is in, and `relation` says which list: `follower` (the user follows that profile) or `following` (that profile follows the user). You can view the rows as a table in Apify Console or download them as Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML or XML.

```json
{
  "username": "khateb_10",
  "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@khateb_10",
  "nickname": "عبدالله الخطيب 🇸🇾",
  "id": "7471476590519600150",
  "secUid": "MS4wLjABAAAAX-u8JH9ke5DTciPjcyY10NR5zoEo9znwXRz1rKMD-zXZr4QgtLAO1LBYH8dpX2Sc",
  "bio": "🇸🇾🇦🇹",
  "bioLink": null,
  "verified": false,
  "privateAccount": false,
  "followers": 75,
  "following": 630,
  "likes": 0,
  "videos": 0,
  "avatarUrl": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-avt-0068/928cd2d6a913181b5a26114153f63313~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:1080:1080.jpeg",
  "createdAt": null,
  "language": null,
  "isSeller": false,
  "source": "khaby.lame",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-09-24T18:46:30Z",
  "profile": "khaby.lame",
  "relation": "follower"
}
```

Each run also saves a short report that lists how many profiles and users it covered, and any profile it could not scrape with the reason (for example, a username that does not exist).

### How can I use TikTok followers data?

- **Influencer marketing:** find engaged creators among a brand's or a competitor's followers
- **Audience research:** see who follows a creator and how big their own audiences are
- **Lead generation:** build lists of accounts, shops and creators in your niche
- **Growth tracking:** see who started following a profile most recently
- **Network analysis:** map who follows whom between creators, brands and communities

### Real-time TikTok followers API

Need followers right away inside your app? Call the actor's API and get the users back in the response, without starting a run:

```
GET https://<your-actor-standby-url>/followers?username=khaby.lame&type=followers&limit=100
Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>
```

`type` can be `followers`, `following` or `both`.

You can also run the actor from your own code with the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2) or the Python and JavaScript clients:

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("automly/tiktok-followers-scraper").call(run_input={
    "profiles": ["khaby.lame"],
    "listType": "both",
    "maxResultsPerProfile": 1000,
})
for user in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(user["relation"], user["username"], user["followers"])
```

### ❓FAQ

#### How much does it cost to scrape TikTok followers?

$0.40 per 1,000 users ($0.0004 per user), plus $0.00005 per run at the default settings. You pay only for the users you get, and the **Pricing** tab always shows the current price. Every Apify account gets $5 of free usage each month, enough for about 12,000 users, so you can try it at no cost.

#### How many followers can I scrape from one profile?

TikTok shows only the most recent few thousand users of each list. In our tests (September 2026) we got the latest 7,170 followers of an account with 163 million followers, 5,580 of one with 43,000 and 4,153 of one with 128,000, and 6,440 of the 8,920 accounts one profile follows. Setting Max users per profile higher does not get more. Lists of up to about a thousand users came in full (for example 1,125 of 1,145). The last few users TikTok counts on a profile are often deleted or banned accounts, so the totals can be slightly lower than the number shown on the profile.

#### Why did I get no followers for a profile?

TikTok does not show the lists of private accounts, and some people hide who they follow. In both cases the profile gives no rows for that list. A username that does not exist is listed in the run report.

#### Do I need a TikTok account?

No. You don't need a TikTok account, cookies or an API key.

#### Is it legal to scrape TikTok followers?

This scraper only collects information that people chose to show on their public TikTok profiles. It does not collect private data such as email addresses or phone numbers. Profiles are still personal data, which may be protected by laws such as GDPR, so only scrape it for a legitimate reason and ask a lawyer if you are unsure. You can read more in [Is web scraping legal?](https://blog.apify.com/is-web-scraping-legal/)

TikTok Followers Scraper is an independent tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by TikTok.

#### Something isn't working. What should I do?

Open the **Issues** tab and tell us the username and what you expected. We usually reply within a day.

# Actor input Schema

## `profiles` (type: `array`):

TikTok usernames or profile URLs (khaby.lame, @khaby.lame or https://www.tiktok.com/@khaby.lame).

## `listType` (type: `string`):

Scrape who follows each profile, who each profile follows, or both.

## `maxResultsPerProfile` (type: `integer`):

Maximum users per profile and list. With Both, this applies to the followers and to the following list separately. Newest followers come first.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Two-letter ISO language code for the results (e.g. en, es, fr, de, ja).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. The default works for most runs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "profiles": [
    "khaby.lame"
  ],
  "listType": "followers",
  "maxResultsPerProfile": 500,
  "language": "en",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `users` (type: `string`):

No description

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

## `report` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "profiles": [
        "khaby.lame"
    ],
    "maxResultsPerProfile": 500,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("automly/tiktok-followers-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "profiles": ["khaby.lame"],
    "maxResultsPerProfile": 500,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("automly/tiktok-followers-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "profiles": [
    "khaby.lame"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerProfile": 500,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call automly/tiktok-followers-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,automly/tiktok-followers-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/N9OoN1wpW7EaAiAsZ/builds/1z1J8uy4XvW8trJMq/openapi.json