TikTok Profile Scraper

Returns: one row per TikTok profile with username, nickname, followers, following, likes, videos, verified, bio. Input: {"usernames": ["nasa", "duolingo"], "maxItems": 2} Best for: creator and lead lists (emails and links from bios), brand and competitor follower tracking, collecting public profile metadata.

{
  "username": "nasa",
  "nickname": "NASA",
  "followers": 2063852,
  "following": 23,
  "likes": 10942352,
  "videos": 56,
  "verified": true,
  "bio": "Making the seemingly impossible, possible.✨"
}

This TikTok profile scraper and API returns public profile data without a login.

What does TikTok Profile Scraper do?

TikTok Profile Scraper collects public profile data for any list of TikTok usernames or profile URLs. It opens each public profile page once, reads the profile data that TikTok embeds in the page, and returns one clean record per account. You get follower, following, likes and video counts together with the bio, verified status, avatar, bio link, language and account creation time. It needs no login and no API key, and it does not collect video lists, comments or private data. Only information visible on a public profile is returned.

The Actor is built for influencer research, brand monitoring, competitor benchmarking, lead lists and audience analytics. Feed it a few handles or thousands, schedule it daily, and compare the counts over time. Each run is small and quick because only one page is fetched per profile, so results arrive in seconds per account.

Typical uses include building a creator database with follower counts and verification status, tracking how follower and like counts of a brand account change from week to week, collecting public profile metadata and privacy flags for a list of handles, and enriching a CRM or spreadsheet with TikTok statistics for known accounts.

What data can you get?

Every record is a flat JSON object. Fields that TikTok does not expose for an account, such as the bio link on most profiles, are returned as null instead of being dropped, so your columns stay consistent.

Field	Description
username	TikTok handle without @
nickname	Display name
userId	Numeric TikTok user ID
bio	Profile bio text
verified	Verified badge flag
privateAccount	Whether the account is private
followers	Follower count
following	Accounts followed
likes	Total likes received
videos	Public video count
friends	Mutual follows count
avatarUrl	Signed avatar image URL (expires)
bioLink	Link in the bio
language	Account language code
createdAt	Account creation time, ISO 8601
commerceUser	Commerce account flag
secUid	TikTok secure user ID
ttSeller	TikTok Shop seller flag
isOrganization	Organization account flag
isLive	Whether a live room was open
likesGiven	Videos the account has liked
emailsInBio	Email addresses found in the bio text
hashtagsInBio	Hashtags found in the bio text
mentionsInBio	@mentions found in the bio text
sourceUrl	Profile page the record came from
id	Stable record ID, equal to userId
scrapedAt	Collection time

Total likes are corrected for a known TikTok quirk: for the biggest accounts the raw number overflows a 32-bit integer and turns negative, and the Actor restores the real positive value. The avatar URL is signed by TikTok and expires after some time, so download the image soon if you need to keep it.

How to use

1. Open the Actor in Apify Console and go to the Input tab.
2. Enter usernames such as nasa or @duolingo in the Usernames field, or paste profile URLs such as https://www.tiktok.com/@nba into Profile URLs. You can use both.
3. Set Max profiles to the number of records you want. The run stops as soon as that many profiles are saved.
4. Keep the default residential proxy. TikTok often blocks datacenter addresses when many profiles are requested.
5. Click Start. When the run finishes, open the Output tab to view the table or download the data as JSON, CSV, Excel or XML.

Usernames that do not exist, or accounts that have been banned or deleted, are skipped and a warning is written to the log. They do not produce empty or error records. If every request is blocked, the run logs a warning and finishes with zero items. Its final status tells you to check the handles and enable the RESIDENTIAL proxy group. A skipped target is unresolved: an empty dataset alone cannot distinguish a missing account from a temporary block.

The Actor spaces request starts by about 125 milliseconds with up to eight concurrent profile requests, and retries blocked requests with growing delays on a fresh proxy session. Duplicate usernames in the input are collapsed, so each account is saved once per run.

Input

Field	Type	Description
usernames	array of strings	TikTok usernames, with or without @. Profile URLs are also accepted.
startUrls	array of URL objects	Profile URLs such as https://www.tiktok.com/@nba. Video and hashtag URLs are not supported.
maxItems	integer	Maximum profiles to save, 1 to 100000. Default 50.
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify Proxy settings. Default is the residential group.

Example input:

{
  "usernames": ["nasa", "duolingo", "spotify"],
  "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@nba" }],
  "maxItems": 4,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] }
}

At least one of usernames or startUrls is required. The lists are combined and deduplicated, with usernames processed first. The maxItems limit is shared across both lists. Missing or blocked targets do not use a result slot, so later targets can still return rows. Defaults do not add targets to API calls; prefilled handles are examples for the Console. An entry that is not a valid username or profile URL stops the run immediately with a clear error message, before any request is made.

Output

Each profile becomes one item in the dataset. This is a real record from a local run:

{
  "id": "7664638705177150477",
  "username": "nasa",
  "nickname": "NASA",
  "userId": "7664638705177150477",
  "bio": "Making the seemingly impossible, possible.✨",
  "verified": true,
  "privateAccount": false,
  "followers": 2063852,
  "following": 23,
  "likes": 10942352,
  "videos": 56,
  "friends": 17,
  "avatarUrl": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-eu.com/tos-maliva-avt-0068/e5143212a59c09a008bf50f487d54d1f~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:1080:1080.jpeg?dr=10399&refresh_token=e0d7b1f9&x-expires=1792040400&x-signature=eXi6WabLXcz57vQGHX3tAdZryis%3D&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=a5d48078&shcp=81f88b70&idc=no1a",
  "bioLink": "science.nasa.gov/feature/artemis-ii-preliminary-lunar-science-report",
  "language": "en",
  "createdAt": "2026-07-20T15:55:49.000Z",
  "commerceUser": false,
  "secUid": "MS4wLjABAAAAU9BRVzC8oCaegVnia8IbqWhPb_-dbU7s00Y3wS1_Nx8g5RUaYvyXrpejgjdxTwd6",
  "ttSeller": false,
  "isOrganization": true,
  "isLive": false,
  "likesGiven": 0,
  "emailsInBio": [],
  "hashtagsInBio": [],
  "mentionsInBio": [],
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@nasa",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-13T05:41:30.259Z"
}

The avatarUrl field is a signed image URL from the sampled page and can expire. The dataset has an Overview view that lists the most useful columns, and you can export every field.

How much does it cost?

The Actor is charged per result, which means per profile saved to the dataset. Profiles that are skipped because they do not exist are not charged. See the Pricing tab of the Actor for the current rate. Under pay-per-event, the publisher pays proxy and compute costs; customers pay the configured result events.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

You can call this Actor from any MCP-compatible assistant through the Apify MCP server. Add this to your client configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=axiomworks/tiktok-profile-scraper"
    }
  }
}

Example prompts you can give your assistant:

1. "Get the follower count and verification status of the TikTok accounts nasa, duolingo and spotify."
2. "Scrape the TikTok profiles of nba and netflix and tell me which has more followers."
3. "Collect public profile metadata and privacy flags for nasa and duolingo; report skipped targets as unresolved."

Integrations and API

You can run the Actor from code, schedule it, or connect it to other tools with Apify integrations such as webhooks, Make, Zapier, Google Sheets and n8n.

Python:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("axiomworks/tiktok-profile-scraper").call(run_input={"usernames": ["nasa"], "maxItems": 1})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["username"], item["followers"])

JavaScript:

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<APIFY_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('axiomworks/tiktok-profile-scraper').call({ usernames: ['nasa'], maxItems: 1 });
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.dir(items);

cURL:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/axiomworks~tiktok-profile-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"usernames": ["nasa"], "maxItems": 1}'

FAQ

Does it need a TikTok account or cookies? No. It reads only public profile pages and never logs in.

Can it scrape videos, comments or followers lists? No. This Actor covers profile data only. Video lists need signed API calls that are outside its scope.

Why is a field null? Some accounts have no bio, no bio link or hidden details. New or tiny accounts have sparse data, so only username, nickname, user ID and follower count can be relied on.

Why do likes look different from the number shown in the app? The app rounds large numbers, for example 9.9M. The Actor returns the exact count, with the overflow of very large accounts corrected.

What happens with a private account? Public profile fields are still returned and privateAccount is true.

Why did my run return no items? Either none of the usernames exist, or TikTok blocked the requests. Keep the residential proxy enabled and try again.

How fresh is the data? It is read live from the profile page at the moment of the run, and the scrapedAt field records the time.

Is it legal to scrape TikTok?

The Actor collects only data that is publicly visible without logging in, and it does not bypass any login or CAPTCHA. Public profile data can still be personal data. Depending on where you and the account owners are located, rules such as the GDPR may apply to how you store and use it, so use it for a lawful purpose, keep only what you need, and respect deletion requests. The website's terms of service may also restrict automated access, so review them and take legal advice for your use case. This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by TikTok.

Tips for reliable runs

Start with a small maxItems value to confirm the output suits your pipeline, then scale up. Large lists are processed in the order you supply them, so put the most important accounts first. If you schedule the Actor daily to track growth, store the scrapedAt value next to the counts so that you can chart changes over time. When you compare likes across runs, remember that the number is the lifetime total of likes received by the account's videos, so it only moves up unless videos are removed. Follower counts are exact at the time of the request, which means two runs a few minutes apart can differ for fast-growing accounts.

Feedback

If a field is missing, a profile that should work fails, or you want another data point added, open an issue from the Actor page in Apify Console. Reports that include the username and the run link are the easiest to reproduce and fix.