TikTok Comments Scraper — Fast Comment Extraction

Extract comments from any TikTok video — comment text, author info, likes, replies, and timestamps. Browser-based approach for a 99% success rate, no proxy required.

Built for social-media analysts, brand-monitoring teams, sentiment-analysis tools, influencer-marketing platforms, and researchers.

What you get

• Full comment data — text, author username, likes, reply count, timestamp
• High success rate — browser-based extraction bypasses rate limits
• No proxy needed — works out of the box
• Fast — ~50 comments per request
• Bulk video support — pass multiple video URLs in one run
• Pre-built dataset Overview in Apify Console for instant inspection

Why this scraper (vs. alternatives)

	Build your own	API-based scraper	This actor
Rate-limit handling	Manual	Often blocked	Browser-based, 99% success
Proxy required	Usually yes	Usually yes	No
Reply threads	Manual	Sometimes	Captured
Bulk videos	Manual loop	Limited	Native

Input

Field	Type	Description
videoUrls	string[]	TikTok video URLs to scrape (e.g., ["https://www.tiktok.com/@user/video/123..."])
videoUrl	string	Single video URL (alternative to videoUrls)
maxComments	int	Maximum comments per video (default 1000)
headless	bool	Run browser headless (default true)

Example Input

{
  "videoUrls": [
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok/video/7580840854445706518"
  ],
  "maxComments": 500
}

Output (sample)

{
  "video_url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok/video/7580840854445706518",
  "comment_id": "7580841234567890",
  "text": "This is amazing! 🔥",
  "author_username": "user123",
  "author_nickname": "Jane Doe",
  "likes": 1420,
  "reply_count": 12,
  "is_reply": false,
  "timestamp": "2026-05-27T18:30:00",
  "scraped_at": "2026-05-28T14:00:00+00:00"
}

Use cases

• Brand monitoring — track sentiment on your branded TikTok content
• Sentiment analysis — feed NLP models with real audience reactions
• Influencer marketing — measure engagement quality on creator videos
• Market research — understand audience opinions on products/trends
• Competitive intel — analyze comment sentiment on competitor content
• Community management — surface top comments and questions to respond to

Pricing

Pay-Per-Event — one of the cheapest comment scrapers available:

• $0.00025 per comment
• $0.00005 actor-start fee

Example runs

Use case	Comments	Cost
Single video analysis	500	$0.13
Campaign monitoring (5 videos)	5,000	$1.25
Bulk sentiment dataset	20,000	$5.00

Tips

• Pass multiple URLs in videoUrls to scrape several videos in one run
• Set maxComments lower for quick sampling, higher for full extraction
• Browser-based approach means no proxy setup is needed
• Schedule recurring runs to track comment growth on a viral video over time

FAQ

Q: Do I need a proxy?
A: No — the browser-based approach works without proxies.

Q: Does it capture reply threads?
A: Yes — replies are captured and flagged with is_reply: true.

Q: How many comments can it get per video?
A: Up to maxComments (default 1000). Higher values take longer but capture more.

Q: How fresh is the data?
A: Real-time. Each run fetches the current comments on the video.

Related actors

• tiktok-profile-scraper — TikTok profile stats
• instagram-intelligence-scraper — Instagram posts + comments
• reddit-scraper — Reddit posts + comments

Legal & compliance

This scraper only retrieves publicly accessible comments. You are responsible for:

• Respecting TikTok's Terms of Service
• GDPR-compliant handling of any personal data in comments/author info
• Not republishing scraped data in ways that infringe IP or privacy rights

Support & feature requests

Open an issue on the Actor page or contact via Apify Console messaging. Custom features welcome.