TikTok Scraper

Collect TikTok videos, profiles, hashtags, search results, sounds, playlists, comments and follower lists in one Actor, as clean, structured data.

Add usernames, hashtags, keywords or any TikTok link, choose how many videos you need, and export the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or pull them through the Apify API. Results appear in your dataset while the run is still going.

What This Actor Does

• Scrapes profiles — account details plus their videos, reposts, public liked videos, playlists and active stories
• Scrapes hashtags, sounds and playlists
• Searches TikTok for videos, photo posts, creators or the Top tab
• Accepts any TikTok link — videos, photo posts, profiles, hashtags, sounds, playlists and short vm.tiktok.com / vt.tiktok.com links
• Returns views, likes, comments, shares, saves, captions, hashtags, mentions, music, cover images and photo-post images
• Optionally adds comments with their replies, nested inside each video
• Optionally adds the full author profile to every video
• Optionally adds subtitles as plain text, in every language TikTok provides
• Optionally collects followers and following lists
• Date filters, view and like filters and sorting are included at no extra cost

Best For

• Influencer discovery and creator vetting
• Trend, hashtag and sound research
• Competitor and brand monitoring
• Comment and sentiment analysis
• Building datasets for dashboards, BI, NLP or AI workflows

Input

Fill in at least one of Profiles, Hashtags, Search terms or TikTok links. You can combine them freely in one run.

Main input fields

Field	What it does
profiles	Usernames or profile links, e.g. khaby.lame, @khaby.lame or https://www.tiktok.com/@khaby.lame
hashtags	Hashtags with or without #, e.g. fitness
searchQueries	Keywords, exactly as you would type them into TikTok search
startUrls	Any TikTok links — the link type is detected automatically
resultsPerPage	How many videos to collect from each profile, hashtag, search term, sound or playlist (default 10)
searchSection	Which search tab to use: videos, photos, creators or top
profileSections	Which parts of a profile to collect: videos, reposts, liked, playlists, stories
newerThan / olderThan	Only videos from a date range. Accepts a date (2025-06-01) or a relative period (7 days, 3 months)
minViews / minLikes	Only videos above a popularity threshold
sortBy	default, newest, oldest, mostViewed, mostLiked or mostShared
includeComments / maxCommentsPerVideo	Add comments to each video
includeReplies / maxRepliesPerComment	Add replies under each comment
includeAuthorProfiles	Add the author's full profile to each video
includeSubtitles	Add subtitle text to each video
includeFollowers / includeFollowing / maxFollowersPerProfile	Collect follower and following lists (up to 1,000 per list)
country	The country TikTok sees your requests coming from (default United States)

Example input

{
  "profiles": ["khaby.lame"],
  "hashtags": ["booktok"],
  "searchQueries": ["healthy breakfast"],
  "resultsPerPage": 20,
  "newerThan": "30 days",
  "sortBy": "mostViewed",
  "includeComments": true,
  "maxCommentsPerVideo": 20
}

Output

Results are split into three tables, each shown on the run's Output tab and each with its own export:

• Videos — one row per video or photo post (the default dataset)
• Profiles — one row per account, from profiles and creator searches
• Followers & following — one row per account in a follower or following list, with profileUsername showing whose list it is

Videos collected from a profile link back to that profile through profileId, so the profile's details are stored once instead of being repeated on every video. Comments and their replies are nested inside each video, so a video and its conversation stay together in one row.

Every field is included when you export or use the API. The Export button on the run page exports videos; export profiles and follower lists from the Output or Storage tab.

Video fields

Field	Description
id, url	Video ID and link
text	Caption
createdAt	Upload time (ISO 8601)
viewCount, likeCount, commentCount, shareCount, saveCount, repostCount	Engagement
durationSeconds, width, height	Video details
coverUrl, images	Cover image, and all images of a photo post
isPhotoPost, isPinned, isAd, isAiGenerated	Flags
hashtags, mentions	Hashtags and mentioned usernames
music	Sound ID, title, author, original-sound flag, duration, cover and link
author	Author ID and username — or the full profile when includeAuthorProfiles is on
profileId	The profile row this video belongs to (videos collected from a profile)
hasSubtitles, subtitles	Whether the video has subtitles, and their text when includeSubtitles is on
comments	Comments with nested replies, when includeComments is on
source	Where the video came from, e.g. { "type": "hashtag", "value": "booktok" }

Profile fields

Field	Description
id, username, name, url	Account identity
bio, bioLink, avatarUrl	Profile details
followerCount, followingCount, likeCount, videoCount, friendCount	Account statistics
verified, isPrivate, isBusinessAccount, isSeller, hasActiveStory	Flags
createdAt	When the account was created (when TikTok shows it)

Example output

A profile row:

{
  "type": "profile",
  "id": "68616495085350913",
  "username": "zachking",
  "name": "Zach King",
  "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@zachking",
  "bio": "Bringing a little more wonder into the world, 15 seconds at a time",
  "bioLink": "https://youtu.be/ulVscDewRPI",
  "verified": true,
  "isPrivate": false,
  "followerCount": 86879109,
  "followingCount": 182,
  "likeCount": 1297944129,
  "videoCount": 617,
  "createdAt": "2016-02-29T07:29:22.000Z",
  "source": { "type": "profile", "value": "zachking" }
}

A video row from a hashtag, with comments and replies:

{
  "type": "video",
  "id": "7064703044331523375",
  "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@shereinabdelhady/video/7064703044331523375",
  "text": "there's alot of emotions in this video 😂 #fyp #gym #fitness",
  "createdAt": "2022-02-14T22:55:57.000Z",
  "isPhotoPost": false,
  "viewCount": 43800000,
  "likeCount": 8700000,
  "commentCount": 34200,
  "shareCount": 66600,
  "saveCount": 176619,
  "durationSeconds": 26,
  "coverUrl": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/...",
  "hashtags": ["fyp", "gym", "fitness"],
  "mentions": [],
  "music": {
    "id": "7022717423417854725",
    "title": "without me",
    "author": "favsoundds",
    "isOriginal": true,
    "durationSeconds": 34
  },
  "author": { "id": "6733632838111921157", "username": "shereinabdelhady" },
  "profileId": null,
  "hasSubtitles": false,
  "source": { "type": "hashtag", "value": "fitness" },
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": "7066227699052135174",
      "text": "el último chico sintió hasta mariposas aksjkaka",
      "createdAt": "2022-02-19T01:32:29.000Z",
      "likeCount": 3624,
      "replyCount": 4,
      "isPinned": false,
      "isLikedByCreator": false,
      "author": {
        "id": "6803194333148742661",
        "username": "kmipito",
        "name": "kmi"
      },
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": "7071337386764567302",
          "text": "Siiiiiiiiiii 😂😂",
          "createdAt": "2022-03-04T20:00:39.000Z",
          "likeCount": 27,
          "author": {
            "id": "6764505400462263302",
            "username": "a_n_t_i_t_e_s_i_s"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

A follower row (in the Followers & following table):

{
  "type": "follower",
  "profileId": "68616495085350913",
  "profileUsername": "zachking",
  "id": "7301234567890123456",
  "username": "example.user",
  "name": "Example User",
  "followerCount": 72,
  "followingCount": 172,
  "videoCount": 6
}

How To Use

1. Add profiles, hashtags, search terms or TikTok links.
2. Set Maximum videos per source.
3. Optionally add date or popularity filters and a sort order.
4. Turn on comments, author profiles, subtitles or follower lists only if you need them.
5. Run the Actor and open the Output tab, or export the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them through the Apify API.

Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing, so you only pay for results you receive:

• Video — each video or photo post saved to your dataset
• Profile — each profile row, and each unique author when Add full author profiles is on (charged once per author per run, however many of their videos you collect)
• Comment — each comment and each reply, only when comments are on
• Follower — each follower or followed account, only when follower lists are on
• Actor start — a small fee each time a run starts

Date filters, view and like filters, sorting, subtitles and country selection are included at no extra cost. Videos that are private, deleted or unavailable, and lists an account keeps hidden, are never charged. Current prices for each Apify plan are shown on the Actor's Pricing tab.

If a run reaches the maximum cost you set for it, it stops cleanly and keeps everything collected so far.

Free plan

On the Apify free plan every feature is available to try, with smaller amounts per run: up to 3 profiles, hashtags, search terms or links, 10 videos per source (5 per section when you select several profile sections), 10 comments per video, 3 replies per comment and 20 accounts per follower list. Upgrade to a paid Apify plan to remove these limits.

Best Practices

• Start with a small Maximum videos per source to check the output quickly.
• Use Only videos newer than for recurring monitoring, so each run only collects new videos. For profiles, the Actor jumps straight to your date range, so filtered runs are fast.
• Keep Scrape as if from on United States unless you need local results — it gives the most complete search results.
• Turn on comments only for runs that need them; runs without comments are faster and cheaper.
• Use JSON export when you need nested data such as comments, replies, subtitles and music.

FAQ

Why did a source return fewer videos than I asked for?

The profile, hashtag or search may simply have fewer matching videos, especially with date or popularity filters. The run log tells you when a source returned fewer results and why.

Can I collect private accounts?

No. For a private account only its public profile details are saved. Liked videos and following lists are collected only when the account has made them public; otherwise the log says so and nothing is charged.

How does sorting work?

Sorting orders the videos collected from each source, up to your Maximum videos per source. For profiles, Newest first and Oldest first come straight from TikTok, so an oldest-first run really starts at the account's first video.

Are subtitles available for every video?

Only for videos that have subtitles on TikTok, including TikTok's auto-generated captions. hasSubtitles tells you which videos have them.

How long does a run take?

Most runs finish in under a minute. Several profiles with 10 videos each typically take 10–20 seconds. Comments, replies and long follower lists add time.

Why does a follower list stop at 1,000?

Follower lists are loaded page by page, so very long lists are slow to collect. The limit keeps runs fast and predictable.

Responsible Use

This Actor collects publicly available data only. Make sure your use complies with TikTok's terms, applicable laws and data-protection rules such as the GDPR, especially when you process personal data such as usernames, profiles and comments.

Troubleshooting

• No results for a search term — try the United States country setting and a simpler keyword.
• A link was skipped — check that it is a public TikTok video, profile, hashtag, sound or playlist link.
• A profile could not be loaded — the account may have been renamed, banned or deleted.

If something still does not work, open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab with your run link and we will take a look.