Douyin 抖音 Hot Search Scraper - Trending Topics 热榜 | No Login

Douyin Hot Search Scraper reads the Douyin hot search board (热榜), the list of topics the app shows as trending right now, with rank, keyword and heat value. Schedule it hourly or daily to build a history of what is trending in China.

It is the single-purpose version of Douyin 抖音 Scraper, which covers many more modes of the same platform. Same data, same prices, a simpler form.

What you get

Every record is flat JSON with these fields (empty when the platform does not show the value): hotValue, rank, sentenceId, type, url, videoCount, viewCount, word.

How to use it

1. Click Try for free (or Start) and fill in the form.
2. Set maxResults to cap how many records, and therefore how much, a run returns.
3. Run it and download the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read it through the API.

Input

Field	Type	What it does
maxResults	integer	Maximum number of items to return in total for this run. You are charged per item returned.

Output example

{
  "type": "hotTopic",
  "rank": 1,
  "word": "习主席同阿曼苏丹会谈有这些看点",
  "url": "https://www.douyin.com/search/%E4%B9%A0%E4%B8%BB%E5%B8%AD%E5%90%8C%E9%98%BF%E6%9B%BC%E8%8B%8F%E4%B8%B9%E4%BC%9A%E8%B0%88%E6%9C%89%E8%BF%99%E4%BA%9B%E7%9C%8B%E7%82%B9",
  "hotValue": 0,
  "viewCount": 0,
  "videoCount": 1,
  "sentenceId": "2726554"
}

How much does it cost?

Pay per event: you pay only for records delivered to your dataset. Prices depend on your Apify plan.

Event	What it covers	Bronze	Silver	Gold, Platinum, Diamond
Run start	once per run	$0.00005	$0.00005	$0.00005
Result	Each hot topic returned	$0.005	$0.00451	$0.00408

Example: 100 hot topics on Bronze cost about $0.50, on Gold about $0.41.

On the free Apify plan every run returns a stored sample (a real result of the prefilled input), so you can check the output format before paying. Your own inputs need a paid plan.

Use cases

• Track daily trends in China for content planning and marketing.
• Spot breaking news and viral topics as they rise.
• Build a time series of trending topics for research.

Why use this scraper

• No account, no cookies, no proxies. You give keywords, links or IDs; the Actor does the rest.
• You pay for data you get. A failed or empty run says why in its status message and whether anything was charged.
• Try before paying. Free Apify accounts get a stored sample of the exact output.
• Flat JSON records ready for spreadsheets, databases and AI pipelines.

Integrations and API

Start runs from the Apify API, schedule them in the Apify Console, and send results to webhooks, Google Sheets, n8n, Make or Zapier. Python example with apify-client:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("clover_folktale/douyin-hot-search-scraper").call(run_input={"maxResults": 20})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

Use it from AI agents (MCP, n8n, Make)

This Actor works as a tool for AI agents through the Apify MCP server. Add it to Claude, Cursor or any MCP client with https://mcp.apify.com?tools=clover_folktale/douyin-hot-search-scraper.

Support

Found a bug or a missing field? Open an issue on the Issues tab. We reply within 24 hours, and a mode that stops working is fixed within 24 hours. Changes are listed on the Changelog tab.

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