Tiktok Comment Scraper

Extract comments, replies, and author metadata from any TikTok video — ~38 structured fields including comment text, engagement metrics, author profiles, reply threads, and AI-ready analytics. Export in JSON, CSV, or Excel.

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Key Features

• ~38 Structured Fields per record — comments, replies, authors, analytics
• Reply Threads — full reply chains linked to parent comments via parentCommentId
• Replies After Parent — in the dataset, each comment's replies appear right after it
• Author Metadata — username, nickname, verified status, private account flag, avatar
• Comment Analytics — language detection, word/emoji counts, hashtag/mention extraction
• Video Context (optional) — video caption, views, likes, shares, duration, music info
• Sorting — top comments or newest first
• 3 Dataset Views — Overview, Authors, Replies on Apify
• Proxy Support — Apify residential proxy integration for reliable scraping
• Pay-Per-Result — only pay for results you get

Best for: Sentiment analysis, brand monitoring, content research, AI training data, moderation analysis

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At a Glance

Feature	Details
Output Fields	~38 structured fields per record
Dataset Views	3 tabs (Overview, Authors, Replies)
Input	One or more TikTok video URLs
Max Comments	Up to 10,000 per video
Reply Threads	Enabled by default, linked via parentCommentId / replyId
Proxy	Optional (residential recommended for large runs)

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How It Works

1. Provide Video URLs — enter one or more TikTok video URLs
2. Session Warm-up — browser visits TikTok to establish session cookies
3. Fetch Comments — calls TikTok's internal comment API with cursor-based pagination
4. Fetch Replies — fetches reply threads for each comment via the reply API
5. Normalize & Export — structures data into ~38 fields and pushes to dataset

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Output

Comment Record

{
  "commentId": "7482114472766325535",
  "videoId": "7481695035033980190",
  "videoUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@aaron.vankampen/video/7481695035033980190",
  "commentText": "\u201cShe DIED\u201d \ud83e\udd19\ud83c\udffc\ud83e\udd19\ud83c\udffc\ud83e\udd19\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude2d",
  "createTime": "2025-03-15T19:05:59.000Z",
  "likeCount": 1507,
  "replyCount": 4,
  "isPinned": false,
  "commentPermalink": "https://www.tiktok.com/@aaron.vankampen/video/7481695035033980190?comment=7482114472766325535",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-03-14T13:29:33.073Z",
  "commentLanguage": "en",
  "wordCount": 3,
  "charCount": 27,
  "emojiCount": 8,
  "hashtags": [],
  "mentions": [],
  "authorId": "2904724",
  "authorUsername": "nellyyybaby",
  "authorNickname": "baby J\ud83d\udc8b",
  "authorVerified": false,
  "authorPrivateAccount": false,
  "authorAvatar": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/..."
}

Reply Record (appears right after its parent comment)

{
  "parentCommentId": "7482114472766325535",
  "replyId": "7482124949542011655",
  "videoId": "7481695035033980190",
  "videoUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@aaron.vankampen/video/7481695035033980190",
  "replyText": "\"So now aiiii got da crib!!\" \ud83d\ude03",
  "replyLikeCount": 32,
  "replyCreateTime": "2025-03-15T19:46:40.000Z",
  "replyAuthorId": "6812290091522016262",
  "replyAuthorUsername": "tony6ixx",
  "replyAuthorVerified": false,
  "commentLanguage": "en",
  "wordCount": 7,
  "charCount": 31,
  "emojiCount": 1,
  "hashtags": [],
  "mentions": [],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-03-14T13:29:33.329Z",
  "replyAuthorNickname": "Tony \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf1",
  "replyAuthorAvatar": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/..."
}

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Output Schema (~38 Fields)

Core Comment (10 fields)

Field	Type	Description
commentId	String	Unique comment ID
videoId	String	Video identifier
videoUrl	String	TikTok video URL
commentText	String	Full comment text
createTime	String	ISO 8601 timestamp
likeCount	Integer	Number of likes
replyCount	Integer	Number of replies
isPinned	Boolean	Pinned by creator
commentPermalink	String	Direct link to comment
scrapedAt	String	Scraping timestamp

Comment Analytics (6 fields)

Field	Type	Description
commentLanguage	String	Detected language code (e.g. en, zh, ja)
wordCount	Integer	Word count
charCount	Integer	Character count
emojiCount	Integer	Number of emojis
hashtags	Array	Extracted #hashtags
mentions	Array	Extracted @mentions

Author Metadata (6 fields)

Included when Include Author Info is enabled (default: on).

Field	Type	Description
authorId	String	Author's TikTok user ID
authorUsername	String	Author's @username
authorNickname	String	Display name
authorVerified	Boolean	Verified badge
authorPrivateAccount	Boolean	Private account
authorAvatar	String	Profile image URL

Reply Fields (10 fields)

Included when Include Replies is enabled (default: on). Each reply is a separate dataset row linked to its parent via parentCommentId.

Field	Type	Description
parentCommentId	String	Parent comment's ID
replyId	String	Reply's unique ID
replyText	String	Reply text
replyLikeCount	Integer	Reply likes
replyCreateTime	String	ISO 8601 timestamp
replyAuthorId	String	Reply author's user ID
replyAuthorUsername	String	Reply author's username
replyAuthorVerified	Boolean	Reply author verified
replyAuthorNickname	String	Reply author's display name
replyAuthorAvatar	String	Reply author's avatar URL

Reply records also include analytics fields (commentLanguage, wordCount, charCount, emojiCount, hashtags, mentions) computed on the reply text, plus videoId, videoUrl, and scrapedAt.

Video Metadata (10 fields, optional)

Included when Include Video Info is enabled (default: off). Extracted from TikTok's embedded page data.

Field	Type	Description
videoDescription	String	Video caption
videoCreateTime	String	Publish timestamp
videoLikeCount	Integer	Video likes
videoCommentCount	Integer	Video comment count
videoShareCount	Integer	Video shares
videoViewCount	Integer	Video views
videoDuration	Integer	Duration in seconds
videoRegion	String	Region code
musicTitle	String	Background music title
musicAuthor	String	Music creator

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Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Required	Description
videoUrls	Array	—	Yes	TikTok video URLs to scrape
maxComments	Integer	100	No	Max comments per video (1–10,000)
includeReplies	Boolean	true	No	Include reply threads
maxRepliesPerComment	Integer	50	No	Max replies per comment (1–500)
sort	String	"top"	No	Sort order: top or new
includeAuthorInfo	Boolean	true	No	Include author metadata
includeVideoInfo	Boolean	false	No	Include video metadata
proxyConfiguration	Object	—	No	Apify proxy settings

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Quick Start

Example 1: Single video with replies

{
  "videoUrls": [
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@aaron.vankampen/video/7481695035033980190"
  ],
  "maxComments": 100,
  "includeReplies": true,
  "maxRepliesPerComment": 50,
  "sort": "top",
  "includeAuthorInfo": true
}

Example 2: Multiple videos, comments only

{
  "videoUrls": [
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@aaron.vankampen/video/7481695035033980190",
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@aaron.vankampen/video/7546661132002413854"
  ],
  "maxComments": 100,
  "includeReplies": false,
  "sort": "top",
  "includeAuthorInfo": true
}

Example 3: Full extraction with proxy

{
  "videoUrls": [
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@creator/video/7234567890123456789"
  ],
  "maxComments": 1000,
  "includeReplies": true,
  "includeAuthorInfo": true,
  "includeVideoInfo": true,
  "sort": "new",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}

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Dataset Views

The output is organized into 3 focused tabs on the Apify platform:

Overview

Shows comments and replies together with key fields.

{
  "commentId": "7481802613793686318",
  "videoId": "7481695035033980190",
  "commentText": "YOU FOUND CODY!!!",
  "authorUsername": "duncanstanko",
  "likeCount": 489,
  "replyCount": 1,
  "isPinned": false,
  "createTime": "2025-03-14T22:55:34.000Z",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-03-14T13:29:31.670Z"
}

Authors

Focused view on commenter profiles.

{
  "commentId": "7481802613793686318",
  "authorId": "7158470338833777710",
  "authorUsername": "duncanstanko",
  "authorNickname": "Duncan Stanko",
  "authorVerified": false,
  "authorPrivateAccount": false,
  "authorAvatar": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/..."
}

Replies

Focused view on reply threads with parent-child linking.

{
  "parentCommentId": "7482422764545753902",
  "replyId": "7482493179494253342",
  "replyText": "He is a comedian. Calm down lol",
  "replyAuthorUsername": "wizrd.618",
  "replyLikeCount": 107,
  "replyCreateTime": "2025-03-16T19:35:28.000Z"
}

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Use Cases

Sentiment Analysis

Export comments for sentiment scoring and reaction analysis. Use commentLanguage, wordCount, and emojiCount for NLP preprocessing.

Brand Monitoring

Track public feedback on brand campaigns. Filter by video URL and analyze comment engagement patterns.

Content Research

Study audience reactions to viral content. Compare top comments vs. newest to understand engagement dynamics.

AI Training Data

Collect structured comment datasets for training text classification, sentiment, or moderation models.

Moderation Analysis

Identify patterns in toxic comments, spam, or abuse. Use author metadata to detect bot-like accounts.

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Performance

Metric	Value
Concurrency	1 request at a time
Request timeout	120 seconds
Navigation timeout	60 seconds
Retries	Up to 4 per request (exponential backoff)
Session pooling	5 sessions, 20 uses each

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Data Export

Supported formats via Apify platform:

• JSON
• CSV
• Excel
• HTML

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Tips

• Residential proxy recommended for reliable scraping at scale. Use { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"] }.
• Replies appear after their parent in the dataset output — look for parentCommentId to match them.
• Each reply is its own row with a flat structure, making it easy to filter comments vs. replies.
• commentPermalink links directly to the comment on TikTok.
• Language detection uses Unicode script analysis — returns null for ambiguous text.

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Pricing

This actor uses Apify's Pay-Per-Event model — you only pay for results you get.

Event	Trigger	Description
result-scraped	Each comment or reply extracted	Charged once per record pushed to dataset

Event price is configured in the Apify Console. Platform compute and proxy costs (if enabled) are billed separately to your Apify account.

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Compliance

• Collects only publicly available TikTok comment data
• Does not bypass CAPTCHAs or access gated content
• Does not collect private account data
• Intended for legitimate research, analytics, and business intelligence
• Users are responsible for compliance with applicable laws in their jurisdiction

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Support

• Issues: Report via GitHub or Apify support
• Feature requests: Open an issue with your use case

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Built by Coregent Digital Studio — Production-ready TikTok comment extraction