Tiktok Contact Extractor

Extract public emails, phones, websites, and outreach clues from TikTok creators with source attribution, confidence scoring, and contact-ready lead exports.

What does this actor do?

TikTok Contact Extractor is an Apify Actor that extracts publicly available contact details from TikTok creators, including:

• Emails — extracted from bios and linked websites
• Phone numbers — extracted from bios and linked websites when public
• Instagram handles — from bios or linked pages
• YouTube handles — from bios or linked pages
• External URLs — bio links, websites, contact pages
• Profile metadata — followers, verification status, display name, bio text
• Source attribution — where each contact clue was found (bio, website, contact page)
• Confidence scores — how trustworthy each contact value is
• Lead quality indicators — outreach readiness and lead scoring

This actor is designed as a contact discovery and lead-enrichment tool, not a general TikTok scraper. It helps answer:

• Which TikTok creators have public contact information?
• Which creators are contactable right now?
• Which contact details came from bio text versus linked websites?
• Which creator leads look most trustworthy and complete?

Why use this actor?

• Multi-source contact extraction — bio text, link-in-bio websites, and contact pages
• Clear source attribution — every contact field shows where it was found
• Confidence scoring — heuristic scores per email and phone based on source quality
• Lead qualification — contact readiness levels and lead quality scores
• CRM-ready flat output — one row per creator, easy to import anywhere
• Multiple input modes — direct profiles, keyword discovery, and hashtag discovery
• Deduplication — creators found from multiple sources are merged automatically
• Filtering — filter for email-only, phone-only, verified-only, follower ranges
• Structured error handling — partial results with error details, not broken runs

Input

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
profiles	string[]	[]	TikTok profile URLs or @usernames
keywords	string[]	[]	Keywords to discover creators (e.g. "ugc creator skincare")
hashtags	string[]	[]	Hashtags to discover creators from
maxCreators	integer	500	Maximum creator records to return
extractFromBio	boolean	true	Parse bios for contact data
followExternalLinks	boolean	true	Visit bio links for more contacts
extractEmails	boolean	true	Extract email addresses
extractPhones	boolean	true	Extract phone numbers
extractInstagram	boolean	true	Extract Instagram handles
extractYoutube	boolean	true	Extract YouTube handles
emailOnly	boolean	false	Only return creators with emails
phoneOnly	boolean	false	Only return creators with phones
mustHaveExternalLink	boolean	false	Only return creators with websites
mustHaveContactClue	boolean	false	Only return creators with any contact data
minFollowers	integer	0	Minimum follower count filter
maxFollowers	integer	0	Maximum follower count filter (0 = no limit)
verifiedOnly	boolean	false	Only return verified creators
includeConfidenceScores	boolean	true	Include confidence and quality fields
includeContactSourceDetails	boolean	true	Include source attribution fields
deduplicateCreators	boolean	true	Deduplicate across input sources
countryHint	string	""	Country code hint for phone parsing
debugMode	boolean	false	Verbose logging
proxyConfiguration	object	—	Apify proxy (residential recommended)

At least one of profiles, keywords, or hashtags is required.

Sample input 1: Keyword discovery with email filter

Find contactable creators related to specific keywords, only return those with email addresses:

{
  "keywords": ["swift", "taylor"],
  "maxCreators": 50,
  "emailOnly": true,
  "followExternalLinks": true,
  "extractEmails": true,
  "extractPhones": true,
  "extractInstagram": true,
  "extractYoutube": true,
  "includeConfidenceScores": true,
  "includeContactSourceDetails": true,
  "deduplicateCreators": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

Sample input 2: Direct profile enrichment with hashtag discovery

Enrich a known list of profiles and discover more creators from hashtags:

{
  "profiles": [
    "@taylorfrankiepaul",
    "@taylor_thatdancer",
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@paigetaylor.s"
  ],
  "hashtags": ["beautytok", "gymtok"],
  "maxCreators": 200,
  "followExternalLinks": true,
  "mustHaveContactClue": true,
  "minFollowers": 1000,
  "extractEmails": true,
  "extractPhones": true,
  "extractInstagram": true,
  "extractYoutube": true,
  "includeConfidenceScores": true,
  "includeContactSourceDetails": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

Output

Each output row represents one creator with normalized contact data and source metadata. Results are available in four dataset views:

Overview tab

Key identity fields, primary contacts, lead score, and discovery source.

{
  "username": "taylorfrankiepaul",
  "displayName": "Taylor Paul",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@taylorfrankiepaul",
  "isVerified": true,
  "followersCount": 6086356,
  "primaryEmail": "taylorfrankiepaul@select.co",
  "primaryPhone": null,
  "externalUrl": "https://www.ulta.com/p/purity-one-step-meltaway-cleansing-balm-pimprod2056354?sku=2649051",
  "instagramHandle": null,
  "youtubeHandle": null,
  "contactReadiness": "high",
  "leadQualityScore": 60,
  "discoveredVia": ["keyword"],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-03-21T05:01:23.943Z"
}

Contact Details tab

Full contact data including all emails, phones, handles, and links.

{
  "username": "paigetaylor.s",
  "displayName": "Paige Taylor",
  "bio": "✝️\npaige@insightmedia.com",
  "primaryEmail": "paige@insightmedia.com",
  "allEmails": ["paige@insightmedia.com"],
  "primaryPhone": "68608721562",
  "allPhones": ["68608721562"],
  "externalUrl": "https://linktr.ee/paigetaylor.s",
  "externalDomain": "linktr.ee",
  "instagramHandle": null,
  "youtubeHandle": null,
  "tiktokBioLink": "https://linktr.ee/paigetaylor.s",
  "contactPageUrl": "https://linktr.ee/s/about/trust-center/report/?field86145911=https%3A%2F%2Flinktr.ee%2Fpaigetaylor.s",
  "otherPublicLinks": [
    "https://linktr.ee/s/about/trust-center/report/?field86145911=https%3A%2F%2Flinktr.ee%2Fpaigetaylor.s",
    "https://linktr.ee/connectartech"
  ],
  "followersCount": 6778715,
  "isVerified": false
}

Lead Quality tab

Confidence scores, readiness levels, quality scores, and business signals.

{
  "username": "taylor_thatdancer",
  "displayName": "taylor pierce 🖤🤖",
  "followersCount": 5295218,
  "primaryEmail": "nickyahid1@gmail.com",
  "emailConfidence": 0.8,
  "primaryPhone": null,
  "phoneConfidence": null,
  "contactReadiness": "high",
  "contactReadinessReason": "Public email and website found",
  "leadQualityScore": 60,
  "leadQualityReason": "+25 email, +10 website, +10 high followers, +5 verified, +10 business profile",
  "isBusinessLikeProfile": true,
  "isLikelyCreatorLead": true,
  "isVerified": true
}

Source Attribution tab

Where each contact was found, website visit status, and discovery lineage.

{
  "username": "lojaswift",
  "primaryEmail": null,
  "emailSource": null,
  "primaryPhone": "68608721562",
  "phoneSource": "website_homepage",
  "instagramHandle": null,
  "instagramSource": null,
  "youtubeHandle": "andywso",
  "youtubeSource": "website_homepage",
  "contactSourceSummary": "Phone found on website. YouTube: andywso",
  "bioContainsEmail": false,
  "bioContainsPhone": false,
  "websiteContainsEmail": false,
  "websiteContainsPhone": true,
  "websiteVisited": true,
  "websiteVisitStatus": "success",
  "discoveredVia": ["keyword"],
  "sourceProfiles": [],
  "sourceKeywords": ["swift"],
  "sourceHashtags": []
}

Full output (all fields)

Each record contains 47+ fields across identity, stats, contact, source attribution, confidence, lineage, and metadata:

{
  "username": "taylor_pfeffer",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@taylor_pfeffer",
  "userId": "6532052352982056962",
  "displayName": "taylor",
  "bio": "be kind \n✨taylorxhairstyles✨\n💌pfeffertaylor@gmail.com💌",
  "profilePictureUrl": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/...",
  "isVerified": false,
  "accountPrivate": false,
  "followersCount": 2562922,
  "followingCount": 139,
  "likesCount": 80529449,
  "videosCount": 1396,
  "primaryEmail": "pfeffertaylor@gmail.com",
  "allEmails": ["pfeffertaylor@gmail.com"],
  "primaryPhone": "68608721562",
  "allPhones": ["68608721562"],
  "externalUrl": "https://linktr.ee/taylor_pfeffer",
  "externalDomain": "linktr.ee",
  "instagramHandle": null,
  "youtubeHandle": null,
  "tiktokBioLink": "https://linktr.ee/taylor_pfeffer",
  "contactPageUrl": "https://linktr.ee/s/about/trust-center/report/?field86145911=https%3A%2F%2Flinktr.ee%2Ftaylor_pfeffer",
  "contactFormUrl": null,
  "otherPublicLinks": [
    "https://linktr.ee/s/about/trust-center/report/?field86145911=https%3A%2F%2Flinktr.ee%2Ftaylor_pfeffer"
  ],
  "emailSource": "bio",
  "phoneSource": "website_homepage",
  "instagramSource": null,
  "youtubeSource": null,
  "contactSourceSummary": "Email found in bio. Phone found on website",
  "bioContainsEmail": true,
  "bioContainsPhone": false,
  "websiteContainsEmail": false,
  "websiteContainsPhone": true,
  "websiteVisited": true,
  "websiteVisitStatus": "success",
  "emailConfidence": 0.75,
  "phoneConfidence": 0.7,
  "contactReadiness": "high",
  "contactReadinessReason": "Public email and website found",
  "leadQualityScore": 60,
  "leadQualityReason": "+25 email, +15 phone, +10 website, +10 high followers",
  "isBusinessLikeProfile": false,
  "isLikelyCreatorLead": true,
  "discoveredVia": ["keyword"],
  "sourceProfiles": [],
  "sourceKeywords": ["taylor"],
  "sourceHashtags": [],
  "discoveryCount": 1,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-03-21T05:01:40.504Z",
  "isPartial": false,
  "errorType": null,
  "errorMessage": null
}

Output fields

Creator identity fields

Field	Description
username	TikTok username
profileUrl	Full profile URL
userId	TikTok internal user ID (if available)
displayName	Display name / nickname
bio	Full bio text
profilePictureUrl	Avatar URL
isVerified	Verified badge status
accountPrivate	Whether the account is private

Public stats fields

Field	Description
followersCount	Follower count
followingCount	Following count
likesCount	Total likes/hearts received
videosCount	Total videos posted

Contact fields

Field	Description
primaryEmail	Best email found (first from bio, then website)
allEmails	All unique emails found across sources
primaryPhone	Best phone number found
allPhones	All unique phone numbers found
externalUrl	Bio link URL
externalDomain	Domain of bio link
instagramHandle	Instagram username
youtubeHandle	YouTube handle
tiktokBioLink	Raw bio link from TikTok profile
contactPageUrl	Contact/about page URL from website
contactFormUrl	Contact form URL if detected
otherPublicLinks	Other URLs found in bio or website

Source attribution fields

Field	Description
emailSource	Where the email was found: bio, website_homepage, bio_and_website
phoneSource	Where the phone was found
instagramSource	Where Instagram handle was found
youtubeSource	Where YouTube handle was found
contactSourceSummary	Human-readable summary of all contact sources
bioContainsEmail	Whether bio text contained an email
bioContainsPhone	Whether bio text contained a phone number
websiteContainsEmail	Whether linked website contained an email
websiteContainsPhone	Whether linked website contained a phone
websiteVisited	Whether the bio link was visited
websiteVisitStatus	success or error

Confidence and quality fields

Field	Description
emailConfidence	Email confidence score (0.0–1.0)
phoneConfidence	Phone confidence score (0.0–1.0)
contactReadiness	high, medium, low, or none
contactReadinessReason	Why this readiness level was assigned
leadQualityScore	Lead quality score (0–100)
leadQualityReason	Scoring breakdown
isBusinessLikeProfile	Whether bio contains business/outreach keywords
isLikelyCreatorLead	Whether creator has contacts + meaningful following

Discovery lineage fields

Field	Description
discoveredVia	How this creator was found: profile_input, keyword, hashtag
sourceProfiles	Which profile inputs led to this creator
sourceKeywords	Which keyword searches led to this creator
sourceHashtags	Which hashtag searches led to this creator
discoveryCount	Number of input sources that found this creator

Run metadata fields

Field	Description
scrapedAt	ISO 8601 timestamp
isPartial	Whether extraction was incomplete
errorType	Error type if failed
errorMessage	Error message if failed

Contact extraction logic

Bio extraction

The actor parses public TikTok bios for:

• Email addresses (regex-based)
• Phone numbers (various formats)
• Instagram handles (ig: @handle, instagram.com/handle)
• YouTube handles (yt: @handle, youtube.com/@handle)
• Website URLs
• Business/outreach hints (collabs, partnerships, inquiries, etc.)

Link-in-bio extraction

When followExternalLinks is enabled, the actor visits the public bio link and extracts:

• Email addresses from page text and HTML
• Phone numbers
• Contact/about page links (and visits them too)
• Instagram and YouTube links
• Contact form detection

Confidence scoring

Confidence increases when:

• A contact value appears in multiple sources (bio + website)
• An email uses a brand/custom domain
• The bio contains business context keywords

Confidence decreases when:

• The email uses a disposable domain
• The value is ambiguous or partial
• Only a single low-quality source is available

Confidence scores are heuristics, not guarantees. They indicate relative trustworthiness.

Lead quality scoring

Lead quality is scored 0–100 based on:

• Having an email (+25), phone (+15), website (+10)
• Multi-source confirmation (email in bio AND website)
• Social presence (Instagram, YouTube)
• Follower count and verification
• Business-oriented bio

Use cases

• Influencer outreach — find creators with public emails for sponsorship pitches
• Lead generation — build niche-specific lists of contactable creators
• Creator partnerships — identify business-ready creators with complete contact info
• CRM enrichment — enrich existing creator lists with contact data and quality scores
• Campaign sourcing — find outreach-ready creators in target niches
• Affiliate recruiting — discover creators open to business inquiries

Tips and best practices

• Start with direct profiles for highest accuracy — the actor visits each profile page
• Use emailOnly: true to focus on creators with confirmed email addresses
• Enable followExternalLinks for more complete contact data (visits bio link websites)
• Use includeConfidenceScores to prioritize high-confidence leads
• Check contactReadiness — "high" means strong public contact data
• Use leadQualityScore to sort and prioritize leads for outreach
• Start small — test with a few profiles before running large discovery batches
• Schedule for monitoring — run periodically to discover new contactable creators

Proxy configuration

Residential proxies are recommended for reliable TikTok access.

{
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing. You are charged per creator contact record returned — not for compute time or failed requests.

• Event: contact-result — charged once per creator record pushed to the dataset
• Price: Set in the Apify Console (see actor pricing page)
• Spending limit: If your spending limit is reached, the actor stops automatically

Memory is capped at 4 GB. Higher memory does not improve results — TikTok rate-limits concurrent requests regardless of available resources.

Important notes

• All data comes from public sources only. This actor does not access private or login-only data.
• Emails and phones are extracted on a best-effort basis. Not all creators have public contact information.
• Website-derived contacts may vary by page structure. Some websites block scraping or use dynamic rendering.
• Confidence scores are heuristics, not guarantees. They indicate relative trustworthiness, not verified accuracy.
• Some creators will have no public contact information. Use mustHaveContactClue: true to filter these out.
• This actor does not send messages, validate inboxes, or verify contacts. It extracts and scores publicly available data.

Integrations

• Google Sheets — export contact records to spreadsheets for team use
• CRM systems — flat output is ready for direct CRM import
• Airtable — structured records map cleanly to Airtable bases
• Webhooks — trigger outreach workflows when a run completes
• API — access results programmatically via the Apify API

Limitations

• Contact extraction depends on what creators make public. Many creators have no public email or phone.
• Website visits may fail for sites with aggressive bot protection.
• Phone number parsing is best-effort and may include false positives from numeric strings in bios.
• Keyword and hashtag discovery depend on TikTok search results, which vary by region and time.
• The actor does not bypass any TikTok restrictions or access private content.

FAQ

How many creators can I extract contacts for? Up to 5,000 per run via maxCreators. Actual results depend on how many creators are discoverable from your inputs.

Why are some fields null? Fields like primaryEmail, primaryPhone, and instagramHandle are only populated when public data is found. Not all creators share contact information publicly.

What is the difference between primaryEmail and allEmails? primaryEmail is the first/best email found. allEmails contains all unique emails found across bio and website sources.

What does contactReadiness: "high" mean? It means the creator has strong public contact data — typically an email plus a website or multiple confirmed sources.

Does this actor validate email addresses? No. It extracts publicly visible email addresses and scores their confidence based on source quality. It does not verify that an inbox exists.

What happens if a profile is private or unavailable? A partial result is emitted with isPartial: true and an error message, so you can identify failures without the whole run breaking.