# Douyin Hot Search & China Trending: Baidu, Toutiao, Bilibili (`cprussin/china-hot-search`) Actor

Douyin hot search (抖音热榜), Baidu realtime hot search, Toutiao hot board and Bilibili hot search words in one run: rank, keyword, hot value, 新/热 label and link. $4 per 1,000 trends, no start fee.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/cprussin/china-hot-search.md
- **Developed by:** [Connor Prussin](https://apify.com/cprussin) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, News
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $4.00 / 1,000 trends

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Douyin Hot Search & China Trending Topics: Baidu, Toutiao, Bilibili

**China Hot Search** collects the trending boards of China's biggest apps in one run and returns them as JSON, CSV or Excel:

- ✅ **Douyin hot search (抖音热榜)**: the ~50 keywords on Douyin's hot list, with hot value and badges such as 新 (new), 热 (hot), 爆 (explosive), 首发 (first release), 独家 (exclusive) and 辟谣 (debunk).
- ✅ **Baidu realtime hot search (百度热搜)**: ~50 trending searches with hot score, 新/热 badge and a short summary.
- ✅ **Toutiao hot board (头条热榜)**: ~50 news events with heat, badge and topic categories.
- ✅ **Bilibili hot search words (B站热搜)**: the top 10 search words with heat score.
- ✅ One clean row per trend: `platform`, `rank`, `title`, `hotValue`, `label` (Chinese) + `labelEn` (English), `url`, `fetchedAt`.
- ✅ **No login, no cookies to paste, no proxy**: plain HTTP to the platforms' public board endpoints, about 5 requests per run, and it respects robots.txt.
- ✅ **Robust**: if one board is down, the others still deliver; the failure is logged and that board is simply missing from the dataset.

**No personal data.** Boards hold keywords and headlines only: no user names, comments or profiles.

### Start in one minute

Click **Start** with the prefilled input:

```json
{
  "platforms": ["douyin", "baidu", "toutiao", "bilibili"]
}
```

You get: about 160 rows, the full Douyin, Baidu and Toutiao boards (~50 each) and the Bilibili top 10, ranked, with hot values, badges and links.

**Cost:** about $0.64: 160 trends × $0.004, plus the $0.00005 actor-start fee.

### Use with an AI assistant

Connect the [Apify MCP server](https://mcp.apify.com) to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client (`https://mcp.apify.com?tools=cprussin/china-hot-search` loads only this actor), then paste:

```text
Use the Apify actor cprussin/china-hot-search to get the top 10 of the Douyin, Baidu and Toutiao hot-search boards. Translate each keyword to English and group the topics that appear on more than one board.
```

### Recipes

#### Douyin hot search only

```json
{
  "platforms": ["douyin"]
}
```

#### Top 10 of every board for a daily digest

Schedule this every morning (Apify **Schedules**) and send the dataset to Slack, email or Google Sheets.

```json
{
  "platforms": ["douyin", "baidu", "toutiao", "bilibili"],
  "maxItemsPerPlatform": 10
}
```

#### News boards: Baidu and Toutiao

```json
{
  "platforms": ["baidu", "toutiao"]
}
```

#### Youth and gaming trends: Douyin and Bilibili top 20

```json
{
  "platforms": ["douyin", "bilibili"],
  "maxItemsPerPlatform": 20
}
```

### Who uses China trending data?

- **Brands and marketing agencies selling into China**: see what Douyin and Bilibili users are searching right now, and time content or ads to it.
- **Media monitoring and PR teams**: track when a brand, product or crisis reaches Baidu or Toutiao's hot list, and how high.
- **Researchers and journalists**: build a time series of China's public attention by running the actor on a schedule.
- **Traders and analysts**: spot consumer, policy and market stories as they start trending.
- **AI agents**: give an LLM a live view of what China is talking about through the Apify API or MCP server.

### How does it work?

1. Pick the boards (all four by default).
2. The actor reads each host's `robots.txt`, then loads the board's public JSON endpoint:
   - Douyin: `iesdouyin.com` billboard API; if it fails, the `douyin.com` web board (after one home page visit for cookies), which adds `videoCount` and `eventTime`.
   - Baidu: `top.baidu.com` realtime board.
   - Toutiao: `toutiao.com` hot board.
   - Bilibili: `s.search.bilibili.com` hot words.
3. Each row is written to the dataset as soon as its board is parsed. Pinned editorial items (置顶) are skipped, so `rank` 1 is the top trending row.

A run takes about 10–30 seconds.

### Input

| Field                 | Description                                                         | Example                 |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- |
| `platforms`           | Boards: `douyin`, `baidu`, `toutiao`, `bilibili` (empty = all four) | `["douyin", "toutiao"]` |
| `maxItemsPerPlatform` | Keep the top N rows of each board, 0–100 (default 0 = every row)    | `10`                    |

### What data do you get for each trend?

```json
{
  "platform": "douyin",
  "platformName": "Douyin (抖音)",
  "board": "抖音热榜",
  "rank": 2,
  "title": "英雄联盟S16瑞士轮首日赛程",
  "hotValue": 11745718,
  "label": "热",
  "labelEn": "hot",
  "url": "https://www.douyin.com/search/%E8%8B%B1%E9%9B%84%E8%81%94%E7%9B%9FS16%E7%91%9E%E5%A3%AB%E8%BD%AE%E9%A6%96%E6%97%A5%E8%B5%9B%E7%A8%8B",
  "description": null,
  "categories": [],
  "videoCount": null,
  "eventTime": null,
  "fetchedAt": "2026-10-20T06:17:12.000Z"
}
```

- `title` is the keyword or headline as shown, in Chinese.
- `hotValue` is the platform's own heat score (热度). Scales differ: compare ranks across platforms, hot values only within one.
- `label` / `labelEn`: 新 new, 热 hot, 爆 explosive, 首发 first release, 独家 exclusive, 辟谣 debunk, 同城 local, 挑战 challenge, 热议 hot debate, 商 sponsored, ... `null` when the row has no badge.
- `url`: the keyword's search page (Douyin, Baidu, Bilibili) or the event's topic page (Toutiao, and Douyin when the web board is used).
- `description` (Baidu), `categories` (Toutiao, in English) and `videoCount` / `eventTime` (Douyin web board) are filled where the platform provides them.

### How much does it cost to scrape Douyin hot search?

Pay-per-event:

| Event | Price      | When                           |
| ----- | ---------- | ------------------------------ |
| Trend | **$0.004** | One row written to the dataset |

That's **$4 per 1,000 trends**, and no extra start fee beyond Apify's $0.00005. A full run of all four boards (~160 rows) costs about $0.64; the Douyin board alone (~50 rows) about $0.20; a top-10 digest of all four boards $0.16. If you set a **maximum cost per run**, the actor stops cleanly when it reaches it.

### Tips

- **Track changes over time**: schedule the actor hourly or daily and compare `rank` and `hotValue` per `title` between runs.
- **Translate in your pipeline**: titles are Chinese; pipe them through a translation step or ask your AI assistant to translate them.
- **Boards update every few minutes**, so two runs a few minutes apart can differ.

### FAQ

**Do I need a Douyin, Baidu or Bilibili account?** No. The boards are public and the actor sends no login.

**Why is Weibo not included?** Weibo's robots.txt disallows all crawlers and its hot-search endpoint needs a login, so it's left out on purpose.

**What if a board fails?** The other boards still run. The failed board is logged and named in the run's status message, and you aren't charged for rows you didn't get.

**Does it respect robots.txt?** Yes. Each host's robots.txt is read first, and a board whose endpoint is disallowed is skipped.

**Can I use it through the API or with AI agents?** Yes. Call it through the Apify API, the Apify MCP server or any Apify integration.

**Disclaimer:** This actor is not affiliated with Douyin, ByteDance, Baidu, Toutiao or Bilibili. Names and trademarks belong to their owners. You are responsible for complying with applicable laws and the platforms' terms when using the data.

### Related actors

- [bilibili-scraper](https://apify.com/cprussin/bilibili-scraper): Bilibili trending, search and channel videos with views, likes, danmaku and comments.
- [google-trends](https://apify.com/cprussin/google-trends): Google Trends interest over time, by region, related queries and trending searches.

# Actor input Schema

## `platforms` (type: `array`):

Hot-search boards to fetch. Leave empty for all four. Douyin has ~50 rows, Baidu ~50, Toutiao ~50 and Bilibili 10.

## `maxItemsPerPlatform` (type: `integer`):

Keep only the top N rows of each board (e.g. 10 for a top-10 digest). 0 = every row.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "platforms": [
    "douyin",
    "baidu",
    "toutiao",
    "bilibili"
  ],
  "maxItemsPerPlatform": 0
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "platforms": [
        "douyin",
        "baidu",
        "toutiao",
        "bilibili"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("cprussin/china-hot-search").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "platforms": [
        "douyin",
        "baidu",
        "toutiao",
        "bilibili",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("cprussin/china-hot-search").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "platforms": [
    "douyin",
    "baidu",
    "toutiao",
    "bilibili"
  ]
}' |
apify call cprussin/china-hot-search --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,cprussin/china-hot-search"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/7qtgotbhIrjfOdAE2/builds/uy5Cj7FpktJfz5cuZ/openapi.json