Douyin 抖音 Profile Scraper - 博主 Followers, Posts & Hashtags

🚀 What is Douyin Profile Scraper?

Douyin Profile Scraper is a Douyin profile scraper that reads public Douyin (抖音) creator pages and returns followers, bio, verification, posts, hashtags, music and engagement as clean, structured data. Just paste creator profile links, app share links or user IDs and get one row per post, or one row per creator, in JSON, CSV or Excel, without copying anything by hand and without a Douyin account.

• 🎯 Creator research in minutes: paste one 抖音博主 (Douyin blogger) or a list of up to 25 creators and read each page as a Douyin creator scraper would.
• 📈 Followers, posts and hashtags together: one run returns a creator's numbers, posts and tags, so you do not need a separate tool for each.
• 🧰 Runs on Apify: an Apify Douyin scraper you start from the Store, call by API or schedule, with no setup on your side.
• 🔍 Public data only, no login: it reads what any visitor can see, so there are no cookies or accounts to manage.

💡 Need to find creators first? Try the keyword video search Actor to look up videos by keyword or hashtag, then paste the creator links here.

✨ What can this Douyin Profile Scraper do?

• 🔗 Accept many input formats: profile links, short share links (or the whole share text copied from the app), share-page links, secUid values and numeric user IDs, mixed in one run.
• 👥 Run in bulk: up to 25 creators per run, which makes it a practical Douyin profile data extractor for lists. As a Douyin user scraper it accepts any mix of link and ID formats.
• 👥 Collect followers: works as a Douyin followers scraper that returns follower and following counts for every creator.
• 📝 Collect posts: a Douyin posts scraper and Douyin profile posts scraper that returns each creator's posts with captions and statistics.
• #️⃣ Collect hashtags: a Douyin hashtag scraper that lists the hashtags and mentions of each post, much like a Douyin hashtag extractor.
• 🗂️ Work in two modes: one row per post with the creator inside, or one profile row per creator when you set posts per profile to 0. In that mode it also acts as a Douyin bio scraper and Douyin follower count checker.
• 📅 Filter posts: keep only the last N days, or posts since a date, and skip pinned posts.
• 📚 Add posts from collections: optionally read the creator's public collections (合集) when Douyin shows only part of the posts.
• ⚡ Show live results: rows appear in the Output tab while the run is still going, split into separate tables.
• 🔁 Retry automatically: failed or blocked requests are retried, and the Actor switches to a proxy when a connection is refused. You can also set your own proxy.
• 📥 Export the data in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML.
• 🔌 Use the API, schedules, webhooks and integrations with other apps on the Apify platform.

📊 What data can this Douyin Profile Scraper extract?

👤 Name and Douyin username	🆔 Creator ID and secUid	✅ Verification fields
📝 Bio (signature)	📊 Followers and following	❤️ Total likes received
🎬 Post count	📍 IP location	🖼️ Avatar links
📝 Post text and title	📅 Post date	🔗 Post link
📌 Pinned and ad flags	💬 Comment count	🔁 Share and save counts
📊 Likes and play counts	#️⃣ Hashtags and mentions	🎵 Music (sound) details
🎬 Video cover, size and format	🖼️ Photo post slides	✅ Permissions (duet, stitch, download)

⚠️ Note: Fields are filled only when Douyin provides them. location is filled only when the post has a tagged place, playCount is not always returned, and videoPlayCount and videoShareCount in the creator fields are reserved and currently always null. Media links expire, so use the post url as the permanent link.

Data Douyin Profile Scraper can't extract

• 🚫 Video files and transcripts: it returns post data and media links, not downloaded files, so it is not a Douyin video downloader or a Douyin profile downloader for files. For videos found by keyword or hashtag, use this search results scraper.
• 🚫 Comment text: it returns comment counts, not the comments themselves, so it is not a Douyin comment scraper or a Douyin transcripts scraper.
• 🚫 Audience data: gender, age and IP location describe the creator, not the audience, so audience demographics (Douyin user demographics) are not returned.
• 🚫 Private content: nothing behind a login is read.

💰 How much does it cost to scrape Douyin profiles?

Douyin Profile Scraper uses pay-per-event pricing: you pay for the results it saves, with no subscription to the Actor. Each saved result (one post, or one creator when posts per profile is 0) is one result event. A profile that cannot be read produces no row and is not charged. The price per result depends on your Apify plan tier.

Base pricing

• Results (main_result): charged for each result saved to the dataset.
• Actor Start (apify-actor-start): $0.00005 per GB of memory, charged once when a run starts. The Actor is configured with 4096 MB (4 GB), so this is 4 x $0.00005 = $0.0002 per run.

Pricing by plan tier

Plan tier	Results (per 1,000)	Arithmetic
🆓 Free	$4.00	1,000 x $0.004
🥉 Bronze	$3.60	1,000 x $0.0036
🥈 Silver	$3.20	1,000 x $0.0032
🥇 Gold and above	$2.80	1,000 x $0.0028

For example, 1,000 posts on the Gold tier cost 1,000 x $0.0028 = $2.80, plus $0.0002 for the start event, which is $2.8002 in total. Profile-only runs for 25 creators on the Free tier cost 25 x $0.004 = $0.10, plus $0.0002.

You can set a maximum spend per run in Apify. When that limit is reached, the run ends cleanly and keeps the results saved so far.

Why pay-per-event?

• 💡 Transparent: you pay for what you use.
• 📈 Predictable: you can estimate the cost before you start.
• ⏸️ No idle charges: waiting time is not billed.

🛠️ How do I use Douyin Profile Scraper to scrape Douyin profiles?

1. Create a free Apify account.
2. Open Douyin Profile Scraper in the Apify Store.
3. Paste one or more creator links, share links or IDs into Creator profile links or IDs.
4. Set Posts per profile, or 0 for profile data only, and add a date filter if you want recent posts.
5. Click Start and wait for the run to finish.
6. Open the Output tab and download the data as JSON, CSV or Excel, or fetch it by API.

⬇️ Input

The only required field is urls, a list of up to 25 creator links or IDs (one per line, mixed formats are fine, extra entries beyond 25 are ignored with a warning in the log). Everything else is optional and has a default.

Here is a simple example input (the last 30 days of posts, up to 10 per creator):

{
    "urls": [
        "https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAAk1tZ-L085zZf2yW_H5dnVFZWyk8Rt8v4RAvf9KhTyPoVdMDxTs7Q_rvgTJGWXezS"
    ],
    "maxPostsPerProfile": 10,
    "recentDays": 30,
    "excludePinnedPosts": false,
    "includeCollections": true,
    "maxRetries": 3
}

Open the Input tab for a full explanation of every field.

Creator profile links or IDs (urls)

Accepted: profile links (www.douyin.com/user/...), short share links or the whole share text copied from the app, share-page links, bare secUid values (starting with MS4wLj) and bare numeric user IDs. A good entry opens a creator page in a normal browser tab. An entry that is not a valid profile link, ID or share link is skipped and the log says so.

Posts per profile (maxPostsPerProfile)

The most posts to collect from each creator, from 0 to 10000 (default 10). Set 0 to get only the creator's profile data, one row per creator. Douyin may show visitors only part of a creator's posts, so a creator can return fewer rows than you asked for.

Date filters (recentDays, oldestPostDate)

Use recentDays (1 to 3650) to keep only recent posts, or oldestPostDate (YYYY-MM-DD, China time) to keep posts on or after a date. If both are set, recentDays wins. Write the date as 2026-01-31.

Collections and pinned posts (includeCollections, excludePinnedPosts)

includeCollections (default on) adds posts from the creator's public collections when Douyin shows only the newest posts. Posts already found are not repeated. excludePinnedPosts (default off) leaves out the posts a creator pinned to the top.

Retries and proxy (maxRetries, proxyConfiguration)

maxRetries (1 to 10, default 3) sets how often a failed or blocked request is retried. By default no proxy is set and the Actor switches to another connection automatically if a request is blocked. Pick your own proxy only if you need a specific one.

⬆️ Output

Results appear in the Output tab while the run is going. The tables are Overview, Content and flags, Creator, Engagement, Video details, Photo posts, Music, Hashtags and mentions, Permissions, and Profile-only rows. A SUMMARY file in the key-value store holds the counts of the run. Export the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, and pick or leave out fields before exporting. In post mode a row is one post with the creator under authorMeta. Within one input, the same post is saved only once.

Example output (illustrative)

The values below are made up to show the structure. They are not from a real run.

{
    "id": "7000000000000000001",
    "type": "video",
    "text": "Example caption #example #demo",
    "createDate": "2026-10-09",
    "url": "https://www.douyin.com/video/7000000000000000001",
    "isPinned": false,
    "isAd": false,
    "authorMeta": {
        "name": "Example creator",
        "verified": false,
        "followersCount": 12345,
        "followersCountStr": "1.2万",
        "awemeCount": 80
    },
    "musicMeta": {
        "name": "Example sound",
        "isOriginal": true
    },
    "statistics": {
        "diggCount": 100,
        "commentCount": 5,
        "shareCount": 3,
        "collectCount": 20,
        "playCount": 2500
    },
    "hashtags": [
        { "id": "1000000000000001", "name": "example" },
        { "id": "1000000000000002", "name": "demo" }
    ],
    "inputUrl": "https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLj..."
}

Output fields explained

Field	Meaning
📝 id, type, text, title, createDate, url	The post itself. type is video, photo post or story, and createDate uses China time.
👤 authorMeta	The creator behind the post: name, username, verification, bio (signature), followers, following, total likes and post count.
📊 statistics	diggCount (likes), commentCount, shareCount, collectCount (saves), playCount, forwardCount and downloadCount, as Douyin returns them.
🎵 musicMeta	The sound used in the post.
🎬 videoMeta, images	Cover, size, format and media links, plus slides of photo posts.
#️⃣ hashtags, mentions, videoTags	Hashtags with their IDs, mentions and topic tags.
✅ permissions	Whether duet, stitch, download, share and comment are allowed.
🔗 inputUrl	The link or ID you entered that led to this row.

🎯 Use cases

• 🎯 Douyin influencer research: compare followers, likes and posting rhythm of a Douyin influencer or Douyin KOL shortlist before a campaign.
• 📈 Douyin influencer marketing: build a creator list with verification, bio and follower numbers, and ground your Douyin marketing strategy in real figures.
• 📊 Douyin analytics: schedule runs and track follower and engagement numbers over time to build your own Douyin analytics tool and a Douyin engagement rate per post.
• #️⃣ Hashtag and sound tracking: collect the hashtags and sounds creators use to spot popular Douyin hashtags in your niche. The Actor reads creator posts only; it does not return platform-wide rankings, so Douyin trending and Douyin trending songs lists are out of scope.
• 👀 Douyin competitor monitoring: run it on a schedule with recentDays to see what rival accounts post and how their numbers change.
• 🧪 Research and datasets: export posts with captions and statistics to build a dataset, or export Douyin data to CSV for a spreadsheet.
• 🤖 Douyin data for AI: feed the structured JSON into your own scripts or models.

🔗 What are other tools for Douyin and social media data?

• Douyin search scraper: finds Douyin videos by keyword, hashtag or link, so you can discover creators first and then read their profiles here.
• Instagram hashtag scraper: collects public Instagram reels by hashtag or keyword to compare creator trends across platforms.
• Facebook group scraper: reads public Facebook groups for community research.
• Facebook comment scraper: collects comments and replies from public Facebook posts.
• The data comes from Douyin. To learn how Actors run, see the Apify documentation.

❓ Frequently asked questions

How does Douyin Profile Scraper work?

You give it creator links or IDs. It looks up each public profile, collects the posts that match your settings and saves each result to the dataset as soon as it is ready. You then export the data or read it through the API.

Can I use a Douyin profile scraper without a login?

Yes. Douyin Profile Scraper needs no Douyin account or cookies. It reads public profile and post data that any visitor can see. Private accounts and login-only content are not supported.

Can I scrape many Douyin creators at once?

Yes, up to 25 creators per run, in any mix of link and ID formats. Two creators are processed at a time. If you pass more than 25, the first 25 are used and the log says so.

What are the limits of Douyin Profile Scraper?

Up to 25 creators per run and 0 to 10000 posts per creator. Douyin may show visitors only part of a creator's posts. The Actor is configured with 4096 MB of memory. If a spend limit is reached, the run ends cleanly and keeps the saved results.

Why am I getting fewer results than expected?

Douyin may show visitors only part of a creator's posts, so a creator can return fewer rows than maxPostsPerProfile. Keep Add posts from collections on, loosen date filters, and check the log, which shows how many posts were saved against the post count on the profile.

Why was a profile not read?

The link may be wrong, or the profile may be deleted, banned or private. The log names the input that failed. Check that the profile opens in a normal browser tab and try again. Unread profiles are not charged.

Is this a Douyin API alternative?

It gives you structured data like a Douyin scraper API would, but you run it as an Apify Actor and receive JSON through the Apify dataset or API. It is not an official Douyin API.

How do I find a Douyin user ID or username?

Paste the creator's profile link or the app share text into urls. Each row returns secUid, username and the numeric id, so it works as a Douyin account finder and a Douyin profile viewer in table form when you start from a share link.

How is Douyin different from TikTok, and does this work for other platforms?

Douyin is the version of TikTok used in mainland China, so Douyin vs TikTok matters here. This Actor works only on Douyin. It is not a TikTok profile scraper, a Xiaohongshu scraper, a Weibo scraper or a Bilibili scraper. If you searched for a Chinese TikTok scraper or TikTok China scraper and mean Douyin, this fits, for example for 抖音数据采集 (Douyin data collection). It does not replace the Douyin Creator Center, because it does not log in.

Can I integrate Douyin Profile Scraper with other apps?

Yes. Through the Apify platform you can connect it with Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub, Google Sheets and more, or use webhooks to react when a run finishes. Schedules let you collect new posts daily or weekly.

Can I use Douyin Profile Scraper as its own API?

Yes, with the Apify API and the apify-client packages for Node.js and Python. Open the Actor's API tab at https://apify.com/data_wiki/douyin-profile-scraper-followers-posts-hashtags/api for ready-to-copy code, or see the Apify API documentation.

🤖 Can I use Douyin Profile Scraper through MCP?

Yes. The hosted Apify MCP server (https://mcp.apify.com) lets AI agents find an Actor with search-actors, check it with fetch-actor-details and run it with call-actor. See the Apify MCP documentation.

Is it legal to scrape Douyin data?

The Actor reads only public data that any visitor can see, but the rules depend on your country and how you use the data. You are responsible for following Douyin's terms and privacy laws such as GDPR and CCPA, and for keeping run sizes reasonable. This is not legal advice.

💬 Your feedback and custom solutions

Found a bug or need another field? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab. Need a custom solution? Contact hello.datawiki@gmail.com.