TikTok Creative Center — Top Ads Spy (CTR + Video URL)

TikTok Creative Center Scraper extracts winning ad creatives from TikTok's official Creative Center — with the performance metrics that matter for dropshippers and agencies: CTR, likes, direct MP4 video URL (720p), cover image, duration, industry, objective. Filter by country, period and industry; sort by For You / CTR / likes / cost. No TikTok account needed.

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What can TikTok Creative Center Scraper do?

• 🎬 Top Ads list — TikTok's officially-ranked winning ads, exactly as shown in the Creative Center UI
• 📊 CTR + likes — performance metrics the public ad libraries (FB, Google, LinkedIn) don't expose
• 🎥 MP4 video URL (720p) — direct downloadable URL of the ad creative
• 🖼️ Cover image — high-resolution thumbnail
• 🌍 Country filter — US, FR, GB, DE, IT, ES, JP, BR, MX, and any ISO code
• 📅 Period — last 7 / 30 / 180 days
• 🎯 Industry filter — pinpoint your niche (E-commerce > Beauty, etc.) via the industry key
• 📈 Sort modes — For You, CTR, Cost, Likes, Like rate, 6s play rate
• ⚡ Fast — 60 ads in ~20s; one-shot Chromium bootstrap then pure HTTP pagination

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What data can you extract per TikTok ad?

Field	Description
ad_id	TikTok material ID
ad_title	Ad copy / hook line
brand_name	Brand / advertiser when available
industry_key	Creative Center industry classification
objective_key	Campaign objective (conversion, traffic, …)
ctr	Click-through rate (0–1)
likes	Total likes
cost_score	Relative cost score
duration_sec	Video duration in seconds
video_id	TikTok video ID
video_url_720p	Direct MP4 URL (720p)
video_url_540p / video_url_360p	Lower-quality MP4 URLs (when present)
cover_url	Cover image (CDN)
width, height	Video pixel dimensions
country_code, period_days	Filters echoed back
detail_url	Creative Center detail page

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How to spy on TikTok ads

1. Create a free Apify account — no credit card required
2. Open TikTok Creative Center Scraper in Apify Store
3. Pick a country (default US) and period (default 30 days)
4. Optional: a specific industry key or a different sort (CTR for best click rates)
5. Click Start — ads stream in within seconds
6. Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel; the MP4 URLs are direct-download links

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How much does it cost to spy on TikTok ads?

$0.002 per ad ($2 per 1,000 ads). One-shot Chromium bootstrap (~10–15s once per run) then pure HTTP pagination.

Run size	Ads	Apify cost	Time
Quick test	10	~$0.02	~15s
Standard	60	~$0.12	~20s
Deep sweep	200	~$0.40	~30s
Full scan	500	~$1.00	~1min

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Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
countryCode	string	US	ISO 2-letter code (US, FR, GB, DE, IT, ES, JP, BR, MX, …)
period	integer	30	7, 30, or 180 days
orderBy	string	for_you	for_you, ctr, cost, like, like_rate, play_6s_rate
industry	string	—	Industry key from the Creative Center URL (e.g. 22102000000); empty = all
maxResults	integer	60	Cap on total ads (paginated, ~20 per page)
useResidentialProxy	boolean	false	Enable only if you hit rate limits

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Output example

{
  "ad_id": "7634600921591185426",
  "ad_title": "today is pink @SCUFFERS",
  "brand_name": null,
  "industry_key": "label_30101000000",
  "objective_key": "campaign_objective_conversion",
  "ctr": 0.21,
  "likes": 8184,
  "cost_score": 1,
  "duration_sec": 15.02,
  "video_id": "v24044gl0000d7khibnog65ujb3buq60",
  "video_url_720p": "https://v16m-default.tiktokcdn.com/.../video.mp4",
  "cover_url": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn.com/.../cover.image",
  "width": 576,
  "height": 1024,
  "country_code": "US",
  "period_days": 30,
  "detail_url": "https://ads.tiktok.com/business/creativecenter/topads/7634600921591185426/pc/en?countryCode=US&period=30"
}

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Use cases

• Dropshipping research — find winning product creatives sorted by CTR / likes
• Creative inspiration — download the actual MP4 video URLs of top-performing ads
• Agency competitive intel — track TikTok ad trends per country and industry
• AI training data — collect performance-labeled video creatives at scale
• Trend tracking — refresh weekly to see what's winning right now

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Use the actor via API

Python:

import requests

run = requests.post(
    "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/dltik~tiktok-creative-center/runs",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"},
    json={
        "countryCode": "US",
        "period": 30,
        "orderBy": "ctr",
        "maxResults": 60
    }
).json()
print("Run started:", run["data"]["id"])

curl:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/dltik~tiktok-creative-center/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"countryCode":"US","period":30,"orderBy":"ctr","maxResults":60}'

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FAQ

Do I need a TikTok account or developer key? No. The Creative Center is TikTok's public marketing transparency tool. The scraper bootstraps a single signed-request triplet via a headless browser then paginates via the public JSON API — no login, no token.

Why the brief headless step? TikTok signs each Creative Center API request with a per-session user-sign header. We capture one valid triplet by loading the page in a headless browser, then reuse it for many fast HTTP calls. Total bootstrap ~10–15s once per run.

How do I get an industry key? Open the Creative Center, apply an industry filter in the UI, copy the industry=... number from the URL into the actor input.

Does it return real-time data? TikTok refreshes the Creative Center rankings hourly–daily. Run the actor as often as you need fresh rankings.

Does it download the videos? No — to keep the per-ad cost low and the dataset light, the actor returns the direct MP4 URL. Drop those URLs into any downloader (yt-dlp, ffmpeg, your own script) to grab the binaries when needed.

Advanced: refresh signing without redeploy. If TikTok ever rotates and the bundled fallback triplet expires, you can update three actor env vars in the Apify console without redeploying: TT_USER_SIGN, TT_WEB_ID, TT_TIMESTAMP (and optionally TT_ANONYMOUS_USER_ID, TT_UA) — copy the values from the request headers of any creative_radar_api call in your browser's DevTools.

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Connect with Make, Zapier & n8n

This actor integrates with any automation platform via the Apify API.

Make (Integromat)

1. Add an Apify module in your Make scenario
2. Select Run Actor → choose this actor
3. Configure the input (paste your JSON)
4. Add a Get Dataset Items module to retrieve results
5. Send top ads to Google Sheets, your CRM, Slack, etc.

Zapier

1. Use the Apify integration on Zapier
2. Trigger: Actor Run Finished
3. Action: Get Dataset Items
4. Pipe results into your spreadsheet or BI tool

n8n

1. Add an HTTP Request node to call the Apify API
2. POST to https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/dltik~tiktok-creative-center/runs
3. Wait for completion, then fetch dataset items
4. Route the MP4 URLs to a downloader node

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