# TikTok Trending Videos Scraper - Explore Feed by Category (`headply/tiktok-trending-scraper`) Actor

Collect the videos trending on TikTok's Explore page right now, by category (Comedy, Food, Sports, Beauty, Technology and more), with views, likes, comments, shares, hashtags, sounds and authors. No account needed; schedule it to track what is taking off.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/headply/tiktok-trending-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Mayowa Ogedengbe](https://apify.com/headply) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.40 / 1,000 videos

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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

## TikTok Trending Videos Scraper: Explore Feed by Category (No Login)

Collect the videos **trending on TikTok right now**, by category, without a TikTok account. Pick categories such as
Comedy, Food, Sports, Beauty Care or Technology and get the videos TikTok's Explore page is pushing, with full stats.

- **21 categories:** All, Singing & Dancing, Comedy, Sports, Anime & Comics, Relationship, Shows, Lipsync, Daily
  Life, Beauty Care, Games, Society, Outfit, Cars, Food, Animals, Family, Drama, Fitness & Health, Education,
  Technology.
- **Deep:** up to about 600 unique trending videos per category per run (median age about 1–2 weeks).
- **Every video:** caption, publish time, **views, likes, comments, shares, saves**, hashtags, mentions, duration,
  sound, author with follower count, AI-generated and ad flags.
- **Trend tracking:** schedule it with "only new videos" to get each newly trending video once.

### Reliable, no login needed

Tested across all 21 categories: **2,100/2,100 videos delivered in 41 seconds**, every core field at 100%.

### Input

```json
{
  "categories": ["Food", "Beauty Care", "Technology"],
  "maxVideosPerCategory": 100,
  "newerThan": "7 days"
}
```

The feed is TikTok's **United States** Explore page.

### Output sample

```json
{
  "type": "video",
  "id": "7691816989643296032",
  "text": "It’s United States Property! Hit the road. #stateproperty #privateproperty #hittheroad #meme #viral",
  "createTimeISO": "2026-10-01T21:38:28.000Z",
  "playCount": 2700000,
  "hashtags": ["stateproperty", "privateproperty", "hittheroad", "meme", "viral"],
  "source": "trending",
  "category": "Comedy",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-12T15:01:03.416Z"
}
```

Every row also carries likes, comments, shares, saves, duration, sound and author fields, as in our other TikTok
Actors. Field names are stable; missing values are explicit `null`. Each run writes a `SUMMARY` record.

### Pricing

| Event | Price per 1,000 |
|---|---|
| Video | $2.00 |
| Run start | $0.001 per run |

Higher Apify plans get automatic discounts. **Top 100 in 5 categories ≈ $1.00 per run.** Videos already delivered
by an "only new videos" monitor are never charged.

### Trend radar (scheduled)

1. Pick your categories and set `"onlyNewVideos": true`.
2. Schedule it every few hours.
3. Each run delivers only videos that newly entered the trending feed: send them to Slack, a sheet or your content
   calendar.

### API, n8n, Make

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/headply~tiktok-trending-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"categories":["Food"],"maxVideosPerCategory":50}'
```

**n8n:** *Apify* node → *Run actor and get dataset*, actor `headply/tiktok-trending-scraper`.

### FAQ and limits

- **Do I need a TikTok account?** No.
- **Other countries?** The feed is the US Explore page.
- **Trending hashtags or sounds ranking?** Not a separate list: each video carries its hashtags and sound, so you can
  rank them yourself from the results.
- **A creator's videos?** Use [TikTok Profile Scraper](https://apify.com/headply/tiktok-profile-scraper).
- **Specific videos?** Use [TikTok Video Scraper](https://apify.com/headply/tiktok-video-scraper).

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Internal.

## `categories` (type: `array`):

Explore categories to collect (United States feed).

## `maxVideosPerCategory` (type: `integer`):

Unique trending videos to collect per category (up to about 600 at a time).

## `newerThan` (type: `string`):

A date (2026-10-01) or a period ('7 days', '24 hours', '2 weeks'). Older videos are skipped and not billed.

## `onlyNewVideos` (type: `boolean`):

For scheduled runs: return (and bill) only videos this monitor has not returned before. Turns the Actor into a feed of new videos.

## `monitorName` (type: `string`):

Separate memories for different schedules or client lists.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "trending",
  "categories": [
    "All"
  ],
  "maxVideosPerCategory": 50,
  "onlyNewVideos": false,
  "monitorName": "default"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

## `summary` (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 = {
    "categories": [
        "All"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("headply/tiktok-trending-scraper").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 = { "categories": ["All"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("headply/tiktok-trending-scraper").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 '{
  "categories": [
    "All"
  ]
}' |
apify call headply/tiktok-trending-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,headply/tiktok-trending-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/T3LsBYpaVrbp0rO17/builds/djgaX0fRe3ivy6d3z/openapi.json