TikTok Profile Scraper

The TikTok Profile Scraper is an Apify actor that extracts public TikTok profile identity and stats by handle or profile URL — no login, no account, no cookies. It returns one structured record per profile: nickname, bio, avatar, verified/private flags, region, secUid, userId, and follower/following/heart/video counts.

Use it for creator research, influencer discovery, competitor tracking, or social-media analytics at scale — exported to JSON, CSV, or Excel.

This actor returns profile identity and stats only. TikTok's logged-out profile pages do not reliably embed recent videos — verified live against top creators (@mrbeast at 129M followers and @khaby.lame at 162M both return zero embedded videos). For video listings, see TikTok Video Scraper.

Table of contents

• What the TikTok profile scraper does
• How to scrape TikTok profiles
• TikTok profile scraper input
• TikTok profile data output
• How much it costs
• Recommended proxies for TikTok profiles
• Why this TikTok profile scraper
• FAQ
• Rate this actor
• Related actors

What the TikTok profile scraper does

• 🔎 Handle or URL input — accepts nasa, @nasa, or https://www.tiktok.com/@nasa.
• 🆔 Identity + stats in one pass — nickname, bio, avatar, verified/private, region, secUid, userId.
• 📊 Full public counts — follower, following, heart (total likes), and video counts per profile.
• ⚡ HTTP-first, no browser — anonymous extraction with no TikTok account, password, or session cookie, so it's cheap and fast per profile.
• 💸 Pay only for delivered profiles — $0.004 per profile; not-found, blocked, and errored profiles are never charged.
• 🌍 Export-ready — one flat row per profile, ready for JSON, CSV, or Excel.

How to scrape TikTok profiles

1. Click Try for free and open the actor.
2. Add one or more targets — handles (nasa), @handles, or full profile URLs.
3. Set your proxy — US residential is required (prefilled to Apify RESIDENTIAL, US).
4. Optional: cap the run with max_profiles.
5. Click Start and watch results stream into the dataset.
6. Export as JSON, CSV, or Excel, or pull it from the Apify API.

Scrape profiles by handle or URL:

{
  "targets": ["nasa", "@natgeo", "https://www.tiktok.com/@bbcearth"],
  "max_profiles": 100,
  "proxy": {"useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountry": "US"}
}

TikTok profile scraper input

Field	Description
targets	Handles or profile URLs (nasa, @nasa, or https://www.tiktok.com/@nasa). Required.
include_videos	Opportunistically include embedded videos if the profile page exposes them (default true, no extra charge). Logged-out TikTok pages currently don't embed videos, so this is normally empty — kept for forward compatibility.
max_profiles	Optional cap on how many profiles from targets to scrape.
proxy	Proxy config. US residential required — TikTok blocks datacenter and non-US IPs. Prefilled to Apify RESIDENTIAL pinned to the US.

TikTok profile data output

Each profile is one flat dataset row. Sample:

{
  "row_type": "profile",
  "unique_id": "nasa",
  "nickname": "NASA",
  "sec_uid": "MS4wLjABAAAA...",
  "user_id": "6997748855948083205",
  "avatar_url": "https://p16-sign-va.tiktokcdn.com/...",
  "signature": "Exploring the universe and our home planet.",
  "verified": true,
  "private": false,
  "region": "US",
  "follower_count": 3500000,
  "following_count": 12,
  "heart_count": 41000000,
  "video_count": 210,
  "profile_url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@nasa",
  "scraped_at": "2026-07-07T00:00:00Z",
  "error": null
}

Field	Description
unique_id	The TikTok handle (without @).
nickname	Display name.
sec_uid, user_id	Stable identifiers for cross-run joins.
avatar_url	Profile picture URL.
signature	Bio text.
verified, private	Account status flags.
region	Account region code (e.g. US).
follower_count, following_count, heart_count, video_count	Public stats (heart_count = total likes across all videos).
profile_url	Canonical profile URL.
scraped_at	ISO timestamp of the run.
error	null on success, or not_found / blocked / error on failure (unbilled).

Every profile emits exactly one profile row. If a future TikTok page ever embeds recent videos, the actor opportunistically emits extra video rows carrying the parent profile's unique_id so they join cleanly in a flat dataset — but as of July 2026 this does not occur on logged-out pages.

How much it costs

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing — you pay for delivered profiles, not for time.

Event	USD
Actor start (per GB memory)	$0.0001
Profile scraped	$0.004

Use case	Profiles	Est. cost
Single profile	1	~$0.0041
100 creators	100	~$0.40
1,000 profiles	1,000	~$4.00

You only pay for profiles actually delivered (error is null). Not-found, blocked, and errored profiles are not charged. Any opportunistic embedded videos are bundled in at no extra charge.

Recommended proxies for TikTok profiles

A US residential proxy is required — TikTok blocks datacenter IPs (including Apify's servers) and non-US IPs. The proxy input prefills Apify's RESIDENTIAL group pinned to the US (apifyProxyCountry: "US"), so the correct region applies out of the box. You can also plug in Bright Data, Oxylabs, SmartProxy, or a raw proxy URL.

If you run your own scrapers (inside or outside Apify) and need reliable residential proxies for TikTok and other social sites, we recommend DataImpulse — pay-as-you-go, per-country targeting, no monthly minimum:

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Why this TikTok profile scraper

• No login required — anonymous HTTP extraction; no account, password, or session cookie.
• HTTP-first, browser-free — cheap and fast per profile, no CAPTCHA-solving overhead.
• Live data — follower/heart/video counts reflect the moment of the run.
• Pay only for results — not-found, blocked, and errored profiles are never billed.
• Open source — the underlying tiktok-scraper Python package ships a Typer CLI and a FastAPI server; the Apify wrapper is a thin layer.

FAQ

Do I need a TikTok account or login? No. The actor extracts only publicly visible profile data anonymously over HTTP — no account, password, or session cookie. Private accounts return whatever public metadata is visible.

Which proxies work best for TikTok profiles? US residential proxies with per-country targeting. The input prefills {"useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"], "apifyProxyCountry": "US"}. Datacenter and non-US IPs are blocked. For your own scrapers, DataImpulse (referral link) residential IPs work well.

Can I get a creator's recent videos or full video history? Not with this actor. TikTok's logged-out profile pages don't reliably embed video data — verified live against top creators returning zero embedded videos. Video listing needs a request-signer and lives in the separate TikTok Video Scraper. Use this actor for profile identity and stats.

Am I charged for profiles that don't exist or are blocked? No. Not-found, blocked, and errored profiles are never charged — you pay only for profiles with delivered data.

How fresh is the data? The actor scrapes TikTok live at run time, so follower/following/heart/video counts reflect the moment of the run.

Is scraping TikTok profiles legal? This actor collects only publicly available profile data. You are responsible for complying with TikTok's terms and applicable laws. Do not collect personal data without a lawful basis.

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