TikTok Profile Scraper | Followers, Likes, Bio | $0.35 / 1K

TikTok profile data API alternative. Paste TikTok usernames, @handles or profile links and get one clean, flat row per creator: follower count, following, total likes, video count, bio, verified flag, account age and simple ratios for vetting influencers. Turn on change tracking and a schedule to watch follower growth over time. No login, no cookies, no browser. $0.35 per 1,000 profiles on the Free plan (cheaper on paid plans, see Pricing).

TikTok analytics and follower count data for creator vetting

Use it when you need numbers, not videos:

• TikTok follower count for a list of creators, in a spreadsheet-ready table
• TikTok influencer data for outreach lists: tier (nano to mega), bio, bio link, verified, organization and shop-seller flags
• TikTok analytics ratios to compare creators: likes per video, likes per follower, followers per video, follower-to-following ratio, account age
• TikTok user data for lead lists: bio text and bio link next to the audience size
• Follower tracking on a schedule: followers, likes and video count change since the previous run
• A TikTok API alternative for public profile stats, with no developer approval process

Every number comes from the public profile page. Nothing is estimated or invented.

What data you get

Group	Fields
Identity	username, url, nickname, bio, bioLink, language, userId, secUid, avatarUrl
Flags	verified, privateAccount, isOrganization, isShopSeller
Counts	followers, following, likes, videos, friends
Account dates	accountCreatedAt, nicknameChangedAt, accountAgeDays
Ratios (computed)	likesPerVideo, likesPerFollower, followersPerVideo, followRatio, estimatedTier
Change tracking (optional)	followersChange, likesChange, videosChange, previousScrapedAt
Run info	status, input, scrapedAt

The output is flat, so it exports cleanly to CSV, Excel, Google Sheets or JSON. Profiles that are private, deleted, not found or blocked get a row with a status and are never charged.

How the ratios are calculated

These are simple ratios of the counts on the page. They are not TikTok's own engagement metric.

• likesPerVideo = likes / videos
• likesPerFollower = likes / followers
• followersPerVideo = followers / videos
• followRatio = followers / following
• accountAgeDays = whole days since accountCreatedAt
• estimatedTier = a follower bucket: nano (under 10k), micro (10k to 100k), mid (100k to 500k), macro (500k to 1M), mega (1M and up)

A ratio is empty (null) when it cannot be computed, for example likes per video for an account with zero videos.

Input

Field	Type	What it does
profiles	list	Usernames (nasa), @usernames (@nasa), profile URLs (https://www.tiktok.com/@nasa) or TikTok short links (vm.tiktok.com/..., tiktok.com/t/...). Duplicates are removed and the first occurrence is kept.
maxItems	number	Cost cap: process at most this many profiles. Default 100.
compareWithPreviousRun	true/false	Adds the four change columns by comparing with the counts saved at the previous run. Default off.
historyStoreName	text	Name of the key-value store that keeps the previous counts. Default tiktok-profile-history. Use one name per monitored list.
maxConcurrency	number	Parallel page fetches, 1 to 10. Default 5.
useProxyFallback	true/false	Retry refused pages on fresh Apify datacenter proxy sessions. Default on, no extra price.

Short links are followed to their destination without downloading the page. If the link leads to a profile or a video, the creator's profile is scraped. A link that does not resolve gets an invalid-link row, which is not charged.

Example input:

{
  "profiles": ["nasa", "@khaby.lame", "https://www.tiktok.com/@mrbeast"],
  "compareWithPreviousRun": true,
  "historyStoreName": "my-creator-watchlist"
}

Output example

A real row from a run with change tracking on (avatarUrl and secUid shortened here):

{
  "status": "ok",
  "username": "nasa",
  "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@nasa",
  "nickname": "NASA",
  "bio": "Making the seemingly impossible, possible.✨",
  "bioLink": "science.nasa.gov/feature/artemis-ii-preliminary-lunar-science-report",
  "verified": true,
  "privateAccount": false,
  "isOrganization": true,
  "isShopSeller": false,
  "language": "en",
  "accountCreatedAt": "2026-07-20T15:55:49.000Z",
  "nicknameChangedAt": "2026-07-20T15:58:00.000Z",
  "followers": 2149942,
  "following": 23,
  "likes": 11466530,
  "videos": 62,
  "friends": 17,
  "likesPerVideo": 184944.03,
  "likesPerFollower": 5.333,
  "followersPerVideo": 34676.48,
  "followRatio": 93475.74,
  "accountAgeDays": 102,
  "estimatedTier": "mega",
  "userId": "7664638705177150477",
  "secUid": "MS4wLjABAAAAU9BRVzC8oCaeg…",
  "avatarUrl": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/…",
  "followersChange": 0,
  "likesChange": 7,
  "videosChange": 0,
  "previousScrapedAt": "2026-10-31T15:32:41.717Z",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-31T15:33:05.883Z"
}

Pricing

Pay per result. A profile is charged only when it comes back with data.

Plan	Per 1,000 profiles
Free	$0.35
Bronze	$0.30
Silver	$0.25
Gold and above	$0.20

Plus a one-time $0.0002 start fee per run on every plan.

Worked examples on the Free plan:

• 100 profiles: $0.0002 + 100 x $0.00035 = about $0.035
• 1,000 profiles: about $0.35
• 10,000 profiles: about $3.50
• Daily follower tracking of 500 creators: about $0.175 per day, roughly $5.30 per month

Private, deleted and not-found profiles are free. A list full of invalid names stops after a few misses, so a bad list costs almost nothing. Set maxItems or Apify's maximum cost per run to cap spending. Platform usage is included in the price above.

Integrations and scheduling

Recurring runs are what this Actor is built for. Create an Apify Schedule (hourly, daily or weekly), keep compareWithPreviousRun on, and every run adds how much each creator grew or shrank since the last one.

Follower tracking setup, 5 minutes:

1. Open the Actor, enter your creator list and turn on Compare with previous run.
2. Set a History store name for this list, for example my-creator-watchlist.
3. Run once. This run creates the baseline, so the change columns are empty.
4. Click Schedule and choose daily or weekly.
5. From the second run on, read followersChange, likesChange and videosChange in the Change tracking table view.

Send the results anywhere:

• Google Sheets: Apify's Google Sheets integration appends each run
• Make, n8n and Zapier: trigger a scenario when a run finishes, then read the dataset
• Webhooks: Apify calls your URL on run success, for example to alert you when followersChange passes a threshold
• API: GET /v2/datasets/{id}/items?format=csv returns the table as CSV

The history is one record in a key-value store in your own Apify account. Runs that share the same store name share the same history.

Tutorial: build a creator shortlist

1. Paste 50 to 500 usernames or profile links into Profiles.
2. Run the Actor and open the Creator vetting view.
3. Sort by estimatedTier or followers to pick the size you need.
4. Check likesPerVideo and likesPerFollower to spot accounts whose total likes are very low for their size.
5. Check accountAgeDays and videos to separate new accounts from established ones.
6. Export as CSV and add the shortlist to your outreach sheet.

FAQ

Why not the official TikTok API?

TikTok's official APIs are built for apps that act on behalf of logged-in users, and they require developer approval, app review and user authorization. For reading public stats of any creator you name, an approval process is a poor fit. This Actor reads the same public profile page anyone can open in a browser. It has no relationship with TikTok and is not endorsed by it.

What is the best TikTok follower count API alternative?

For follower counts, likes and video counts of named profiles, this Actor costs less per profile than the clockworks and abe Actors on the Store (their Free-plan prices are $3 and $5 per 1,000 results), while apidojo charges a flat $0.30. If you also need profile video lists or comments, use one of the alternatives, which cost more per result.

How do I calculate TikTok engagement rate honestly?

The standard engagement rate is (likes + comments + shares) / views, measured per video. That needs per-video numbers, which this Actor does not return. likesPerFollower here divides lifetime likes by current followers, so one old viral video can inflate it for years. Treat the ratios as a quick screening tool and measure real engagement on a creator's recent videos before you pay for a partnership.

Is it legal to scrape TikTok profiles?

This Actor reads only public profile pages, with no login. Public data is generally lawful to collect, but rules differ by country and by use. Personal data such as names and bios can fall under privacy law like GDPR. TikTok's terms of service also restrict automated access. You are responsible for how you use the data. This is not legal advice.

Are the counts exact?

The numbers are what TikTok shows on the public profile at that moment. Counts of live accounts move every few seconds, so two runs a minute apart can differ by a few units. accountCreatedAt is the creation time TikTok includes in the page data.

What can this Actor not do?

• It cannot list a profile's videos
• It cannot scrape followers or following lists
• It cannot scrape comments
• It cannot search by hashtag or keyword
• It cannot read private accounts

TikTok only serves those through signed, app-style requests, and this Actor does not forge signatures or log in. Rows for profiles it cannot read are marked private, not-found, unavailable or blocked.

Honest limits

• Only public profile counts and details. No videos, comments, follower lists or search.
• If TikTok refuses many requests in a row, the run stops early and unreadable rows are not charged.
• Ratios are simple arithmetic on lifetime totals, not an engagement score.
• Change tracking compares with the last run that used the same history store name. A parallel run with the same store can overwrite another's snapshot for the same username.
• The first tracked run has empty change columns because there is nothing to compare with.

Related Actors

• TikTok Profile & Video Data Scraper: profile stats plus single-video stats by URL, from the same author
• TikTok Video Scraper: video data, from the same author
• TikTok Scraper by clockworks: videos, comments, hashtags and search at a higher price per result
• TikTok Profile Scraper by clockworks: profiles with their video lists
• TikTok Profile Scraper by apidojo: another profile scraper with flat pricing