🎬 TikTok Trending Videos Scraper

Scrape trending TikTok videos straight from TikTok's Explore feed — the curated mix of viral videos TikTok surfaces to everyone, plus full engagement stats, creator data, music, hashtags, and a direct no-watermark video URL for every result. No login, no cookies, no TikTok API key.

Point it at a country, set how many videos you want, and get a clean structured dataset of what's trending right now.

What you get — one row per trending video

Field	Description
rank	Position in the trending feed (1 = surfaced first)
videoUrl	Canonical tiktok.com/@handle/video/id link
videoPlayUrl	Direct no-watermark MP4 URL (short-lived, signed)
description	Caption text with inline hashtags
authorHandle / authorName	Creator @username and display name
authorVerified / authorFollowers	Verified badge + follower count
playCount	Views
likeCount / commentCount / shareCount / saveCount	Full engagement
engagementRate	(likes + comments + shares) ÷ views
musicTitle / musicAuthor / musicIsOriginal	Sound used
hashtags	Array of hashtag names
coverUrl	Thumbnail image
createTime	Publish date (ISO 8601)
durationSec	Length in seconds
region / feed / scrapedAt / sourceUrl	Run metadata

When to use this

• Trend discovery — see what's going viral in any country, today.
• Content planning — find formats, hooks, and sounds that are spiking.
• Sound research — grab the trending audio behind viral videos.
• Creator scouting — spot accounts breaking out in the trending feed.
• Competitor & niche research — monitor what's winning attention in a market.
• AI agents / pipelines — feed concise structured trending data to an LLM.

When NOT to use this (pick the right actor)

• Want one creator's videos? → khadinakbar/tiktok-profile-scraper
• Want TikTok ad creatives (Top Ads / Creative Center)? → khadinakbar/tiktok-ads-scraper
• Want trending hashtags with rank movement? → khadinakbar/tiktok-trending-hashtags-scraper
• Want comments on videos? → khadinakbar/tiktok-video-comments-scraper

This actor is specifically the organic trending video feed.

Pricing — Pay Per Event

Event	Price
Actor start	$0.00005 per GB RAM
Trending video extracted	$0.005 per video

A typical run of 50 trending videos costs about $0.25. You're only charged for videos actually returned — the cost cap is printed in the run log before any charge fires, and the actor never charges past your maxResults.

Quick start

In Apify Console

1. Pick a Feed (Explore for curated trending — recommended).
2. Optionally set a Country / Region (e.g. US, JP).
3. Set Max Videos (default 50).
4. Keep the default Residential proxy. Click Start.

Via API (Node.js)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('khadinakbar/tiktok-trending-videos-scraper').call({
    feed: 'explore',
    region: 'US',
    maxResults: 50,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items[0].videoUrl, items[0].playCount);

Via API (Python)

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("khadinakbar/tiktok-trending-videos-scraper").call(run_input={
    "feed": "explore",
    "region": "US",
    "maxResults": 50,
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["videoUrl"], item["playCount"])

Via MCP (Claude, ChatGPT, agents)

This actor is MCP-ready. Connect to https://mcp.apify.com?tools=khadinakbar/tiktok-trending-videos-scraper and ask: "Get the top 20 trending TikTok videos in Japan right now." Inputs are narrow and the output is flat structured JSON built for LLM consumption.

Input reference

Field	Type	Default	Notes
feed	enum	explore	explore (curated trending) or foryou (personalized)
region	enum	"" (auto)	ISO country code; routes through a residential proxy in that country
maxResults	integer	50	1–200
proxyConfiguration	object	Residential	Residential strongly recommended — datacenter IPs get blocked

Reliability notes

• Residential proxy is required. TikTok.com blocks datacenter IPs; the actor defaults to Apify Residential. If you see no data, confirm residential proxy is enabled.
• Explore vs For You. explore is the curated trending feed and is reproducible run-to-run. foryou is personalized and session-randomized — use it for sampling, not for a stable trending list.
• Honest failures. If TikTok blocks the run entirely, it is marked FAILED with a clear message — the actor never reports success with an empty dataset.
• Pagination. The feed loads ~8 videos per scroll; larger maxResults takes proportionally longer.

FAQ

Do I need a TikTok account or API key? No.

Are the video URLs watermark-free? Yes — videoPlayUrl is the direct stream. It's signed and short-lived, so download promptly.

Can I filter by category (Comedy, Sports, etc.)? Not in v1 — results span all categories in the Explore feed. Country filtering is supported via region.

Why might a run return fewer than maxResults? The Explore feed has a finite trending set per region; the actor stops when the feed is exhausted.

Is the For You feed truly "trending"? For You is personalized recommendations, not a curated trending list. For reproducible trending data, use explore.

Legal & compliance

This actor collects publicly available data from TikTok's Explore feed for research and analytics. It does not log in, bypass authentication, or access private content. You are responsible for using the data in compliance with TikTok's Terms of Service, applicable laws (including GDPR/CCPA where relevant), and any platform restrictions. Do not use scraped personal data for unlawful purposes. Video and audio content remains the property of its respective creators and rights holders.

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