TikTok Video Search Scraper

Search TikTok videos by keyword or hashtag and get every metric that matters for content research, trend spotting, and competitor monitoring — views, likes, comments, shares, saves, a computed engagement rate, duration, hashtags, sound, and full creator data. Then narrow the haul with built-in quality filters (minimum views, likes, comments, shares, duration) so you only keep — and only pay for — the videos worth keeping.

No TikTok login, no cookies. Cookieless and provider-backed (ScrapeCreators primary, SociaVault fallback). MCP-ready for AI agents.

What you get

One flat row per TikTok video, ready for spreadsheets, dashboards, or an LLM.

Field	Description
videoUrl	Canonical tiktok.com link to the video
caption	Video caption / description
authorUsername, authorNickname, authorVerified	Creator handle, name, verified flag
playCount, likeCount, commentCount, shareCount, collectCount	Full engagement metrics
engagementRate	(likes + comments + shares) / plays, rounded to 4 decimals
durationSeconds	Video length in seconds
hashtags	Hashtags parsed from the caption
musicTitle, musicAuthor, musicId	Sound / music track
coverUrl, imageUrls	Thumbnail; image URLs for photo-carousel posts
createdAt, scrapedAt	ISO 8601 post time and scrape time
region, provider, searchType, query	Provenance and search context

When to use it

• Content research — find the best-performing videos for a topic before you film.
• Trend & viral discovery — set minPlays high and sortBy: most-liked to surface breakouts.
• Competitor monitoring — track videos ranking for a brand keyword or hashtag.
• Influencer sourcing — pull creators posting about your niche with real engagement numbers.
• AI agents — a clean keyword-in, structured-JSON-out tool over the Apify MCP server.

Need user profiles, the "Top" tab, or general TikTok search across multiple result types? Use the companion TikTok Search Scraper. Need one video's full details or a creator's whole feed? Use TikTok Video Scraper. This actor is focused on searching videos by keyword or hashtag with metrics and filters.

Pricing

Pay-per-event, billed only for videos actually saved to the dataset:

• Actor start — $0.00005 per run.
• TikTok video found — from $0.004 per saved video (volume-tiered down to $0.003).

Videos removed by your quality filters are never charged. A 50-video run costs about $0.20.

Input

{
  "searchQueries": ["nike running", "protein recipe"],
  "hashtags": ["running"],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 50,
  "sortBy": "most-liked",
  "datePosted": "this-month",
  "region": "US",
  "minPlays": 100000,
  "minLikes": 5000,
  "maxDurationSeconds": 60,
  "includePhotoPosts": true
}

Input	Description
searchQueries	Required. List of keywords to search. Each runs its own paginated video search.
hashtags	Optional list of hashtags (with or without #) to pull video feeds for.
maxResultsPerQuery	Max videos per query (1–10000, default 50).
sortBy	relevance (default), most-liked, or date-posted. Keyword searches only.
datePosted	Recency window for keyword searches. Default all-time.
region	Two-letter ISO country code. Default US.
minPlays / minLikes / minComments / minShares	Keep only videos at or above these thresholds.
minDurationSeconds / maxDurationSeconds	Keep only videos within this length range.
includePhotoPosts	Include TikTok image carousel posts (default true).
providerOrder	Backend provider routing. Default scrapecreators-first.

Output example

{
  "searchType": "keyword",
  "query": "nike running",
  "provider": "scrapecreators",
  "videoId": "7412345678901234567",
  "videoUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@runner/video/7412345678901234567",
  "caption": "Best nike running shoes #running #nike",
  "authorUsername": "runner",
  "authorVerified": true,
  "playCount": 250000,
  "likeCount": 12000,
  "commentCount": 340,
  "shareCount": 210,
  "collectCount": 90,
  "engagementRate": 0.0502,
  "durationSeconds": 32,
  "hashtags": ["running", "nike"],
  "musicTitle": "Original sound",
  "createdAt": "2024-06-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-01T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Use via API

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("khadinakbar/tiktok-video-search-scraper").call(run_input={
    "searchQueries": ["nike running"],
    "maxResultsPerQuery": 50,
    "sortBy": "most-liked",
    "minPlays": 100000,
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["videoUrl"], item["playCount"], item["engagementRate"])

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('khadinakbar/tiktok-video-search-scraper').call({
    searchQueries: ['nike running'],
    maxResultsPerQuery: 50,
    sortBy: 'most-liked',
    minPlays: 100000,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Use with AI agents (MCP)

Exposed through the Apify MCP server as khadinakbar/tiktok-video-search-scraper. Agents pass a keyword and optional filters and get back structured video rows with engagement metrics — ideal for "find the top TikTok videos about X" tasks.

FAQ

Do I need a TikTok account or cookies? No. This actor uses public data via managed providers.

Why did a run return fewer rows than my cap? Either TikTok had fewer matching videos, or your quality filters removed some. Filtered-out videos are logged in RUN_SUMMARY.filteredOut and are never charged.

What does a zero-result run mean? The keyword genuinely had no matches (or none passed your filters). The run still finishes successfully with a clear status message. If every provider request failed instead, the run fails honestly with the errors in RUN_SUMMARY.providerErrors.

Can I search multiple keywords at once? Yes. Each entry in searchQueries (and each hashtag) runs its own search up to maxResultsPerQuery.

How is engagement rate calculated? (likes + comments + shares) / plays, rounded to 4 decimals. It is null when the play count is unavailable.

Legal

This actor collects only publicly available TikTok data. Use it in compliance with TikTok's Terms of Service, applicable data-protection laws (including GDPR and CCPA), and only for purposes you are authorized to pursue. You are responsible for how you use the collected data. It does not access private accounts, bypass authentication, or collect data behind a login.