# TikTok Profile Scraper — followers, likes, bio (`mu0i/tiktok-profile-scraper`) Actor

Full public profile for any TikTok account from a handle or URL: followers, following, total likes, video count, bio, verified. Optionally their recent videos.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/mu0i/tiktok-profile-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Mu0i](https://apify.com/mu0i) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation, Videos
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.90 / 1,000 profiles

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?

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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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

### TikTok Profile Scraper — followers, likes, bio

Give it handles, profile URLs or user IDs. Get one row per account: followers, following, total likes, video
count, bio, verified flag, avatar, and the IDs you need for any other lookup.

No login, no cookies, no browser.

### Why the totals and the bio usually come from different places

TikTok has no single endpoint that returns a complete profile, and most scrapers quietly ship whichever half
they happened to read. Measured on @nasa, @bbcnews and @khaby.lame — the same pattern every time:

| | the search payload | the profile screen |
|---|---|---|
| followers, following, video count | identical | identical |
| **total likes** | present | **missing** |
| **bio** | **missing** | present |
| **verified** | reports `0` even for verified accounts | correct |

This Actor reads both and merges them, so a row is not missing the bio *or* the total likes, and `verified` is
the real answer rather than a field that happens to be zero.

Accounts that hide their total likes come back as `null` with a note saying so — not as `0`, which would look
like a fact.

### How to use

1. Click **Try for free** at the top of this page. Apify creates a free account if you do not have one — no card is needed to run this.
2. Put what you want scraped into **Profiles** — one per line.
3. Press **Start**.
4. Rows show up in the **Dataset** tab *while the run is still going*. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel or XML from there, or read them over the API.

### Input

| field | | |
|---|---|---|
| `profiles` | required | `@nasa`, `nasa`, `https://www.tiktok.com/@nasa`, a `sec_uid`, or a numeric user ID |
| `includeRecentVideos` | default off | Add the account's recent posts to the row |
| `maxRecentVideos` | 10 | Only used when recent videos are on |

Every field, with its default — paste the whole block and delete what you do not need:

```json
{
  "profiles": [
    "@nasa",
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@bbcnews"
  ],
  "includeRecentVideos": false,
  "maxRecentVideos": 10
}
```

### Output

One row per account.

| field | |
|---|---|
| `username`, `nickname`, `profileUrl` | |
| `userId`, `secUid` | `secUid` is what other TikTok endpoints want; keep it if you plan more lookups |
| `followerCount`, `followingCount`, `videoCount`, `visibleVideoCount` | |
| `totalLikes` | `null` when the account hides it |
| `bio`, `verified`, `verificationType`, `isPrivate`, `avatarUrl`, `region` | |
| `recentVideos[]` | when enabled: `videoId`, `url`, `description`, `createdAt`, `durationMs`, `isPinned`, `playCount`, `likeCount`, `commentCount`, `shareCount`, `coverUrl` |
| `input`, `note` | what you passed in, and anything worth knowing about the row |

One row, exactly as it lands in your dataset (long signed CDN links shortened here for readability):

```json
{
  "input": "@nasa",
  "username": "nasa",
  "nickname": "NASA",
  "userId": "7664638705177150477",
  "secUid": "MS4wLjABAAAAU9BRVzC8oCaegVnia8IbqWhPb_-dbU7s00Y3wS1_Nx8g5RUaYvyXrpejgjdxTwd6",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@nasa",
  "bio": "Making the seemingly impossible, possible.✨",
  "followerCount": 887334,
  "followingCount": 22,
  "videoCount": 25,
  "visibleVideoCount": 25,
  "totalLikes": 3968770,
  "verified": true,
  "verificationType": 0,
  "isPrivate": false,
  "avatarUrl": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-useast5-avt-0068-tx/e5143…?…",
  "region": null,
  "note": null
}
```

### Recent videos

Enabled by `includeRecentVideos`. This is the most reliable pagination available on TikTok's public surface —
walked to the end it returns every post with **zero duplicates** and stops cleanly — so asking for hundreds is
safe.

Pinned posts are flagged `isPinned` and occupy slots on the first page, so ask for a few more than you strictly
need if you want that many ordinary posts.

### Notes

- **`url` is TikTok's own canonical link.** A photo post therefore points at `/photo/` and a video at
  `/video/`, and a row whose author handle is missing gets `null` rather than a link that would 404.
- A handle that does not exist gives a row with `note: "account not found"` rather than failing the run.
- Private accounts return their profile (followers, bio, counts) — their videos are not accessible.
- `region` is not published on the profile screen; the field is present for shape and stays `null`.
- Only public data. There is no login, so nothing hidden from a logged-out visitor is reachable.

#### Run it from your own code

Every Actor is an API endpoint. This starts a run, waits for it, and returns the rows in one call — swap in your token from **Settings → Integrations**:

```bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/mu0i~tiktok-profile-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "profiles": [
      "@nasa",
      "https://www.tiktok.com/@bbcnews"
    ],
    "includeRecentVideos": false,
    "maxRecentVideos": 10
  }'
```

### Pricing

Pay per result — you are billed for rows you receive, not for time or compute.

| Event | Per 1,000 | What one unit is |
|---|---:|---|
| `profile` | $2.00 | one profile in the dataset |
| `video` | $2.00 | one recent video in the dataset |

**Paid Apify plans pay less than this.** The table above is the free-plan rate. Starter, Scale and Business each get a lower per-unit price — up to **55% off** on Business — and the Actor's Pricing tab shows every tier before you run anything.

**Starting a run costs $0.00001** — a cent per thousand runs — and there is no run minimum. **You are never billed for a run that found nothing.** If an input has nothing to collect the run says so
in a row of the dataset — never a silently empty result, and never a charge. A run that fails because the
data could not be *reached* fails loudly, because that one is worth retrying.

### Related Actors

Fourteen Actors covering the whole public TikTok surface. Same billing rules and the same guarantees throughout: billed once for each row you receive, never billed for a run that found nothing, and told in the dataset why it found nothing.

| Actor | What it does |
|---|---|
| [TikTok Search Scraper — videos, users, hashtags](https://apify.com/mu0i/tiktok-search-scraper) | Keyword search across every tab, deduplicated. |
| [TikTok Hashtag Scraper — videos by hashtag](https://apify.com/mu0i/tiktok-hashtag-scraper) | Every video under a hashtag, walked deep. |
| [TikTok Trending Scraper — the real Explore feed](https://apify.com/mu0i/tiktok-trending) | The app's real Explore feed, not Creative Center. |
| [TikTok User Posts Scraper — every video + stats](https://apify.com/mu0i/tiktok-user-posts) | Every video an account posted, with stats. |
| [TikTok Comments Scraper — replies, no duplicates](https://apify.com/mu0i/tiktok-comments-scraper) | Every comment and reply, no duplicate pages. |
| [TikTok Video Downloader — no watermark MP4/MP3](https://apify.com/mu0i/tiktok-video-downloader) | No-watermark MP4, MP3, covers and subtitles. |
| [TikTok Transcript Scraper — no AI, no waiting](https://apify.com/mu0i/tiktok-transcripts) | Subtitles from TikTok's own caption track. |
| [TikTok Sound Scraper — videos using a sound](https://apify.com/mu0i/tiktok-sound-scraper) | Videos that actually use a sound, filtered. |
| [TikTok Live Scraper — rooms, viewers, streams](https://apify.com/mu0i/tiktok-live-scraper) | Live rooms with playable stream links. |
| [TikTok Places Scraper — locations and reviews](https://apify.com/mu0i/tiktok-places-scraper) | Locations with addresses, coordinates and reviews. |
| [TikTok Shop Scraper — Products, Sellers & Reviews](https://apify.com/mu0i/tiktok-shop-scraper) | Shop search, product detail, seller catalogue. |
| [TikTok Shop Category Scraper — every product](https://apify.com/mu0i/tiktok-shop-category-scraper) | Every product in a Shop category and its subcategories. |
| [TikTok Shop Reviews Scraper — full archive](https://apify.com/mu0i/tiktok-shop-reviews-scraper) | The full review archive for a Shop product. |

# Actor input Schema

## `profiles` (type: `array`):

Any of: @nasa, nasa, https://www.tiktok.com/@nasa, a sec\_uid (MS4wLjABAAAA…), or a numeric user id. One per line.

## `includeRecentVideos` (type: `boolean`):

Adds the account's most recent posts to the row. This is the most reliable pagination on the API — a walk to the end returned 230 videos with zero duplicates — so it is safe to ask for a lot.

## `maxRecentVideos` (type: `integer`):

Only used when recent videos are enabled. Pinned posts occupy slots on the first page, so ask for a few more than you need.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "profiles": [
    "@nasa",
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@bbcnews"
  ],
  "includeRecentVideos": false,
  "maxRecentVideos": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

One row per profile, plus recent videos when requested.

# 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 = {
    "profiles": [
        "@nasa",
        "https://www.tiktok.com/@bbcnews"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("mu0i/tiktok-profile-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 = { "profiles": [
        "@nasa",
        "https://www.tiktok.com/@bbcnews",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("mu0i/tiktok-profile-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 '{
  "profiles": [
    "@nasa",
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@bbcnews"
  ]
}' |
apify call mu0i/tiktok-profile-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,mu0i/tiktok-profile-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/fEY2g3CPbexqbQcev/builds/OoYJHTrxKu0HpVMwD/openapi.json