# China Trending Topics — Weibo, Douyin, Baidu, Zhihu Hot Lists (`neronbaez/china-trending-scraper`) Actor Real-time hot search rankings from Weibo 微博, Douyin 抖音, Bilibili, Zhihu 知乎, Baidu 百度 and Toutiao 头条 in one run, plus automatic detection of topics trending on several platforms at once. No login. - **URL**: https://apify.com/neronbaez/china-trending-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Ignacio Baez](https://apify.com/neronbaez) (community) - **Categories:** Social media, News, AI - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $1.00 / 1,000 trends 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? An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, 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. Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md. ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run. For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below. Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`). # README ### What does China Trending Topics do? It collects the **real-time hot search rankings of China's biggest platforms (7 lists) in one run**: | Platform | What you get | | ### Related Actors - [Google Maps Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/google-maps-scraper) — Local business leads with emails - [Instagram & TikTok Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/instagram-tiktok-scraper) — Social media profiles - [LinkedIn Profile Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/linkedin-profile-scraper) — B2B profiles with emails - [Facebook Ads Library Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/facebook-ads-library-scraper) — Competitor ad intelligence \---| ### Related Actors - [Google Maps Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/google-maps-scraper) — Local business leads with emails - [Instagram & TikTok Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/instagram-tiktok-scraper) — Social media profiles - [LinkedIn Profile Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/linkedin-profile-scraper) — B2B profiles with emails - [Facebook Ads Library Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/facebook-ads-library-scraper) — Competitor ad intelligence \---| | Weibo 微博 热搜 | top 50 keywords + heat score + label (热/新/爆) | | Douyin 抖音 热榜 | top 50 topics + heat + video count + event time | | Bilibili B站 热搜 | top hot search keywords | | Bilibili B站 热门 | top 50 popular videos + views + likes | | Zhihu 知乎 热榜 | top ~30 questions + heat + answer count | | Baidu 百度 热搜 | top 50 searches + heat + summary | | Toutiao 头条 热榜 | top 50 news topics + heat | It also **detects cross-platform topics**, meaning stories trending on two or more platforms at the same time. Those are the real "China-wide" trends, and no other scraper does this. No login, no cookies, no API key. A full run takes about 10 seconds. ### 🇬🇧 Built-in English translation Don't read Chinese? Turn on **Translate to English** and every text gets an English version next to the original, at **no extra cost**: ```json { "title": "日本误报9.9级地震", "titleEn": "Japan falsely reports a 9.9 magnitude earthquake" } ``` ### Use cases - **Daily China trend briefings** for brands, agencies and newsrooms (schedule it hourly or daily) - **Feeding AI agents and LLMs** with what China is talking about right now - **Market research & PR monitoring**: spot breaking stories early - **Trend datasets**: run it on a schedule and build a time series of China's attention ### Pricing | Result | Price | | ### Related Actors - [Google Maps Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/google-maps-scraper) — Local business leads with emails - [Instagram & TikTok Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/instagram-tiktok-scraper) — Social media profiles - [LinkedIn Profile Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/linkedin-profile-scraper) — B2B profiles with emails - [Facebook Ads Library Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/facebook-ads-library-scraper) — Competitor ad intelligence \---| ### Related Actors - [Google Maps Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/google-maps-scraper) — Local business leads with emails - [Instagram & TikTok Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/instagram-tiktok-scraper) — Social media profiles - [LinkedIn Profile Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/linkedin-profile-scraper) — B2B profiles with emails - [Facebook Ads Library Scraper](https://apify.com/neronbaez/facebook-ads-library-scraper) — Competitor ad intelligence \---| | Trend | $0.001 | | Cross-platform topic | $0.002 | 🆓 **On Apify's Free plan you can try it practically free** (about $0.01 per 1,000 results). The prices above apply to paid plans. A full run with all 6 platforms (~280 trends) costs about **$0.30**. ### Output examples **Cross-platform topic** ```json { "type": "crossPlatformTopic", "topic": "日本误报9.9级地震", "platformCount": 3, "platforms": [ "baidu", "toutiao", "weibo" ], "bestRank": 1, "ranks": { "weibo": 1, "baidu": 14, "toutiao": 1 }, "urls": { "weibo": "https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=%23日本误报9.9级地震%23", "baidu": "https://m.baidu.com/s?word=%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AF%AF%E6%8A%A5%E7%A7%B0%E5%8F%91%E7%94%9F9.9%E7%BA%A7%E5%9C%B0%E9%9C%87&sa=fyb_news", "toutiao": "https://www.toutiao.com/trending/7696782172228881983/" }, "scrapedAt": "2026-10-16T09:09:44.671449+00:00" } ``` **Weibo trend** ```json { "type": "trend", "platform": "weibo", "platformName": "Weibo 微博", "title": "日本误报9.9级地震", "heat": 1094837, "url": "https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=%23日本误报9.9级地震%23", "rank": 1, "scrapedAt": "2026-10-16T09:09:43.384540+00:00" } ``` **Douyin trend** ```json { "type": "trend", "platform": "douyin", "platformName": "Douyin 抖音", "title": "英雄联盟S16世界赛开赛", "heat": 12358998, "videoCount": 5, "eventTime": "2026-10-16T06:05:52+00:00", "url": "https://www.douyin.com/search/英雄联盟S16世界赛开赛", "rank": 1, "scrapedAt": "2026-10-16T09:09:43.384540+00:00" } ``` **Zhihu trend** ```json { "type": "trend", "platform": "zhihu", "platformName": "Zhihu 知乎", "title": "美国肯德基 2027 年起将改用可口可乐，背后是什么原因？消费者实际感受差别大吗？", "heat": 15650000, "heatText": "1565 万热度", "excerpt": "当地时间10月15日，美国肯德基宣布与可口可乐公司建立新的合作伙伴关系。从2027年1月开始，肯德基将把其美国饮料合作伙伴关系转至可口可乐公司，预计到2027年春季，可口可乐产品将在全美所有肯德基餐厅供应。（界面新闻）", "answers": 116, "url": "https://www.zhihu.com/question/2094346221913690254", "rank": 1, "scrapedAt": "2026-10-16T09:09:43.384540+00:00" } ``` ### More China data scrapers All with English field names, pay-per-result pricing and optional English translation: - [Bilibili Scraper (all-in-one)](https://apify.com/neronbaez/bilibili-scraper) - [Bilibili Comments](https://apify.com/neronbaez/bilibili-comments-scraper) - [Bilibili Danmaku 弹幕](https://apify.com/neronbaez/bilibili-danmaku-scraper) - [Bilibili Creators UP主](https://apify.com/neronbaez/bilibili-creator-scraper) - [Bilibili Search](https://apify.com/neronbaez/bilibili-search-scraper) - [Bilibili Trending](https://apify.com/neronbaez/bilibili-trending-scraper) - [Bilibili Live 直播](https://apify.com/neronbaez/bilibili-live-scraper) - [Bilibili Hot Search 热搜](https://apify.com/neronbaez/bilibili-hot-search-scraper) - [Weibo Scraper (all-in-one)](https://apify.com/neronbaez/weibo-scraper) - [Weibo Search](https://apify.com/neronbaez/weibo-search-scraper) - [Weibo User Posts](https://apify.com/neronbaez/weibo-user-posts-scraper) - [Weibo Comments](https://apify.com/neronbaez/weibo-comments-scraper) - [Weibo Hot Search 热搜](https://apify.com/neronbaez/weibo-hot-search-scraper) - [WeChat Articles 公众号](https://apify.com/neronbaez/wechat-article-scraper) - [Douyin Hot Search 抖音热榜](https://apify.com/neronbaez/douyin-hot-search-scraper) - [Baidu Hot Search](https://apify.com/neronbaez/baidu-hot-search-scraper) - [Zhihu Hot List](https://apify.com/neronbaez/zhihu-hot-list-scraper) ### Is it legal? These are public trending lists shown to every visitor. No personal data is collected. ### Feedback Open an issue in the **Issues** tab. Requests usually ship within a few days. # Actor input Schema ## `platforms` (type: `array`): Which hot lists to scrape. ## `maxItemsPerPlatform` (type: `integer`): Up to 50 per list. ## `detectCrossPlatform` (type: `boolean`): Groups the same story trending on different platforms. ## `minPlatforms` (type: `integer`): 2 = trending on at least two platforms. ## `translateToEnglish` (type: `boolean`): Adds English translations next to the Chinese text (textEn, titleEn, keywordEn...). Free. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Usually not needed. ## Actor input object example ```json { "platforms": [ "weibo", "douyin", "bilibili_hot", "bilibili", "zhihu", "baidu", "toutiao" ], "maxItemsPerPlatform": 50, "detectCrossPlatform": true, "minPlatforms": 2, "translateToEnglish": false, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): All scraped items as JSON. Add ?format=csv or ?format=xlsx for other formats. ## `overview` (type: `string`): No description # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("neronbaez/china-trending-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("neronbaez/china-trending-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 '{}' | apify call neronbaez/china-trending-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,neronbaez/china-trending-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 ` 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/j8zOE9DiFzby2jMRu/builds/MIyeTyhoHkw2uw51J/openapi.json