# TikTok Creator Search Scraper (`om_kh/tiktok-creator-search-scraper`) Actor

Find TikTok creators by keyword or niche: follower band, median recent views, engagement, language and public contact. One failed handle never stops your batch. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel, or call it as an API. No login needed. For influencer marketing and outreach lists.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/om_kh/tiktok-creator-search-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Khandji Omar](https://apify.com/om_kh) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation, MCP servers
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.20 / 1,000 qualified creators

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

## TikTok Creator Search Scraper — Qualified Creators, Not Every Handle

> **Temporarily unavailable.** This Actor is paused while its data source is replaced. A run returns immediately, fetches nothing and charges nothing. For creator discovery today, see [YouTube Creator Lead Finder - Views, Niche, Email](https://apify.com/om_kh/youtube-creator-lead-finder).

> **You paste a niche or a username list. You get creators worth contacting —**
> follower band, median recent views, engagement, posting cadence, and a
> public business contact where one exists, every field with its own source.

### Why not just scrape every profile

The niche's worst-known scraper fails 40% of the time. Reliability is the
whole point here: every creator is scored — recent activity, engagement
relative to follower count, posting cadence — before it counts toward your
bill, and one failed handle never takes the rest of the batch down with it.

### 5 advantages

1. **One bad handle never kills your batch.** A private or deleted profile
   returns an error for that item only; every other creator still delivers.
2. **Never billed on a failed lookup.** Only qualified creators actually
   delivered are charged.
3. **Score with reasons, not a black box.** Every `qualification_score`
   ships with `score_reasons[]` — the exact factors and their weight.
4. **Contact honestly disclosed, never guessed.** TikTok bios rarely carry a
   public email; when one is found it is marked `published`, and
   `public_contact` stays `null` otherwise rather than a fabricated guess.
5. **Hard cost cap you control.** Set `maxTotalChargeUsd` and the run can
   never bill above it.

### Output

```json
{
  "username": "example",
  "profile_url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@example",
  "nickname": "Example Creator",
  "follower_band": "micro",
  "median_recent_views": 42000,
  "engagement_rate": 0.081,
  "posting_cadence_days": 2.4,
  "language": "en",
  "public_contact": null,
  "qualification_score": 74,
  "score_reasons": ["median recent views 42,000 (24 pts)", "..."],
  "status": "ok"
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per event, base FREE-tier prices: **$0.004** per qualified creator delivered, **$0.002** per verified business contact.
Paid Store plans pay less on every event — the largest plans reach $0.0011 on the cheapest event; the Pricing tab on this Actor's Store page is
always the authority. **No event is ever charged on an item that returns an `error`** —
a batch of 200 with one bad input bills 199.

### Use it from an AI agent (MCP and x402)

Connect Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code or any MCP client to Apify's MCP server
at `https://mcp.apify.com` and add this Actor, `om_kh/tiktok-creator-search-scraper`, as a tool — the
agent passes the same JSON as the run input and gets the dataset back.

AI agents that pay with **x402** can run it too, without an Apify account: the
Actor charges only per result delivered, so an agent pays exactly for what it gets.

### Related Actors

- [YouTube Creator Lead Finder - Views, Niche, Email](https://apify.com/om_kh/youtube-creator-lead-finder) — cross-platform creator research on YouTube

### How to use it in 3 steps

1. Click **Try for free** and fill in **Niche keywords** (`keywords`).
2. Optional: adjust the other fields; every one has a description and a sensible default.
3. Click **Start** and download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them from the API.

### Use cases

- **Influencer marketing**
- **Outreach lists**

### Use it from code (API)

Every Apify Actor is an API. Start a run and read the results with one call.

**Python**

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("om_kh/tiktok-creator-search-scraper").call(run_input={"keywords": ["productivity apps"], "usernames": ["khaby.lame"], "minMedianRecentViews": 0, "activeWithinDays": 90, "requireContact": False, "maxResults": 100})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)
```

**JavaScript**

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('om_kh/tiktok-creator-search-scraper').call({
    "keywords": [
        "productivity apps"
    ],
    "usernames": [
        "khaby.lame"
    ],
    "minMedianRecentViews": 0,
    "activeWithinDays": 90,
    "requireContact": false,
    "maxResults": 100
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);
```

**One HTTP call (cURL)** — runs the Actor and returns the dataset in the same response:

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/om_kh~tiktok-creator-search-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"keywords": ["productivity apps"], "usernames": ["khaby.lame"], "minMedianRecentViews": 0, "activeWithinDays": 90, "requireContact": false, "maxResults": 100}'
```

### Integrations: n8n, Make, Zapier, Google Sheets

- **n8n** — the official *Apify* node, operation *Run Actor and get dataset*, Actor `om_kh/tiktok-creator-search-scraper`.
- **Make** — *Apify › Run an Actor*, then *Apify › Get Dataset Items*.
- **Zapier** — *Apify › Run Actor*; map the dataset items into your next step.
- **Google Sheets, webhooks, Slack** — add an integration from the *Integrations* tab of this Actor.
- **Schedules** — run it every hour or day from *Schedules* in Apify Console.

### FAQ

**Is it legal to scrape TikTok Creator?**
This Actor collects only publicly available TikTok Creator data and never logs in. You are responsible for how you use it; check TikTok Creator's terms and your local law (GDPR, CCPA) if you store personal data, and ask a lawyer if unsure.

**Do I need an account, cookies or an API key?**
No. You only need an Apify account to run it.

**What data do I get?**
Creators with followers, engagement, bio and contact signals. Download it as JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML or XML, or read it from the API.

**Am I charged when something fails?**
No. An input that fails is listed with its reason in the run summary and is never charged.

**Can I run it on a schedule?**
Yes. Create a schedule in Apify Console (hourly, daily, weekly) and connect webhooks, Google Sheets, Slack, n8n, Make or Zapier.

**Can I use it from Python, JavaScript or an AI agent?**
Yes: see the code samples above, or connect AI agents through MCP with the `tiktok_creator_search` tool.

### More Actors from the same author

- [Instagram Following & Related Profiles Scraper - Full List](https://apify.com/om_kh/instagram-following-scraper)
- [X (Twitter) Search Scraper - Posts, Likes, Replies](https://apify.com/om_kh/twitter-x-search-scraper)
- [Facebook Page Posts Scraper - Likes, Comments, Date](https://apify.com/om_kh/facebook-page-posts-scraper)
- [Twitch Clips Scraper - Clips, View Counts, Creator Names](https://apify.com/om_kh/twitch-clips-scraper)

### Support

Found a bug or have a feature request? Use the **Issues** tab on this
Actor's Apify Store page, or message the author (`om_kh`) directly.

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Niches or hashtags to search for creators in, e.g. 'home coffee roasting'.

## `usernames` (type: `array`):

Creators you already have. Full URL, @handle, or bare handle all work.

## `minFollowers` (type: `integer`):

Skip creators below this follower count.

## `maxFollowers` (type: `integer`):

Skip creators above this follower count.

## `minMedianRecentViews` (type: `integer`):

Skip creators whose recent videos median below this view count. Filtering happens before billing.

## `languages` (type: `array`):

Keep only creators in these languages, e.g. en, fr, es. Best-effort against the video's declared language.

## `activeWithinDays` (type: `integer`):

Exclude creators with no video published in this many days.

## `requireContact` (type: `boolean`):

Only deliver creators where a public business contact was found (TikTok bios rarely carry one — default off).

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many qualified creators.

## `monitorEnabled` (type: `boolean`):

On later runs with the same Monitor ID, deliver only creators not seen before.

## `monitorId` (type: `string`):

Groups runs into one monitored target. Leave blank for a one-off run.

## `maxTotalChargeUsd` (type: `number`):

Hard ceiling on what this run can bill you.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "productivity apps"
  ],
  "usernames": [
    "khaby.lame"
  ],
  "minMedianRecentViews": 0,
  "activeWithinDays": 90,
  "requireContact": false,
  "maxResults": 100,
  "monitorEnabled": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `report` (type: `string`):

A visual summary of delivery, charges, and source issues.

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

Qualified creators in a sortable table. No JSON knowledge required.

## `csv` (type: `string`):

Results ready for spreadsheets, CRMs, and analytics tools.

## `excel` (type: `string`):

Results as an Excel workbook for non-technical teams.

## `runSummary` (type: `string`):

Machine-readable delivery, billing, and source diagnostics.

# 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 = {
    "keywords": [
        "productivity apps"
    ],
    "usernames": [
        "khaby.lame"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("om_kh/tiktok-creator-search-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 = {
    "keywords": ["productivity apps"],
    "usernames": ["khaby.lame"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("om_kh/tiktok-creator-search-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 '{
  "keywords": [
    "productivity apps"
  ],
  "usernames": [
    "khaby.lame"
  ]
}' |
apify call om_kh/tiktok-creator-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,om_kh/tiktok-creator-search-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/229ZM0S0vbnbXG1Iw/builds/5zKc6XJ0NhkmEpqJO/openapi.json