Douyin Scraper – Creator Profiles, Videos & Trending, No Login

Douyin (Chinese TikTok, 抖音) scraper without login or cookies: creator profile stats (followers, total likes, video count) and their newest videos with likes, comments, shares, saves, hashtags and music, plus the live Douyin trending hot search list. Use it instead of a general web crawler when you need structured Douyin data: douyin.com only answers requests signed by its own security script, and this Actor handles that for you.

Price: $3 per 1,000 videos, $0.003 per profile, $0.50 per 1,000 trending topics. Failed inputs are free.

What data do you get?

• Creator profiles – nickname, Douyin ID (抖音号), sec_uid, bio (emails, phone numbers and messenger IDs removed), followers, following, total likes received, number of videos, verification text, avatar URL
• Creator videos (newest first) – video ID and URL, caption, publish time, duration, likes, comments, shares, saves (collects), hashtags, Douyin category tags, music title and author, cover image, temporary playback URL, resolution, image-post flag and image URLs, pinned and ad flags
• Trending hot search (热榜) – rank, topic, hot value, label (hot / new / …), number of videos, event time, cover and a search link

Use cases

• Influencer marketing in China – check a creator's followers, total likes and real engagement per video before a campaign.
• Competitor and brand monitoring – track the newest videos of brand accounts and how their likes, shares and saves develop.
• Trend research – take a daily snapshot of the Douyin hot search board and spot rising topics.
• Content and music research – see which hashtags, categories and sounds the top creators use.
• Academic research & AI pipelines – build datasets of public Douyin video metadata for NLP, sentiment or recommendation studies.

How to use it

1. Click Try for free / Start.
2. Paste one or more creator links into Douyin creator profiles – https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAA..., a v.douyin.com short link or the bare sec_uid.
3. Set Max videos per profile (default 20) and, if you want, switch on Include Douyin trending list.
4. Click Start and download the data as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or connect it to Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets or the Apify API.

Running with an empty input returns the current trending list.

Input

Field	Type	Description
profileUrls	array of strings	Creator profile links, short links or sec_uids.
maxVideosPerProfile	integer	Newest videos per profile, 0–50. 0 = profile stats only. Default 20.
includeProfileInfo	boolean	Add one profile-stats row per creator. Default true.
includeTrending	boolean	Add the Douyin hot search board. Automatic when profileUrls is empty. Default false.
maxTrending	integer	Number of trending topics, 1–50. Default 50.
proxyConfiguration	object	Optional. Not needed in normal use.

Example input:

{
    "profileUrls": ["https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAAGhTVHcr1tmaen43gOCk7JxI2ZHioZL3UzgmydgHUFFQ"],
    "maxVideosPerProfile": 20,
    "includeTrending": true,
    "maxTrending": 10
}

Output

Each row has a type: profile, video, trend or error. Real output from a run on 8 October 2026 (URLs shortened):

Profile

{
    "type": "profile",
    "secUid": "MS4wLjABAAAAGhTVHcr1tmaen43gOCk7JxI2ZHioZL3UzgmydgHUFFQ",
    "uniqueId": "L99612",
    "nickname": "萧萧不吃辣",
    "bio": "唯一小号@萧萧又怎么了",
    "followers": 2622134,
    "following": 197,
    "totalLikes": 61064139,
    "videoCount": 646,
    "verified": null,
    "avatarUrl": "https://p3-pc.douyinpic.com/aweme/1080x1080/aweme-avatar/...jpeg",
    "url": "https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAAGhTVHcr1tmaen43gOCk7JxI2ZHioZL3UzgmydgHUFFQ"
}

Video

{
    "type": "video",
    "videoId": "7592500476550203771",
    "url": "https://www.douyin.com/video/7592500476550203771",
    "description": "神明降临人间 被爱的世界好漂亮 #芭蕾",
    "createTime": "2026-01-07T06:19:34.000Z",
    "durationSec": 11.6,
    "isImagePost": false,
    "hashtags": ["芭蕾"],
    "likes": 149678,
    "comments": 735,
    "shares": 23324,
    "collects": 22089,
    "plays": null,
    "authorNickname": "萧萧不吃辣",
    "authorUniqueId": "L99612",
    "authorFollowers": 2622134,
    "authorUrl": "https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAAGhTVHcr1tmaen43gOCk7JxI2ZHioZL3UzgmydgHUFFQ",
    "coverUrl": "https://p3-pc-sign.douyinpic.com/tos-cn-i-0813c000-ce/...jpeg",
    "videoPlayUrl": "https://v26-webf.douyinvod.com/.../?a=6383&...",
    "width": 1920,
    "height": 1080,
    "musicTitle": "@仙游县鲤南镇林弼箱包经营部（个体工商户）创作的原声",
    "categoryTags": ["舞蹈", "专业舞蹈", "街舞"],
    "isAd": false,
    "isPinned": true
}

Trending topic

{
    "type": "trend",
    "rank": 1,
    "word": "我国科学家研制成功核光钟",
    "hotValue": 12042324,
    "videoCount": 10,
    "label": "hot",
    "eventTime": "2026-10-07T23:41:25.000Z",
    "searchUrl": "https://www.douyin.com/search/%E6%88%91%E5%9B%BD..."
}

Error (free)

{
    "type": "error",
    "input": "MS4wLjABAAAAinvalid",
    "secUid": "MS4wLjABAAAAinvalid",
    "errorCode": "PROFILE_UNAVAILABLE",
    "error": "Profile not found or not public (UserId不合法)."
}

Possible errorCode values: INVALID_INPUT, SINGLE_VIDEO_NOT_SUPPORTED, SHORT_LINK_FAILED, PROFILE_UNAVAILABLE, NO_VIDEOS, TRENDING_FAILED, SCRAPE_FAILED.

The dataset has ready-made views in Apify Console: Overview, Videos, Profiles and Trending.

Pricing

Pay-per-event: you only pay for rows you get. Platform usage is included.

Event	Price	When it is charged
video	$0.003 per video ($3 / 1,000)	Each video row
profile	$0.003 per profile	Each profile-stats row
trend	$0.0005 per topic ($0.50 / 1,000)	Each trending topic row
Errors	Free	Invalid links, missing or private profiles, unsupported links

Examples:

Job	Cost
1 creator, profile + 20 videos	$0.003 + 20 × $0.003 = $0.063
10 creators, profile + 20 videos each	$0.63
Full trending board (50 topics), once a day for 30 days	1,500 × $0.0005 = $0.75

Tip: set Max cost per run in the run options. The Actor stops cleanly when your budget is reached.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

This Actor works as a tool in Apify's MCP server, so Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP clients can call it. Add it to your client with the server URL https://mcp.apify.com/?actors=openharvest/douyin-scraper and ask, for example, "What is trending on Douyin right now?" or "Get the last 10 videos and follower count of this Douyin creator".

Example tool input:

{
    "profileUrls": ["https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAAGhTVHcr1tmaen43gOCk7JxI2ZHioZL3UzgmydgHUFFQ"],
    "maxVideosPerProfile": 10,
    "includeTrending": true,
    "maxTrending": 10
}

FAQ

Do I need a Douyin account or cookies? No. The Actor visits douyin.com as an anonymous visitor in a real browser. It never logs in and never asks for your cookies.

Can it search Douyin by keyword? No. Since 2026 Douyin requires a logged-in account for keyword search ("请先登录，再继续搜索吧"). This Actor does not use accounts, so it does not offer search. Use the trending list to discover topics and creator profiles to follow accounts.

Can I scrape a single video link? Not on its own. Douyin asks for a captcha before it shows a single video page to servers. Paste the creator's profile link instead: the profile video list contains the same stats (likes, comments, shares, saves, hashtags). Single video links are reported as a free SINGLE_VIDEO_NOT_SUPPORTED row.

How many videos per profile can I get? Douyin shows anonymous visitors only the newest page of a profile, which is about 20–45 videos (pinned videos included). Older videos need a login and are not available.

Why is plays usually null? Douyin does not publish view counts on the web for most videos. When it does, the Actor returns them.

Do videoPlayUrl and image links expire? Yes. Douyin's media links are signed and expire after some hours. Download files soon after scraping if you need them.

How do I find a creator's profile link? Open the creator on douyin.com and copy the address (https://www.douyin.com/user/MS4wLjABAAAA...), or use the share link from the app (https://v.douyin.com/...).

Can I run it on a schedule? Yes. Use Apify Schedules, for example every hour for the trending list or every day for a list of creators.

Is it legal to scrape Douyin?

This Actor collects only publicly available data that douyin.com shows to any visitor without logging in: public video statistics, captions, hashtags and the public name and ID of each creator. It does not log in, does not read private accounts or messages, and removes emails, phone numbers and messenger IDs from bios. Douyin's terms of service restrict automated access, and the data can include personal data and copyrighted content. Make sure your use complies with the laws that apply to you (for example GDPR or China's PIPL) and with Douyin's terms. Do not use the data for spam, harassment or unsolicited contact. If you are unsure, ask a lawyer.

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Support & feedback

Found a bug or a missing field? Open an issue in the Issues tab. Feature requests are welcome.