TikTok Scraper — Videos, Profiles & Stats

TikTok Scraper — Videos, Profiles & Stats

TikTok Scraper extracts structured TikTok records, metadata, metrics, and direct links in real time. Built on a zero-browser HTTP/2 engine running in 256 MB RAM, it delivers normalized datasets with zero null fields ready for CSV, Excel, JSON, or API pipelines.

Looking for related scrapers? Check out TikTok Video Downloader, TikTok Creative Center Scraper: Top Ads & Ad Intelligence, Instagram Scraper, YouTube Scraper, or browse our full catalog of 118+ dedicated scrapers.

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What does TikTok Scraper do?

Ultra-fast, browserless TikTok scraper. Extract user profiles, follower counts, verified status, video metadata, likes, view counts, audi.... Compatible Make.com, Zapier, n8n, Sheets & Webhooks. 256MB RAM & sub-second speed.

Whether you need to monitor TikTok at scale, enrich B2B/B2C databases, or feed structured records into analytics and AI workflows, TikTok Scraper handles pagination, field normalization, and schema validation automatically:

• Bulk Data Extraction: Collect TikTok listings, items, and detailed attributes in batches using keywords, filters, or direct URLs.
• Complete Public Metadata: Capture identifiers, pricing/engagement metrics, author/vendor details, timestamps, and canonical URLs.
• Multi-Format Export: Download results in JSON, CSV, Excel (XLSX), XML, or HTML Table directly from the Apify Console.
• Ready for Automation & AI: Connect seamlessly to Apify Integrations (Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets), REST API endpoints, or the Apify MCP Server.

Beyond the Official TikTok API

• No API Keys or Approval Delays: Start extracting public TikTok data immediately without registering developer apps or waiting for quota approvals.
• No Restrictive Rate Quotas: Bypass strict per-minute API limits and expensive enterprise tiers while capturing the complete public data points displayed on TikTok.
• 256 MB Zero-Browser Architecture: Uses native HTTP/2 and TLS session emulation instead of heavy Chromium instances, executing in seconds at a fraction of standard compute costs.

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What data can you scrape from TikTok?

TikTok Scraper extracts the following data points from TikTok:

📝 Mode (mode)	📝 Profiles (profiles)	🏷️ Hashtags (hashtags)
🔗 Video URLs (videoUrls)	🏷️ Item Type (itemType)	🆔 Unique ID (uniqueId)
📝 Nickname (nickname)	📝 Follower Count (followerCount)	👍 Heart Count (heartCount)
🆔 Video Count (videoCount)	📝 Verified (verified)	🆔 Video ID (videoId)

Data Category	Extracted Fields & Data Points
Identity & Core Identifiers	itemType (Item Type), uniqueId (Unique ID), nickname (Nickname), videoId (Video ID), musicTitle (Music Title)
Metrics, Pricing & Engagement	followerCount (Follower Count), heartCount (Heart Count), videoCount (Video Count), playCount (Play Count), diggCount (Digg Count), commentCount (Comment Count)
Details, Attributes & Context	mode (Mode), profiles (Profiles), hashtags (Hashtags), verified (Verified), desc (Desc), musicAuthor (Music Author)
Direct Links, Media & Timestamps	videoUrls (Video URLs), engagementRatePercent (Engagement Rate Percent), url (URL)

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Why scrape TikTok? (Typical Use Cases & Guides)

You can use TikTok Scraper for a wide range of data and business workflows:

• Influencer Vetting: Verify engagement rates and real view metrics before booking TikTok sponsorships.
• Viral Trend Tracking: Monitor emerging audio tracks and viral hashtag challenges for social media teams.
• Competitor Video Analysis: Reverse-engineer top performing hooks, video lengths, and hashtags.
• AI Agents, RAG & LLM Knowledge Pipelines: Stream clean, structured TikTok JSON records into vector databases, Claude, GPT-4, or LangChain workflows.
• Automated BI Dashboards & Scheduled Alerts: Schedule daily or hourly runs and push live TikTok updates directly to Google Sheets, Looker Studio, Slack, or webhooks.
• Market Research & Competitor Analysis: Benchmark TikTok offerings, pricing strategies, and market share across regions.
• Lead Generation & CRM Enrichment: Build targeted prospect lists and sync verified records straight into HubSpot, Salesforce, or Clay.
• AI Agents & RAG Pipelines via MCP: Connect live TikTok data directly to Claude Desktop, Cursor, or LangChain agents.

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How to scrape TikTok data

TikTok Scraper is designed for a zero-configuration start, even if you have never scraped data before:

1. Create a free Apify account using your email (includes $5.00 in free monthly credits).
2. Open TikTok Scraper and click on the Input tab — all required fields are already pre-filled with a working example.
3. Enter your search terms, target URLs, or filter criteria (or keep the default pre-filled configuration for an instant 1-Click test).
4. Click the green "Start" button and wait a few seconds for the data to be extracted.
5. Download your dataset in JSON, CSV, Excel (XLSX), or HTML, or fetch it via the API tab.

For more technical details on every parameter, check out the Input Schema tab or read the Apify Platform Documentation.

🔗 How to scrape TikTok by Search Term or Direct URL

Scraping by Search Term / Filter 🔑	Enter keywords, categories, or filter parameters just as you would search on TikTok. Set the maximum number of items you want to extract and click Start.
Scraping by Direct URL 🔗	Paste one or more direct TikTok links (or import a list of URLs from a Google Sheet / CSV) to extract targeted item or profile details in bulk.

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⬇️ Input Configuration & Examples

To start scraping TikTok, fill in the visual input form in the Apify Console or pass a JSON payload via the API. Full technical specifications are available on the Input Schema tab.

Input Parameters Reference

Parameter	Type	Default / Prefill	Description
mode	string	profiles	Choose whether you want to scrape TikTok user profiles, specific video URLs, or hashtag feeds. Options: profiles, videos, hashtags.
profiles	array	["@tiktok","@khaby.lame"]	List of TikTok handles (e.g. tiktok, @khaby.lame) or full URLs (https://www.tiktok.com/@tiktok).
hashtags	array	["viral","tech"]	List of TikTok hashtags to scrape (e.g. 'viral', 'fyp', 'webscraping', 'tech'). Used when Scrape Mode is set to 'hashtags'.
videoUrls	array	["https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015...	List of direct TikTok video URLs (e.g. https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173). Used when Scrape Mode is set to 'videos'.
minLikes	integer	0	Only keep videos with at least this number of likes (diggCount).
minViews	integer	0	Only keep videos with at least this number of views / plays (playCount).
onlyVerified	boolean	false	Filter to only keep content or profiles from verified TikTok creators (blue checkmark).
maxItems	integer	20	Maximum number of profiles, hashtags, or videos to scrape in this run.
proxyConfiguration	object	—	Use Apify Proxy (Residential or Datacenter) to prevent rate limits and geographic blocks.

Example 1: Standard Extraction (1-Click Default)

{
  "mode": "profiles",
  "profiles": [
    "@tiktok",
    "@khaby.lame"
  ],
  "hashtags": [
    "viral",
    "tech"
  ],
  "videoUrls": [
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173"
  ]
}

Example 2: Filtered & Batch Extraction

{
  "mode": "videos",
  "profiles": [
    "@tiktok",
    "@khaby.lame"
  ],
  "hashtags": [
    "viral",
    "tech"
  ],
  "videoUrls": [
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173"
  ],
  "minLikes": 0,
  "minViews": 0,
  "onlyVerified": true,
  "maxItems": 40
}

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⬆️ Output Example (Table View, JSON & Fields Reference)

The scraped results are stored in a structured Apify Dataset available in the Storage tab. Below is a preview of the dataset in both Table View (CSV/Excel format) and JSON format.

Table View (CSV / Excel Dataset Preview)

Mode	Profiles	Hashtags	Video URLs
profiles	@tiktok	viral	https://www.tiktok.com/@scout...
profiles	@tiktok	viral	https://www.tiktok.com/@scout...
profiles	@tiktok	viral	https://www.tiktok.com/@scout...

JSON Output Example

{
  "mode": "profiles",
  "profiles": [
    "@tiktok",
    "@khaby.lame"
  ],
  "hashtags": [
    "viral",
    "tech"
  ],
  "videoUrls": [
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173"
  ]
}

Output Fields Reference

Field Name	Type	Description
mode	string	Extracted mode value.
profiles	array	Extracted profiles value.
hashtags	array	Extracted hashtags value.
videoUrls	array	Extracted video urls value.
itemType	string	Extracted item type value.
uniqueId	string	Extracted unique id value.
nickname	string	Extracted nickname value.
followerCount	integer / number	Extracted follower count value.
heartCount	integer / number	Extracted heart count value.
videoCount	integer / number	Extracted video count value.
verified	boolean	Extracted verified value.
videoId	string	Extracted video id value.
desc	string	Extracted desc value.
playCount	integer / number	Extracted play count value.
diggCount	integer / number	Extracted digg count value.
commentCount	integer / number	Extracted comment count value.
shareCount	integer / number	Extracted share count value.
engagementRatePercent	number	Extracted engagement rate percent value.
musicTitle	string	Extracted music title value.
musicAuthor	string	Extracted music author value.
url	string	Extracted url value.

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🔗 Scrape any data you need with dedicated scrapers

Combine TikTok Scraper with our other dedicated scrapers from @RBBscrap if you want to extract specialized data across platforms:

🔹 TikTok Video Downloader	🔹 TikTok Creative Center Scraper: Top Ads & Ad Intelligence	🔹 Instagram Scraper
🔹 YouTube Scraper	🔹 Twitter / X Scraper	🔹 Reddit Scraper

Scraper	Extracted Data & Primary Use Case
TikTok Video Downloader	No Watermark HD MP4
TikTok Creative Center Scraper: Top Ads & Ad Intelligence	Extract structured TikTok Creative Center Scraper: Top Ads & Ad Intelligence datasets and metrics
Instagram Scraper	Profiles, Posts & Reels
YouTube Scraper	Videos, Shorts & Channels
Twitter / X Scraper	Tweets & Profiles
Reddit Scraper	Posts, Comments & Subreddits

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⚠️ Error Items & Resilience Reference

TikTok Scraper is engineered to process multi-query and batch runs resiliently without crashing if a single query or URL fails:

Status / Code	Meaning & Automatic Handling
OK	Record successfully extracted, validated, and normalized with zero null fields.
DEFAULT_PREFILL_APPLIED	When an empty input payload {} is submitted, the Actor automatically applies its built-in default query so 1-Click runs always succeed.
RATE_LIMIT_RETRY	Transient HTTP 429 / 503 responses trigger automatic retry with exponential backoff and session rotation.
INVALID_TARGET_SKIPPED	Unreachable or malformed target items in a batch are logged with [WARN] and skipped without interrupting the run.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How much does scraping TikTok cost?

TikTok Scraper uses transparent Pay-Per-Event (PAY_PER_EVENT) pricing set 10x cheaper than the market leader ($\div 10$):

• Event Rate: $0.0003 per Scraped TikTok Scraper Record ($0.3 per 1,000 items).
• 🎁 1st Run 100% FREE: Your very first execution is 100% free ($0.00 event charges are applied on your initial run).
• Apify Free Plan ($5.00/month included): Every Apify account receives $5.00 in free monthly credits, which is enough to extract up to ~16,666 items per month for free.
• View full details on the Pricing tab and the Apify Pricing page.

Can I integrate TikTok Scraper with Make, Zapier, n8n, or Google Sheets?

Yes. TikTok Scraper can be connected with almost any cloud service or web app thanks to integrations on the Apify platform, including Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack, Airbyte, Google Sheets, Google Drive, and webhooks.

Can I use TikTok Scraper with the Apify API (Python & Node.js)?

Yes. The Apify API gives you programmatic access to run TikTok Scraper, schedule jobs, and fetch datasets. Use the apify-client PyPI package for Python or the apify-client NPM package for Node.js, or check the Apify API Reference:

Python (apify-client)

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_API_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("rbbscrap/tiktok-scraper").call(run_input={
    "mode": "profiles",
    "profiles": ["@tiktok","@khaby.lame"],
    "hashtags": ["viral","tech"],
    "videoUrls": ["https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173"]
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

Node.js (apify-client)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_API_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('rbbscrap/tiktok-scraper').call({
    mode: "profiles",
    profiles: ["@tiktok","@khaby.lame"],
    hashtags: ["viral","tech"],
    videoUrls: ["https://www.tiktok.com/@scout2015/video/6718335390845095173"]
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Can I use TikTok Scraper through an MCP Server (Claude Desktop, Cursor, AI Agents)?

Yes. With the Apify API, you can use TikTok Scraper in conjunction with an MCP server to connect directly to Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, or LibreChat. Read the official guide on how to set up Apify Actors with MCP, or go to the MCP tab:

1. Start a Server-Sent Events (SSE) session to receive a sessionId.
2. Send API messages using that sessionId to trigger TikTok Scraper with your input parameters.
3. Receive structured TikTok dataset records directly inside your AI agent conversation.

Do I need residential proxies or login cookies to scrape TikTok?

No. TikTok Scraper operates on a zero-browser HTTP/2 protocol engine (256 MB RAM) and works out-of-the-box without requiring login cookies or external proxies for standard workloads. For high-volume enterprise runs, you can optionally use Apify Proxy in the input configuration.

Is it legal to scrape data from TikTok?

Our scrapers are ethical and do not extract any private user data behind login walls. They only extract what is shared publicly on the web. However, please keep in mind that personal data is protected by GDPR (EU Regulation 2016/679) and other regulations worldwide. You should not scrape personal data unless you have a legitimate legal basis. Read more in Apify's guide on the legality of web scraping.

Your feedback & support

We are continuously improving the performance of our Actors. If you have any technical feedback for TikTok Scraper, need a custom feature, or found a bug, please create an issue on the Actor's Issues tab in the Apify Console.