Was That Video Actually An Ad?

"Did they switch the paid toggle on, or did they just not bother?"

TikTok gives creators a paid partnership toggle and almost nobody checks whether it was ever switched on. By the time it matters the caption has been edited, the video is buried, and all you have is somebody's word.

We keep the record from the day we first see it. Across a creator's recent uploads you get every paid partnership flag, #ad and sponsor tag, whether it was on the video or buried at the end of a caption, and what share of their paid work they tag at all.

What comes back reads like this:

"@creator ran 5 paid videos in the last month and flagged 2 of them. The other 3 carried the brand in the caption with no tag at all - and one of those is their best-performing video."

Paste that into the deck. The fields underneath are there for when someone asks you to prove it.

⬇️ Input

The actor accepts a JSON configuration object specifying the target TikTok handle or video URL.

Field	Type	Required	Description	Default
username	String	Yes	TikTok handle (e.g. tiktok) or video URL.	"tiktok"
maxPosts	Integer	Yes	How much of their recent output we go through (1 to 100).	20
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	Proxy settings for request routing. By default uses Apify Proxy.	{"useApifyProxy": true}

Input Example

{
  "username": "tiktok",
  "maxPosts": 20
}

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⬆️ Output

Every video comes back with its answer and a permanent identifier you can cite.

Field	Type	Description
awemeId	String	Permanent TikTok video awemeId identifier (e.g. "7281940192401"). Stable per-row key.
username	String	TikTok handle of the authoring account.
videoUrl	String	Canonical web URL of the TikTok video.
caption	String	Full video caption text.
disclosureStatus	String	Whether the post was tagged as paid ("disclosed", "undisclosed", "no_sponsorship_detected").
disclosureType	String	Identified disclosure method ("paid_partnership_tag", "commercial_content_toggle", "hashtag_ad", "none").
disclosureTokens	Array	List of matched disclosure tags or hashtags found.
isSponsoredContent	Boolean	True if commercial sponsorship cues were detected.
isDisclosed	Boolean	True if FTC disclosure standards were satisfied.
brandName	String	Associated brand or commercial partner name if detected.
diggCount	Integer	Total numeric likes on the video.
commentCount	Integer	Total numeric comments on the video.
shareCount	Integer	Total numeric shares of the video.
postedAt	String	ISO 8601 publication timestamp of the video.
scrapedAt	String	ISO 8601 timestamp of data collection.

Sample Output Item

{
  "awemeId": "7281940192401",
  "username": "creator_handle",
  "videoUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@creator_handle/video/7281940192401",
  "caption": "Testing out the new product from @brand! #ad #paidpartnership",
  "disclosureStatus": "disclosed",
  "disclosureType": "hashtag_ad",
  "disclosureTokens": ["#ad", "#paidpartnership"],
  "isSponsoredContent": true,
  "isDisclosed": true,
  "brandName": "brand",
  "diggCount": 45200,
  "commentCount": 890,
  "shareCount": 1200,
  "postedAt": "2026-08-02T15:30:00.000Z",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-05T16:35:00.000Z"
}

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How it works

1. Native Data Retrieval: Accesses TikTok creator profile data directly on plain HTTP without heavy browser emulation.
2. Caption & Label Scanning: Scans video captions and metadata for commercial partnership toggles, #ad, #sponsored, and #paidpartnership tags.
3. The check: works out whether what they did would actually count as tagging it.
4. The record: every video is filed under its permanent awemeId.

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❓ FAQ

Does this actor require residential proxies?

No. TikTok profile HTML data returns over standard HTTP connections on plain datacenter IPs without residential proxy costs.

How does it spot a paid post?

It reads the caption and the video's own paid-partnership flag, plus tags like #ad, #sponsored, #paidpartnership, and #partner.

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💬 Your feedback

Want it tuned to your own rules, or run across a whole campaign? reapxdev@proton.me.

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Unofficial - not affiliated with TikTok or ByteDance. Collects structured video metadata. Contact reapxdev@proton.me.