Tiktok Trending Creator Scraper

TikTok Trending Creator Scraper — Discover Trending Creators by Country & Follower Tier

Find trending TikTok creators in any of 24 countries, ranked by followers, engagement or popularity, and filtered by follower tier. Each creator comes back with their handle, display name, avatar, region, follower count, total likes, direct TikTok link, Creative Center link — and a list of their popular videos with view and like counts.

A fast, focused discovery tool: point it at a market, get a ranked shortlist.

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What is TikTok Trending Creator Scraper?

This is the discovery layer for TikTok influencer research. It reads TikTok's public trending-creator rankings for a chosen country and returns a clean, ranked list — creator identity, audience size, engagement signal and sample content, nothing more.

That focus is the point. When you need to answer "who is trending in Brazil in the 100k–1M tier right now?", you want a fast list, not a deep analytics dump. Once you have the shortlist, the companion insights Actor adds demographics, engagement-rate breakdowns and follower history for the creators worth a closer look.

No login, no advertiser account.

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What data can you extract?

Creator

Field	Description
nick_name	Creator's display name
user_id	TikTok user identifier
tcm_id	Creative Center creator identifier
avatar_url	Profile picture URL
country_code	Creator's region
follower_cnt	Follower count
liked_cnt	Total likes received
tt_link	Direct TikTok profile link
tcm_link	Creative Center profile link

items[] — popular videos

item_id, cover_url, tt_link, vv (view count), liked_cnt, create_time.

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Why teams scrape trending creators

For influencer shortlisting

A ranked list by country and tier is the practical starting point of every influencer campaign. Filtering by follower bucket up front means you are not manually discarding creators who are far outside your budget.

For market entry

Launching in a new country means knowing who its audience already watches. One run per market gives you that map.

For competitive monitoring

Trending lists change. Running the same query monthly shows who is rising in your category — and who your competitors are likely to approach next.

For content research

items[] gives each creator's popular videos with view counts, so you can see the formats that earned them their position without opening TikTok.

For agency prospecting

Creators trending in a vertical are exactly the people looking for representation and brand deals.

For creator-economy research

Follower and like distributions across trending creators by market describe how the creator economy differs by country.

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How to scrape trending creators step by step

1. Open the Actor and pick a Country.
2. Choose a Sort Results By — follower, engagement or popularity.
3. (Optional) Set a Follower Range to target a tier.
4. Set Max Results.
5. Click Start, then export the Output tab as JSON (recommended) or CSV.

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⬇️ Input

Example input

{
  "countryCode": "US",
  "sortBy": "engagement",
  "followerCount": "100k-1m",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Input reference

Field	Type	Default	Description
countryCode	string	US	Required. Market to discover creators in. 24 countries: US, GB, CA, AU, DE, FR, IT, ES, BR, JP, KR, TW, TH, VN, PH, MY, SG, ID, IL, EG, SA, AE, TR, RU.
sortBy	string	follower	Required. follower (biggest audiences), engagement (highest engagement), popularity (overall trending rank).
followerCount	string	—	Follower tier: 10k-100k, 100k-1m, 1m-10m, >10m.
maxItems	integer	10	Maximum creators to scrape.
proxyConfiguration	object	off	Optional Apify Proxy for stable, geo-aware scraping. Recommended for frequent runs.

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⬆️ Output

Example output

{
  "tcm_id": "7123456789012345678",
  "user_id": "6789012345",
  "nick_name": "Example Creator",
  "avatar_url": "https://p16-sign.tiktokcdn.com/…",
  "country_code": "US",
  "follower_cnt": 612000,
  "liked_cnt": 18400000,
  "tt_link": "https://www.tiktok.com/@examplecreator",
  "tcm_link": "https://ads.tiktok.com/creative/creator/profile/7123456789012345678",
  "items": [
    {
      "item_id": "7412345678901234567",
      "cover_url": "https://p16-sign.tiktokcdn.com/…",
      "tt_link": "https://www.tiktok.com/@examplecreator/video/7412345678901234567",
      "vv": 2140000,
      "liked_cnt": 184000,
      "create_time": 1786451234
    }
  ]
}

Illustrative values — a live run returns current TikTok data.

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Usage recipes

Build a shortlist for a campaign

{
  "countryCode": "GB",
  "sortBy": "engagement",
  "followerCount": "100k-1m",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Mid-tier creators sorted by engagement is the highest-value bracket for most brand budgets.

Compare markets before a launch

Run the same configuration with countryCode set to US, BR, DE and ID, then compare typical follower counts and like totals per market.

Find nano and micro creators

{
  "countryCode": "US",
  "sortBy": "engagement",
  "followerCount": "10k-100k",
  "maxItems": 100
}

Smaller creators are cheaper, more responsive, and often deliver better engagement per pound spent.

Estimate engagement quickly

Divide liked_cnt by follower_cnt for a rough engagement proxy, and check items[].vv against follower_cnt to see whether views exceed audience size — a sign the algorithm is pushing their content beyond their followers.

Two-stage research pipeline

Use this Actor for discovery, then pass the shortlist to the Creator Insights Actor for audience demographics and organic-versus-branded engagement rates.

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How does this compare to TikTok's official API?

TikTok's Creator Marketplace shows trending creators to advertisers inside its own interface, with no bulk export. The Research API is limited to approved academic and non-profit researchers, and the Display API only covers content of users who authorised your app.

None of them provide an open, exportable creator-discovery feed by country and follower tier. This Actor reads the public trending-creator rankings without an account or an application.

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Integrate and automate

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_API_TOKEN>")

run = client.actor("scraperforge/tiktok-trending-creator-scraper").call(run_input={
    "countryCode": "US",
    "sortBy": "engagement",
    "followerCount": "100k-1m",
    "maxItems": 50,
})

for c in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(c["nick_name"], "|", c["follower_cnt"], "followers |", c["tt_link"])

JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

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

const run = await client.actor('scraperforge/tiktok-trending-creator-scraper').call({
    countryCode: 'US',
    sortBy: 'engagement',
    maxItems: 50,
});

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

REST API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scraperforge~tiktok-trending-creator-scraper/runs?token=<YOUR_APIFY_API_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"countryCode":"US","sortBy":"engagement","maxItems":50}'

n8n, Make, Zapier and AI agents

Call the Actor from n8n, Make, Zapier or an MCP-capable agent to refresh creator shortlists automatically per market.

Schedules and webhooks

Attach a Schedule to track who is trending month over month, and use webhooks or the Google Sheets / Airtable / Slack integrations to deliver the list.

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Pricing and what you are charged for

Pay-per-event: a small Actor-start charge plus a charge per creator row delivered. maxItems is the cost lever.

Current rates are on the Pricing tab of this Actor's page, and Apify shows an estimate before and during every run.

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Limits, reliability and blocking

• Trending lists are finite. TikTok publishes a limited number of trending creators per country and tier, so you may receive fewer than maxItems. That is expected.
• Filters narrow an already-limited pool. A country plus a narrow follower tier can leave very few creators — relax one filter if a run comes back short.
• 24 countries only — these are the markets TikTok publishes creator rankings for.
• This Actor is discovery-focused. It returns identity, reach and sample videos, not audience demographics or engagement-rate breakdowns; use the Creator Insights Actor for those.
• liked_cnt is lifetime total likes, not a per-video or per-period figure.
• Avatar and cover URLs expire — they point at TikTok's CDN.
• No contact details. Creator e-mails are not published in these rankings.
• Default run options are 4 GB memory and a 1-hour timeout.

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Is it legal to scrape trending TikTok creators?

This Actor reads publicly published creator rankings — data TikTok surfaces for marketers without a login. It does not log in, access private analytics, or bypass any protection.

Creator handles, display names and avatars are personal data. If you store or process them, ensure you have a lawful basis under GDPR and comparable regimes, and honour objection and deletion requests. Video content shown in items remains the creator's intellectual property. You are responsible for ensuring your use complies with TikTok's terms and applicable law.

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❓ Frequently asked questions

Do I need a TikTok or advertiser account?

No. The Actor reads public trending-creator rankings without any login.

How is this different from the Creator Insights Actor?

This one is discovery: a fast, ranked shortlist by country and tier. The Insights Actor is analysis: audience demographics, organic-versus-branded engagement rates and follower history for creators you have already shortlisted.

Why did I get fewer creators than I asked for?

Trending lists are limited in size, and filters narrow them further. Widen the follower tier or drop the country filter.

Which sort should I use?

engagement for campaign value, follower when you need reach, popularity for overall trending position.

Can I get creator e-mail addresses?

No. Contact details are not published in these rankings — use tt_link or tcm_link to reach out through the platform.

What is tcm_link?

A link to the creator's profile inside TikTok's Creative Center, useful if you work with TikTok's advertiser tools.

How do I estimate engagement from this data?

Divide liked_cnt by follower_cnt as a rough proxy, and compare items[].vv against follower_cnt to see whether views exceed the audience.

Which countries are supported?

24 markets across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.

Which export format should I use?

JSON — items is a nested array. CSV works if you only need creator-level fields.

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🔗 Related scrapers

• TikTok Trending Creator Insights Scraper — deep analytics for the creators you shortlist here.
• TikTok Followers API Scraper — inspect a creator's actual audience.
• TikTok Trending Videos Insights — the content trends these creators are riding.
• TikTok Discover Scraper — find creators by keyword or hashtag instead of by ranking.

Browse the full collection on the ScraperForge profile.

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💬 Feedback

Need more creators per run, extra fields, or a custom influencer-discovery pipeline? Open an issue on the Issues tab of this Actor.