TikTok Trending Creator Insights Scraper With Sponsored Videos

Scrape trending TikTok creators from TikTok One (Creative Center) and identify who already publishes sponsored or boosted content. Each creator row includes the full TikTok One analytics bundle — followers, engagement rates, audience demographics, follower history, top/recent videos — plus sponsored video samples, paid/boost flags on every video, and branded content class tags.

Built for brand managers, influencer marketers, and agencies who need a TikTok creator insights export focused on branded content performance, not just follower counts.

What this actor does

• Reads public Creator Highlights rank lists from TikTok One (creator-highlights-market) — no login required
• Returns every base creator insight field (followers, engagement, audience, videos, TikTok/TCM links)
• Adds sponsored_videos[] — sample posts TikTok flags as branded/sponsored
• Tags isSponsoredVideo and isBoosted on every video inside top_videos, recent_videos, and sponsored_videos
• Emits brandedContentClass and adCreativeClass on the creator row
• Optional brand-content filters to keep only creators with sponsored posts, boosted posts, or high branded engagement
• Optional videos child dataset — one flat row per sample video with parent creator linkage

Use cases

• Find trending creators who already do brand deals before outreach
• Compare organic vs branded engagement rate on TikTok trending creators
• Export sponsored post examples for pitch decks or competitive research
• Build a TikTok influencer shortlist filtered by audience size and sponsored-content activity
• Feed creator + video rows into BI tools, CRMs, or no-code automations (Make, Zapier, Google Sheets)

Input example

{
  "creatorRegion": "All countries",
  "rankCreatorsBy": "popularity",
  "audienceSizeBucket": "100K-1M",
  "creatorLimit": 10,
  "contentFilter": "hasSponsoredVideos",
  "emitVideoRows": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}

Base-shaped JSON still works — countryCode, sortBy, followerCount, and maxItems are accepted alongside the variant keys.

Input fields

Field	Description
creatorRegion / countryCode	Optional region filter (client-side)
rankCreatorsBy / sortBy	Sort by popularity, follower, engagement, or avg_views
audienceSizeBucket / followerCount	Optional follower bucket filter
creatorLimit / maxItems	Max creator rows (default 10)
contentFilter	all, hasSponsoredVideos, hasBoostedVideos, highBrandedEngagement
emitVideoRows	Push flat video rows to the videos dataset (default true)
proxyConfiguration	Optional Apify Proxy

Output example (creator row)

{
  "creator_id": "7123456789012345678",
  "handle_name": "examplecreator",
  "nick_name": "Example Creator",
  "follower_cnt": 850000,
  "engagement_rate": 0.054,
  "organic_engagement_rate": 0.048,
  "branded_engagement_rate": 0.061,
  "brandedContentClass": 7,
  "adCreativeClass": 2,
  "top_videos": [
    {
      "item_id": "7123456789012345679",
      "title": "Summer haul",
      "views": 1200000,
      "likes": 98000,
      "isSponsoredVideo": false,
      "isBoosted": false,
      "tt_link": "https://www.tiktok.com/@examplecreator/video/7123456789012345679"
    }
  ],
  "sponsored_videos": [
    {
      "item_id": "7123456789012345680",
      "title": "#ad Brand partner",
      "views": 540000,
      "likes": 41000,
      "isSponsoredVideo": true,
      "isBoosted": true,
      "tt_link": "https://www.tiktok.com/@examplecreator/video/7123456789012345680"
    }
  ],
  "tt_link": "https://www.tiktok.com/@examplecreator",
  "tcm_link": "https://ads.tiktok.com/creative/creator/profile/7123456789012345678?aioChannel=creative_center"
}

Video child dataset (videos)

When emitVideoRows is true, each sample video becomes its own row:

{
  "type": "video",
  "isChild": true,
  "parentCreatorId": "7123456789012345678",
  "parentHandle": "examplecreator",
  "videoBucket": "sponsored",
  "isSponsored": true,
  "isBoosted": true,
  "item_id": "7123456789012345680",
  "views": 540000,
  "tt_link": "https://www.tiktok.com/@examplecreator/video/7123456789012345680"
}

FAQ

Does this replace TikTok Analytics?
No — it reads TikTok One public Creator Highlights samples, not a logged-in creator dashboard.

How many creators will I get?
TikTok rotates small seasonal campaigns (often a handful per list). The actor discovers every active public list automatically and deduplicates across them.

Are sponsored flags always present?
TikTok only flags videos it includes in the payload. Some creators have empty sponsored_videos[] even when they do brand work elsewhere.

Do video rows count toward creatorLimit?
No — creatorLimit/maxItems caps creator rows only. Video child rows are additional.

Can I run this with base input only?
Yes. Submit the original base JSON (countryCode, sortBy, maxItems, …) and you still get the superset output with sponsored fields.