Douyin Trending Scraper - 抖音热榜 Hot Search & Challenges

Export Douyin's (抖音, the Chinese version of TikTok) trending lists exactly as the app shows them: the hot search board (热点榜), topics rising right now, the shopping "seeding" board (种草榜), entertainment, society and challenge boards. Every topic comes with its rank, heat score, views, badge and how long it has been trending. No login and no Douyin account needed.

What you get

One row per trending topic:

• Ranking: board, rank, highest rank reached, whether it's the editorially pinned topic
• Topic: the trending phrase, cover image, Douyin topic page and search URLs
• Popularity: heat score (热度), views and number of related videos
• Badge: the label Douyin puts on the topic, in Chinese and English: 热 hot, 新 new, 首发 first report, 独家 exclusive, 挑战 challenge, 辟谣 debunked, 热议 hot debate
• Timing: when the topic started trending and when the board was last refreshed

Boards

Board	What it shows
Hot search (热点榜)	The main Douyin trending list, about 50 topics
Rising now (实时上升热点)	The handful of topics climbing fastest right now
Shopping / seeding (种草榜)	Product, lifestyle and "must-try" trends that drive purchases
Entertainment (娱乐榜)	Celebrities, shows, music and film
Society (社会榜)	News and social topics
Challenges (挑战榜)	Trending video challenges and formats to join

Use cases

• Trend monitoring: track what China is talking about, every hour or every day
• Content planning: spot rising challenges and formats early for Douyin, TikTok or Reels content
• Market research: use the shopping board to see which products and categories are trending
• Media and PR monitoring: catch news and brand-related topics as they break
• Trend history datasets: schedule the actor and build a time series of rank and heat per topic

How to use

1. Pick one or more Boards
2. Optionally lower Max topics per board
3. Run the actor and export the results from the Dataset tab as JSON, CSV or Excel
4. To track trends over time, add a Schedule (for example every hour) in Apify

Output example

{
  "board": "hot",
  "boardName": "热点榜 Hot",
  "rank": 1,
  "isPinned": false,
  "topic": "AL对战TLAW",
  "hotValue": 11815400,
  "views": 68309681,
  "videoCount": 4,
  "label": "热",
  "labelEn": "hot",
  "highestRank": 1,
  "trendingSince": "2026-10-26T13:16:38.000Z",
  "coverUrl": "https://p9-sign.douyinpic.com/tos-cn-i-dy/985a9b61a48f490f9eab5000a178ffaf~noop.jpeg?lk3s=…",
  "topicUrl": "https://www.douyin.com/hot/2714653",
  "searchUrl": "https://www.douyin.com/search/AL%E5%AF%B9%E6%88%98TLAW",
  "sentenceId": "2714653",
  "boardUpdatedAt": "2026-10-26T21:44:18.000Z",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-26T21:45:20.555Z"
}

FAQ

Do I need a Douyin account or cookies? No.

How often do the boards change? Douyin refreshes its hot lists every few minutes. boardUpdatedAt shows when the board you received was last refreshed.

Why does the first hot-search topic have no rank or heat? Douyin pins one editorial topic above the ranked list. It's included with isPinned: true and rank: null.

Can I get the videos for a trending topic? Use the Douyin Search Scraper with the topic as the keyword, or open the topicUrl.