# TikTok Username Checker - Handle Availability (`seemuapps/tiktok-username-checker`) Actor

Check if TikTok usernames are available or taken in bulk, see who owns taken handles, and get available alternative handles for your brand or creator name.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/seemuapps/tiktok-username-checker.md
- **Developed by:** [Seemu Scraping](https://apify.com/seemuapps) (community)
- **Stats:** 13 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$5.00 / 1,000 username checkeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## TikTok Username Checker - Handle Availability

Check whether TikTok usernames are available or already taken, in bulk. Paste up to 2,000 handles and get a clear available / taken answer for each one, details about who owns the taken ones, and optional suggestions of free alternatives for your brand or creator name.

### What you get

One row per username with:

- **Status**: `available`, `taken` or `invalid_format` (breaks TikTok's username rules)
- **Owner details for taken handles**: user ID, display name, followers, video count, verified and private flags, account creation date
- **Alternative suggestions** (optional): for taken names, common variations such as `name_`, `thename`, `name.official`, `namehq` and `name2026` are checked too, with `isAlternativeFor` linking them back to the original
- **Format validation**: handles that are too long, too short, end with a period or contain invalid characters are flagged for free

### Use cases

- **Brand launches**: find out if your brand name is free on TikTok before you announce it
- **Creator handle hunting**: test dozens of name ideas at once and keep only the free ones
- **Cross-platform name checks**: pair it with other username checkers to pick a handle that's free everywhere
- **Brand protection**: monitor whether squatters have registered variations of your name
- **Agencies**: check handles for many clients in a single run

### How to use

1. Enter the usernames you want to check, one per line (the @ is optional)
2. Optionally turn on **Suggest available alternatives** and choose how many variations to try per taken name
3. Run the actor. Results appear in the **Dataset** tab
4. Filter by `available = true` and export to CSV, Excel or Google Sheets

### Output example

```json
[
  { "username": "mybrandname", "status": "available", "available": true, "isAlternativeFor": null, "profileUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@mybrandname" },
  { "username": "khaby.lame", "status": "taken", "available": false, "ownerNickname": "Khabane lame", "ownerFollowers": 163000000, "ownerVerified": true }
]
```

### Pricing

You pay per username checked, whether it's available or taken. Suggested alternatives are billed as checks too. Invalid usernames and anything skipped are free.

Free Apify plans can check up to 20 usernames per run (3 runs a day). Upgrade to a paid plan to remove these limits.

### FAQ

**Is "available" guaranteed?** It means no TikTok account, including banned or unavailable ones, currently uses the handle. TikTok also reserves some names (well-known brands, recently freed handles), so its sign-up screen has the final word.

**What are TikTok's username rules?** 2 to 24 characters, letters, numbers, underscores and periods only, not ending with a period. Usernames are case-insensitive.

# Actor input Schema

## `usernames` (type: `array`):

Handles to check, one per line (up to 2,000 per run). The @ is optional; profile URLs work too.

## `suggestAlternatives` (type: `boolean`):

When a username is taken, also check common variations (name\_, thename, name.official, nameHQ...) and report which are free. Each variation checked is billed as one check.

## `alternativesPerUsername` (type: `integer`):

How many variations to check for each taken username (1-20).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "usernames": [
    "mybrandname",
    "coffeecorner",
    "khaby.lame"
  ],
  "suggestAlternatives": false,
  "alternativesPerUsername": 5
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One row per username: status (available / taken / invalid_format), available, the owner's user ID, nickname, followers, video count, verified and private flags for taken handles, and isAlternativeFor for suggested variations.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "usernames": [
        "mybrandname",
        "coffeecorner",
        "khaby.lame"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("seemuapps/tiktok-username-checker").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "usernames": [
        "mybrandname",
        "coffeecorner",
        "khaby.lame",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("seemuapps/tiktok-username-checker").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "usernames": [
    "mybrandname",
    "coffeecorner",
    "khaby.lame"
  ]
}' |
apify call seemuapps/tiktok-username-checker --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,seemuapps/tiktok-username-checker"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/RLVs0kk9afyvqp1Dt/builds/hivbp0ERH5UTY31eH/openapi.json