TikTok User Search Scraper

Find TikTok accounts by keyword and get them as clean JSON. It costs $0.899 per 1,000 profiles on every plan. Of the working TikTok user search Actors we tested on Apify in October 2026, none costs less.

Each account comes with its handle, display name, bio, follower count, total likes, profile photo, profile link and secUid, TikTok's stable account key.

Why use this TikTok user search scraper?

• Find creators in any niche. Search "sourdough", "vegan recipes" or a brand name and get the accounts TikTok matches, in TikTok's order.
• No login, cookies or proxies. Type search terms and press Start.
• Ready for the next step. Every row has the handle and secUid to feed into our TikTok Profile Videos Scraper.
• Batch or live. Run it in bulk from the Apify Console, or call it like an API and page through results in real time.

What data can I get?

Field	What it is
username, url	The handle and profile link
nickname	The display name
bio	The profile bio
followers	Followers
likes	Total likes on the account's videos
avatarUrl	The profile photo
id, secUid	TikTok's user ID and stable account key
input	The search term that found the account

Input

{
  "searchQueries": ["sourdough", "home espresso"],
  "maxProfilesPerQuery": 50
}

Field	What it does
searchQueries	Search terms, one per line
maxProfilesPerQuery	Most accounts per search term, up to 10,000. Default 30

Output

One dataset item per account:

{
  "id": "7270983618650440746",
  "username": "thesouthernsourdoughco",
  "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@thesouthernsourdoughco",
  "nickname": "Jenn | The Southern Sourdough",
  "secUid": "MS4wLjABAAAASXKLeQUdtEzcYUGs2wfEIMfOM_CUcCoZXIbJog7Xid0rdoMWfjnKOi_RuaHshX45",
  "bio": "🥖 Making sourdough SIMPLE …",
  "avatarUrl": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/…",
  "followers": 822500,
  "likes": 12341435,
  "input": "sourdough"
}

How much does it cost?

$0.899 per 1,000 profiles on every Apify plan, with no start fee and no monthly fee. You pay only for profiles returned. On normal runs, Apify's own platform costs are included in the price.

Live HTTP API

This Actor also runs in Standby mode:

curl "https://serpdata--tiktok-user-search-scraper.apify.actor/search?query=sourdough" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN"

Each response holds one page of items and a cursor. Pass the cursor back as cursor for the next page; it is null on the last page. You are charged per profile returned. Errors return JSON with a message and are never charged; any 5xx status is safe to retry.

Standby runs cost more than normal runs: Apify also bills you for the Actor's platform usage, including the 5 minutes it keeps running after your last request.

Frequently asked questions

Is it legal to scrape TikTok profiles?

These profiles are public and can be read without an account. Profile data is personal data in many places, protected in the EU by the GDPR and by similar laws elsewhere. Only collect it if you have a lawful reason to, check TikTok's terms of service, and get legal advice for your use case.