TikTok Scraper

Turn any public TikTok into structured data. Creators, videos, hashtags, sounds, locations, and search, scraped from one actor and delivered as clean records ready for analysis. In seconds, not hours.

How it works

✨ Why teams choose this over other TikTok scrapers

Juggling one scraper for profiles, another for hashtags, and a third for search? Tired of untangling nested data before you can use it? Need an account and cookies just to pull a few videos?

• 🧩 Every TikTok surface in one actor. Creators, videos, photos, hashtags, sounds, locations, search, comments, following lists, followers, reposts, and related videos. Stop wiring up five tools to cover one platform.
• 📊 Analytics-ready output. One flat record per post with views, likes, comments, shares, and bookmarks. Drop it straight into a sheet, dashboard, or model. No nested blobs to clean up.
• 🎬 The fields you actually use. Creator profile, video download URL, music, hashtags, captions, ad flags, pinned status, language, and mentions on every post. Plus comments with replies when you want them.
• 🔎 Filter and sort by what matters. Narrow profile posts by date range, minimum or maximum likes, and choose between latest, oldest, or most popular order.
• 🤝 See who follows and who a creator follows. Pull following or follower lists alongside post data in a single run.
• 🔄 Capture reposts and related videos. Scrape a profile's reposts or surface videos related to a specific post without extra setup.
• 🔀 Mix inputs in one run. Paste profile, hashtag, sound, and search URLs together, add keywords, and cap the output with a single field.
• 🔓 No login, no account, no setup. Public data only. Paste a URL or a keyword and get results.

🎯 What you can do with TikTok data

Team	What they build
Influencer marketing	Shortlist creators in a niche by real views and engagement before spending a dollar on outreach
Growth & social	Track a hashtag or sound daily to catch a trend while it is still climbing
Competitive research	Pull a competitor's full video history with metrics into one sheet to see what works
Content strategy	Find the top-performing formats and sounds for a topic and brief creators with proof
Brand & comms	Read comments and replies on a viral post to gauge sentiment and spot issues early
Data & ML	Generate a labeled TikTok dataset across creators, hashtags, and search for analysis or training

📥 Input parameters

Field	Type	Description
startUrls	array	TikTok URLs to scrape: creator, video, photo, hashtag (/tag/), sound (/music/), location (/place/), or search.
keywords	array	Search terms to scrape from TikTok search.
location	string	Region for results, as an ISO country code (for example US, GB, DE).
dateRange	select	Time filter for search: default, all time, yesterday, this week, this month, last 3 months, last 6 months.
sortType	select	Search sort order: relevance, most liked, or date posted.
maxItems	integer	Maximum number of posts to return across the whole run.
maxComments	integer	If greater than 0, also scrape up to this many comments for each video or photo URL.
includeSearchKeywords	boolean	Add the source keyword to each post found through search.
customMapFunction	string	A JavaScript function to reshape each output record (add, rename, or drop fields).
maxFollowing	integer	If greater than 0, also scrape up to this many accounts each profile follows.
maxFollowers	integer	If greater than 0, also scrape up to this many of each profile's followers. TikTok limits follower visibility for some accounts.
scrapeReposts	boolean	Also scrape videos a profile has reposted.
scrapeRelatedVideos	boolean	For video URLs, also scrape related videos.
onlyPostsNewerThan	string	Keep only posts on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD). Applies to every surface.
onlyPostsOlderThan	string	Keep only posts on or before this date (YYYY-MM-DD). Applies to every surface.
minLikes	integer	Keep only posts with at least this many likes. Applies to every surface.
maxLikes	integer	Keep only posts with at most this many likes (0 = no limit). Applies to every surface.
excludePinnedPosts	boolean	Skip posts a creator has pinned to the top of their profile.
profileSorting	select	Order for a creator's videos: latest, popular, or oldest.

📊 Output data

Each post is one flat record:

{
  "id": "7341108653442829601",
  "title": "Its curry in a hurry from #NextLevelChef",
  "views": 27300000,
  "likes": 1900000,
  "comments": 14958,
  "shares": 41200,
  "bookmarks": 220500,
  "uploadedAtFormatted": "2024-03-01T18:24:34Z",
  "postPage": "https://www.tiktok.com/@gordonramsayofficial/video/7341108653442829601",
  "hashtags": ["nextlevelchef"],
  "channel": {
    "username": "gordonramsayofficial",
    "name": "Gordon Ramsay",
    "verified": true,
    "followers": 40800000,
    "videos": 699
  },
  "video": {
    "url": "https://v16-webapp-prime.us.tiktok.com/video/...",
    "cover": "https://...",
    "duration": 38.5
  },
  "song": {
    "title": "original sound",
    "artist": "Gordon Ramsay"
  }
}

When maxComments is set, comments are returned as their own records:

{
  "id": "7636459125458682654",
  "text": "Now it looks authentic",
  "likes": 24173,
  "createTime": 1709235474,
  "replyCount": 20,
  "author": { "username": "zenobiaroneisha", "nickname": "Zee" }
}

🗂️ Data fields

Group	Fields
Post	id, title, views, likes, comments, shares, bookmarks, uploadedAt, uploadedAtFormatted, postPage, hashtags, inputSource, isAd, isSponsored, isPinned, isSlideshow, mentions, textLanguage, stickers
Creator	channel.id, username, name, bio, avatar, verified, url, followers, following, videos, likes
Video	video.url, cover, thumbnail, width, height, ratio, duration
Photo	images (url, width, height) for photo posts
Music	song.id, title, artist, album, duration, cover
Captions	subtitle, subtitleInformation
Location	poi (name, address, city)
Comment	id, text, likes, createTime, replyCount, author, replies
Profile (followers/following)	id, username, nickname, bio, avatar, verified, followers, following, hearts, videos, secUid, url, inputSource

🚀 Examples

Pull a creator's full video history Add https://www.tiktok.com/@gordonramsayofficial to startUrls and set maxItems.

Track a trending hashtag Add https://www.tiktok.com/tag/recipe to scrape the latest posts using that hashtag.

Find videos using a sound Add a https://www.tiktok.com/music/... URL to pull every post built on that track.

Search a topic across TikTok Set keywords to ["air fryer recipes"] with sortType of most liked to surface the best-performing videos.

Read the conversation on a viral video Add the video URL and set maxComments to 200 to collect comments and replies.

See who a creator follows Add a creator URL to startUrls and set maxFollowing to the number of accounts you want. Each account the creator follows is returned as its own profile record.

Pull a creator's reposts Add a creator URL and set scrapeReposts to true. Reposted videos are added to the output alongside the creator's own posts.

💻 Integrations

Run it from your own code with the Apify client.

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("YOUR_USERNAME/tiktok-scraper").call(run_input={
    "startUrls": ["https://www.tiktok.com/@gordonramsayofficial"],
    "maxItems": 100,
})
for post in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(post["channel"]["username"], post["views"])

JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('YOUR_USERNAME/tiktok-scraper').call({
    keywords: ['air fryer recipes'],
    sortType: 'MOST_LIKED',
    maxItems: 100,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items.map((p) => `${p.channel.username}: ${p.views}`));

Results are also available as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the dataset.

📈 Performance

What	Detail
Coverage	Creators, videos, photos, hashtags, sounds, locations, search, and comments
Output	One flat record per post, 50+ fields, deduplicated
Scale	Mix many inputs and keywords in one run; cap with maxItems
Pricing	Pay per post returned, set on the actor page

💡 Tips for best results

• Mix surfaces in one run. Combine a creator, a hashtag, and a few keywords in the same input to cover a topic from every angle at once.
• Use maxItems to control cost. Each TikTok entry point returns a few hundred posts per query, so set the cap to what you need and add more URLs for more reach.
• Set a region. Use location to match the country you care about, since trending content differs by market.
• Reshape on the fly. Use customMapFunction to keep only the fields you need, for example just id, views, and channel.username.
• Search smart. Pair keywords with sortType of most liked to pull the strongest videos for a topic instead of the newest.

❓ FAQ

Do I need a TikTok account or login? No. No login, no API key, no cookies. The scraper reads publicly available data.

Can it scrape private accounts? No. Public profiles, videos, and comments only.

Can I get profiles, hashtags, and search in one run? Yes. Mix creator, video, hashtag, sound, location, and search URLs, plus keywords, in a single input.

Can I download the videos? Each post includes a video.url you can use to fetch the file.

How many posts can I get from one hashtag or profile? TikTok serves a few hundred posts per query. For more reach, add more URLs or keywords rather than expecting one query to return everything.

What formats can I export? JSON, CSV, and Excel, or pull results straight from the API.

📬 Support

Need something this scraper does not do yet? We ship features fast.

• Feature requests go straight to our backlog
• Custom needs? We do tailored integrations

Response time: usually under 24 hours.