TikTok Influencer Finder by Engagement Rate

Find TikTok creators worth paying: ranked by median engagement, not by follower count.

Follower counts lie. A creator with 2 million followers can get 20,000 views per video, while a creator with 40,000 followers gets 60,000. This Actor reads each creator's recent public videos and gives you one row per creator, already ranked by what actually matters to a brand: median engagement rate, median views compared to followers, posting rhythm, and how often they already run sponsored posts.

Built for influencer marketing agencies, DTC and e-commerce brands, TikTok Shop sellers and UGC buyers who vet 50 to 500 creators a week and are tired of copying numbers into a spreadsheet, or of paying hundreds of dollars a month for an influencer platform they use twice.

• ✅ Real engagement, not vanity metrics: median likes, comments, shares and views over the last 30 videos (pinned videos excluded, one viral hit cannot fake the score).
• ✅ Sponsored-post signal: share of videos marked #ad, #sponsored, #pr, #gifted, "paid partnership", or flagged as ads by TikTok itself.
• ✅ No login, no cookies, no emails: public data only, safe to plug into n8n, Make, Zapier or Google Sheets.

Try it in one minute: the form is prefilled with two creators. Click Start, and you get a ranked table in about 30 seconds.

Price: $0.04 per creator analyzed, $0.01 when only the profile could be read, $0 for failed rows. 100 creators cost $4.

What does the TikTok Influencer Finder do?

You paste a list of TikTok usernames (or profile links). For each creator, the Actor opens the public profile page, reads the profile numbers and the recent videos, computes the metrics below, and returns a ranked list you can download as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or send to Google Sheets through an integration.

You get per creator	Example
Rank, username, profile link, verified	#1 @khaby.lame
Followers, following, total likes, video count	163,005,822 followers
Median views, likes, comments, shares	8,900,000 median views
Engagement rate (median)	8.88 %
Median views / followers	5.46 %
Posts per week, date of last post	1.18 posts per week
Sponsored posts: count, share, signals, last date	1 of 12 (8.3 %), "tiktok ad flag"
Top 5 hashtags	learnfromkhaby, comedy
Data quality flag and clear error code	full, PROFILE_NOT_FOUND…

How to use it

1. Open the Input tab and paste your TikTok usernames, one per line (khaby.lame, @khaby.lame or https://www.tiktok.com/@khaby.lame).
2. Choose how many recent videos to read per creator (30 is a good default) and how to rank them.
3. Optional: set filters, for example max followers 100,000 for micro-influencers, or min median views / followers 5 %.
4. Click Start. When the run finishes, open the Creators view or export the dataset.

How much does it cost?

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing: you pay only for creators that end up in your results.

Event	Price	When
Creator analyzed	$0.04	Profile and at least 5 recent videos were read
Creator profile only	$0.01	Profile read, but videos could not be loaded
Failed row (not found, private, invalid, blocked)	$0	Never charged

Creators analyzed	Cost
10	$0.40
100	$4
1,000	$40 (less on higher Apify plans)

Creators removed by your filters are not charged. The Actor stops by itself when your maximum cost per run is reached.

Input

Field	Default	Description
usernames	required	TikTok usernames or profile URLs
videosPerCreator	30	Recent videos read per creator (5 to 100)
maxCreators	100	Safety cap per run
sortBy	engagementRate	engagementRate, viewToFollowerRatio, sponsoredShare or followers
detectSponsored	true	Look for sponsored-post signals
minFollowers, maxFollowers	0 (off)	Follower range filter
minEngagementRate	0 (off)	Minimum median engagement rate, in %
minViewToFollowerRatio	0 (off)	Minimum median views / followers, in %
proxyConfiguration	Apify residential	Residential proxy is required for TikTok

Output example

A real row from a test run (October 2026):

{
  "rank": 1,
  "username": "khaby.lame",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@khaby.lame",
  "nickname": "Khabane lame",
  "verified": true,
  "followers": 163005822,
  "following": 81,
  "totalLikes": 2688478705,
  "videoCount": 1358,
  "accountCreatedAt": "2016-08-10T22:02:34.000Z",
  "analyzedVideos": 12,
  "medianViews": 8900000,
  "medianLikes": 864250,
  "medianComments": 13900,
  "medianShares": 21100,
  "engagementRate": 8.88,
  "viewToFollowerRatio": 5.46,
  "postsPerWeek": 1.18,
  "lastPostAt": "2026-10-08T16:31:16.000Z",
  "sponsoredPostCount": 1,
  "sponsoredShare": 8.3,
  "sponsoredSignals": ["tiktok ad flag"],
  "lastSponsoredAt": "2026-09-23T17:40:45.000Z",
  "topHashtags": ["learnfromkhaby", "comedy", "holafly"],
  "dataQuality": "full",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-15T07:32:28.649Z"
}

Rows that could not be analyzed are kept, with dataQuality: "failed", an errorCode (PROFILE_NOT_FOUND, PRIVATE_ACCOUNT, BLOCKED, INVALID_INPUT) and a plain-English errorMessage. Nothing is skipped silently. A run summary is saved in the key-value store under SUMMARY.

How are the numbers computed?

• Videos used: the most recent public videos, up to videosPerCreator, pinned videos excluded.
• Engagement rate = median, over those videos, of (likes + comments + shares) / views × 100.
• Median views / followers = median views / followers × 100. It answers "what share of my audience actually sees a typical post?".
• Posts per week = (videos − 1) / weeks between the oldest and newest analyzed video.
• Medians, not averages: one viral video does not inflate a creator's score.
• Rows with full data are ranked first, then by the metric you chose, highest first.

Sponsored-post signal: what it is and what it is not

A video is counted as sponsored when at least one of these is true:

• it uses a hashtag such as #ad, #ads, #sponsored, #paidpartnership, #pr, #prpackage, #gifted, #collab, #partner, #anzeige, #werbung;
• its text contains "paid partnership", "sponsored by" or "in partnership with";
• TikTok marks it as an ad, or as branded content, in the public page data.

This is a signal, not proof. #pr or #collab can mean something else, and a creator can run an undisclosed deal. Use it to spot creators who already work with brands, then check the videos yourself.

FAQ

What is a good engagement rate on TikTok?

It depends on audience size: small creators often show higher rates than big ones. Compare creators of similar size, which is what the follower filters are for. This Actor gives you the median rate so the comparison is fair.

Why rank by median views and not by followers?

Followers include inactive and old accounts. Median views over recent videos tell you how many people a typical sponsored post would reach today.

Does it find emails or phone numbers?

No, on purpose. The Actor never collects emails, phone numbers, bio links, locations, ages or comments. Contact creators through TikTok or their official business channels.

Can I search creators by hashtag or keyword?

Not in this version: you provide the usernames. Hashtag discovery is planned for a later version.

Does it work for private accounts?

No. Private accounts are listed with PRIVATE_ACCOUNT and are not charged.

Instagram or YouTube?

Not yet. This Actor is TikTok only.

What happens if TikTok blocks a request?

Each creator is tried up to 3 times with a new residential IP. If it still fails, the row is returned with BLOCKED and is not charged. The Actor never logs in and never solves CAPTCHAs.

How fast is it?

About 10 to 30 seconds per creator, two creators at a time. 100 creators take roughly 20 to 30 minutes.

Use it with n8n, Make, Zapier, Google Sheets or the API

Call the Actor from any tool with the Apify API:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/sillage-data~tiktok-creator-ranker/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"usernames": ["khaby.lame", "zachking"], "videosPerCreator": 30, "maxFollowers": 100000}'

To fill a Google Sheet automatically, add the Google Sheets integration on the Actor's Integrations tab, or use the Apify node in n8n or the Apify app in Make and Zapier.

Is it legal to scrape TikTok creator data?

This Actor only reads public profile pages and public video statistics, without logging in, the same numbers anyone sees in a browser. It does not collect private data such as emails, phone numbers, locations, ages or comments, and it never targets minors. Results can still contain personal data protected by GDPR and similar laws (for example a creator's public username). You are responsible for using the data lawfully, for respecting TikTok's terms, and for not contacting minors. If you are unsure, ask a lawyer. This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by TikTok.

Limits

• You need a list of usernames (no hashtag discovery yet).
• TikTok can change its pages at any time; if a field disappears, the row is flagged instead of guessed.
• Residential proxy is required: datacenter IPs are often blocked by TikTok.
• Up to 100 recent videos per creator. If TikTok stops loading older videos, fewer are analyzed (the exact number is in analyzedVideos; a row is full from 5 videos).

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