Social Trends Hashtag Scraper — Unified TikTok & Instagram Reels

Extract trending TikTok videos and Instagram Reels across multiple hashtags and keywords in a single unified run with normalized cross-platform schema, creator details, and real-time engagement metrics.

No social media login or cookies required.

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⚡ Why Use This Unified Social Trends Scraper?

• Unified Cross-Platform Schema: Stop writing separate parsers for TikTok and Instagram. Get consistent fields for platform, id, url, caption, author, metrics (likes, views, comments, shares), and media.
• Transparent pay-per-result pricing: You pay the standard per-result prices of the underlying TikTok and Instagram hashtag scrapers (roughly $0.001 per result). This orchestrator adds no extra per-post fee and never charges a second time for the same post.
• One Unified Run vs Multiple Tasks: Replace disconnected cron tasks with one unified pipeline that monitors both TikTok and Instagram simultaneously.
• Free Dry Run Validation: Test query syntax and platform connectivity without spending a cent (dryRun: true).
• Deduplication Built-In: Automatic cross-platform deduplication guarantees no duplicate post IDs clutter your data.

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📊 Normalized Output Schema

Every item pushed to your dataset follows this clean structure:

{
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "hashtag": "malaysianfood",
  "id": "748937210928371",
  "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@malayfoodie/video/748937210928371",
  "caption": "Best Nasi Lemak in KL! Must try authentic sambal #malaysianfood #klfoodie",
  "author": {
    "username": "malayfoodie",
    "name": "KL Food Explorer",
    "avatar": "https://p16-sign-va.tiktokcdn.com/...",
    "verified": false
  },
  "metrics": {
    "likes": 12500,
    "comments": 340,
    "shares": 1120,
    "views": 254000
  },
  "media": {
    "type": "video",
    "videoUrl": "https://v16-webapp-prime.tiktokcdn.com/...",
    "coverImageUrl": "https://p16-sign-va.tiktokcdn.com/...",
    "durationSec": 45
  },
  "publishedAt": "2026-10-08T12:00:00.000Z",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-10T00:30:00.000Z"
}

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💰 Pricing (Pay-Per-Event)

This actor is an orchestrator built on top of our subimpact/tiktok-hashtag-scraper and subimpact/instagram-hashtag-scraper actors, which bill their results directly on your account. The orchestrator adds no extra per-result fee — the underlying child scrapers already charge per delivered result.

Your run's total cost is therefore the sum of:

Charge	Price (USD)	Description
TikTok results (subimpact/tiktok-hashtag-scraper)	$0.001 per video	Billed by the child actor for each delivered video
Instagram results (subimpact/instagram-hashtag-scraper)	$0.001 per post/reel	Billed by the child actor for each delivered post or reel
Actor start fees (apify-actor-start)	$0.00005 each	Minimal one-time initiation fee per run (parent + child runs)

• No double billing: this orchestrator charges no per-result event of its own — the same post is never charged twice.
• Volume tier discounts (up to 33% off) apply automatically on Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond subscriptions.

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📥 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
hashtags	string[]	['malaysianfood', 'coffee malaysia']	List of hashtags or search keywords to monitor (e.g. ["malaysianfood", "coffee"]). # prefixes are stripped automatically. At most 20 entries are used per run.
platforms	string[]	["tiktok", "instagram"]	Target platforms to scrape: tiktok, instagram, or both.
resultsLimit	integer	5	Maximum items to extract per hashtag per selected platform (min: 1, max: 50).
maxItems	integer	(empty = no limit)	Optional hard cap on total posts across all hashtags and platforms.
dryRun	boolean	false	When true, validates inputs without scraping live posts or charging any fees.
proxyConfiguration	object	Residential	Proxy settings, forwarded to both child scrapers. Apify Residential proxies recommended for highest stability.

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💻 Code Integration Examples

Node.js / JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('subimpact/social-trends-hashtag-scraper').call({
    hashtags: ['malaysianfood', 'klfoodie'],
    platforms: ['tiktok', 'instagram'],
    resultsLimit: 10
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(`Extracted ${items.length} trending posts!`);

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient('YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN')

run = client.actor('subimpact/social-trends-hashtag-scraper').call(run_input={
    'hashtags': ['malaysianfood', 'klfoodie'],
    'platforms': ['tiktok', 'instagram'],
    'resultsLimit': 10
})

dataset_items = client.dataset(run['defaultDatasetId']).list_items().items
for post in dataset_items:
    print(f"[{post['platform']}] {post['author']['username']}: {post['caption'][:60]}... ({post['metrics']['likes']} likes)")