# Find Trending Afrobeats Sounds and Videos on TikTok

**Use case:** 

Find emerging Afrobeats tracks and viral clips on TikTok. Designed for music marketers, A&R scouts, and creators, this task extracts musicTitle, authorName, dspLinks, playCount, likeCount, and caption. Adjust searchQueries to target genres like amapiano, or tweak minPlayCount to filter videos.

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "searchSounds",
  "musicIds": [
    "7595604258835401494"
  ],
  "searchQueries": [
    "afrobeats"
  ],
  "maxSoundsPerQuery": 20,
  "maxPostsPerSound": 30,
  "includeMusicMetadata": true,
  "includePosts": true,
  "includeErrorRows": false,
  "publishedWithin": "month",
  "minPlayCount": 10000,
  "minLikeCount": 0,
  "uniqueCreatorsOnly": true
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "rowType": {
    "label": "Type",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "musicTitle": {
    "label": "Sound Title",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "authorName": {
    "label": "Sound Author",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "artist": {
    "label": "Artist",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "duration": {
    "label": "Duration (s)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "videoCount": {
    "label": "Videos Using Sound",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "postId": {
    "label": "Video ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "caption": {
    "label": "Caption",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "likeCount": {
    "label": "Likes",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "playCount": {
    "label": "Plays",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "matchedMusicId": {
    "label": "Sound ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "searchKeyword": {
    "label": "Search Keyword",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "postUrl": {
    "label": "Video URL",
    "format": "link"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The TikTok Sound Lookup: Metadata & Videos Using It Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Find Trending Afrobeats Sounds and Videos on TikTok". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/xwDo8roiTP6CJz0Mj) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Find Trending Afrobeats Sounds and Videos on TikTok" task

The TikTok Sound Lookup: Metadata & Videos Using It Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like mode, sound ids, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Find Trending Afrobeats Sounds and Videos on TikTok" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as type, sound title, sound author, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Find Trending Afrobeats Sounds and Videos on TikTok" task via API](https://apify.com/vexaloom-labs/tiktok-sound-lookup-metadata-and-videos-using-it.md).

## FAQ

### What TikTok data does a task for Afrobeats sounds and videos include?

The Afrobeats discovery task returns sound rows with musicTitle, authorName, artist, duration, videoCount and DSP links, plus video rows with postId, caption, likeCount, playCount and postUrl.

### How many Afrobeats sounds and videos can one run return?

The Afrobeats discovery task keeps up to 20 sounds per keyword and requests up to 30 videos per sound. TikTok can cap the public feed, so fewer video rows may be returned.

### Can I filter Afrobeats TikTok videos by date, plays, or creator?

The Afrobeats discovery task is set to keep videos from the past month with at least 10,000 plays and only the highest-play video per author across the run.

### How do I search TikTok for amapiano or other music genres?

To target another style with the Afrobeats discovery task, change the keyword search to terms such as amapiano; each keyword can return up to 30 sounds.

### How much does it cost to find Afrobeats sounds and videos on TikTok?

For the Afrobeats discovery task, the Free plan charges $0.10 per Actor Start event and $0.99 per 1,000 results; at most 10,000 results means up to $9.90 in result charges, plus platform compute.

### Can I export Afrobeats TikTok results to CSV or Excel?

Results from the Afrobeats discovery task land in a dataset that you can download as CSV, Excel, JSON, XML, RSS or an HTML table, or read through the Apify API.

### Can I schedule an Afrobeats TikTok search or run it through an API?

You can run the Afrobeats discovery task on a schedule, through the Apify API, or from integrations such as Zapier, Make and n8n.

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [TikTok Sound Lookup: Metadata & Videos Using It](https://apify.com/vexaloom-labs/tiktok-sound-lookup-metadata-and-videos-using-it.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/vexaloom-labs/tiktok-sound-lookup-metadata-and-videos-using-it.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/vexaloom-labs/tiktok-sound-lookup-metadata-and-videos-using-it.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).