# TikTok Sound & Music Scraper: TikTok Music Videos (`xmolodtsov/tiktok-sound-scraper`) Actor Scrape the TikTok videos that use a sound or song. Get each video's caption, views, likes, shares, hashtags and creator profile, plus the sound's title, artist, duration and total video count. Paste a sound URL or ID. No login. Export JSON, CSV or Excel, or use the API. Pay only per result. - **URL**: https://apify.com/xmolodtsov/tiktok-sound-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Yevhenii Molodtsov](https://apify.com/xmolodtsov) (community) - **Categories:** Social media, Videos, Lead generation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $1.50 / 1,000 tiktok sound video results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md. ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. 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 examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below. 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`). # README ![TikTok Sound & Music Scraper: TikTok Music Videos logo](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/2DxCOvbMjhvK3S1qP/records/tiktok-sound-scraper-avatar-128) ### What does TikTok Sound & Music Scraper do? TikTok Sound & Music Scraper collects TikTok music videos, the videos that use a specific sound or song, so music marketers, labels and agencies can see who posts with a track and how far it spreads on TikTok. Paste a TikTok sound URL or ID and get each video as a clean row: the caption, views, likes, shares, comments and saves, the hashtags and the creator's profile with follower counts. Every row also carries the sound itself: its title, artist, duration and how many TikTok videos use it. No login, no cookies and no browser. Export the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them through the Apify API. It is built for: - **Music marketers and labels** tracking how a release spreads on TikTok. - **Agencies and brands** looking for creators who already use a song, or measuring a trending audio. [TikTok Profile Scraper](https://apify.com/xmolodtsov/tiktok-profile-scraper) then pulls those creators' profiles and latest posts. - **Researchers and analysts** studying the captions, hashtags and engagement around a sound. ### What data does the TikTok sound scraper get? - **The whole sound feed**: up to about 3,600–3,900 videos per sound, which is where TikTok's own feed for a sound ends. - **Video stats**: views, likes, shares, comments, saves and reposts, plus the caption and its language, hashtags, mentions, duration, cover image and posting date. - **Creator stats included**: handle, display name, bio, verified badge, followers, following, total likes and video count for every creator, with no extra profile lookups. - **Sound details on every row**: title, artist, duration and TikTok's total video count in `searchMusic`, so results from several sounds stay easy to tell apart. - **Flexible input**: sound URLs, the part after `/music/` or bare numeric sound IDs. The same sound entered twice is scraped once. - **Familiar output**: the usual TikTok video field names (`authorMeta`, `musicMeta`, `videoMeta`, `playCount`, `diggCount` …), the same layout as this developer's TikTok Hashtag and TikTok Profile scrapers, so one spreadsheet or pipeline handles all three. - **Clear errors**: a sound that doesn't exist gives an error row instead of disappearing silently. ### How to scrape TikTok sounds and songs #### In Apify Console 1. **Find the sound.** On TikTok, open a video that uses the song, click the sound name under it and copy the page URL. It looks like `https://www.tiktok.com/music/Love-You-So-6728562975734515713`. 2. **Add it to the input.** Paste one or more sound URLs or IDs into **Sound URLs or IDs** and set **Maximum videos per sound**. 3. **Run and export.** Click **Start**. When the run finishes, open the **Output** tab and download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel. #### Through the API Start a run and get the videos back in one call: ```bash curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/xmolodtsov~tiktok-sound-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"musics": ["https://www.tiktok.com/music/Love-You-So-6728562975734515713"], "resultsPerPage": 20}' ``` JavaScript, Python and MCP examples are in the Integrations section below. ### How much does it cost to scrape TikTok sounds? You pay per result: one dataset row is one result. The price depends on your Apify plan. Platform usage and proxies are included, so there are no compute or proxy charges on top. | Apify plan (discount tier) | Price per 1,000 results | |---|---| | Free | $3.00 | | Starter (Bronze) | $2.50 | | Scale (Silver) | $2.00 | | Business (Gold) and the Platinum and Diamond tiers | $1.50 | For example, 1,000 videos cost $2.50 on the Starter plan and $1.50 on Business. Error rows (see Output) are billed like results. If you set a maximum cost per run, the Actor stops cleanly when it reaches it and you keep everything scraped up to that point. #### Is it free? You can try it on the Apify Free plan with a limit of **10 results per run and 5 runs per calendar month** (error rows count toward the 10). The limit is set by the developer, not by Apify, and any paid Apify plan removes it. Once the 5 runs are used, a run ends straight away with an explanatory message and no results; the count resets on the 1st of the month. ### Input | Field | Type | Description | |---|---|---| | `musics` | array of strings, required | TikTok sounds, one per line: a sound URL (`https://www.tiktok.com/music/-` or `https://www.tiktok.com/music/x-`), the part after `/music/` (`Love-You-So-6728562975734515713`) or the bare numeric sound ID. A song title, artist name or video URL is not a sound and gives a billed `INVALID_MUSIC` row instead: on TikTok, click the sound name under a video and paste that page's URL. | | `resultsPerPage` | integer, default 100 | Maximum videos to scrape from each sound. TikTok serves about 3,600–3,900 at most. On the Free plan a run stops at 10 results in total. | | `proxyConfiguration` | object, default Apify Proxy | Proxy settings. The default works, so change it only to route through your own proxies. | ```json { "musics": [ "https://www.tiktok.com/music/Love-You-So-6728562975734515713", "Do-For-Love-Instrumental-6928871887166507009", "6981828410792216577" ], "resultsPerPage": 500 } ``` ### Output Each video is one item in the dataset. The **Overview** tab of a run shows the key columns at a glance: ![TikTok Sound & Music Scraper output: Overview table of TikTok videos per sound with creator, followers, caption, plays, likes, shares, comments and posting date](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/2DxCOvbMjhvK3S1qP/records/tiktok-sound-scraper-output-table.png) A real example item, with long links trimmed: ```json { "id": "7097361529074470149", "text": "TRANSFORMANDO MC DONALDS EN UN PLATO GOURMET 🍟 : Creo que quedó espectacular! #gourmet #fyp #saborestiktok", "textLanguage": "es", "createTime": 1652483255, "createTimeISO": "2022-05-13T23:07:35.000Z", "isAd": false, "authorMeta": { "id": "6807075292500722693", "name": "lasrecetasdesimon", "profileUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@lasrecetasdesimon", "nickName": "lasrecetasdesimon", "verified": true, "signature": "¡Recetas fáciles para todos los días! \n👍🏻 Es un 10 👍🏻", "bioLink": null, "avatar": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-avt-0068/…", "commerceUserInfo": { "commerceUser": false }, "privateAccount": false, "region": null, "roomId": "", "ttSeller": false, "createTime": 0, "following": 112, "friends": 0, "fans": 9800000, "heart": 183700000, "video": 710, "digg": 14800, "followDatasetUrl": null, "originalAvatarUrl": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-avt-0068/…" }, "musicMeta": { "musicName": "Love You So", "musicAuthor": "The King Khan & BBQ Show", "musicOriginal": false, "musicAlbum": "Love You So", "playUrl": "https://sf16.tiktokcdn-us.com/obj/tos-alisg-ve-2774/…", "coverMediumUrl": "https://p16-common.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-alisg-v-2774/…", "originalCoverMediumUrl": "https://p16-common.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-alisg-v-2774/…", "musicId": "6728562975734515713" }, "webVideoUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@lasrecetasdesimon/video/7097361529074470149", "videoMeta": { "height": 1024, "width": 576, "duration": 53, "coverUrl": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-p-0068/…", "definition": "540p", "format": "mp4", "subtitleLinks": [ { "language": "eng-US", "downloadLink": "https://v16m-webapp.tiktokcdn-us.com/…", "source": "MT", "sourceUnabbreviated": "machine translation", "version": "4", "tiktokLink": "https://v16m-webapp.tiktokcdn-us.com/…" } ], "transcriptionLink": null, "originalCoverUrl": "https://p19-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-p-0068/…" }, "diggCount": 5200000, "shareCount": 23800, "playCount": 44800000, "collectCount": 212187, "commentCount": 13200, "repostCount": 0, "mentions": [], "detailedMentions": [], "hashtags": [ { "id": "408508", "name": "gourmet" }, { "id": "229207", "name": "fyp" }, { "id": "1669099271095302", "name": "saborestiktok" } ], "effectStickers": [ { "ID": "1524150", "name": "pure eyes", "stickerStats": { "useCount": 0 } } ], "isSlideshow": false, "isPinned": false, "isSponsored": false, "mediaUrls": [], "input": "https://www.tiktok.com/music/Love-You-So-6728562975734515713", "searchMusic": { "musicTag": "Love-You-So-6728562975734515713", "videos": "27.7M", "videoCount": 27700000, "title": "Love You So", "authorName": "The King Khan & BBQ Show", "duration": 60 } } ``` #### Output fields | Field | Description | |---|---| | `id` / `webVideoUrl` | Video ID (string) and link | | `text` / `textLanguage` | Caption and its detected language | | `createTime` / `createTimeISO` | When the video was posted (Unix seconds / ISO 8601) | | `playCount` / `diggCount` / `shareCount` / `commentCount` / `collectCount` / `repostCount` | Views, likes, shares, comments, saves and reposts | | `authorMeta` | Creator's ID, handle, display name, bio, avatar, verified badge, followers, following, total likes and video count | | `musicMeta` | Sound name, artist, album, ID (string), cover, play link and whether it is an original sound | | `videoMeta` | Duration, width, height, definition, cover image and subtitle links | | `hashtags` / `mentions` / `detailedMentions` | Hashtags and users mentioned in the caption | | `effectStickers` / `isSlideshow` / `isAd` / `isSponsored` | Effects used, photo-slideshow flag and ad flags | | `locationMeta` | Tagged location, when the video has one | | `searchMusic` | The sound the video was found under: `musicTag` (as you entered it), `videos` (short form, e.g. "27.7M"), `videoCount` (TikTok's rounded total), `title`, `authorName` and `duration` in seconds | | `input` | The sound exactly as you entered it | #### Error rows A sound that doesn't exist gives one row with `errorCode` `SOUND_NOT_FOUND`, and an input that isn't a sound at all gives one row with `INVALID_MUSIC`. Error rows are billed like results. ```json { "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/music/x-7999999999999999999", "input": "7999999999999999999", "error": "Sound 7999999999999999999 not found on TikTok", "errorCode": "SOUND_NOT_FOUND" } ``` ### Limits, guarantees and when a run fails #### Limits - **About 3,600–3,900 videos per sound is the ceiling.** TikTok's feed for a sound ends there, even for songs used in millions of videos. Measured: 3,652 videos for "Love You So", which TikTok says is used in 27.7 million. Smaller sounds return everything they have, and `searchMusic.videoCount` shows the sound's full size on TikTok. - **`videoCount` is rounded by TikTok** (27,700,000 rather than an exact count). For a few sounds TikTok withholds the sound's details; their videos are still scraped, `searchMusic` takes the title, artist and duration from the videos, and `videos` and `videoCount` stay empty. - **No repeats**: TikTok's feed sometimes repeats videos across pages; each video appears once per run. - **Not included**: the Actor doesn't download video or audio files and doesn't fetch subtitle text. Rows carry TikTok's own temporary links (`musicMeta.playUrl`, `videoMeta.subtitleLinks`) where TikTok provides them. - **Speed**: about 1,000 videos in 75 seconds and 2,000 videos in about 2 minutes from one sound. Up to three sounds are scraped in parallel; 100 videos from each of four sounds took about 20 seconds. #### When does a run fail? A blocked run never "succeeds empty", so your automation can simply retry any run that isn't SUCCEEDED. - **FAILED** when TikTok refuses too many sounds: more than 2 sounds or 20% of the unique sounds, whichever is higher. A 5-sound run fails on the 3rd refused sound, a 50-sound run on the 11th. A refused sound is one TikTok blocked, rate-limited or answered with an error, or one that failed before returning any video. - **FAILED** when no video was scraped and at least one sound was refused, or when the input contains no sound at all. - **SUCCEEDED** otherwise. That includes runs with sounds that don't exist (`SOUND_NOT_FOUND` rows), inputs that aren't sounds (`INVALID_MUSIC` rows) or duplicates, a run that stopped at your maximum cost per run, and a Free plan run after the monthly runs are used up (no results, explanatory message). The status message sums the run up, for example `Scraped 20 videos from 1 sound`. A FAILED message starts with a short machine-readable reason such as `blocked`. The run's key-value store also holds a `STATISTICS` record with the outcome and video count for every sound, request counts and the run duration. ### Integrations, API and MCP #### JavaScript ```js import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN }); const run = await client.actor('xmolodtsov/tiktok-sound-scraper').call({ musics: ['https://www.tiktok.com/music/Love-You-So-6728562975734515713', '6981828410792216577'], resultsPerPage: 100, }); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); console.log(items.length, items[0]?.searchMusic); ``` #### Python ```python import os from apify_client import ApifyClient client = ApifyClient(token=os.environ["APIFY_TOKEN"]) run = client.actor("xmolodtsov/tiktok-sound-scraper").call(run_input={ "musics": ["https://www.tiktok.com/music/Love-You-So-6728562975734515713"], "resultsPerPage": 100, }) items = client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items print(len(items)) ``` #### Use with AI agents (MCP) The Actor is available through Apify's MCP server at as `xmolodtsov/tiktok-sound-scraper`. Connect an MCP client such as Claude or Cursor to `https://mcp.apify.com?tools=xmolodtsov/tiktok-sound-scraper` and ask, for example, "find the creators with the most followers among the first 200 videos that use this TikTok sound". #### Schedules, webhooks and no-code tools Use [Apify Schedules](https://docs.apify.com/platform/schedules) to re-scrape the same sounds daily or weekly and track their video counts over time, and [webhooks](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/webhooks) to send finished runs to your own pipeline. Apify integrations connect the results to Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets and other tools without code. ### More scrapers from this developer **TikTok:** [TikTok Search Scraper](https://apify.com/xmolodtsov/tiktok-search-scraper): videos and creators for any keyword, pay per result · [TikTok Profile Scraper (Pay Per Result)](https://apify.com/xmolodtsov/tiktok-profile-scraper): profiles, followers and latest posts by username · [TikTok Comments Scraper](https://apify.com/xmolodtsov/tiktok-comments-scraper): comments and full reply threads from any video · [TikTok Hashtag Scraper](https://apify.com/xmolodtsov/tiktok-hashtag-scraper): videos for any hashtag, with views, likes and music **Social & news:** [Reddit Search Scraper](https://apify.com/xmolodtsov/reddit-scraper): posts by keyword, subreddit or author · [Google News Scraper](https://apify.com/xmolodtsov/google-news-scraper): Google News results as clean full-text articles **E-commerce:** [Prom.ua Product Search Scraper](https://apify.com/xmolodtsov/prom-ua): Prom.ua product search results, no browser needed · [Amazon Product Search & Bestsellers Scraper](https://apify.com/xmolodtsov/amazon-search-scraper): search results, Best Sellers and product details from Amazon **Maps & leads:** [Google Maps Scraper](https://apify.com/xmolodtsov/google-maps-scraper): places, leads and emails from Google Maps **Ads:** [Facebook Ad Library Scraper (Meta Ads Library)](https://apify.com/xmolodtsov/facebook-ads-library-scraper): ads from the Meta Ad Library, with EU reach and payers **Video:** [YouTube Transcript Scraper](https://apify.com/xmolodtsov/youtube-transcript-scraper): transcripts, subtitles and captions from YouTube videos ### FAQ #### Is it legal to scrape TikTok sounds and music? This Actor only collects data that TikTok shows publicly to any visitor without logging in: public videos and public profile information. It never logs in and can't see private accounts. Videos and creator profiles can still contain personal data, which is protected by laws such as the GDPR in the EU and the CCPA in California. Only collect personal data when you have a legitimate reason to, keep only what you need, and if you are unsure whether your use case is lawful, consult a lawyer. #### What formats can I export the data in? JSON, CSV and Excel, plus XML, HTML and JSONL. The **Overview** tab of a run shows the key columns (sound, creator, followers, caption, views, likes, shares, comments, video duration, posted date and link) at a glance. #### How many videos can I get per sound? Up to about 3,600–3,900, the end of TikTok's feed for that sound. Set **Maximum videos per sound** lower if you only need the first few hundred. #### How do I track how many videos use a sound? Every row carries `searchMusic.videoCount`, TikTok's own rounded count of videos that use the sound. To follow a list of sounds over time, set **Maximum videos per sound** to 1 and run it on an [Apify schedule](https://docs.apify.com/platform/schedules): you pay one result per sound per run. For the few sounds whose details TikTok withholds, `videoCount` stays empty. #### Why did I get fewer videos than I asked for? The sound has fewer public videos than your maximum, its feed hit TikTok's ceiling of about 3,600–3,900, repeats were removed, the run reached your maximum cost per run, or the Free plan limit of 10 results per run applied. #### Can it scrape private or deleted videos? No. Only public videos that TikTok shows in the sound's feed are collected. Deleted videos and videos from private accounts don't appear. #### Do I need a TikTok account, cookies or my own proxies? No. The Actor never logs in and needs no cookies. Apify Proxy is used by default and is included in the price. #### How long does a run take? About 20 seconds for 100 videos from each of four sounds, and about 2 minutes for 2,000 videos from one sound. Up to three sounds run in parallel. ### Support Report a bug or ask for a feature in the **Issues** tab of this Actor's page. Include the run ID so the run's log and `STATISTICS` record can be checked. # Changelog This Actor's version history is a separate document: https://apify.com/xmolodtsov/tiktok-sound-scraper/changelog.md # Actor input Schema ## `musics` (type: `array`): TikTok sounds, one per line: a sound URL (https://www.tiktok.com/music/Love-You-So-6728562975734515713 or https://www.tiktok.com/music/x-6728562975734515713), the part after /music/ (Love-You-So-6728562975734515713) or just the sound ID (6728562975734515713). The same sound entered twice is scraped once. A song title, artist name or video URL is not a sound and gives an INVALID_MUSIC error row (billed like a result): on TikTok, click the sound name under a video and copy that page's URL. ## `resultsPerPage` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of videos to scrape from each sound. Each video is one paid result. TikTok serves about 3,600–3,900 videos per sound at most, fewer for less popular sounds. On the Apify free plan a run stops at 10 results in total (error rows included), with 5 runs per calendar month. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Apify Proxy is used by default. Change it only if you want to route through your own proxies. ## Actor input object example ```json { "musics": [ "https://www.tiktok.com/music/Love-You-So-6728562975734515713" ], "resultsPerPage": 20, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): One item per TikTok video that uses a requested sound: caption, play/like/share/comment counts, author profile, hashtags and the sound's title, author and video count. # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "musics": [ "https://www.tiktok.com/music/Love-You-So-6728562975734515713" ], "resultsPerPage": 20, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("xmolodtsov/tiktok-sound-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "musics": ["https://www.tiktok.com/music/Love-You-So-6728562975734515713"], "resultsPerPage": 20, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("xmolodtsov/tiktok-sound-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}") for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "musics": [ "https://www.tiktok.com/music/Love-You-So-6728562975734515713" ], "resultsPerPage": 20, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } }' | apify call xmolodtsov/tiktok-sound-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,xmolodtsov/tiktok-sound-scraper" } } } ``` The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer ` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations). ## OpenAPI specification Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/dIrT0qbw2eGz8z2Va/builds/VQPH0QYLtLS0XsQOB/openapi.json