TikTok Video Script Analyzer: hooks, on-screen text, beats and CTAs from any TikTok (no login)

Turn any TikTok video into its script: the words said (with timestamps), the text shown on screen (read from the video's frames, so silent videos work too), the hook and its hook type, the beats with their times, the call to action, the format, topics, a summary, takeaways and why it works, with the video's plays, likes, comments, shares and saves.

Give video links, or creators: their latest videos are scored against the creator's median plays and the top outliers are analysed, so you study the videos that beat their normal. For creators, agencies, brands and content strategists. No login.

What you get

Field	What it holds
Script	transcript, segments (timed), hasSpeech, language, spokenHook
On-screen text	onScreenText with start and end seconds
Hook	hook (spoken, on-screen, type, endsAtSeconds) and hookType
Structure	structure: beats with times and a one-line summary
Call to action	cta and ctaType
Strategy	format, topics, summary, takeaways, entities, whyItWorks
Performance	plays, likes, comments, shares, saves, and for creators outlierScore, creatorMedianPlays, creatorVideosRead
The video	url, author, createdAt, durationSeconds, caption, hashtags, music, coverUrl

What people use it for

• Swipe files: hooks, beats and CTAs of the videos that worked
• Outlier research: a creator's top videos against their own median, analysed
• Scripts and briefs: a timed outline for your next video
• Silent videos: text-on-screen tips and recipes written out
• AI agents: TikTok analysis inside any workflow

How to use it

1. Paste TikTok video links, or add creators.
2. For creators, set how many latest videos to score and how many top outliers to analyse.
3. Click Start, then open the Video scripts table.

Input

Field	Example	Notes
Video links	https://www.tiktok.com/@user/video/...	Short links work
Creators	username	Their top outliers are analysed
Latest videos per creator	20	Scoring is free
Analyse the top	5	Per creator
Write the analysis in	English	Or the video's own language

Output

Each result is one row in the run's dataset (download it as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, or read it through the API). An example row (values shortened):

{
  "kind": "video",
  "author": "example.creator",
  "plays": 165800,
  "outlierScore": 11.76,
  "creatorMedianPlays": 14100,
  "hasSpeech": true,
  "hookType": "visual",
  "hook": {
    "spoken": "Welcome to Africa.",
    "onScreen": null,
    "type": "visual"
  },
  "format": "voiceover_broll",
  "onScreenText": [
    {
      "start": 3.8,
      "end": 4.5,
      "text": "Welcome..."
    }
  ],
  "summary": "A trailer for a wildlife series…"
}

From a run on 17 October 2026 (a nature-media creator, name removed): of its latest 10 videos, the top one had 165,800 plays against a median of 14,100 (11.76x); its analysis found a visual hook with the line "Welcome to Africa.", 13 on-screen text cards and 5 beats; the second was silent and was read from its frames. Both took 69 seconds. A record named SUMMARY in the run's key-value store says what each input returned and what was charged.

Pricing

• $0.035 per analysed video ($35 per 1,000), with its transcript, on-screen text, hook, beats, CTA, format, topics and summary
• Scoring a creator's latest videos is free; videos that could not be analysed are free
• The AI model that watches the video (Google's Gemini Flash) is billed by Apify at its exact cost: about $0.013 a video on paid Apify plans (measured 17 October 2026 on short videos of 30 to 73 seconds); Apify charges free-plan accounts 10 times that

What typical jobs cost at the list price:

Job	Cost
One video	$0.035
A creator's top 5 outliers	$0.18
10 creators, top 5 each	$1.75
100 videos	$3.50

On Apify's Scale and Business plans the per-event prices are lower (Store discounts). Set Maximum cost per run and the Actor stops cleanly when it is reached: you never pay more than that.

Tips

• Analyse a creator's top outliers, not their latest videos: that is where the lessons are.
• Count hookType and format across a niche to see what wins.
• Silent videos are read from their frames: onScreenText holds the whole tip.

Use it through the API

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("zaiq/tiktok-video-script-analyzer").call(run_input={"creators": ["username"], "latestPerCreator": 20, "analyseTopPerCreator": 5})
for row in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(row)

JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('zaiq/tiktok-video-script-analyzer').call({"creators": ["username"], "latestPerCreator": 20, "analyseTopPerCreator": 5});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();

HTTP (one call, results back)

curl -X POST 'https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/zaiq~tiktok-video-script-analyzer/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"creators": ["username"], "latestPerCreator": 20, "analyseTopPerCreator": 5}'

Integrations and schedules

• Schedules: run it every hour, day or week from the Apify Console (Schedules) and keep a history of results.
• Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack, Airtable: connect it through Apify's integrations, or send each finished run to a webhook.
• Datasets: results stay in the run's dataset; export them or read them by API whenever you need them.

Use it with AI agents (MCP)

Add Apify's MCP server (https://mcp.apify.com) to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code or any MCP client. The agent can find this Actor and run it for you: ask it for "analyse the 5 best videos of these TikTok creators and list their hooks". AI agents can also pay for runs directly through Apify's agentic payments.

Limits

• Public videos only, signed out.
• The AI reads one frame every 2 seconds (at most 40) and the video's sound: fast cuts between frames can be missed.
• Creator scoring uses the latest videos TikTok's profile shows a signed-out visitor.

FAQ

Do I need a TikTok account?

No.

Does it work on videos with no speech?

Yes: the text on screen is read from the frames.

How is this different from a transcript?

It also reads what is shown, finds the hook and its type, splits the video into beats and pulls out the call to action.

What is the outlier score?

A video's plays divided by the median plays of the creator's latest videos read in the run.

Related Actors from Zaiq

• instagram-reel-script-analyzer: the same for Instagram reels
• tiktok-comments-scraper: TikTok comments with insights
• tiktok-transcript-scraper: what is said in TikTok videos, cheaper
• youtube-outlier-finder: YouTube videos that beat their channel

Support

Questions, a site that changed, or a field you need? Open an issue on this Actor's Issues tab: we answer there, usually within a day.

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