Kuaishou Scraper (快手) - Search, Creators, Comments
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Kuaishou Scraper (快手) - Search, Creators, Comments
Scrape Kuaishou (快手), China's #2 short-video app: keyword search, creator videos and profiles, comments with replies, video details and trending. Videos and image posts (图集): views, likes, shares, direct video and picture URLs, music, location and creator. No login. JSON, CSV or Excel.
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Kuaishou Scraper (快手) | Search, Creator Videos, Profiles, Comments & Trending
From Zen Studio, creators of Douyin Search and RedNote Search, with 100,000+ combined lifetime runs across those two Actors.
Seven scrape types in one Actor: keyword search, creator search, creator videos, creator profile, video comments (with reply threads), video details and trending.
Why choose this Kuaishou scraper?
- Deeper on one keyword. A recorded search for 美食 collected 1,000 unique posts. Kuaishou's own search runs out at roughly 150 for a single keyword, so Maximize results continues into the related searches Kuaishou itself suggests, and every row records which query found it.
- Videos and photo albums, both complete. A large share of Kuaishou is image posts (图集), which carry no video file at all. A recorded search for 穿搭 returned 400 posts, 131 of them photo albums holding 2,942 pictures. Every row says which kind it is and carries every picture, not just a cover.
- Play counts on every post. All 1,400 posts across both recorded searches carried a view count, next to likes, comments, shares and saves. Views are the reach number; likes alone understate it.
Try the example keyword
Open the Actor's input page, switch to JSON and paste this to request up to 100 posts. Then start the run.
{"operation": "search_videos","input": ["美食"],"maxItems": 100,"expandWithRelatedSearches": true}
Maximize results is the option that produced the 1,000 posts above; leave it on to follow Kuaishou's related searches instead of stopping at one keyword's own ceiling. Set maxItems to 0 to go as deep as Kuaishou allows. How many posts a keyword yields depends on the keyword, and free-plan runs follow the Actor's free-tier limits.
Related Actors
| Actor | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Douyin Search | Research the same topics on Douyin (抖音). |
| RedNote Search | Xiaohongshu (小红书) notes by keyword. |
| Douyin Profile | A Douyin creator's posts and follower counts. |
| Kwai Search | Kuaishou's global app, used in Brazil. |
Artwork based on official Kuaishou app previews. The illustrated feed is separate from the recorded search examples.
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zen-studio/kuaishou-scraper on Apify. Scrapes Kuaishou (快手, China's #2 short-video app): keyword search, creator search, creator videos, creator profiles, video comments with replies, video details and trending. 35 fields per post including view/like/comment/share/collect counts, mediaType, direct videoUrl for videos and imageUrls for image posts (图集), cover URLs, music, location, place with coordinates, duration, tags and creator. Call ApifyClient("TOKEN").actor("zen-studio/kuaishou-scraper").call(run_input={"operation":"search_videos","input":["美食"],"maxItems":100}), then client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items. operation is search_videos | search_users | user_videos | user_profile | video_comments | video_detail | trending; input takes keywords, Kuaishou video/profile URLs, share links or raw IDs; maxItems 0 = as deep as Kuaishou allows; includeReplies adds reply threads to comments; expandWithRelatedSearches follows Kuaishou's related searches past its ~150-per-keyword ceiling; enrichCreatorProfiles adds exact video/like counts to creator search. Full spec: GET https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/zen-studio~kuaishou-scraper/builds/default (Bearer TOKEN) -> inputSchema, actorDefinition.storages.dataset, readme. Token: https://console.apify.com/account/integrations
Key Features
| What you get that a page scrape of Kuaishou cannot | |
| 📊 The play count | 23,025,673 views on the row below, next to likes, saves, shares, forwards and downloads |
| 🔄 Past the keyword ceiling | Kuaishou stops at ~150 videos a keyword; following its own related searches took 火锅 from 141 to 400+ |
| 💬 Whole comment threads | 510+ comments on one video, 132+ replies under a single comment, each with its author and region |
| 👤 Creators with the numbers | Follower count, bio, verification and avatar on every creator found; exact video and lifetime-like totals on request |
| 💰 Cheaper per result | $7.99 per 1,000 videos and $5.99 per 1,000 comments, against a flat $10 elsewhere |
- Deep everywhere, not just page one. 276 videos from one creator, 510+ comments on one video. Set a limit of
0and the run walks until Kuaishou stops. - Paste anything. Keywords, video and profile links, app share links or bare IDs, both Kuaishou ID styles.
- Nothing to configure. No account, no login, no cookies, no browser. Chinese residential proxies are preselected.
- Free tier: 5 runs with up to 25 results each, no credit card.
How to Scrape Kuaishou
- Open Kuaishou Scraper on Apify and click Try for free.
- Pick a scrape type: search, creator videos, creator profile, comments, video details or trending.
- Paste your keywords, video links or creator links into Keywords, videos or creators, one per line. Trending needs no input.
- Set Max results, or
0to go as deep as Kuaishou allows. - Click Start, then download JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML from the Storage tab.
Basic: search Kuaishou by keyword
{"operation": "search_videos","input": ["美食"],"maxItems": 100}
Deep search across several keywords
{"operation": "search_videos","input": ["美食", "旅游", "宠物"],"maxItems": 0,"maxItemsPerInput": 100}
Everything Kuaishou has on one topic
{"operation": "search_videos","input": ["火锅"],"expandWithRelatedSearches": true,"maxItems": 1000}
Every video from a creator
{"operation": "user_videos","input": ["https://www.kuaishou.com/profile/3xzjr89i59iz6py"],"maxItems": 500}
Comments on a video, with reply threads
{"operation": "video_comments","input": ["https://www.kuaishou.com/short-video/3x4zchgfp2n87qy"],"includeReplies": true,"maxItems": 500}
Find the creators behind a keyword
{"operation": "search_users","input": ["美食"],"maxItems": 50}
The same, with exact video and like totals
{"operation": "search_users","input": ["美食"],"maxItems": 50,"enrichCreatorProfiles": true}
Creator profiles in bulk
{"operation": "user_profile","input": ["2915069131", "https://www.kuaishou.com/profile/3xzjr89i59iz6py"]}
What Kuaishou is pushing right now
{"operation": "trending","maxItems": 50}
Input Parameters
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
operation | string | search_videos, search_users, user_videos, user_profile, video_comments, video_detail or trending. Default search_videos. |
input | array | Keywords, video links/IDs or creator links/IDs, one per line, matching the scrape type. Up to 200. Trending needs none. |
maxItems | integer | Ceiling for the whole run, across everything you entered. 0 = as deep as Kuaishou allows. Default 100. |
maxItemsPerInput | integer | Ceiling for each entry, so one busy keyword or creator cannot use up the total. Three keywords with maxItems 300 and this at 100 gives 100 from each. 0 = uncapped per entry. |
includeReplies | boolean | Comments only. Also collects the reply thread under each comment. |
expandWithRelatedSearches | boolean | Searches only. Continue into the related searches Kuaishou suggests for your keyword, to go past its ~150-per-keyword ceiling. |
enrichCreatorProfiles | boolean | Creator search only. Look each creator up as well, adding exact video count, lifetime likes and region. Bills at the profile rate. |
What Data Can You Extract from Kuaishou?
Video: search, creator videos, video details, trending
- Identity:
photoId,url,caption(hashtags included),timestamp,time - Counters:
viewCount,likeCount,commentCount,shareCount,collectCount,forwardCount,downloadCount - Media:
mediaTypetells you what a post is. Videos carryvideoUrl; image posts (图集) carryimageUrlswith every picture andimageCountinstead of a video file.coverUrl,coverFirstFrameUrl,durationMs,widthandheightcome with both - Creator:
author.userId,.kwaiId,.name,.avatarUrl,.gender,.verified,.profileUrl - Sound and reach:
music.id,.name,.artist,.url, plustags,matchedKeyword(which query found it),rewardCount(tips from viewers),recommendToFriendCountandisLongVideo - Where it was posted:
location, the city, plusplacewith the tagged venue'sname,address,city,latitudeandlongitudewhen the creator tagged one - Grouping:
seriesNameandseriesIdwhen a video belongs to one of the creator's series, anddisclaimerwhen the video carries a notice, such as AI-generated content or opinion-only
Creator: creator search and creator profile
- Identity:
userId,kwaiId,name,url,bio,avatarUrl,backgroundUrl,gender,verified,verifiedReason - Numbers:
fansCount,followCount,videoCount,publicVideoCount,likeCount,momentCount,collectCount - Where they post from:
location, the region shown on the profile - Business:
mcnOrganization, the agency a creator is signed to when there is one;shopNameandshopItemCountwhen they run a Kuaishou shop;isBusinessAccount - Personal:
constellation,ageandmedal, each shown when the creator chose to publish it - From search only:
videoCountLabel, the rounded count on the card ("1k"); switch on exact counts for the real number
Comment: comments and reply threads
- The comment:
commentId,photoId,rootCommentId,replyToCommentId,content,imageUrl(comments that are a sticker or an uploaded picture rather than text) - Engagement:
likedCount,replyCount,isHot,likedByAuthor,timestamp,time - Who wrote it:
authorId,authorName,authorAvatarUrl,authorArea,authorVerified,authorProfileUrl, andvideoAuthorIdfor the creator of the video
Every row also carries operation (the scrape type that produced it), input (the entry you asked for) and scrapedAt. Every field Kuaishou exposes is mapped to a named column, so there is nothing to dig through.
Output Examples
Real rows, exactly as the dataset stores them. Media URLs are shortened at the query string for display; the Actor returns them in full. Every key-value pair is shown.
Video
{"photoId": "5254293505157425916","url": "https://www.kuaishou.com/short-video/3xgcpnkzc7gmai6","caption": "来成都必打卡的爆火夜市,这简直是吃货的天堂 #成都 #成都夜市","viewCount": 1692352,"likeCount": 20254,"commentCount": 1371,"shareCount": 17512,"collectCount": 2373,"forwardCount": 0,"downloadCount": 201,"durationMs": 163166,"width": 720,"height": 1280,"timestamp": 1693884682676,"time": "2023-09-05 11:31:22","mediaType": "video","videoUrl": "https://cc1.xyydnode.com/upic/2023/09/05/11/BMjAyMzA5MDUxMTMwMzBfMTA2OTcwNTcyOV8xMTIxNDc5MzY2NjNfMV8z_b_B1e5ebfa5f3f8ca6b3415fe3f53add104.mp4?...","imageUrls": [],"imageCount": null,"coverUrl": "https://zj66.a.kwimgs.com/upic/2023/09/05/11/BMjAyMzA5MDUxMTMwMzBfMTA2OTcwNTcyOV8xMTIxNDc5MzY2NjNfMV8z_hd_B7d1ea1b29ba2c4f25178a3f8bd7ebcce.kvif?...","coverFirstFrameUrl": "https://zj66.a.kwimgs.com/upic/2023/09/05/11/BMjAyMzA5MDUxMTMwMzBfMTA2OTcwNTcyOV8xMTIxNDc5MzY2NjNfMV8z_ff_Ba19a613ea6bd2dac0f58ad95a71103c5.kvif?...","author": {"userId": "1069705729","kwaiId": null,"name": "老丈人说车","avatarUrl": "https://p2.a.yximgs.com/uhead/AB/2021/05/21/14/BMjAyMTA1MjExNDQxMThfMTA2OTcwNTcyOV8yX2hkOTkzXzc4MA==_s.jpg","gender": "M","verified": false,"profileUrl": "https://www.kuaishou.com/profile/3xg7ca88swkzsp2"},"music": {"id": "5xhji6uas7j9k6u","name": "老丈人说车的作品原声","artist": "老丈人说车","url": "https://ty2.a.kwimgs.com/bs2/ost/MTEyMTQ3OTM2NjYzXzEwNjk3MDU3Mjk.m4a"},"tags": [],"rewardCount": 8,"isLongVideo": true,"recommendToFriendCount": 32,"location": "北京市","place": {"name": "北京市","address": "北京市东城区","city": "北京市","latitude": 39.904179,"longitude": 116.407387},"seriesName": null,"seriesId": null,"disclaimer": null,"operation": "search_videos","scrapedAt": "2026-09-13T16:16:09.194903+00:00","input": "成都美食"}
Image post (图集)
{"photoId": "5246130780353777480","url": "https://www.kuaishou.com/short-video/3xf9dczwg2n9sya","caption": "几火锅|重庆火锅太绝啦|||到重庆第一天晚上 路过了这家火锅店\n看到里面人蛮多的 立马记下店名\n第二条往返武隆之后 饥肠辘辘 下高速直接开到店~\n这家的锅底不算太辣 也没有很厚重\n菜品整体新鲜 也很有特色\n蛋炒饭炒的也不错 很油润\n小酥肉也是我喜欢的瘦瘦的肉肉炸的😍\n是吃完觉得人生值得的火锅!\n #图文新星计划","viewCount": 28544,"likeCount": 140,"commentCount": 15,"shareCount": 279,"collectCount": 23,"forwardCount": 0,"downloadCount": 2239,"durationMs": null,"width": 1800,"height": 2400,"timestamp": 1749435644633,"time": "2025-06-09 10:20:44","mediaType": "images","videoUrl": null,"imageUrls": ["https://zj66.a.kwimgs.com/ufile/atlas/NTI0NjEzMDc4MDM1Mzc3NzQ4MF8xNzQ5NDM1NjM5NzA1_0.webp","https://zj66.a.kwimgs.com/ufile/atlas/NTI0NjEzMDc4MDM1Mzc3NzQ4MF8xNzQ5NDM1NjM5NzA1_1.webp","https://zj66.a.kwimgs.com/ufile/atlas/NTI0NjEzMDc4MDM1Mzc3NzQ4MF8xNzQ5NDM1NjM5NzA1_2.webp","https://zj66.a.kwimgs.com/ufile/atlas/NTI0NjEzMDc4MDM1Mzc3NzQ4MF8xNzQ5NDM1NjM5NzA1_3.webp"],"imageCount": 4,"coverUrl": "https://zj66.a.kwimgs.com/upic/2025/06/09/10/BMjAyNTA2MDkxMDIwMzlfMjQ5NTczNTVfMTY2Mzk0MDc1MjQ3XzFfNg==_hd_Ba2c477343c1b5fe5ff879370f78e07bd.kvif?...","coverFirstFrameUrl": null,"author": {"userId": "24957355","kwaiId": null,"name": "步步@爱分享","avatarUrl": "https://p5.a.yximgs.com/uhead/AB/2025/05/25/11/BMjAyNTA1MjUxMTQyNTVfMjQ5NTczNTVfMV9oZDcyMF8xODY=_s.jpg","gender": "F","verified": false,"profileUrl": "https://www.kuaishou.com/profile/3xk3fws3vemx5hy"},"music": {"id": null,"name": null,"artist": null,"url": "https://cc1.xyydnode.com/ufile/atlas/NTI0NjEzMDc4MDM1Mzc3NzQ4MF8xNzQ5NDM1NjM5NzA1.m4a"},"tags": [],"rewardCount": null,"isLongVideo": null,"recommendToFriendCount": 4,"location": null,"place": null,"seriesName": null,"seriesId": null,"disclaimer": null,"operation": "search_videos","scrapedAt": "2026-09-13T16:16:11.184884+00:00","input": "重庆火锅"}
Creator from search
{"userId": "40300058","kwaiId": "kuaishoumeishi","name": "快手美食","url": "https://www.kuaishou.com/profile/40300058","bio": "快手平台美食账号(♡◡♡)\n在这里,食妹精心挖掘实力亮眼的美食选手,欢迎有实力的美食作者私信联系方式给食妹,加入我们,让我们一同享受美食乐趣,感受快手美好❤️","avatarUrl": "https://p22.a.yximgs.com/uhead/AB/2021/02/18/12/BMjAyMTAyMTgxMjA0MTRfNDAzMDAwNThfMl9oZDc2Ml8xMzE=_s.jpg","gender": "F","verified": true,"verifiedReason": "快手平台认证账号","fansCount": 1231773,"videoCountLabel": "1k","matchedKeyword": "美食","operation": "search_users","scrapedAt": "2026-09-13T16:16:15.283724+00:00","input": "美食"}
Creator profile
{"userId": "1069705729","kwaiId": null,"name": "老丈人说车","url": "https://www.kuaishou.com/profile/1069705729","bio": "蠢萌闺女和操心老爸的学车故事,专业中还有点暖。\n商务V:xdcmvip7(备注来意)","avatarUrl": "https://p2.a.yximgs.com/uhead/AB/2021/05/21/14/BMjAyMTA1MjExNDQxMThfMTA2OTcwNTcyOV8yX2hkOTkzXzc4MA==_s.jpg","backgroundUrl": "https://p2.a.yximgs.com/uhead/AC/2019/07/23/18/BMjAxOTA3MjMxODE5NTNfMTA2OTcwNTcyOV8xX2Jn.jpg","gender": "M","verified": false,"fansCount": 6459668,"followCount": 67,"videoCount": 1372,"publicVideoCount": 1372,"likeCount": 63573660,"momentCount": 1,"collectCount": 0,"location": "北京","mcnOrganization": "新动传媒","constellation": null,"age": null,"medal": null,"shopName": null,"shopItemCount": null,"isBusinessAccount": true,"operation": "user_profile","scrapedAt": "2026-09-13T16:16:13.908999+00:00","input": "1069705729"}
Comment
{"commentId": "730965480600","photoId": "5254293505157425916","rootCommentId": null,"content": "就夜市小吃美食街哪个城市也不如沈阳的塔湾兴顺夜市,规模大,品类齐全,还是大型的灯光秀夜市,去十万游客在夜市里根本看不见人!排名全国第一没毛病!","imageUrl": null,"likedCount": 2,"replyCount": 1,"timestamp": 1696782736307,"time": "2023-10-09 00:32:16","isHot": true,"likedByAuthor": false,"replyToCommentId": "0","authorId": "2683878472","authorName": "静过","authorAvatarUrl": "https://p5.a.yximgs.com/uhead/AB/2025/07/14/17/BMjAyNTA3MTQxNzM4MzNfMjY4Mzg3ODQ3Ml8yX2hkMjE1Xzcy_s.jpg","authorArea": "浙江","authorVerified": false,"authorProfileUrl": "https://www.kuaishou.com/profile/2683878472","videoAuthorId": "1069705729","operation": "video_comments","scrapedAt": "2026-09-13T16:16:16.368966+00:00","input": "https://www.kuaishou.com/short-video/3xgcpnkzc7gmai6"}
Advanced Usage
Find Kuaishou creators in a niche
Run search_users on three or four keywords from the niche. One keyword returns far more than a single result page, because the run sweeps several orderings of the same search.
Every row already carries fansCount, bio, verified and kwaiId. Switch on Add exact counts to creators when you also want videoCount, likeCount and location.
Then feed the winners back in as user_videos to check whether they post consistently.
Read what an audience actually says
video_comments with includeReplies: true returns the whole discussion under a video, including authorArea, so you can see which regions a piece of content lands in. Sticker-only comments carry imageUrl instead of text rather than arriving as blank rows.
Track a creator over time
Schedule user_videos daily for a set of creators. Each row carries timestamp and every counter, so the difference between two runs gives you per-video growth as well as posting cadence.
Watch the platform itself
trending samples what Kuaishou is promoting right now. Run it on a schedule to build your own view of what the algorithm is pushing, without a Kuaishou account.
Hourly catches what breaks out and falls away the same day. Daily is enough for a trend line, and it is the cheaper of the two.
Integrations
Connect the Actor to Make, Zapier, Slack, Google Sheets, GitHub or Airbyte through Apify integrations, or call it from Python and JavaScript with the Apify client. Every run also exposes a webhook when it finishes.
Scheduling is set up in the Apify console and takes about a minute:
from apify_client import ApifyClientclient = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")run = client.actor("zen-studio/kuaishou-scraper").call(run_input={"operation": "search_videos","input": ["美食"],"maxItems": 200,})for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():print(item["url"], item["viewCount"], item["author"]["name"])
How Much Does It Cost to Scrape Kuaishou?
Pay per result, nothing else, and every result type is cheaper than the leading Kuaishou Actor, which charges a flat $10 per 1,000 for all of them:
| Result | This Actor | Leading alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Video | $7.99 per 1,000 | $10 per 1,000 |
| Comment or reply | $5.99 per 1,000 | $10 per 1,000 |
| Creator from search | $3.99 per 1,000 | $10 per 1,000 |
| Full creator profile | $6.99 per 1,000 | $10 per 1,000 |
A creator from search already carries follower count, bio, verification and avatar. Switch on Add exact counts to creators only when you also need the exact video count, lifetime likes and region: those come from a profile lookup and bill at the profile rate.
A 1,000-video keyword sweep costs $7.99, and every other result type is cheaper still.
The free tier gives you 5 runs with up to 25 results each, so you can check the output shape before spending anything.
FAQ
Do I need a Kuaishou account? No. No account, no login, no cookies.
Can I scrape Kuaishou from outside China? Yes. Kuaishou serves this data only inside China, so the Actor runs through Chinese residential proxies, which are preselected for you.
How deep does the search go? Kuaishou serves roughly 140-165 videos per keyword and then says it has no more: running the same keyword again returns nothing new, so that is its ceiling rather than a limit of this Actor. Turn on Maximize results to continue into the related searches it suggests: one keyword reached 400+ unique videos in testing, and creators go to 276 videos, comments past 500 on a single video.
How deep does creator search go? One ordering of a creator search repeats itself after about twenty results, so the Actor sweeps several: most followers first, fewest first, verified only, and by gender, de-duplicating as it goes. That turns roughly 20 creators per keyword into well over a hundred.
Can I get the video files?
Every row carries direct media links: videoUrl for a video, imageUrls for an image post, and cover images for both. Check mediaType to know which you have. The Actor returns the links; downloading the files is up to you.
What is the difference between Kuaishou and Kwai? They are the same company. Kuaishou (快手) is the Chinese app, Kwai is the international one, big in Brazil. For Kwai, use our Kwai Search Scraper.
Why do some comments have no text?
On Kuaishou a comment can be a sticker. Those rows carry imageUrl instead of content, so they are not silently dropped.
Why is commentCount higher than the number of comments I get?
That total is Kuaishou's own and includes comments that are deleted or hidden. The Actor returns everything the source actually serves.
Can I scrape Kuaishou Shop or live streams? Not in this Actor. It covers content: videos, creators and comments.
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Support
Something missing or a field you need? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab and we will take a look.
Is It Legal to Scrape Kuaishou?
This Actor collects only publicly visible content: videos, creator profiles and comments that anyone can see without logging in. It does not access private accounts, private messages or anything behind a login, and it collects no personal data beyond the public profile fields Kuaishou itself displays next to a post.
Scraping public data is legal in most jurisdictions, but what you do with it is your responsibility. If you collect data about identifiable people, consider whether GDPR or an equivalent applies to you, and use the results for analysis rather than republication. When in doubt, ask a lawyer.
Kuaishou scraper (快手): scrape Kuaishou videos, image posts (图集), creator profiles, comments and trending by keyword, profile URL or video link, as JSON, CSV or Excel.

