TikTok Lookalike Search: Similar Creators with Emails

From Zen Studio, creators of Douyin Search, RedNote Search and Douyin Profile Scraper (280,000+ combined lifetime runs), and of the TikTok Shop scrapers.

Find more creators like the ones you already know

Name a TikTok creator. Get a ranked list of similar creators, with the stats to choose who to contact.

• Build a shortlist in about a minute. One search from @bakewithjack returned 100 creators in 55.5 seconds. Ask for up to 5,000 per run; results and timing depend on the niche and filters.
• See why each creator fits. Compare followers, average views, engagement, country, language and recent videos. Shared topics and a plain match explanation help you assess each result.
• Find public contact details. Get bio emails and links where available. Filter by audience size, country, activity or email availability. Creator charges apply only to delivered results.
• Spot creators who sell. Get estimated TikTok Shop sales, all time and last 30 days, where a sales estimate exists, and keep only creators above a minimum. Included in the creator price.

Try it with a creator you know

Open the input page, switch to JSON and paste this to request up to 20 creators similar to @bakewithjack. Replace the username with a creator from your own niche. Results are billed per creator delivered; see pricing.

{
  "seedUsernames": ["bakewithjack"],
  "maxResults": 20
}

The hero visualizes a result from the 100-creator search: @marksbread, with 58.5K followers, 15K average views and 2.61% engagement. Profile values change. Emails come from public bios; onlyWithEmail: true keeps only creators with an email, so fewer results may qualify.

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zen-studio/tiktok-lookalike-search on Apify returns TikTok creators similar to the ones you name, one ranked row per creator (score, matchReason, followers, recent average views and engagementRate, country, language, bio emails, TikTok Shop and paid-partnership signals, estimated Shop sales: sellsOnShop, estimatedTotalSalesUsd, estimatedSales30DaysUsd). Input seedUsernames (handles or profile links, up to 50) and/or searchTerms (topics); maxResults caps the whole run (default 100, max 5,000), closest first. maxNetworkDepth=1 keeps only direct lookalikes; 2 (default) or 3 adds creators similar to the best of those only when more results are needed. Filters (minFollowers/maxFollowers, minAvgViews, minEngagementRate, countries, languages, onlyWithEmail, onlyVerified, onlyShopSellers, onlyCommerceAccounts, sponsoredPosts=with|without, gender=female|male, activeWithinDays, minSales30DaysUsd, minTotalSalesUsd, excludeUsernames) apply before billing, and an unknown value never passes an active filter. Emails come only from public bios, so onlyWithEmail returns fewer rows. Sales figures are estimates and exist only for creators with Shop sales on record (empty otherwise); a sales filter never passes a creator without one. includeRecentVideos=false drops the per-video list for flat exports; private accounts are skipped unless includePrivateAccounts=true. A per-seed summary is the key-value record RUN_SUMMARY. Charges: one Lookalike creator event per delivered row (see pricing); filtered, private, duplicate and seed creators are free. Contract: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/zen-studio~tiktok-lookalike-search/builds/default and https://apify.com/zen-studio/tiktok-lookalike-search; prices: https://apify.com/zen-studio/tiktok-lookalike-search/pricing. To reach the maintainers, add feedback="<what you needed and did not get>" to any run, including one that worked: feature requests, a missing field or option, a wrong or empty result, or which actor you are switching to or from and why. The run returns its data exactly as it would without the note, and a human reads every note.

How to find similar TikTok creators

1. Add seed creators in seedUsernames: usernames (bakewithjack), @handles or profile links (https://www.tiktok.com/@bakewithjack). Up to 50. Several creators from the same niche work best: creators similar to more than one of them rank first.
2. Or describe the niche in searchTerms, such as sourdough or home workouts, on its own or next to seeds.
3. Choose how many with maxResults (up to 5,000). You pay per creator delivered.
4. Narrow it down (optional): follower range, average views, engagement, country, language, email in bio, verified, business accounts, TikTok Shop sellers, paid partnerships, recent activity, creators to exclude.
5. Run it and export as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or connect the dataset to Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets or your own code.

Input options

Option	Default	What it does
seedUsernames	none	Creators you want more of.
searchTerms	none	Topics to find creators for, with or without seeds.
maxResults	100	Creators to return for the whole run, closest first (1 to 5,000).
minFollowers / maxFollowers	none	Follower range, for example 5,000 to 50,000 for micro-influencers.
minVideos / maxVideos, minTotalLikes / maxTotalLikes	none	Size of the account.
minAvgViews / maxAvgViews, minAvgLikes / maxAvgLikes, minAvgComments / maxAvgComments	none	Averages over each creator's recent videos (about 30).
minEngagementRate	none	Minimum (likes + comments + shares) / views, in percent.
activeWithinDays	none	Only creators who posted within this many days.
languages, countries	any	Main caption language and the country the creator posts from.
onlyWithEmail, onlyVerified, onlyShopSellers, onlyCommerceAccounts	off	Keep only creators with an email in the bio, a verified badge, their own TikTok Shop, or a business account.
sponsoredPosts	any	with or without TikTok's paid-partnership label on recent videos.
gender	any	female or male, estimated from the profile photo. Creators whose photo shows no clear face are left out.
minSales30DaysUsd, minTotalSalesUsd	none	Minimum estimated TikTok Shop sales (GMV) in US dollars, last 30 days or all time. Creators without a sales estimate are left out; 0 keeps every creator that has one.
excludeUsernames	none	Creators never to return, such as those from earlier runs.
includePrivateAccounts	off	Private accounts hide their videos, so their stats and content match are unavailable.
maxNetworkDepth	2	1 keeps only direct lookalikes; 2 and 3 also add creators similar to the best of those when more results are needed.
includeRecentVideos	on	Adds the analyzed videos to each row at no extra charge. Turn off for a flat spreadsheet.

Every filter runs before you are charged.

What data do you get for each creator?

• Match: rank, score (0 to 1), similarTo, matchedSearchTerms, networkDepth, discoveredVia, sharedHashtags, matchReason.
• Profile and contact: username, nickname, profileUrl, userId, secUid, bio, bioLink, emails, email, hasEmail, avatarUrl, accountCreatedAt, linked instagramUsername, youtubeChannelId, youtubeChannelName, twitterUsername; gender with genderConfidence, estimated from the profile photo.
• Audience: followers, following, friends, videos, totalLikes, likesGiven, verified, privateAccount, isOrganization.
• Where and what language: country and countryName (where the creator posts from), language and languageName (main caption language), profileLanguage.
• Recent performance: recentVideosAnalyzed, recentAvgViews, recentMedianViews, recentAvgLikes, recentAvgComments, recentAvgShares, recentAvgSaves, engagementRate, lastPostedAt, postsLast30Days, postsPerWeek, topHashtags.
• Business and money signals: isCommerceAccount, commerceCategory, isShopSeller, sponsoredVideos and hasSponsoredPosts (TikTok's paid-partnership label), commissionVideos ("Creator earns commission" posts), shopProductVideos, commercialLabels, isMonetized.
• Shop sales (estimated): sellsOnShop, hasShopShowcase, estimatedTotalSalesUsd, estimatedSales30DaysUsd, estimatedItemsSold, estimatedItemsSold30Days, productsPromoted, productsSold30Days, avgSalePrice30DaysUsd, topProductCategory, salesTrackedSince, contactEmail. Empty when no sales estimate exists for the creator.
• Recent videos: link, caption, date, views, likes, comments, shares, saves, duration, hashtags, pin, disclosure label and cover for each analyzed video.

A real row from the run above (rank 29 of 100), with the creator's Shop sales fields from a lookup on 28 October 2026: tracked since February 2024, no sales on record. Its recentVideos list held 30 videos; two are shown.

{
  "rank": 29,
  "score": 0.7243,
  "username": "marksbread",
  "nickname": "Baker Mark",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@marksbread",
  "similarTo": [
    "bakewithjack"
  ],
  "matchedSearchTerms": [],
  "networkDepth": 1,
  "discoveredVia": [
    "similar creators"
  ],
  "sharedHashtags": [
    "sourdough",
    "bread",
    "breadtok"
  ],
  "matchReason": "TikTok lists it among creators similar to @bakewithjack (#33 of 221); shares #sourdough, #bread, #breadtok; posts in English.",
  "userId": "7116359437346587653",
  "secUid": "MS4wLjABAAAAeqeA4_eZuGZLl-E92r7VBf3yJv2XaBHHLWGBGViS9CTwGzIR4Dz1CvziOvOCloQC",
  "bio": "Baking | Teaching | Consulting mark@bakermark.ca",
  "bioLink": "https://www.risebakinglab.com/",
  "emails": [
    "mark@bakermark.ca"
  ],
  "email": "mark@bakermark.ca",
  "hasEmail": true,
  "avatarUrl": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-avt-0068/99b3e197989d9089fbe21a20fcb5310c~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:1080:1080.jpeg?dr=9640&refresh_token=5e068bcc&x-expires=1793271600&x-signature=wa8xxHvavDnCx0vUmFOWyATgvIk%3D&t=4d5b0474&ps=13740610&shp=a5d48078&shcp=81f88b70&idc=useast8",
  "accountCreatedAt": "2022-07-04T03:51:26Z",
  "language": "en",
  "languageName": "English",
  "profileLanguage": "en",
  "country": "CA",
  "countryName": "Canada",
  "gender": "male",
  "genderConfidence": 98.5,
  "verified": false,
  "privateAccount": false,
  "isOrganization": false,
  "followers": 58548,
  "following": 200,
  "friends": 56,
  "videos": 258,
  "totalLikes": 1871659,
  "likesGiven": 0,
  "isShopSeller": false,
  "isCommerceAccount": false,
  "commerceCategory": null,
  "instagramUsername": "marksbread",
  "youtubeChannelId": "UCkKCr2tDo6UvOyyQMaG06gA",
  "youtubeChannelName": "Mark Hart",
  "twitterUsername": null,
  "recentVideosAnalyzed": 30,
  "recentAvgViews": 15012.3,
  "recentMedianViews": 4404.5,
  "recentAvgLikes": 355.4,
  "recentAvgComments": 11.1,
  "recentAvgShares": 25.1,
  "recentAvgSaves": 76.6,
  "engagementRate": 2.61,
  "lastPostedAt": "2026-10-22T21:13:08Z",
  "postsLast30Days": 1,
  "postsPerWeek": 0.25,
  "topHashtags": [
    "croissant",
    "sourdough",
    "baguette",
    "painauchocolat",
    "viennoiserie",
    "chocolatine",
    "totallynotinnapropriate",
    "wholegrain",
    "bread",
    "buckwheat"
  ],
  "sponsoredVideos": 0,
  "hasSponsoredPosts": false,
  "commissionVideos": 0,
  "shopProductVideos": 0,
  "commercialLabels": [],
  "isMonetized": false,
  "sellsOnShop": false,
  "hasShopShowcase": false,
  "estimatedTotalSalesUsd": 0.0,
  "estimatedSales30DaysUsd": 0.0,
  "estimatedItemsSold": 0,
  "estimatedItemsSold30Days": 0,
  "productsPromoted": 0,
  "productsSold30Days": 0,
  "avgSalePrice30DaysUsd": 0.0,
  "topProductCategory": null,
  "salesTrackedSince": "2024-02-05",
  "contactEmail": "mark@bakermark.ca",
  "recentVideos": [
    {
      "id": "7699603259735952660",
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@marksbread/video/7699603259735952660",
      "description": "100% Hydration Coabatta Dough at Bread Camp.  #totallynotinnapropriate",
      "createdAt": "2026-10-22T21:13:08Z",
      "views": 534,
      "likes": 13,
      "comments": 2,
      "shares": 0,
      "saves": 0,
      "durationSeconds": 11,
      "hashtags": [
        "totallynotinnapropriate"
      ],
      "isPinned": false,
      "commercialLabel": null,
      "hasShopProduct": false,
      "coverUrl": "https://p16-commonlite-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-alisg-p-0037/oAAACIPeVDAJflFDAGEVG3atLAjIoQejGIaJ0K~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:300:400.jpeg?dr=9724&refresh_token=3642d713&x-expires=1793185200&x-signature=A%2BMcRYxFagaFk0tvVK5xT77P5sU%3D&t=4d5b0474&ps=82dc5187&shp=d05b14bd&shcp=34ff8df6&idc=useast5&s=PUBLISH"
    },
    {
      "id": "7654213847175220488",
      "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@marksbread/video/7654213847175220488",
      "description": "Here’s a demo showing how proof level affects croissant volume and crumb. These were hand laminated as a test for our online croissant course which we are filming this week. #croissant ",
      "createdAt": "2026-06-22T13:39:01Z",
      "views": 44860,
      "likes": 2140,
      "comments": 24,
      "shares": 123,
      "saves": 389,
      "durationSeconds": 58,
      "hashtags": [
        "croissant"
      ],
      "isPinned": false,
      "commercialLabel": null,
      "hasShopProduct": false,
      "coverUrl": "https://p16-commonlite-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-alisg-p-0037/oA5sNrIggDAULfcez6LokQzNcfNRbIAsGCnjPO~tplv-tiktokx-cropcenter:300:400.jpeg?dr=9724&refresh_token=9a1f4c36&x-expires=1793185200&x-signature=O0esW8bAPOx6%2FLdA7EBKxROg81Y%3D&t=4d5b0474&ps=82dc5187&shp=d05b14bd&shcp=34ff8df6&idc=useast5&s=PUBLISH"
    }
  ],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-27T11:47:08.141627Z"
}

Emails come only from what creators write in their public bio. In test runs between 11% (home bakers) and 55% (German lifestyle creators) of rows carried one; onlyWithEmail keeps just those.

How the ranking works

Each creator gets a score from 0 to 1 that blends four signals:

• TikTok's similar-creator suggestions for your seeds. Earlier in TikTok's list counts more, and a creator suggested for several of your seeds counts more again.
• Shared content: hashtags, bio and caption words the creator has in common with your seeds or topics.
• Audience size close to your seeds' (a 300-follower account is rarely a lookalike of a 100-million one).
• Same caption language as your seeds.

networkDepth tells you how far a creator is from your seeds: 1 means directly suggested for a seed or found for a topic; 2 and 3 mean suggested for one of the best depth-1 creators, used only when you ask for more creators than depth 1 holds. Results come closest first, depth by depth. matchReason spells out why each creator is there.

For a seed TikTok suggests no one for (new, quiet or empty accounts), the search uses the seed's name, its repeated hashtags or its bio to find the creators in its niche, then follows the best of them into TikTok's suggestions.

Pricing

You pay for each lookalike creator delivered: $19.99 per 1,000 creators on the Free plan. Bronze pays $18.49, Silver $16.99, Gold and above $13.99 per 1,000.

Creators removed by your filters, private accounts (unless you include them), duplicates and your own seeds are free. Shop sales estimates come at no extra charge. 100 creators come to $2.00 in creator charges on the Free plan. Set a maximum cost per run in the run options and the search stops when it is reached.

FAQ

How do I find TikTok creators similar to one I already work with? Put their username in seedUsernames and run. Add two or three more creators from the same niche to sharpen the list: creators similar to several of them rank first.

What if TikTok shows no similar accounts for my creator? The search falls back to the creator's content: its name, repeated hashtags or bio. It finds the creators in that niche and follows them into TikTok's suggestions. In our tests an account with no videos at all still returned a full list of 100 creators, led by the best-known accounts in its niche.

Can I find micro-influencers only? Yes. Set minFollowers and maxFollowers, for example 5,000 and 50,000. Add minAvgViews or minEngagementRate to keep the ones whose videos actually get watched.

Does it give influencer emails? It returns emails creators publish in their bio, plus their bio link and linked Instagram, YouTube and X accounts. It does not guess or buy contact data. Use onlyWithEmail to keep just the creators you can email.

Does it show the creator's gender? Yes, as an estimate from the profile photo: gender (female or male) with genderConfidence from 0 to 100. Photos without a clear face, such as logos, food or landscapes, leave it empty; in our tests 56 to 68 of every 100 creators got one. Set gender to female or male to keep only those creators.

Can I filter by country or language? Yes, with countries and languages. Results resemble your seeds, so seed creators from the market you want: a German seed finds German creators.

How do I find creators who already do paid partnerships, or ones no brand has paid yet? Set sponsoredPosts to with or without. It reads TikTok's own paid-partnership label on each creator's recent videos. Affiliate posts are counted separately in commissionVideos.

Can I find TikTok Shop sellers or affiliates? Yes. minSales30DaysUsd or minTotalSalesUsd keeps creators with estimated Shop sales above your minimum, and sellsOnShop marks every creator with sales on record. onlyShopSellers keeps creators who run their own TikTok Shop. commissionVideos and shopProductVideos show affiliate posts among the recent videos.

How accurate are the Shop sales figures? They are estimates from tracking public Shop activity, not the creators' own reports. Use them to see who sells and roughly how much, not as exact revenue. All-time figures count from salesTrackedSince. Not every creator has an estimate: in our tests 8 of 100 lookalikes of a home baker and 17 of 30 lookalikes of a TikTok Shop baker had sales on record, so seed creators who sell to find more who sell.

How many creators can I get, and how fast? Up to 5,000 per run. One seed gives about 200 direct lookalikes; asking for more adds creators similar to the best of those. 100 creators take about a minute; 1,000 took about 8 minutes in our tests.

Can I start from a topic instead of a creator? Yes. Leave seedUsernames empty and put the topic in searchTerms, such as sourdough.

Is this for TikTok lookalike ad audiences? No. It finds creators to work with, not ad-targeting audiences.

Do I need a TikTok account or cookies? No. Nothing logs in, and only public profiles and videos are read.

Why did I get fewer creators than I asked for? Your filters removed the rest, or the niche ran out of close lookalikes. The run log says which. With very strict filters, where only a few of the creators checked pass, the search also stops before reading the whole niche. Raise maxNetworkDepth to 3 or add more seeds to find more.

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