TikTok Scraper: extract videos, profiles, hashtags and comments

What are the TikTok Scraper specifications?

TikTok Scraper runs on the Apify platform and accepts 7 TikTok URL types plus a free-text keyword search with 3 sort modes. Each video returns 11 top-level fields plus nested channel, video, song and subtitle objects, exported as JSON, CSV or Excel.

What does TikTok Scraper output look like?

TikTok Scraper output is one JSON object per video. Each object carries the video ID, title, five engagement counts, the hashtag array, both upload timestamps, and nested channel, video, song and subtitle objects.

{
  "keywords": ["skincare routine"],
  "sortType": "MOST_LIKED",
  "dateRange": "THIS_MONTH",
  "location": "US",
  "includeSearchKeywords": true,
  "maxItems": 1000
}

{
  "views": 101399,
  "likes": 7420,
  "comments": 201,
  "shares": 1236,
  "bookmarks": 7195,
  "hashtags": ["digitalproducts", "tiktoktutorial"]
}

{
  "startUrls": ["https://www.tiktok.com/@gordonramsayofficial"],
  "maxItems": 500
}

"channel": {
  "id": "6761142551312729093",
  "name": "jackson",
  "username": "jacksonstips",
  "bio": "this is my only account",
  "verified": true,
  "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@jacksonstips",
  "followers": 566322,
  "following": 1749,
  "videos": 1114,
  "likes": 3722598
}

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7297730198175402784"
  ],
  "maxItems": 1000
}

"song": {
  "id": 7353782204394245000,
  "title": "original sound - jacksonstips",
  "artist": "jacksonstips",
  "album": null,
  "duration": 223,
  "cover": "https://p16-amd-va.tiktokcdn.com/..."
}

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@billieeilish/video/7050551461734042926"
  ]
}

"subtitleInformation": [
  {
    "language_code": "en",
    "lang": "eng-US",
    "caption_format": "webvtt",
    "caption_length": 4813,
    "is_auto_generated": false,
    "is_original_caption": true,
    "url": "https://v16-cla.tiktokcdn.com/..."
  }
]

What the fields are

• Video content

  ID, title, hashtag array, both upload timestamps, post URL, dimensions, duration, cover and thumbnail

• Engagement

  Views, likes, comments, shares and bookmarks

• Creator profile

  Username, display name, bio, avatar, verification, followers, following, video count, total likes

• Sound and subtitles

  Song ID, title, artist, album, duration and cover; subtitle language, format and WebVTT file URL

Which Apidojo TikTok scraper fits your job?

Apidojo publishes 6 TikTok scrapers. TikTok Scraper collects videos from keyword searches, profiles, hashtags, sounds and places at $0.30 per 1,000, and the Profile, Comments, Location, User and Music scrapers each handle one job at the same per-item rate.

TikTok scrapers for a single job

• TikTok Profile Scraperapidojo/tiktok-profile-scraperOne creator's full video history with engagement on every post, from a username or profile URL.Full posting history per creator · Creator follower and video counts · No query fee$0.30 / 1,000 posts5K users · 4.4 (17)
• TikTok Comments Scraperapidojo/tiktok-comments-scraperComments under a video or photo post, with each commenter's profile attached, from the post URL.Comment text, likes and replies · Commenter username and bio · No query fee$0.30 / 1,000 comments3.3K users · 5.0 (14)
• TikTok Location Scraperapidojo/tiktok-location-scraperGeo-tagged videos from any TikTok place page, with the creator behind each one. Built for venue, city and regional research.Videos tagged at a place · Creator stats on every video · Around 20 posts included per location$0.006 / location + $0.30 / 1K2.5K users · 5.0 (8)
• TikTok User Scraperapidojo/tiktok-user-scraperPeople rather than videos: accounts by username or URL, plus follower and following lists.Follower and following lists · Bio, region, verification, counts · Around 10 users included per query$0.005 / query + $0.50 / 1K users1.7K users · 5.0 (9)
• TikTok Music Scraperapidojo/tiktok-music-scraperSounds, their artists and usage counts, plus the videos published with each one. Built for tracking which audio is spreading.Every video using a sound · Song title, artist, duration · Around 11 posts included per sound$0.003 / sound + $0.30 / 1K411 users · 4.8 (8)

How much does TikTok Scraper cost?

TikTok Scraper costs $0.30 per 1,000 posts, billed per result with no per-run fee, the lowest per-item price in the Apidojo catalogue. Scraping 100,000 TikTok videos costs $30.00. The Location, User, Music and API-variant scrapers add a query fee between $0.003 and $0.006.

Prices apply to Apify paid plans. The free plan runs TikTok Scraper in demo mode, 5 runs a month, 10 items a run, no credit card.

How does TikTok Scraper compare with the official TikTok APIs?

TikTok’s official APIs do not serve commercial bulk collection. The Research API is limited to approved researchers, caps at 1,000 requests and 100,000 records per day, and TikTok states plainly that commercial users are not eligible. The Display API returns only the logged-in user’s own account.

Research API limits from TikTok’s own developer FAQ, read on the snapshot date: 1,000 requests and up to 100,000 records per day, quota resetting at midnight UTC, and a direct statement that creators, advertisers and commercial users are not eligible. A 100,000-video dataset is therefore one full day of the entire Research API quota, assuming the application was approved; the same dataset runs in about four minutes here.

How to scrape TikTok with Apidojo in 4 steps

Scraping TikTok with Apidojo takes 4 steps: open the scraper, enter keywords or TikTok URLs, set the sort mode and country, then run and export. No code, proxy or TikTok account is required.

1. 01

   Open TikTok Scraper on Apify

   Sign in with a free Apify account. No credit card is needed to run it in demo mode.

2. 02

   Enter keywords or TikTok URLs

   Type search terms into keywords, or paste profile, hashtag, sound, place, video and photo URLs.

3. 03

   Set the sort mode and country

   Pick RELEVANCE, MOST_LIKED or DATE_POSTED, add an ISO country code, and cap the run with maxItems.

4. 04

   Run and export the dataset

   Download JSON, CSV or Excel, or pull the results straight through the Apify API.

How do you call the TikTok Scraper API?

TikTok Scraper runs through the Apify REST API and the official Python and JavaScript clients. A keyword run needs three fields, keywords, sortType and location, and returns the videos as JSON in the same response.

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")

# Newest videos about a topic, as served in Germany
run = client.actor("apidojo/tiktok-scraper").call(run_input={
    "keywords": ["protein coffee"],
    "sortType": "DATE_POSTED",
    "location": "DE",
    "maxItems": 2000,
})

for v in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    save_rate = v["bookmarks"] / max(v["views"], 1)
    print(v["uploadedAtFormatted"], v["views"], round(save_rate, 4))

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });

// Every video published with one sound
const run = await client.actor('apidojo/tiktok-scraper').call({
  startUrls: ['https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7297730198175402784'],
  maxItems: 1000,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
const creators = new Set(items.map((v) => v.channel.username));
console.log(items.length, 'videos from', creators.size, 'creators');

curl -X POST \
  "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/apidojo~tiktok-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"keywords":["protein coffee"],"sortType":"MOST_LIKED","location":"US","maxItems":500}'

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=apidojo/tiktok-scraper",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" }
    }
  }
}

• n8n

  A daily DATE_POSTED run feeding a new-video alert.

• Make and Zapier

  Dataset item into an Airtable creator base.

• Warehouse

  JSONL into BigQuery or Snowflake.

• Webhooks

  POST to any URL on run success.

How fast is TikTok Scraper?

TikTok Scraper returns 460 posts per second on the published benchmark, against a stated range of 400 to 600. At the measured rate a 100,000-video dataset finishes in about three minutes and forty seconds.

Benchmark published on the TikTok Scraper listing, run with identical inputs and resources per input type. Real throughput varies with TikTok response times and the mix of inputs.

10.9K

users on TikTok Scraper

14.4M

TikTok Scraper runs, all time

4.6 / 5

across 86 reviews, six scrapers

6

TikTok scrapers in the family

The 4.6 is weighted by review count across all six TikTok scrapers, so TikTok Scraper’s own 4.4 over 30 reviews is inside it rather than hidden behind a better-rated sibling.

What can you build with TikTok Scraper data?

TikTok Scraper data powers 6 workflows: product trend spotting, creator shortlisting, sound tracking, per-country market reads, comment mining and caption corpora. Each recipe names the input, the metric it computes and where the output goes.

• 01

  Product trend spotting

  tag/tiktokmademebuyit · DATE_POSTED

  Fields

  bookmarks ÷ views, the save rate, as a purchase-intent signal

  Lands in

  A daily sheet, top 50 by save rate

• 02

  Creator shortlisting

  keywords: niche term · MOST_LIKED

  Fields

  median views over the last 30 videos against channel.followers

  Lands in

  An Airtable outreach base

• 03

  Sound tracking

  30 rising sound URLs, weekly

  Fields

  new videos per sound per week

  Lands in

  A campaign audio shortlist

• 04

  Per-country market reads

  the same keyword × location US, GB, DE, TR

  Fields

  overlap of top videos between markets

  Lands in

  A localisation brief

• 05

  Comment mining

  Comments Scraper on a brand’s 50 top videos

  Fields

  recurring questions and complaints, clustered

  Lands in

  Product and support teams

• 06

  Caption corpora

  keywords by topic · subtitleInformation

  Fields

  WebVTT files grouped by language_code

  Lands in

  A transcript dataset for fine-tuning or RAG

What are the limits of TikTok Scraper?

TikTok Scraper operates under 5 documented limits. Each one below states what triggers it and how to work within it.

• At least 10 posts per input

  Smaller requests run at a loss and can trip the rate limiter.

  Set maxItems to 10 or more, and group small inputs into one run rather than many tiny runs.

• sortType only affects keyword runs

  It is ignored when the run uses startUrls, so pasting a hashtag URL cannot be sorted by likes.

  Search the hashtag as a keyword with MOST_LIKED instead of pasting its tag URL.

• dateRange only affects keyword runs

  It uses TikTok search’s own date filter, which does not exist on profile, tag or sound pages.

  For URL runs, filter by uploadedAt after the run, or move the query to keywords.

• customMapFunction cannot filter

  Dropping items through it breaks pay-per-result billing and is treated as abuse.

  Reshape with the map function, cap volume with maxItems, and scope with location.

• Public content only

  Private and deleted content cannot be read, and TikTok can change what it serves without notice.

  Open the URL in a logged-out browser first, and start from a known public profile or hashtag to confirm the setup.

Is it legal to use a TikTok scraper?

Collecting publicly visible TikTok data without logging in is generally lawful in the United States. US courts have held that scraping public pages does not breach the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, in hiQ Labs v. LinkedIn (9th Cir., 2022). Personal data in the results remains subject to GDPR and CCPA.

• What the scraper collects

  Logged-out, public content only: videos, profiles, sounds, places and comments any visitor can open. No private accounts, no direct messages, no drafts.

• Creator data is personal data

  Usernames, bios and the contact lines inside them identify people. Processing them under GDPR needs a lawful basis, a stated purpose and a retention period.

• Downloaded video is copyrighted

  The video and sound URLs point at creators’ and rights holders’ work. Analysing the metadata is one thing; republishing the files needs their permission.

This is general information, not legal advice.

TikTok Scraper frequently asked questions