/apify-tiktok-scraper

name: apify-tiktok-scraper
description: "Research TikTok videos, profiles, hashtags, comments and followers with engagement statistics through the harshmaur/tiktok-scraper Apify Actor. No TikTok login."
category: data
risk: critical
source: community
source_repo: harshmaur/apify-tiktok-scraper
source_type: community
date_added: "2026-10-20"
author: harshmaur
tags: [tiktok, apify, videos, comments, creator-research]
tools: [claude, cursor, gemini, codex]
license: "MIT"
license_source: "https://github.com/harshmaur/apify-tiktok-scraper/blob/main/LICENSE.txt"

TikTok Scraper

Answer a TikTok question with one run of `harshmaur/tiktok-scraper`. One Actor reads profiles, hashtags, search, video links, sounds, comments and followers, so the job is to pick the input lists, set the per-target count, and keep paid add-ons off unless the user asks for them.

Disclosure: the Actor is paid per result and is built by the skill author. Links carry no affiliate parameters.

When to Use

Use for TikTok video, creator, hashtag, comment and follower research, or exports with engagement statistics.

Example prompts

Prompts this skill handles:

• "Get the 30 newest videos from @khaby.lame and @mrbeast with view and like counts."
• "Top TikTok videos about iced matcha from the past week, sorted by likes."
• "Export 200 comments with replies from this video: https://www.tiktok.com/@user/video/123..."
• "Is this creator brand safe? Check their last 20 videos and tell me which ones look sponsored."
• "Videos under #booktok from September with at least 50,000 likes, exact tag only."

Out of scope (the boundary):

• "Post, like or comment on TikTok" — the Actor only reads public data.
• "Scrape TikTok Shop products" or "TikTok ads" — use a TikTok Shop or ads Actor from the Apify Store.
• "Show me @user's stories" or a private account — not visible without a login, so the Actor cannot read them.

Prerequisites

• Apify account ([sign up](https://apify.com)). AI add-ons need a paid Apify plan; on the free plan they are ignored.
• Authentication via one of:
• `apify login` (OAuth, if you use the Apify CLI)
• `APIFY_TOKEN` environment variable
• Token from [Apify Console → Settings → Integrations](https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations)
• Apify CLI (`npm install -g apify-cli`), or the Apify MCP server (see "Calling the Actor").

Workflow

Step 1 — Pick the input lists

You can mix several lists in one run.

| The user gives you | Field | Notes | |---|---|---| | Usernames or profile links | `profiles` | With or without `@`. Sort with `profileSorting` (`latest`, `popular`, `oldest`). Set `excludePinnedPosts: true` so "latest" is really latest. | | Hashtags | `hashtags` | With or without `#`. TikTok mixes in videos without the tag; `hashtagMatch: "exact"` drops them, and dropped videos are not charged. | | Keywords | `searchQueries` | `searchSection`: `""` or `"/video"` for videos, `"/user"` for accounts. Videos: `videoSearchSorting` (`MOST_RELEVANT`, `MOST_LIKED`, `LATEST`) and `videoSearchDateFilter` (`ALL_TIME`, `PAST_24_HOURS`, `PAST_WEEK`, `PAST_MONTH`, `LAST_3_MONTHS`, `LAST_6_MONTHS`). | | Video or photo post links, `vm.tiktok.com` links, video IDs | `postURLs` | Add `scrapeRelatedVideos: true` for the videos TikTok recommends next. | | Sound links or IDs | `musics` | Videos that use the sound. | | Any other TikTok link | `startUrls` | The Actor works out the type. |

Then set the amounts:

| Field | Meaning | |---|---| | `resultsPerPage` | Videos **per** profile, hashtag, keyword or sound. **Default is 1**: always set it. | | `maxItems` | Optional hard cap on all rows of the run: videos, comments, profiles and followers together. | | `commentsPerPost`, `maxRepliesPerComment`, `topLevelCommentsPerPost` | Comments per video, replies per comment, cap on top-level comments. | | `maxFollowersPerProfile`, `maxFollowingPerProfile` | Follower or following accounts per profile in `profiles`. | | `maxProfilesPerQuery` | Accounts per keyword when `searchSection` is `"/user"`. Default 10. |

Free filters (they work together, on every list):

• `oldestPostDateUnified`: a date (`"2026-09-01"`) or a number of days (`"30"`, `"2 weeks"`).
• `newestPostDate`: a date.
• `leastDiggs`, `mostDiggs`: likes range.

Paid add-ons. Set them only when the user asks:

• `downloadSubtitlesOptions`: `DOWNLOAD_SUBTITLES` (TikTok captions, free), `DOWNLOAD_AND_TRANSCRIBE_VIDEOS_WITHOUT_SUBTITLES` or `TRANSCRIBE_ALL_VIDEOS` (AI transcript, paid).
• `aiAnalysis: true` (+ up to 20 `aiQuestions`), `aiVideoSummary`, `aiVideoDescription`.
• `shouldDownloadVideos: true` (watermark-free MP4). Covers, slideshow images, avatars and sound covers are free.

Step 2 — Build the input

{
  "searchQueries": ["iced matcha"],
  "videoSearchSorting": "MOST_LIKED",
  "videoSearchDateFilter": "PAST_WEEK",
  "resultsPerPage": 30
}

Input from `clockworks/tiktok-scraper` runs as it is; the field names match. Fetch the live schema when a field is in doubt:

apify actors info "harshmaur/tiktok-scraper" --input --json \
  --user-agent apify-awesome-skills/apify-tiktok-scraper 2>/dev/null

Step 3 — Estimate the cost, then run

| Row or add-on | Price | |---|---| | Video | $0.35 per 1,000 | | Comment or reply | $0.20 per 1,000 | | Follower or following account | $0.25 per 1,000 | | Profile (one per profile in `profiles`, and each account from `"/user"` search) | $4.00 per 1,000 | | `aiAnalysis` | $1.50 per 1,000 videos | | AI summary, scene description or AI transcript | $25 per 1,000 started 30-second blocks of video | | Video download | $10 per 1,000 videos | | `failed` rows, filters, TikTok captions, images | Free |

videos   ≈ (profiles + hashtags + keywords + sounds) × resultsPerPage   (capped by maxItems)
comments ≈ videos × (commentsPerPost + replies)
cost     ≈ videos × 0.00035 + comments × 0.0002 + profiles × 0.004 + add-ons

Measured: 1 profile and 1 keyword at `resultsPerPage: 5`