# Douyin \[Just 💰$0.5] — Hot Search, Trending & Viral (`blackfalcondata/douyin-scraper`) Actor

💰 $0.50 per 1,000 results. Scrape douyin.com real-time trending boards — hot search, seeding & challenge topics · rank · heat · view count per topic · incremental new & changed tagging across runs for monitoring and AI pipelines.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/blackfalcondata/douyin-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Black Falcon Data](https://apify.com/blackfalcondata) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation, Automation
- **Stats:** 4 total users, 4 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

### What does Douyin do?

Douyin Hot Search Scraper pulls real-time trending boards from [douyin.com](https://douyin.com) (抖音) — Hot Search, Seeding, Entertainment, Social and Challenge. It returns one clean row per trending topic. Each row carries the topic's live rank, peak rank, heat value and view count. It also includes video and discussion counts, category tags, cover images and the moment it started trending. Pick any subset of boards, cap how many topics per board, and optionally track what's new or rising between runs. No login, no tokens, no proxies.

### How to use this actor

- 👉 **Register for a free Apify account** — no credit card required.
- 🎉 Just click **[Sign up free on Apify →](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=1h3gvi\&fp_sid=ctarich)** and complete a quick signup.
- 💰 A free Apify account includes $5 in monthly credits — enough to test this actor.
- ⏳ Scrape during the free trial, with no commitment or upfront payment required.

### Key features

- **🔥 All five trending boards** — Hot Search (热点榜), Seeding (种草榜), Entertainment (娱乐榜), Social (社会榜) and Challenge (挑战榜) in one run, or pick any subset.
- **📊 Full trend metrics** — rank, peak rank, heat value, views, video and discussion counts, category tags and event time for every topic.
- **🖼️ Cover images + direct links** — all cover-art mirror URLs plus a ready-to-open Douyin search URL for each topic.
- **♻️ Change tracking** — incremental mode tags each topic NEW / CHANGED / UNCHANGED / EXPIRED, so you see what's rising and what dropped off between runs.
- **🧹 Cross-board dedup** — a topic trending on several boards is returned (and billed) once.
- **📦 Compact mode** — core-fields-only payloads for AI-agent and MCP pipelines.
- **🔔 Notifications** — Telegram, Slack, Discord, WhatsApp and generic webhook out of the box.
- **⚡ Fast & tokenless** — the full ~200-topic trending universe in under 10 seconds; no login, account or proxy.

### What data can you extract from douyin.com?

For every trending topic on each selected board you get: the topic text, its current rank and peak rank, Douyin's heat value, total views, video and discussion counts, category and topic tags, badge, all cover-image mirror URLs, the unix and ISO event time it started trending, the board's snapshot time, Douyin identifiers (sentenceId / groupId), a pinned flag, and a ready-to-open Douyin search URL for the topic.

### Input

Configure the actor through the input schema in Apify Console.

Key parameters:

- **`boards`** — Which trending boards to scrape. Leave empty to scrape all five. (default: `["hot","seeding","entertainment","social","challenge"]`)
- **`maxResultsPerBoard`** — Maximum trending topics to return per board (1–60). Douyin serves roughly 50 topics per board. (default: `50`)
- **`incrementalMode`** — Compare against the previous run and tag each topic NEW / CHANGED / UNCHANGED / EXPIRED. stateKey is optional — is auto-derived from the selected boards and per-board cap. (default: `false`)
- **`compact`** — Core fields only (for AI-agent/MCP workflows). (default: `false`)
- ...and 19 more parameters

### Input examples

**Basic search** — Pick one or more boards from the supported taxonomy.

→ Full payload per result — all standard fields populated where the source provides them.

```json
{
  "boards": [
    "hot"
  ]
}
```

**Incremental tracking** — Only emit listings that changed since the previous run with this `stateKey`.

→ First run builds the baseline state. Subsequent runs emit only records that are new or whose tracked content changed. Set `emitUnchanged: true` to include unchanged records as well.

```json
{
  "boards": [
    "hot"
  ],
  "incrementalMode": true,
  "stateKey": "hot-tracker"
}
```

**Compact output for AI agents** — Return only core fields for AI-agent and MCP workflows.

→ Small payload with the most important fields — ideal for piping into LLMs without token overhead.

```json
{
  "boards": [
    "hot"
  ],
  "compact": true
}
```

### Output

Each run produces a dataset of structured listing records. Results can be downloaded as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the Dataset tab in Apify Console.

### Example listing record

```json
{
  "listingId": "ff458d1f0a4e05f06fa3311ad3cd24965310b58243a2afe3702beb4f81b3d638",
  "rank": 0,
  "word": "读懂习近平主席的人工智能千里马之喻",
  "title": "读懂习近平主席的人工智能千里马之喻",
  "board": "Hot Search",
  "boardType": "hot",
  "hotValue": 0,
  "viewCount": 0,
  "discussVideoCount": 1,
  "boardActiveTime": "2026-07-18 17:21:26",
  "sentenceId": "2576120",
  "wordType": 14,
  "label": 0,
  "isPinned": true,
  "url": "https://www.douyin.com/search/%E8%AF%BB%E6%87%82%E4%B9%A0%E8%BF%91%E5%B9%B3%E4%B8%BB%E5%B8%AD%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%BA%E5%B7%A5%E6%99%BA%E8%83%BD%E5%8D%83%E9%87%8C%E9%A9%AC%E4%B9%8B%E5%96%BB",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-18T09:22:08.111Z",
  "source": "douyin.com"
}
```

### Incremental fields

When incremental mode is on, each record also carries:

- `changeType` — one of `NEW`, `UPDATED`, `UNCHANGED`, `REAPPEARED`, `EXPIRED`. Default output covers `NEW` / `UPDATED` / `REAPPEARED`; set `emitUnchanged: true` or `emitExpired: true` to opt into the others.
- `isRepost`, `repostOfId`, `repostDetectedAt` — populated when a new listing matches the tracked content of a previously expired one. Set `skipReposts: true` to drop detected reposts from the output.

### How to scrape douyin.com

1. Go to [Douyin](https://apify.com/blackfalcondata/douyin-scraper?fpr=1h3gvi) in Apify Console.
2. Configure the input.
3. Set `maxResults` to control how many results you need.
4. Click **Start** and wait for the run to finish.
5. Export the dataset as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

### Use cases

- Track what's trending in China in real time for social listening, PR and brand monitoring.
- Feed trending topics into content-planning and short-video ideation workflows.
- Monitor a topic's rise and fall across boards over time with incremental runs.
- Power dashboards and alerts on Douyin heat and view metrics.

### How much does it cost to scrape douyin.com?

Douyin uses [pay-per-event](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/paid-actors/pay-per-event) pricing. You pay a small fee when the run starts and then for each result that is actually produced.

- **Run start:** $0.0005 per run
- **Per result:** $0.00599 per listing record

Example costs:

- 10 results: **$0.06**
- 25 results: **$0.15**
- 100 results: **$0.6**
- 200 results: **$1.2**
- 500 results: **$3**

#### Example: recurring monitoring savings

These examples compare full re-scrapes with incremental runs at different churn rates. Churn is the share of listings that are new or whose tracked content changed since the previous run. Actual churn depends on your query breadth, source activity, and polling frequency — the scenarios below are examples, not predictions.

Example setup: 250 listings per run, daily polling (30 runs/month). Costs scale linearly with the number of listings.

| Churn rate | Full re-scrape run cost | Incremental run cost | Savings vs full re-scrape | Monthly cost after baseline |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 5% — stable niche query | $1.50 | $0.08 | $1.42 (95%) | $2.26 |
| 15% — moderate broad query | $1.50 | $0.23 | $1.27 (85%) | $6.75 |
| 30% — high-volume aggregator | $1.50 | $0.45 | $1.05 (70%) | $13.49 |

Full re-scrape monthly cost at the same cadence: $44.94. First month with incremental costs $3.68 / $8.03 / $14.54 for the 5% / 15% / 30% scenarios because the first run builds baseline state at full cost before incremental savings apply.

Platform usage is included in the per-result fee shown above.

### FAQ

#### How many results can I get from douyin.com?

The number of results depends on the search query and available listings on douyin.com. Use the `maxResults` parameter to control how many results are returned per run.

#### Does Douyin support recurring monitoring?

Yes. Enable incremental mode to only receive new or changed listings on subsequent runs. This is ideal for scheduled monitoring where you want to track changes over time without re-processing the full dataset.

#### Can I integrate Douyin with other apps?

Yes. Douyin works with Apify's [integrations](https://apify.com/integrations?fpr=1h3gvi) to connect with tools like Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, Slack, and more. You can also use webhooks to trigger actions when a run completes.

#### Can I use Douyin with the Apify API?

Yes. You can start runs, manage inputs, and retrieve results programmatically through the [Apify API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2). Client libraries are available for JavaScript, Python, and other languages.

#### Can I use Douyin through an MCP Server?

Yes. Apify provides an [MCP Server](https://apify.com/apify/actors-mcp-server?fpr=1h3gvi) that lets AI assistants and agents call this actor directly. Use compact mode, a single `descriptionFormat`, and `excludeEmptyFields` to keep payloads manageable for LLM context windows.

#### Is it legal to scrape douyin.com?

This actor extracts publicly available data from douyin.com. Web scraping of public information is generally considered legal, but you should always review the target site's terms of service and ensure your use case complies with applicable laws and regulations, including GDPR where relevant.

#### Your feedback

If you have questions, need a feature, or found a bug, please [open an issue](https://apify.com/blackfalcondata/douyin-scraper/issues?fpr=1h3gvi) on the actor's page in Apify Console. Your feedback helps us improve.

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### Getting started with Apify

New to Apify? [Create a free account with $5 credit](https://console.apify.com/sign-up?fpr=1h3gvi\&fp_sid=ctarich) — no credit card required.

1. Sign up — $5 platform credit included
2. Open this actor and configure your input
3. Click **Start** — export results as JSON, CSV, or Excel

Need more later? [See Apify pricing](https://apify.com/pricing?fpr=1h3gvi).

### Disclaimer

This actor accesses only publicly available data on douyin.com. You are responsible for how you use the extracted data — in particular any personal information such as names, phone numbers, or email addresses — and for complying with Douyin's terms of use, applicable data-protection law (including the GDPR where it applies), and the anti-spam rules of your jurisdiction.

This actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Douyin.

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# Actor input Schema

## `boards` (type: `array`):

Which trending boards to scrape. Leave empty to scrape all five.

## `maxResultsPerBoard` (type: `integer`):

Maximum trending topics to return per board (1–60). Douyin serves roughly 50 topics per board.

## `compact` (type: `boolean`):

Core fields only (for AI-agent/MCP workflows).

## `incrementalMode` (type: `boolean`):

Compare against the previous run and tag each topic NEW / CHANGED / UNCHANGED / EXPIRED. stateKey is optional — is auto-derived from the selected boards and per-board cap.

## `stateKey` (type: `string`):

Optional. Stable identifier for the tracked board universe. Leave empty to auto-generate from the selected boards.

## `emitUnchanged` (type: `boolean`):

When incremental, also emit topics whose ranking/heat did not change since the last run.

## `emitExpired` (type: `boolean`):

When incremental, emit a marker row for topics that dropped off a board since the last run.

## `skipReposts` (type: `boolean`):

When incremental, skip topics whose content matches an expired topic from a prior run.

## `telegramToken` (type: `string`):

Telegram bot token (from @BotFather). Required for Telegram notifications.

## `telegramChatId` (type: `string`):

Telegram chat or channel ID (e.g. "-100123456789"). Required when telegramToken is set.

## `discordWebhookUrl` (type: `string`):

Discord incoming webhook URL. Server Settings → Integrations → Webhooks → New Webhook.

## `slackWebhookUrl` (type: `string`):

Slack incoming webhook URL. api.slack.com/messaging/webhooks.

## `notificationLimit` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of topics included in each notification message (1–20).

## `notifyOnlyChanges` (type: `boolean`):

When Incremental Mode is on, only send notifications for NEW and CHANGED topics. Has no effect outside incremental mode.

## `whatsappAccessToken` (type: `string`):

WhatsApp Cloud API permanent access token (System User token from Meta Business). Recipient must have messaged the business number within the last 24h.

## `whatsappPhoneNumberId` (type: `string`):

Your WhatsApp Business phone-number ID (numeric, from Meta dashboard). Required when whatsappAccessToken is set.

## `whatsappTo` (type: `string`):

Recipient phone in E.164 format without + (e.g. "436641234567"). Recipient must have messaged your business number within last 24h.

## `webhookUrl` (type: `string`):

Receives a JSON POST with {metadata, items} after each run. Universal escape hatch for n8n / Make / Zapier / custom backends.

## `webhookHeaders` (type: `object`):

Optional JSON object of custom headers (e.g. {"Authorization":"Bearer ..."}).

## `descriptionFormat` (type: `string`):

Reserved output-shaping option kept for cross-actor consistency. Douyin topics carry no description body, so this has no effect.

## `excludeEmptyFields` (type: `boolean`):

Drop null, empty-string, and empty-array fields from each record before push. Smaller payloads for AI agents and dashboards.

## `appConnector` (type: `string`):

Optional. Pick a connected app under Settings → API & Integrations to receive your results. Best-effort across MCP connectors as Apify expands its catalog.

## `mcpIssueTeam` (type: `string`):

Only when the connected app is an issue tracker: the team (name or ID) the summary issue is created under, if that app requires one.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "boards": [
    "hot",
    "seeding",
    "entertainment",
    "social",
    "challenge"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerBoard": 50,
  "compact": false,
  "incrementalMode": false,
  "emitUnchanged": false,
  "emitExpired": false,
  "skipReposts": false,
  "notificationLimit": 5,
  "notifyOnlyChanges": false,
  "descriptionFormat": "all",
  "excludeEmptyFields": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "boards": [
        "hot",
        "seeding",
        "entertainment",
        "social",
        "challenge"
    ],
    "maxResultsPerBoard": 50,
    "descriptionFormat": "all",
    "excludeEmptyFields": false
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("blackfalcondata/douyin-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "boards": [
        "hot",
        "seeding",
        "entertainment",
        "social",
        "challenge",
    ],
    "maxResultsPerBoard": 50,
    "descriptionFormat": "all",
    "excludeEmptyFields": False,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("blackfalcondata/douyin-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "boards": [
    "hot",
    "seeding",
    "entertainment",
    "social",
    "challenge"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerBoard": 50,
  "descriptionFormat": "all",
  "excludeEmptyFields": false
}' |
apify call blackfalcondata/douyin-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=blackfalcondata/douyin-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/BgCSxlmGmEod1pIdA/builds/Oevz9fhajx1ZYq6Jq/openapi.json