# TikTok Content & Creator Analyzer (`second_coming/tiktok-content-analyzer`) Actor

Extract video metadata, creator profiles, hashtag trends, engagement metrics, and comments from TikTok. Market research tool for brands and content agencies.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/second\_coming/tiktok-content-analyzer.md
- **Developed by:** [Richard P](https://apify.com/second_coming) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Marketing
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$0.02 / scan run

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?

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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?

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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`.
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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

## TikTok Content & Creator Analyzer

An [Apify Actor](https://apify.com/actors) for extracting TikTok creator
profiles, video metadata, engagement metrics, and hashtag content from
public TikTok pages.

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### Features

- **Profile scraping** — extract creator bio, follower/following counts,
  avatar, verification status, and recent videos from any public TikTok
  profile (`tiktok.com/@username`).
- **Hashtag exploration** — scrape videos from hashtag pages
  (`tiktok.com/tag/hashtag`).
- **Engagement metrics** — likes, comments, shares, and play counts
  per video.
- **oEmbed enrichment** — augments each video with metadata from
  TikTok's official oEmbed API (title, thumbnail dimensions, embed HTML).
- **Graceful abort** — responds to Apify platform abort signals to
  shut down cleanly mid-crawl.
- **Rate-limited** — 3 s delay between requests to avoid aggressive
  rate-limiting from TikTok.

***

### Input

| Field             | Type    | Default | Description                                                                 |
|-------------------|---------|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `profileUrls`     | array   | `[]`    | TikTok profile URLs to scrape (e.g. `["https://www.tiktok.com/@nba"]`)     |
| `hashtags`        | array   | `[]`    | Hashtags to explore (e.g. `["fyp", "viral"]`)                              |
| `maxVideos`       | integer | `30`    | Maximum videos to extract per profile or hashtag (1–200)                   |
| `includeComments` | boolean | `false` | *(Experimental)* fetch video comments — requires an authenticated session  |

At least one of `profileUrls` or `hashtags` must be provided.

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### Output

Each run pushes items to the Apify dataset. Two main record types:

#### `type: "profile"`

One record per creator profile with overall stats:

```
username, displayName, bio, avatarUrl, verified,
followerCount, followingCount, heartCount, videosExtracted
```

#### `type: "video"` / `type: "hashtag_video"`

One record per video with engagement data:

```
videoId, videoUrl, description, likes, commentCount, shares, plays,
thumbnailUrl, mediaUrl, timestamp, hashtags[], music,
oembed { ... }
```

***

### How it works

TikTok is a JavaScript-heavy single-page application. This actor
extracts data from the **server-rendered HTML** without a browser:

1. Fetches the page with a mobile User-Agent (`httpx.AsyncClient`).
2. Parses embedded JSON state from `<script>` tags:
   - **`SIGI_STATE`** — most comprehensive (user info + video items)
   - **`__NEXT_DATA__`** — Next.js page props
   - **`__INITIAL_STATE__`** — legacy state
3. Falls back to **Open Graph meta tags** (`og:title`, `og:description`,
   `og:image`) when no embedded JSON is found.
4. Enriches each video with **oEmbed API** data
   (`https://www.tiktok.com/oembed?url=...`).

***

### Limitations & known issues

| Limitation | Explanation |
|---|---|
| **Aggressive blocking** | TikTok actively blocks automated requests. If you see HTTP 403 / 429 responses, the actor retries up to 3 times with back-off, but some profiles may still fail. |
| **No login support** | The actor does **not** authenticate. Private accounts, rate-limited sessions, or data that requires a logged-in user will not be accessible. |
| **Dynamic video lists** | Profile video lists are loaded via XHR after the initial page render. The static HTML may only contain 1–2 "featured" videos, not the full profile history. |
| **Fragile JSON parsing** | TikTok changes its frontend frequently — the `SIGI_STATE` / `__NEXT_DATA__` format can break without notice. |
| **oEmbed rate limits** | TikTok's oEmbed endpoint may throttle at high request rates. The 3 s delay is a conservative baseline. |
| **Comments not implemented** | `includeComments: true` is a placeholder — fetching comments requires reverse-engineering an authenticated API path. |

**Recommendation**: For production use, consider combining this actor
with a session cookie (via Apify's `ProxyConfiguration` and a browser)
or using TikTok's official Research API.

***

### Local development

```bash
## Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

## Run locally with Apify CLI
apify run --purge
```

Requires Python 3.13+ and the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli).

***

### License

MIT

# Actor input Schema

## `profileUrls` (type: `array`):

List of TikTok profile URLs to scrape (e.g., https://www.tiktok.com/@nba)

## `hashtags` (type: `array`):

List of hashtags to explore (without # symbol). Visits tiktok.com/tag/<hashtag> pages.

## `maxVideos` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of videos to extract per profile or hashtag

## `includeComments` (type: `boolean`):

Whether to fetch comments for each video (experimental — requires authenticated session)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "profileUrls": [
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@nba"
  ],
  "hashtags": [
    "fyp",
    "viral"
  ],
  "maxVideos": 30,
  "includeComments": 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 = {
    "profileUrls": [
        "https://www.tiktok.com/@nba"
    ],
    "hashtags": [
        "fyp",
        "viral"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("second_coming/tiktok-content-analyzer").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 = {
    "profileUrls": ["https://www.tiktok.com/@nba"],
    "hashtags": [
        "fyp",
        "viral",
    ],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("second_coming/tiktok-content-analyzer").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 '{
  "profileUrls": [
    "https://www.tiktok.com/@nba"
  ],
  "hashtags": [
    "fyp",
    "viral"
  ]
}' |
apify call second_coming/tiktok-content-analyzer --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/UBvQg6SrQyRM8GXlh/builds/Rca4jCfzqiCHrGyMw/openapi.json