TikTok Profile API
Followers, following, total likes, video count, bio and verification for any public account.
Guides · TikTok
Is there a TikTok API for public data?
Not for most businesses. TikTok's Research API returns public accounts, videos and comments, but only to academic and non-profit researchers who apply and are independent of commercial interests. Its Display API shows a creator's own profile and videos after they log in, and its Commercial Content API covers ads shown in the EU.
- Research API
- Academic and non-profit
- Display API
- The signed-in creator's own
- Ads library
- EU ads
- Checked
- Oct 2026
Updated 21 October 2026
TikTok's APIs and this one
TikTok's side is from TikTok for Developers, seen 21 October 2026.
| Official TikTok APIs | API for Agents | |
|---|---|---|
| Other accounts' public profiles and videos | Research API, for accepted researchers only | Yes |
| Comments on public videos | Research API only | Yes, $0.00045 per record |
| A creator's own profile and videos | Display API, after Login Kit | Their public profile and posts |
| Ads | Commercial Content API, EU ads | Not offered |
| TikTok Shop products | Research API covers EU-based shops | Yes, by keyword |
| Who can get access | Research: academic and non-profit applicants. Display: any app, with the creator's login | Anyone. An agent signs itself up in one call and starts on a $0.10 trial |
| Price model | No price published | Pay as you go, from $0.00045 per record |
| Setup | Developer app, application or Login Kit review | One API key. No TikTok account or app review |
When TikTok's own APIs are right
If you are an academic or non-profit researcher in an eligible region, apply for the Research API: it is the primary source and TikTok says applicants typically hear back within four weeks. If your app shows a creator their own videos, or posts for them, use Login Kit with the Display or Content Posting APIs.
If you are a business that needs public numbers on creators, videos or products, the Research API is not open to you. That is the gap a data API fills.
What you can get here
TikTok Posts API
An account's recent posts with views, likes, comments, shares and saves.
TikTok Video Search API
Posts by keyword, hashtag or sound.
TikTok Comments API
Top-level comments on posts by URL, with commenter, text, likes and replies.
TikTok Shop API
TikTok Shop products by keyword: price, rating, reviews, sold count and seller.
Operation pages
Questions people ask.
Can a company use the TikTok Research API?
TikTok says applicants must be academic institutions or not-for-profit research bodies in eligible regions, and independent of commercial interests.
What does the TikTok Display API return?
A creator's profile information and videos, for display in your product, after the creator authorises your app through Login Kit.
Is there a TikTok ads API?
The Commercial Content API is TikTok's ads library API. TikTok says it includes ads data from EU countries in this phase.
What does TikTok data cost here?
Priced per record, from $0.00045 per record. Quote any call first with estimateOnly, which is free.
Sources (4)
- TikTok for Developers: Research API, seen 21 October 2026
- TikTok for Developers: Display API overview, seen 21 October 2026
- TikTok for Developers: Display API, get started, seen 21 October 2026
- TikTok for Developers: Commercial Content API, seen 21 October 2026
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