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How to scrape Douyin videos without login

Douyin trends often reach TikTok weeks later. Here is how to search it from outside China, no account needed.

Short answer

Run the Douyin Scraper with Chinese search keywords. It returns videos with likes, shares, collects, hashtags, music and a no-watermark link. Add profiles or video URLs, and comments per video if you need them.

A real use case

A camping-gear brand wants product ideas before they hit the West. They search 露营装备 (camping gear) sorted by most liked in the last week and spot a folding stove that is everywhere on Douyin but rare on Amazon.

Step by step

  1. Translate your keyword into Simplified Chinese.
  2. Set sort to most liked and a time range.
  3. Run and export.
  4. Translate captions in your sheet or with an AI step.

Input (paste into the JSON tab)

{
  "searchKeywords": [
    "露营装备"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 50,
  "sortBy": "most_liked",
  "publishedWithin": "week",
  "commentsPerVideo": 10
}

What you get back

{
  "title": "周末露营清单",
  "likes": 48200,
  "shares": 3100,
  "collects": 9800,
  "hashtags": [
    "露营",
    "户外"
  ],
  "music": "原声",
  "noWatermarkUrl": "https://..."
}

Trimmed example. Names and numbers are illustrative; your run returns real data with more fields.

Tips

  • Collects (saves) signal buying intent better than likes.
  • Need what is said in the videos? There is also a Douyin transcript actor on our Apify profile.

What it costs

$3 per 1,000 videos. 50 videos cost about $0.15.

Plus a small per-run start fee. Apify's free plan includes monthly credit, enough to test. Check the listing for current pricing.

FAQ

Do I need a Chinese phone number?

No. No login or account of any kind.

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Try it on your own data

Paste the input above, run it, and see your results in a couple of minutes.

Open Douyin Scraper