Silkline DataHow to Get Douyin Data: Videos, Comments, Creators and the Hot List
What Douyin data you can collect from outside China, how long a run takes and what it costs, with real runs from November 2026.
Published 2026-11-10 by Silkline Data
Short answer: Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, offers no public data API to people outside China. You can still collect what the app shows publicly: videos by keyword, comments, creator profiles, followers and the hot list. In our runs on 9 November 2026, a keyword search for 美妆 (makeup) returned 10 videos with 28 fields each in 9 seconds, and the hot list returned 10 ranked topics in 7 seconds.
Is Douyin the same as TikTok?
No. Both belong to ByteDance, but Douyin is a separate app for mainland China with its own users, creators and content. TikTok data does not tell you what is happening on Douyin, and the other way round.
What can you collect?
Our Douyin tool has 21 kinds of request. These are the ones people use most, with what one real run returned:
| Request | What you send | Real run, 9 Nov 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Search videos | a keyword, e.g. 美妆 | 10 videos, 28 fields each, 9 s |
| Video comments | a video link or ID | 10 comments, 16 fields each, 17 s |
| Creator's videos | a profile link | 10 videos, 28 fields each, 7 s |
| Search creators | a keyword | 10 creators with followers, likes received and video count, 6 s |
| Followers of a creator | a profile link | 10 followers, 19 fields each, 5 s |
| Hot list (热榜) | nothing | 10 ranked topics with heat value, 7 s |
| Hashtag or sound feed | a hashtag or music ID | 10 videos each, 6–9 s |
A video record carries the caption, publish time, duration, likes, comments, shares, saves, hashtags and the music used. A comment record carries the text, likes, reply count, time and the commenter's IP location (province or country).
How long does a run take?
Most requests in our runs finished in 5 to 9 seconds for 10 records. Comments took 17 seconds because each page of comments is a separate request. A full creator profile took 127 seconds in one run, because the profile is assembled from several sources; plan for that if you look up many creators.
What does it cost?
On the Bronze Apify tier each video, comment, creator, follower or hot topic costs $0.005, and a run has a $0.00005 start fee (keyword searches pay it twice). 1,000 comments cost about $5. Higher Apify tiers pay $0.0045 or less. There is no subscription, and free Apify users get two trial runs.
A simple workflow for a brand check
- Search your category in Chinese (for example 防晒 for sunscreen) and keep the 20 videos with the most saves.
- Pull the comments under those videos.
- Read the comments for the questions buyers ask and the complaints they repeat. A language model can group them for you once they are in a sheet.
- Look up the creators behind the best videos, then compare their rates on Douyin Xingtu.
What are the limits?
- Use Chinese keywords. English keywords find very little.
- Private accounts and hidden counts stay hidden. If a creator hides their likes or follower list, the tool cannot see them either.
- The hot list changes every few minutes. Schedule runs if you want to track it.