Douyin Trending API
Scrape Douyin Trending data with one API call. Returns the live Douyin hot-search board (抖音热搜): roughly 50 trending topics with rank, hot value, view count, video count and the time the topic broke. This is the highest-signal short-form trend surface in mainland China. The whole board is returned in one call for one flat price.
Last updated September 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team
Returns the live Douyin hot-search board with rank, topic, hot value, view count, video count and the time each topic broke.
Use it to see what mainland China is watching right now. One call returns the whole ranking, already ordered by rank.
Searching 65 platforms in parallel
What can you do with the Trending API?
The Trending endpoint gives you structured Douyin data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/douyin/trending"import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/douyin/trending",
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()const response = await fetch(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/douyin/trending",
{
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
},
);
const data = await response.json();What does the Douyin Trending API return?
This example shows the endpoint's response shape and fields. Values are illustrative; this is not a live capture.
Example response
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"items": [
{
"rank": 2,
"word": "郑钦文2:0战胜斯瓦泰克",
"hot_value": 12163958,
"view_count": 67967268,
"video_count": 15,
"event_time": "2026-09-07T13:23:18+00:00"
}
],
"total": 51
}
}Illustrative fixture for the documented response shape. Values are examples, not a production capture.
How does the Douyin Trending API work?
Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.
Method
GET
Response
JSON
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import requests
response = requests.get(
'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json(){
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
"username": "charlidamelio",
"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
"engagement_rate": 0.087
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "lifestyle"
}
}
}Have a question? We got answers
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