TikTok User Following API

Accounts a public TikTok user follows

Open a public TikTok profile, navigate into its following list, and return normalized followed accounts with cursor pagination.

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CursorPagination
Followed AccountsOutput

Quick Start

Get started with a simple API call.

const response = await fetch('https://api.crawlkit.sh/v1/crawl/tiktok/user-following', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "username": "khaby.lame",
  "cursor": 0,
  "options": {
    "timeout": 60000
  }
})
});

const { data } = await response.json();
console.log(data.following.length, data.pagination.hasMore);

Key Features

Everything you need for reliable tiktok user following workflows.

Following Graph

Returns the public accounts surfaced in a creator’s following list.

Cursor Pagination

Use pagination.cursor to continue through the list in batches.

Normalized Accounts

Results use the same account field shape as the other TikTok user discovery endpoints.

How It Works

Get started in minutes with our simple API.

1

Get Your API Key

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2

Make Your First Request

Use our simple REST API with your favorite programming language.

3

Get Structured Data

Receive clean JSON responses ready to use in your application.

API Response

Get clean, structured JSON data with every request. Our API returns comprehensive data including status codes, timing information, and your remaining credits.

  • Consistent JSON structure
  • Detailed timing metrics
  • Credit usage tracking
  • Error handling built-in
Response
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "username": "khaby.lame",
    "following": [
      {
        "id": null,
        "secUid": null,
        "username": "therock",
        "nickname": "Dwayne Johnson",
        "signature": "",
        "avatar": "https://p16-sign.tiktokcdn.com/...",
        "verified": false,
        "followers": null,
        "following": null,
        "likes": null,
        "roomId": null,
        "region": null,
        "language": null
      }
    ],
    "pagination": {
      "cursor": 20,
      "hasMore": true
    },
    "total": 31,
    "timing": {
      "total": 5218
    },
    "creditsUsed": 1,
    "creditsRemaining": 87
  }
}

Use Cases

Common applications for TikTok User Following.

Network Mapping

Map creator adjacency and relationship neighborhoods.

Competitor Research

See who a creator publicly follows in their niche.

Account Seeding

Expand prospect lists from one known creator.

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about the TikTok User Following API.

No. This endpoint only works from the public following surface TikTok exposes.

Yes. Pass pagination.cursor back as cursor.

TikTok User Following uses 1 credit per request.

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