TikTok Popular Creators API
Creative Center creators + createTime / bioLinkRisk / ttSeller hydrate for partnership vetting.
Primary source: TikTok Creative Center creator chart with official interact rate (engagementRateBasis=creative_center) plus rankDiff. Each creator is profile-hydrated with createTime / createTimeUnix (account age — the #1 bot signal), bioLinkRisk, ttSeller, and contact{emails,links} when present — so Creator Verification and Partnership Qualification actually work. Falls back to a ranking built from this market's For You feed; 503 at 0 credits when neither answers. sort=follower|engagement|popularity. Flat 2 credits on Creative Center / FYP native. Pass cacheMaxAge=1d|3d|7d|14d|30d for freshness-tolerant caching.
Request
- Base URL: https://api.captapi.com
- URL: https://api.captapi.com/v1/tiktok/popular-creators
- Auth: one of:
- HTTP bearer
- API key in header X-API-Key
Query parameters
Two-letter ISO country code. Default US.
follower, engagement, or popularity. Default follower.
Optional range on the For You ranking: 10k-100k, 100k-1m, 1m-10m, >10m.
Creative Center page (default 1).
Max items to return (default 20, max 100). Flat 2 credits per call.
Set true to serve from the response cache (default TTL). Default false — always fetch fresh. Prefer cacheMaxAge when you need 1d–30d freshness control.
Max age of a cached response: 1d, 3d, 7d, 14d, or 30d. When set, enables caching with that TTL.
Response
Success. The data object for this endpoint.
Changes
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