---
title: "TikTok Popular Creators API"
method: GET
path: "/v1/tiktok/popular-creators"
tags: ["TikTok"]
---

# TikTok Popular Creators API

`GET /v1/tiktok/popular-creators`

## 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`

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.

Docs: https://captapi.com/apis/tiktok-popular-creators

## Query parameters

- `country` string
- `sort` string
- `follower_count` string
- `page` integer
- `limit` integer
- `cache` boolean
- `cacheMaxAge` '1d' | '3d' | '7d' | '14d' | '30d'

## Response `200`

Success. The data object for this endpoint.

- object
  - `success` unknown, required
  - `data` object, required
    - `platform` string: Platform identifier for this response (matches the endpoint's platform).
    - `country` string: Country for the request context. On popular-creators top-level: ISO feed market you queried (e.g. US) — not each creator's home country (see region).
    - `sort` string: Sort. Example: "follower".
    - `totalReturned` integer: Number of items returned in this response.
    - `creators` object[]
      - `username` string: Account username / handle.
      - `displayName` string: Display name of the account. Canonical across profile endpoints (prefer over name).
      - `url` string: Canonical URL of the item.
      - `bio` string: Profile bio. Canonical across profile endpoints (prefer over description on YouTube).
      - `followers` integer: Follower count.
      - `engagementRate` number: Engagement rate. Meaning depends on engagementRateBasis — never compare values across different bases. Post/compare analytics: interactions/views (ratio 0–1+). TikTok popular-creators: Creative Center interact rate (percent) or avgLikesPerVideo/followers × 100.
      - `likes` integer: Like count (number).
      - `videos` integer: Videos related to this result — meaning depends on the endpoint (integer count vs typed asset list). Prefer the field note on this page.
      - `verified` boolean: Whether the account is verified on this platform.
      - `profileImage` string: Profile image URL. Deprecated alias of avatar on Instagram/Twitter/Threads/TikTok profile endpoints (one release).
      - `rank` integer: Rank position in the list.
      - `engagementRateBasis` string: Canonical formula key for engagementRate: interactions/views (post analytics) | creative_center | avgLikesPerVideo/followers.
      - `region` unknown
      - `avgViews` unknown
      - `contact` object
        - `emails` string[]
        - `links` unknown[]
          - unknown

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request: wrong platform URL, unknown endpoint, or an invalid parameter value. Not billed.
- `401`: Missing, invalid or revoked API key. Not billed.
- `402`: Not enough credits for this request. Not billed.
- `404`: The resource does not exist or is not public. Not billed.
- `422`: A required parameter is missing or has the wrong type. Not billed.
- `429`: Rate limit reached. Wait for Retry-After seconds. Not billed.
- `502`: The platform could not be reached or returned nothing usable. Retryable, not billed. 503 and 504 use the same envelope.

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