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Douyin Trending API

What is trending now.

Get what is trending on Douyin now and get back title, rank and heat, as JSON over HTTP or from your AI client over MCP. A call to the Douyin Trending API costs 2 credits ($0.004 to $0.0067 depending on the pack), failed calls are free, and the response has the same format as every other call. Last tested 2026-11-05.

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2 creditsper call, ≈ $0.004–$0.0067
Usually 50 itemsup to 51 per page, one page per call
2026-11-05last tested
662 Bsample response, 1 item

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Need 100 items? Send limit: 100 and one call pages for you: at most 2 pages, 4 credits. It stops once it has them or the list ends; pages it does not use are not charged, and neither are pages that fail. Reading 1,000 items comes to about 40 credits, about $0.13.

Daily watch: tell your AI “watch this daily” and this call runs by itself every day, sending only what is new: at most 62 credits a month, about $0.21. How to set it up

What you get from the Douyin Trending API.
From a recorded answer.

A recorded call returned 51 items; here is the first, field by field. Names and text are removed from the sample; the numbers are as recorded.

Lighter for your AI: the same recorded data (51 items) is about 29,321 tokens as the platform's raw JSON and about 3,129 as this interface returns it, 89% fewer (measured 2026-11-06). How it was measured

FieldIn the recorded answer
titleremoved from the sample
urlnull: Douyin cannot give it
ranknull
heat0

2 credits a call (≈ $0.004–$0.0067): about 1,500 calls for $10.

Douyin Trending API: request and response

curl https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/trending \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SOCIALTOAI_API_KEY" \  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "platform": "douyin"  }'
import osimport uuidimport requestsresponse = requests.post(    "https://api.socialtoai.com/v1/trending",    headers={        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['SOCIALTOAI_API_KEY']}",        # A new key for each request; the same one again retries it without paying twice.        "Idempotency-Key": str(uuid.uuid4()),    },    json={        "platform": "douyin",    },)print(response.json())
# Connected over MCP? Ask in plain words.What is trending on Douyin right now?# Your AI calls the trending tool with:{  "platform": "douyin"}
Change the requestThe code above follows.
value
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200 OK662 B2 credits
{  "platform": "douyin",  "status": "ok",  "items": [    {      "platform": "douyin",      "id": "…",      "ref": null,      "approx": [],      "type": "entry",      "entry_type": "trend",      "title": "…",      "url": null,      "rank": null,      "heat": 0,      "fields": {}    }  ],  "unavailable": ["url"],  "page": {    "has_more": false  },  "cost_credits": 2}
heat 0

Names and text were removed from the sample; the numbers are as recorded.

Sample data1 of the 51 items recorded

Douyin Trending API parameters.
4 parameters, 1 required.

Send them as a JSON body with POST. Your key goes in the Authorization header, never in the URL.

NameTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
platformstringRequired—Always "douyin" on this page.
boardstringOptional"hot_search"Which list: hot searches, rising topics, topic ranking, top search terms, the music chart
"hot_search""rising""topics""searches""music"
typestringOptional—"videos": the trending videos board (2 credits).
"videos"
cursorstringOptional—Pass page.cursor from the last response to get the next page.

Douyin Trending API response fields.
What Douyin cannot give is marked.

FieldTypeMeaning
items[].titlestringThe entry's title or name.
items[].urlstringalways nullA link that opens it; null where the platform's list has none.
items[].rankintegerPosition on a board, from 1.
items[].heatintegerThe platform's heat score.
items[].fieldsobjectEmpty for a trend.
nullFields Douyin cannot give

Read null as “Douyin did not give this”, not as zero. These are always null on this call:

  • urlA link that opens it; null where the platform's list has none.
Other values of this call

Send the parameter and the call returns something else:

type=videosthe trending videos board2 credits

Every item also has platform, id, ref, approx and type; the response around the items is the same on every call. Response format

Douyin Trending API: paging and billing.

One call returns a page of usually 50 items, up to 51 items. When page.has_more is true, send page.cursor back as cursor for the next page; each page costs 2 credits and a cursor works for 30 minutes.
A call that runs and finds nothing is a successful call: status is "empty", items is empty, and it costs 2 credits.

5 calls per second per key, 20 after a purchase; going over is not charged. Rate limits

A failed call costs 0 credits and is never retried on its own. Error codes

“Last tested” above is the last day a real call of this interface succeeded. Each call reads from the platform, and fetched_at in the answer is when it was read. The same request sent again with the same key within 5 minutes is a replay (replayed: true): 0 credits, and the answer as first read.

Once connected over MCP, these questions use the Douyin Trending API.

  1. What is trending on Douyin right now?
    trending {"platform":"douyin"}
    2 credits
  2. What is trending on Douyin right now: the trending videos board.
    trending {"platform":"douyin","type":"videos"}
    2 credits

Give this to your AI.
Copy it into Claude or ChatGPT.

How to connect
Prompt
Use the SocialToAI MCP server (https://mcp.socialtoai.com/mcp) for this: What is trending on Douyin right now?Call the trending tool with {"platform":"douyin"}. optional: board (hot_search, rising, topics, searches, music).For many items pass limit (limit=100 is at most 2 pages) and one call pages for you; each page costs 2 credits and unused pages are not charged.Before you start, work out how many credits it will take in all and ask me; call it only after I agree.If SocialToAI is not connected yet, tell me how to connect it; never ask me to paste a key into the chat.Answer with a link to every item you used, and tell me how many credits it cost.

Paste it into a chat once SocialToAI is connected over MCP. There is no key in it: Claude and ChatGPT sign in, other clients send a key in a header.

Work scenarios that use it.

content-ideas
Content ideas

Your AI reads what was posted on a subject this week and tells you which angles took off, with the posts, their numbers and what they have in common.

trend-watching
Trend watching

Your AI reads the trending lists and the posts that are taking off on a subject, and tells you what is rising, on which platform, with links.

china-market-research
Chinese market research

Your AI reads what Chinese consumers post on Xiaohongshu, Douyin, Weibo and other Chinese platforms, and answers in your language, with the posts it read and their links.

The same call on other platforms.

All platforms and prices
POST/v1/trending{ "platform": "douyin" }2 creditsper call
TikTok APIno trending
Instagram APIno trending
X (Twitter) Trending API6 credits
Reddit Trending API2 credits
YouTube APIno trending
Facebook APIno trending
LinkedIn APIno trending
Threads APIno trending
Telegram APIno trending
Pinterest APIno trending
Xiaohongshu (RedNote) Trending API12 credits
Weibo Trending API2 credits
WeChat Articles APIno trending
Bilibili Trending API2 credits
Zhihu Trending API2 credits
Kuaishou Trending API2 credits
WeChat Channels APIno trending
Meta Ad Library APIno trending
Google Ads Transparency APIno trending
Change one word in the request: platform. The response keeps the same shape.

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Douyin Trending API: questions.
Short answers.

All Douyin data APIs
Do I need a Douyin account or Douyin's own API access?
No. You only need a SocialToAI key. The call returns content and account information publicly visible on Douyin; you never sign in to Douyin or apply for anything there.
Can I get the trending videos board?
Yes: send type=videos in the request. That call costs 2 credits.
What does one call cost in dollars?
2 credits: $0.0067 at 300 credits per dollar (purchases from $10), $0.004 at 500 per dollar (from $200). Credits never expire and there is no subscription. 100 free credits on sign-up, no card.
Am I charged when a call fails or finds nothing?
A failed call costs 0 credits and is never retried on its own. A call that runs and finds nothing is a successful call: status is "empty" and it costs 2 credits.
How much does one call return?
One call returns a page of usually 50 items, up to 51 items. When page.has_more is true, send page.cursor back as cursor for the next page; each page costs 2 credits and a cursor works for 30 minutes.
Is there a rate limit?
5 calls a second per key, 20 a second after your first purchase. A request over the limit is told how long to wait and is not charged.
How do I use it from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?
Yes. In Claude or ChatGPT, add the MCP address https://mcp.socialtoai.com/mcp as a custom connector, sign in with the code we email you and press Allow; there is no key to paste. In Claude Code, run one command, type /mcp, pick socialtoai and sign in; Codex and Cursor sign in too, with their steps on the connect page. Then ask in plain words and your AI calls trending for you.
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