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TikTok profile following API

Walk the outbound following graph for a TikTok handle: paginated public accounts they follow, with profile URLs, light metrics, and optional region or language when TikTok exposes them.

GET /v1/tiktok/profiles/{handle}/following

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About this endpoint

A creator's following list is a preference signal, not an audience roll-up. Competitor maps, collab shortlists, and brand-affinity jobs care about who a seed chooses to follow: peer creators, brands, and accounts that show up across several watchlists. The profile card only gives you a following count. This route returns the accounts behind that count so you can store handles, score overlap between seeds, and fan out into profile or video lookups without scraping the Following tab yourself.

`GET /v1/tiktok/profiles/{handle}/following` is the outbound list. Pass the TikTok username (with or without a leading `@`) and read `data.accounts` plus `data.page` (`hasMore`, `nextCursor`). When available, `data.totalAccounts` is the aggregate following count for the seed. Each account can include handle, displayName, bio, avatarUrl, profileUrl, optional platformUserId and secUid, verified, optional privateAccount, optional region and language, optional accountCreatedAt, and metrics (followers, following, posts). Optional query params are `cursor` and `trim` only — unlike the followers route, there is no `userId` shortcut on this path.

Treat `data.lookupStatus` as the gate before you write edges. `found` means this page of follows could be returned. `hidden` means the following list is not available even when the seed profile may still resolve elsewhere. `private` and `not_found` are separate outcomes; do not collapse them into an empty `accounts` array. Pagination is cursor-based: when `hasMore` is true, pass `nextCursor` as `cursor` on the next request and keep the same handle. Each page bills separately — use the credit amount shown on this page and confirm with `meta.creditsCharged`. Inbound followers (who follows the seed) are `GET /v1/tiktok/profiles/{handle}/followers`. Counts without either list live on `GET /v1/tiktok/profiles/{handle}`.

TikTok profile following API FAQ

How do I list accounts a TikTok profile follows via API?

Call `GET /v1/tiktok/profiles/{handle}/following` with your Social Fetch API key (`x-api-key`). Pass the TikTok username as the path parameter, with or without a leading `@`. Read `data.lookupStatus`, then `data.accounts` and `data.page`. Continue with `cursor` from `data.page.nextCursor` while `hasMore` is true.

How much does the TikTok profile following API cost?

Pricing is documented on the operation in the API registry (shown on this page). Confirm on every response with meta.creditsCharged — that field is the billing source of truth. Each paginated page is a separate billed request.

What does each outbound following-row account include?

handle, displayName, bio, avatarUrl, profileUrl, optional platformUserId and secUid, verified, optional privateAccount, optional region and language, optional accountCreatedAt, and metrics (followers, following, posts). Optional `details` may carry extra TikTok-native fields that were not mapped into the canonical shape. With `trim=true`, some optional identity fields may be omitted.

How does pagination work on the TikTok following route?

When `data.page.hasMore` is true, pass `data.page.nextCursor` as the `cursor` query param on the next request. Keep the same handle across pages. There is no `userId` query param on this route (that shortcut exists on the followers sibling only). The cursor is opaque — do not invent or parse it.

What does lookupStatus mean when a following list is restricted?

`found` means the following list could be returned for that handle. `hidden` means TikTok is not exposing who the account follows. `private` means the account is private. `not_found` means no public profile matched. Branch on `lookupStatus` before treating an empty `accounts` array as "follows nobody."

How is this different from the followers list or profile metrics?

This route pages the outbound following graph under `data.accounts` (who the seed follows) — useful for affinity and competitor peer maps. Inbound followers are `GET /v1/tiktok/profiles/{handle}/followers` under `data.followers`. Aggregate following counts without the list are on `GET /v1/tiktok/profiles/{handle}` under `data.metrics`.

Do I need TikTok OAuth to map who a profile follows?

No. You authenticate to Social Fetch with an API key. The route reads publicly available following-list data when TikTok exposes it; it does not act on behalf of a logged-in TikTok user.

Can I use this to build TikTok competitor or brand-affinity maps?

Yes. Teams page following for several seed handles, upsert each account by handle or platformUserId, then compute overlap (shared follows), filter on region / verified / metrics.posts, and deepen selected nodes with the profile or videos routes. Keep `meta.requestId` if you need support on a failed page.

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