# TikTok User Following API (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/tiktok/user-following)

> Returns a list of accounts that a TikTok user is following. Each account includes username, display name, avatar, and follower count. Paginate with `min_time` from the previous response to walk the full list.

TL;DR: `GET /v1/tiktok/user/following` costs 1 credit per call and returns SocialCrawl's unified JSON schema. Single x-api-key auth, 100 free credits on signup.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `handle` | no | TikTok username without the @ symbol |
| `user_id` | no | TikTok user id. Use this for faster responses. |
| `min_time` | no | Used to paginate. Get 'min_time' from previous response. |
| `trim` | no | Accepted for compatibility; the response is already the canonical shape, so this flag has no effect. |
| `max_pages` | no | 1 to 50 (default 1, or 50 when `max_items` or `max_credits` is sent). Walk up to this many pages in one call and return the rows from all of them. Each page walked is billed exactly as one call to this endpoint (a cached page is free) and counts against your rate limit; its charge and any refund are recorded under the page's own request id, listed in `data.walk.request_ids`. The walk stops early at the last page, or when the request's time budget runs low; `data.walk.stopped` says why (`end`, `max_pages`, `max_items`, `max_credits`, `time_budget`, `page_error`) and `pagination.next_cursor` continues from where it stopped. |
| `max_items` | no | 1 to 5000. Get more in one call: keep walking pages until the response holds at least this many rows, then stop with `data.walk.stopped: "max_items"`. The last page is returned whole (it was billed), so `data.items` can hold up to one page more than this, and `pagination.next_cursor` resumes right after it without skipping a row. Walks up to 50 pages unless `max_pages` says fewer; each page is billed as one call (a cached page is free). Add `max_credits` to cap the spend. A long walk can stop on the time budget first (`"time_budget"`): send the returned cursor with the same params to continue. |
| `max_credits` | no | 1 to 100000. The most this call may spend, across every page it walks. A page starts only while the credits already spent plus that page's price (or, when higher, the most any page of this walk has cost) still fit, so the call never goes past it; the walk then stops with `data.walk.stopped: "max_credits"` and the cursor to resume. Sent alone, it walks as far as the budget goes (up to 50 pages). A value below the price of one page is a free 400 whose `error.details.page_credits` names that price. Credits a row join (`include=`) adds are known only once a page has run, so page 1 is checked against its own price. |

## Code example

```bash
curl -G "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/user/following" \
  --data-urlencode "handle=stoolpresidente" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## FAQ

### How do I list who a TikTok user follows with an API?

Send a GET request to /v1/tiktok/user/following with the handle parameter (no @ symbol). SocialCrawl returns a paginated list of accounts that user follows with handle, display name, avatar URL, and follower count.

### What fields does each followed account include?

Each followed account includes user id, handle, display name, avatar URL, follower count, verification status, and a short bio excerpt where available, all in the unified schema.

### How do I paginate through all of a user's following list?

Read the min_time field from the response and pass it as the min_time parameter on your next request. Repeat until min_time is 0 or empty to collect every public followed account.

### Can I use Following to find who an influencer learns from?

Yes. The endpoint reveals the public following list for any TikTok user. Combine it with the Profile endpoint to map which creators a niche's top voices learn from and share as sources.

### How much does the TikTok Following API cost?

Each request costs 1 credit on the standard tier regardless of how many accounts are returned in the page. New accounts get 100 free credits with no credit card required.

See the full TikTok API: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/tiktok

## Pricing

- Standard endpoints: 1 credit per call
- Advanced endpoints: 5 credits per call
- Premium endpoints: 10 credits per call
- 100 free credits on signup, no credit card required. Cached responses cost 0 credits. Credit packs never expire.
- Full pricing: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/pricing

## Explore with AI

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- How to list who a TikTok user follows with the SocialCrawl API
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