Someone Scraped 5.6 Billion TikTok Videos and Put the Data on Hugging Face for Free

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What happened

A developer posted metadata for about 5.6 billion public TikTok videos, scraped through the app's private API in a way TikTok's terms prohibit.

The free dataset also doubles as a storefront.

Key facts

  • A developer posted metadata for about 5.6 billion public TikTok videos, scraped through the app's private API in a way TikTok's terms prohibit.
  • Reported by Decrypt and published Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:00:19 UTC.

Why it matters

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What to watch next

  • Whether spot volume and open interest confirm the move
  • Liquidation clusters around the current price
  • ETF flow data and any regulatory follow-up

Coverage timeline

When each newsroom published on this story, oldest first — all times UTC.

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  3. Someone Scraped 5.6 Billion TikTok Videos and Put the Data on Hugging Face for Free

Sources

The original report was published by Decrypt. WorldPing does not claim that reporting — this page summarises and contextualises it.

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