TikTok trend data as clean JSON: hashtag volume time series, growth rates and live trending hashtags, sounds and searches from one REST endpoint. No TikTok API approval, no scraping.
One endpoint. One API key. One normalized 0-100 trend score you can compare against 14 other platforms.
Docs: https://trendsapi.ai/#quickstart · llms.txt: https://trendsapi.ai/llms.txt · Free API key (100 req/mo): https://trendsapi.ai/#get-key
curl -X POST https://api.trendsapi.ai/api \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"mode": "get_growth", "source": "tiktok", "keyword": "booktok", "percent_growth": ["3M", "12M"]}'{
"keyword": "booktok",
"source": "tiktok",
"growth": { "3M": 41.8, "12M": 212.4 },
"timestamp": "2026-08-03T12:00:00Z"
}1. Get a free API key at https://trendsapi.ai/#get-key - 100 requests/month, no credit card.
2. Make your first call:
curl -X POST https://api.trendsapi.ai/api \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"mode": "get_time_series", "source": "tiktok", "keyword": "booktok"}'Python:
import requests
res = requests.post(
"https://api.trendsapi.ai/api",
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
json={"mode": "get_growth", "source": "tiktok", "keyword": "booktok",
"percent_growth": ["3M", "12M"]},
)
print(res.json())Node.js:
const res = await fetch("https://api.trendsapi.ai/api", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
body: JSON.stringify({ mode: "get_growth", source: "tiktok", keyword: "booktok",
percent_growth: ["3M", "12M"] }),
});
console.log(await res.json());| Mode | What it returns | Needs a keyword? |
|---|---|---|
get_time_series |
Historical hashtag volume as a normalized 0-100 series | yes |
get_growth |
Growth % over 3M / 6M / 12M / 5Y windows | yes |
get_top_trends |
Live trending feeds (21 of them) | no |
| TikTok developer API | Trends API | |
|---|---|---|
| TikTok API approval | required, slow | not needed |
| Hashtag volume history | not exposed | weekly + daily series |
| Trending hashtags feed | manual | one call |
| Cross-platform compare | no | same 0-100 scale as Google, YouTube, Amazon |
| Free tier | n/a | 100 requests/month |
- Content strategy: spot hashtags rising before they saturate the For You page
- Brand monitoring: track a brand or product hashtag's volume over time
- Ecommerce: catch TikTok Shop product trends while they are still early
- Agencies: prove to clients which hashtags actually grew, with numbers
The same API key powers the Trends API MCP server, so Claude, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT and any MCP-compatible client can query this data in natural language.
+ Add to Cursor (one click)
Cursor / Windsurf / Cline (~/.cursor/mcp.json or equivalent):
{
"mcpServers": {
"trendsapi": {
"url": "https://api.trendsapi.ai/mcp",
"transport": "http",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
}
}
}VS Code / GitHub Copilot (.vscode/mcp.json):
{
"servers": {
"trendsapi": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://api.trendsapi.ai/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
}
}
}Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json):
{
"mcpServers": {
"trendsapi": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://api.trendsapi.ai/mcp", "--header", "Authorization:${AUTH_HEADER}"],
"env": { "AUTH_HEADER": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
}
}
}Claude.ai (browser): Settings -> Connectors -> Add custom connector -> https://api.trendsapi.ai/mcp
Then ask things like:
How did "creatine gummies" grow on TikTok vs Google over the last 12 months?
What is trending on YouTube right now?
| Source | source value |
What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Google Search | google search |
Search volume |
| Google Images | google images |
Image search volume |
| Google News | google news |
News search volume |
| Google Shopping | google shopping |
Shopping search volume |
| YouTube | youtube |
Search volume |
| TikTok | tiktok |
Hashtag volume |
reddit |
Subreddit subscribers | |
| Amazon | amazon |
Product search volume |
| Wikipedia | wikipedia |
Page views |
| News volume | news volume |
Article mention volume |
| News sentiment | news sentiment |
Positive / negative score |
| App downloads | app downloads |
Android downloads (AppBrain) |
| App rankings | app rankings |
Android chart position |
| npm | npm |
Weekly package downloads |
| Steam | steam |
Concurrent players (monthly) |
| Feed | type value |
|---|---|
| Google Trends | Google Trends |
| Google News Top News | Google News Top News |
| TikTok Trending Hashtags | TikTok Trending Hashtags |
| TikTok Trending Searches | TikTok Trending Searches |
| TikTok Shop Hot Products | TikTok Shop Hot Products |
| YouTube Trending | YouTube Trending |
| X (Twitter) Trending | X (Twitter) Trending |
| Reddit Hot Posts | Reddit Hot Posts |
| Reddit World News | Reddit World News |
| Wikipedia Trending | Wikipedia Trending |
| Amazon Best Sellers Top Rated | Amazon Best Sellers Top Rated |
| Amazon Best Sellers by Category | Amazon Best Sellers by Category |
| App Store Top Free | App Store Top Free |
| App Store Top Paid | App Store Top Paid |
| Google Play | Google Play |
| Top Websites | Top Websites |
| Spotify Top Podcasts | Spotify Top Podcasts |
| Steam Most Played | Steam Most Played |
| GitHub Trending Repos | GitHub Trending Repos |
| IMDb MOVIEmeter | IMDb MOVIEmeter |
| Open Library Trending Books | Open Library Trending Books |
Hashtag volume over time (normalized 0-100), growth percentages over 3M/6M/12M/5Y windows, and live feeds: trending hashtags, trending searches and TikTok Shop hot products.
No. There is no OAuth flow, no app review and no approval wait. One Trends API key covers TikTok and every other source.
Daily data for the last 30 days plus weekly history lets you catch early growth spikes before a hashtag reaches mainstream saturation. TikTok spikes typically lead Google Search interest by 2-4 weeks.
No. booktok, BookTok and #booktok all resolve to the same signal.
Yes - that is the point of the product. Query tiktok, youtube and google search for the same keyword and compare normalized scores directly.
- Docs & quickstart: https://trendsapi.ai/#quickstart
- llms.txt (machine-readable API reference): https://trendsapi.ai/llms.txt
- Pricing (free tier: 100 requests/month): https://trendsapi.ai/#pricing
- Get an API key: https://trendsapi.ai/#get-key
MIT - see LICENSE. Data is served by Trends API; usage of the API itself is subject to the plan limits on your key.