Get user following list — TikTok API

Returns a paginated list of accounts a TikTok user follows. Maximum 30 per page. Includes profile details for each followed account.

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GET/v1/tiktok/users/{username}/following1 credit per request

Example response200OK

{
  "data": {
    "@context": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#",
      "https://konbiniapi.com/ns/social#"
    ],
    "type": "OrderedCollectionPage",
    "partOf": "https://api.konbiniapi.com/v1/tiktok/users/khaby.lame/following",
    "totalItems": 1309,
    "cursor": null,
    "nextCursor": "1772217402000",
    "next": "https://api.konbiniapi.com/v1/tiktok/users/khaby.lame/following?cursor=1772217402000&count=30",
    "itemCount": 30,
    "orderedItems": [
      {
        "type": "Person",
        "id": "https://www.tiktok.com/@khaby.lame",
        "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@khaby.lame",
        "entityId": "MS4wLjABAAAAwAg0rSzO65WQfz4RzQgGv2Xdv108BgPXhRrrmNVIHQZ9PO8-flwwRtEppYTS0OjA",
        "name": "Khabane Lame",
        "preferredUsername": "khaby.lame",
        "summary": "Just a guy who reacts",
        "attachment": [
          {
            "type": "Link",
            "href": "https://linktr.ee/khaby.lame",
            "rel": "preferred"
          }
        ],
        "published": "2020-03-15T00:00:00.000Z",
        "isPrivate": false,
        "isVerified": true,
        "isLive": false,
        "hasLikes": true,
        "hasPlaylists": true,
        "followerCount": 160300000,
        "followingCount": 85,
        "language": "en",
        "likeCount": 2600000000,
        "likedCount": 5300,
        "mediaCount": 1309,
        "icon": {
          "type": "Image",
          "url": "https://p16-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-avt-0068/avatar.jpeg",
          "width": 576,
          "height": 1024
        },
        "image": [
          {
            "type": "Image",
            "url": "https://p16-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com/tos-maliva-avt-0068/avatar.jpeg",
            "width": 576,
            "height": 1024
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Make the request.

One authenticated GET to /v1/tiktok/users/{username}/following. Authentication and error conventions stay consistent across endpoints. This page shows the path, parameters, response shape, limits, and credit rule for this operation.

Built for

Influencer network and relationship graph analysis
Competitor brand affinity and partnership mapping
Community structure research for social graph modeling

Full reference for this endpoint

const response = await fetch("https://api.konbiniapi.com/v1/tiktok/users/khaby.lame/following", {
  headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }
});

const data = await response.json();

Parameters3

usernamerequiredIn · PathType · stringTikTok username (with or without @ symbol)
countIn · QueryType · integerNumber of users to fetch (maximum: 30)1–30default 30
cursorIn · QueryType · stringPagination cursordefault 0

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