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TikTok Research API and Research Tools

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Access for qualified non-commercial researchers to public TikTok data on accounts, videos and engagement, usable for public-interest research on youth online experience, help-seeking, health information, harassment or community formation; requires a defined proposal and evidence of ethical review.

Indicative award
Not a cash award (not a cash award)No cash; data access only. The page gives no pricing information.
Timing
Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Applications are accepted on a rolling basis; applicants typically hear back within four weeks.
Who can apply
Doctoral candidate, Postdoctoral, Any faculty rank
Eligibility
Researchers at academic institutions in the US, EEA, UK, Canada or Switzerland, EU not-for-profit research organisations (beta), or Brazilian academic or non-profit bodies studying youth online safety; non-commercial only, with ethics review evidence and an advisor letter for PhD candidates.
SSWR clusters
Special Interest Groups
Topics
social media data · youth online safety · public content · computational social science · platform research access
Apply at
https://developers.tiktok.com/products/research-api/
This entry
Curated by the working group. Written 2026-09-23. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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