📊 Archive trending TikTok hashtags using TikTok, Airtable, and Apify

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💡 Pro Tip — Since TikTok doesn’t have a public API, getting data usually means fragile HTTP scraping. ScraperNode is a community node that gives you clean JSON for TikTok profiles, videos, and comments — drop it into your workflow and skip the parsing.

Description

This template uses a community node (@apify/n8n-nodes-apify). It will not work without the required node installed.

Who it’s for

Social Media Managers & Content Creators Discover relevant hashtags and build content calendars based on real trends. Marketing & Brand Strategists Track cultural shifts and find opportunities by understanding regional audience interests. Data Analysts Create a dataset for analyzing hashtag trends, virality, and performance over time.

What it does

This workflow automates trend discovery and data collection from TikTok into Airtable.

Schedule: Triggers automatically once a month.
Scrape: Runs an Apify Actor to scrape TikTok’s top 100 trending hashtags for a specified country (default is US).
Retrieve: Fetches the dataset with hashtag metrics after scraping completes.
Process & Load: Splits the dataset and saves each hashtag as a new record in Airtable with relevant details.

How to set it up

1. Install the Community Node Go to Settings; Community Nodes on your n8n instance and install @apify/n8n-nodes-apify.

2. Prepare Airtable Create a base with a table named Trending Hashtags:

ID
Name
Country
Industry
Date Added
Publish Count
Video Views
Rank
Status

3. Add Credentials Add your Apify and Airtable credentials in n8n.

4. Configure Scraper (Optional) Open the 1. Run TikTok Hashtag Scraper node. In the Custom Body, you can adjust:

country_code (e.g., "US" to "GB")
top100_period (e.g., "30" to "7")

5. Configure Airtable Node Open the 4. Save Hashtag to Airtable node. Select the correct Airtable Base and the Trending Hashtags table.

6. Activate Workflow Save and activate the workflow. It will now run automatically every month.

Requirements

Installed community node: @apify/n8n-nodes-apify
Apify account
Airtable account with a structured base

How to customize the workflow

Change Schedule Modify the Start: Monthly Schedule node to run weekly or on another interval. Add Notifications Attach a Slack or Discord node after the 4. Save Hashtag to Airtable node to alert your team when new data is added. Filter Hashtags Use a Filter node after 3. Split Hashtags into Items to only save hashtags that meet specific conditions (e.g., over 1M video views).

🔗 Nodes Used

Airtable, Schedule Trigger

📥 Import

Download workflow.json and import into n8n: Workflow menu → Import from File

📖 Importing guide · 🔑 Credential setup