# TikTok Following List

> TikTok Following List is a paid API for AI agents from social.duoleads.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).

Retrieves the paginated list of public TikTok accounts that a given TikTok account follows, with profile details for each followed account.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://social.duoleads.com/v1/tiktok/following?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-29
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/tiktok-following-list-084839d3
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_EV81rMxEtTmfApdqz82Db

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability tiktok-following-list-084839d3
```

Example prompt: Pull the first page of TikTok accounts that @charlidamelio follows and give me the handle, follower count, and verification status for each one.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to enumerate the specific accounts a TikTok user follows, rather than their followers or their content. It's ideal for network graph analysis, influencer discovery (who do top creators watch?), competitive intelligence (which brands does a competitor track?), and vetting creators by examining their social connections. Prefer this over a general TikTok profile endpoint when the following list itself — not just the following count — is the data you need. Pagination via next_cursor makes it suitable for accounts with large following lists.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent TikTok handle returns a not-found response (not charged)
- Malformed handle input (bad characters, too long) is treated as bad input and not charged
- Private or restricted accounts may return empty following lists
- Expired or invalid cursor returns an error or restarts pagination
- Rate limits on the underlying platform may cause temporary unavailability
- Account with zero following returns an empty items array with complete:true

## How this service works

TikTok Following List: the public accounts one TikTok account follows, by handle, one page per call with next_cursor. Per account the handle, name, bio, followers, following, posts and verification in the shared social schema. Bad input is free; not found or no match is not charged.

## Output

Returns a paginated JSON object containing: a list of followed account profiles (handle, display name, bio, follower count, following count, post count, verification status, profile image URL, account URL), the original query handle and cursor, a next_cursor for fetching subsequent pages, a complete flag indicating whether all results have been returned, and a timestamp for when the data was collected.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "handle"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "cursor": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 512,
       "description": "next_cursor of the previous page."
      },
      "handle": {
       "type": "string",
       "maxLength": 200,
       "description": "A TikTok handle (with or without @) or a tiktok.com/@handle URL."
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "as_of": "2026-10-15T12:00:00.000Z",
  "items": [
   {
    "id": "6000000000000000401",
    "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@synth_followed_1",
    "lang": null,
    "text": null,
    "type": "profile",
    "author": {
     "handle": "synth_followed_1",
     "verified": null,
     "followers": 2175,
     "display_name": "Synthetic Followed One"
    },
    "metrics": {
     "likes": null,
     "views": null,
     "replies": null,
     "reposts": null
    },
    "profile": {
     "posts": null,
     "following": 10,
     "likes_total": null
    },
    "platform": "tiktok",
    "parent_id": null,
    "created_at": null,
    "media_urls": [
     "https://p16.tiktokcdn.invalid/a/6000000000000000401.jpeg"
    ]
   }
  ],
  "query": {
   "cursor": null,
   "handle": "synthcreator"
  },
  "source": "public data via third-party provider; not affiliated with the platform",
  "complete": true,
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "disclaimer": "Public data via third-party providers; not affiliated with or endorsed by any platform. Do not use to profile, target or train AI on individuals.",
  "request_id": "01KEXAMPLE0000000000000000",
  "next_cursor": "1791010829"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/tiktok-following-list-084839d3/health.json
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