Why TikTok research needs a local exit
TikTok decides what to show from the viewer's region as well as interests. Trending hashtags, sounds, shop listings and ad creatives differ between the US, Brazil and Indonesia, and some videos are unavailable in certain countries. A team in one city learns about its own feed only. Local exits let you sample the public side of each market without traveling or asking colleagues abroad.
Choosing between residential and mobile
TikTok is used overwhelmingly on phones. For public page sampling, residential proxies are the cost-efficient default. When you want the carrier-network view, mobile proxies offer 4G/5G exits in 110 countries, sticky for up to 2 hours. Mobile bandwidth is pricier, so reserve it for checks where the connection type matters, and use residential for bulk sampling.
Targeting and session tips
- Set one country per research pass; trends differ too much to mix.
- Use sticky sessions of several minutes when you follow a hashtag through several public pages.
- Sample at consistent hours so trend movement is comparable day to day.
- Store the exit country with every record you collect.
Video pages are heavy; collect metadata and thumbnails rather than downloading media to keep bandwidth in check. Other social targets such as Instagram proxies follow the same method.
Staying within TikTok's rules
Use Nefo only to collect publicly available data. Do not create fake accounts, inflate views or other engagement, access private or logged-in content, or try to evade bans, all of which break TikTok's terms and our acceptable use policy. Appropriate work includes trend research, public ad-creative review and counterfeit detection; see market research.
How to set up the proxies
Buy a package from 5 GB ($4.50, bandwidth never expires), open the proxy generator and copy the host, port, username and password into your tool. The gateway is gw.nefo.net:9000, and targeting lives in the username: -country-id for Indonesia, -session-tt3 for a sticky IP. Integration examples are in the docs, and prices are on the pricing page.
Frequently asked questions
Trends, content availability and ads depend on the viewer's region. A local exit shows the public content that audience sees, which your own IP cannot.
Residential is cheaper and works for most public sampling. Mobile fits checks where the carrier network matters. Mobile starts at $3.90/GB; see residential vs mobile.
No. Fake accounts, inflated views and evading bans breach TikTok's terms and our acceptable use policy. We support lawful public-data research only.
Rotating for independent page samples, sticky for following one hashtag or creator across several public pages. Sticky lasts 1 minute to 24 hours on residential.
Metadata and thumbnails are light, video files are not. Residential bandwidth is from $0.90/GB and never expires. See pricing.