Uploaded 5.6 billion TikTok videos metadata on Hugging Face, spanning from 2014 to October 2026

Dataset: https://huggingface.co/datasets/datasocial/tiktok-5.6B-videos

If you want to explore the data without downloading billions of rows, you can query my ClickHouse database directly. It includes:

Creators table - 4.5 billion rows
Videos table - 5.6 billion rows
Sounds table - 633 million rows

Comment below and I’ll DM you the database credentials.

Im self-hosting my database so please don't run heavy queries and crash my server.

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BruceproAgency•16 days ago•2

You rock. Thanks!

Mendokusai•14 days ago•2

Hmmm I wanted to remove this from the rules we have but.. its damn useful so instead I say thanks for sharing :)

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