Douyin Posts: Metadata for 1.1 Million Chinese Short Videos

Douyin (Chinese TikTok) metadata for 1,133,545 unique posts, collected via snowball sampling of related video recommendations. The dataset was created by bendavidsteel and last updated on Hugging Face in January 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze content propagation networks based on the snowball sampling method described.
• Study platform recommendation algorithms based on the related-video crawling approach.
• Profile popular content themes and trends on Douyin based on the collected video metadata.

Strengths

• Contains metadata for 1,133,545 unique posts, providing substantial scale.
• Collection method (snowball sampling) is explicitly described, allowing for methodological assessment.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is known, but specific data fields, file formats, and license are unknown.
• Data may reflect bias inherent to the snowball sampling method and the specific seed keywords used.

Provenance

Source

Douyin (Chinese TikTok)

Collection Method

Collected via snowball sampling, crawling related video recommendations from seed videos matching specific keywords.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-01-30 22:23:53; freshness should be verified.

Geography

China (implied by platform origin)