TikTok Aesthetic Subcultures Graph and Video Metadata from 2026

Graph data and video metadata from TikTok focusing on niche aesthetic communities. The dataset was collected by Dominique Veloso via automated scraping of hashtag pages in March and April 2026. It is hosted on the Harvard Dataverse platform.

Use Cases

• Analyze community structure and connections based on the graph data
• Study video characteristics and trends within niche aesthetic groups
• Map the evolution or spread of subcultures based on temporal metadata
• Investigate the relationship between hashtag usage and community formation

Strengths

• Data focuses on a specific and contemporary social media phenomenon from 2026
• Collection method via automated scraping of hashtag pages is documented
• Includes both structural (graph) and content (video metadata) data types

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect temporal and platform bias inherent to the specific scraping period

Provenance

Source

Harvard Dataverse

Collection Method

Automated scraping of TikTok hashtag pages

Time Range

March to April 2026

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 15:00:29

Geography

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