TikTok API Rate Limits Updated
TikTok's developer documentation outlines default rate limits for several v2 server API endpoints and explains throttling behavior. Default limits for /v2/user/info/, /v2/video/query/, and /v2/video/list/ are set to 600 requests; rate calculation uses a one-minute sliding window. Requests that exceed thresholds receive HTTP 429 responses with the error code rate_limit_exceeded. The page (last updated August 4, 2026) instructs developers to contact TikTok support to request higher limits, which may be granted after review.
- •Documentation last updated August 4, 2026.
- •Default rate limit for /v2/user/info/ is 600 requests (per minute sliding window).
- •Default rate limit for /v2/video/query/ is 600 requests (per minute sliding window).
