{
 "retrievedOn": "2026-10-05",
 "tool": "WebFetch / web reader (TikTok's own pages read on 5 October 2026)",
 "note": "Creator Search Insights facts checked against TikTok's own help article, Creator Academy article and Newsroom post on 5 October 2026. Short quotes only. The older help URL support.tiktok.com/en/using-tiktok/growing-your-audience/creator-search-insights did not load for us on 5 October 2026; TikTok's current help article for the tool is at tiktok.com/support/faq_detail?id=7581820708318239243.",
 "facts": [
  {
   "fact": "Access in the app",
   "value": "In the TikTok app, tap Search, search \"Creator Search Insights\" and tap View at the top of the search results.",
   "quote": "Search \"Creator Search Insights\" and tap View at the top of the search results.",
   "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/support/faq_detail?id=7581820708318239243",
   "checked": "2026-10-05"
  },
  {
   "fact": "What it is",
   "value": "Personalised information on topics people search for on TikTok, plus search analytics for your own posts.",
   "quote": "Creator Search Insights provides you with personalized information on topics people are searching for on TikTok.",
   "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/support/faq_detail?id=7581820708318239243",
   "checked": "2026-10-05"
  },
  {
   "fact": "Personalisation setting",
   "value": "If personalisation settings are turned off, you are not served personalised search topics.",
   "quote": "if you turned off your personalization settings, you won't be served personalized search topics",
   "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/support/faq_detail?id=7581820708318239243",
   "checked": "2026-10-05"
  },
  {
   "fact": "Filters and topic page",
   "value": "Filters such as Content gap and Searches by followers; a search bar; tapping a topic shows its search popularity, related videos and topics.",
   "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/support/faq_detail?id=7581820708318239243",
   "checked": "2026-10-05"
  },
  {
   "fact": "Searches by followers threshold",
   "value": "Needs more than 1,000 followers (help article); Creator Academy says at least 1,000 followers.",
   "quote": "You can use the Searches by followers filter when you have more than 1000 followers.",
   "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/support/faq_detail?id=7581820708318239243",
   "checked": "2026-10-05"
  },
  {
   "fact": "Search analytics",
   "value": "Creator Search Insights > Analytics shows All posts and Inspired posts; Creator Academy lists search views, search view percentage, search impressions, average click-through rate and average search ranking.",
   "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/creator-academy/en/article/Creator-Search-Insights",
   "checked": "2026-10-05"
  },
  {
   "fact": "AI-generated topics",
   "value": "Some topics are AI-generated; TikTok says AI-generated topics may be inaccurate. Topics can also appear in the profile banner.",
   "quote": "Some topics are AI-generated.",
   "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/support/faq_detail?id=7581820708318239243",
   "checked": "2026-10-05"
  },
  {
   "fact": "Number of topics",
   "value": "A minimum of 100 and a maximum of 500 search topics, depending on the category.",
   "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/creator-academy/en/article/Creator-Search-Insights",
   "checked": "2026-10-05"
  },
  {
   "fact": "Countries (English)",
   "value": "40 countries listed: United States, Canada, Brazil, Andorra, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Spain, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, El Salvador, Uruguay, Great Britain, France, Germany, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Turkey, South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria.",
   "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/creator-academy/en/article/Creator-Search-Insights",
   "checked": "2026-10-05"
  },
  {
   "fact": "Age or account-type requirement",
   "value": "Neither TikTok's help article nor its Creator Academy article states an age, account-type or follower minimum for the tool itself (only the 1,000-follower rule for Searches by followers).",
   "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/support/faq_detail?id=7581820708318239243",
   "checked": "2026-10-05"
  },
  {
   "fact": "Desktop",
   "value": "tiktok.com/csi serves a TikTok login page to signed-out visitors (checked 5 October 2026). TikTok's help article describes only the app route. Desktop access was reported on 12 July 2025.",
   "url": "https://x.com/jonah_manzano/status/1943836530394771688",
   "checked": "2026-10-05"
  },
  {
   "fact": "Launch",
   "value": "TikTok Newsroom post 'Get inspired with Creator Search Insights', dated 13 March 2024: 'available in select regions'; topics sortable by category or For You; content gap filter; search value factors into the Creator Rewards Program.",
   "quote": "a new tool, available in select regions, that gives creators insight into topics people are searching for on TikTok",
   "url": "https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/creator-search-insights",
   "checked": "2026-10-05"
  },
  {
   "fact": "Hashtag guidance",
   "value": "TikTok's Creator Academy encourages 2 to 3 relevant hashtags per video.",
   "quote": "we encourage you to use 2 to 3 relevant hashtags on each video",
   "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/creator-academy/en/article/elements-of-tiktok-video",
   "checked": "2026-10-05"
  },
  {
   "fact": "Five-hashtag limit",
   "value": "Social Media Today reported on 17 August 2025 that TikTok had begun limiting posts to five hashtags.",
   "url": "https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-implements-five-hashtag-limit-per-post/757857/",
   "checked": "2026-10-05"
  },
  {
   "fact": "57% search use",
   "value": "'57% of users use the app's search function, according to internal TikTok data' (MarTech, 24 September 2024).",
   "url": "https://martech.org/tiktok-search-ads-campaign-launches-in-us/",
   "checked": "2026-10-05"
  }
 ],
 "derived": {
  "countriesByRegion": {
   "Americas": 20,
   "Asia-Pacific": 10,
   "Europe": 6,
   "Africa": 3,
   "Turkey": 1,
   "total": 40
  }
 }
}