Shofo/shofo-tiktok-general-small

Shofo TikTok General (Small)

Overview

Shofo TikTok General (Small) is a dataset containing 50,000 TikTok videos with comprehensive metadata, transcripts, comments, and engagement metrics. This is a curated subset of Shofo's larger TikTok index, which contains hundreds of millions of indexed videos.

• Size: ~50K videos (~500GB)
• Modality: Video + Audio + Text (transcripts, comments, captions)
• Source: TikTok

Schema

Column	Type	Description
file_name	string	Relative path to video file (e.g., videos/123.mp4)
video_id	string	Unique TikTok video identifier
web_url	string	TikTok web URL for the video
creator	string	Creator username
transcript	string	Audio transcription (ASR-generated, may be null)
description	string	Video caption/description
hashtags	JSON array	List of hashtags used
sticker_text	JSON array	Text overlays/stickers visible in video
comments	JSON array	Top comments with metadata (see below)
engagement_metrics	JSON object	View counts, likes, shares, etc. (see below)
date_posted	timestamp	When the video was originally posted
language	JSON object	Language detection info (see below)
fps	int	Frames per second
resolution	string	Video resolution (e.g., 1080x1920)
duration_ms	int	Video duration in milliseconds
is_ai_generated	bool	Whether the video was labeled as AI-generated
is_ad	bool	Whether the video is an advertisement

Engagement Metrics Structure

{
  "play_count": 8948070,
  "like_count": 789584,
  "comment_count": 1451,
  "share_count": 38604,
  "collect_count": 126905,
  "repost_count": 0,
  "download_count": 235172,
  "whatsapp_share_count": 15737
}

Comments Structure

Each comment in the comments array contains:

{
  "cid": "7352452026457342726",
  "text": "Comment text here",
  "create_time": 1711876158,
  "like_count": 885,
  "reply_count": 9,
  "username": "commenter_username",
  "user_region": "MX",
  "language": "es"
}

Language Structure

{
  "desc_language": "es",
  "sticker_language": "en",
  "region": "US",
  "author_region": "US",
  "original_audio_language": null
}

Collection Methodology

Videos were collected through Shofo's TikTok indexing pipeline:

1. Discovery: Creators and hashtags are discovered through an explore/exploit strategy, snowballing from seed accounts
2. Indexing: Video metadata is fetched via TikTok's API
3. Transcription: Audio is transcribed using automatic speech recognition (ASR)
4. Deduplication: Videos are deduplicated using Redis-based ID tracking

This subset represents a curated sample from the larger index, selected for data quality and diversity.

Usage

Using HuggingFace Datasets Library

from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("Shofo/shofo-tiktok-general-small", split="train")

# Access a sample
sample = ds[0]
print(sample["transcript"])
print(sample["description"])
print(sample["engagement_metrics"])

Using Pandas

import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_parquet("hf://datasets/Shofo/shofo-tiktok-general-small/metadata.parquet")

# Filter by engagement
popular = df[df['engagement_metrics'].apply(lambda x: x['play_count'] > 1000000)]

Accessing Videos

Videos are stored in the videos/ directory and linked via the file_name column:

from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("Shofo/shofo-tiktok-general-small", split="train")

# Get video path
video_path = ds[0]["file_name"]  # e.g., "videos/7350916080610643231.mp4"

Notes

• Compression: Tiktok automatically uses H264 compression on its videos, achieving ~50x slightly lossy compression.
• Engagement metrics: Values are from time of indexing
• Comments: Top 50 comments at time of indexing
• Nulls: Some fields may be null (e.g., transcript if no speech, sticker_text if no overlays)

Larger Versions

This is the "small" version of the Shofo TikTok dataset. Larger versions are available:

• Shofo TikTok General (Medium): 10m+ videos
• Shofo TikTok General (Large): 100M+ videos

Citation

@dataset{shofo_tiktok_general_small_2025,
  title={Shofo TikTok General (Small)},
  author={Shofo},
  year={2025},
  url={https://huggingface.co/datasets/Shofo/shofo-tiktok-general-small}
}

License & Disclaimer

This dataset is provided for research and experimental use.

Shofo does not claim ownership of the underlying video content.

Users are responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable copyright laws and platform terms when using this dataset.