Overview
Trend Research Automation is a brand new content intelligence workflow built for marketers, content creators and agencies who want to get ahead of the learning curve. Use n8n as it scrapes trending TikTok or any other platform data from niche keywords and delivers actionable insights directly to Google sheets or to your inbox.
This automation is perfect for:
Social media planning
Content creation inspiration
Campaign idea generation
Trend-based marketing strategies
Objective
We simply aim to accomplish the main goal: automatically discovering
trends so that you can do less research and more accomplishment at a
time.
Key objective includes:
- Curating best TikTok content for any niche
- Trend data organized into reports(results completed in Turing)
- Free up more time
How does it work?
Step 1: Insert a Keyword
Add a keyword in n8n (eg: Fitness Workouts or Vegan Recipes) or get keywords selected from Google Sheets and plug its output. That way, you can quickly search and report data for a variety of niches or certain campaigns.
Step 2: n8n Triggers Scraping via Apify
Once the keyword is established, n8n sends a request to Apify’s TikTok Scraper API.
This API pulls:
- The popular videos on TikTok in this niche.
- Popular related hashtags
- Engagement metrics (likes, shares, views)
Step 3: Structured Data stored to Google Sheets
Quepid will save the scraped data into Google Sheets nicely for you. Each row contains:
- Video descriptions
- Trending hashtags
- Performance metrics (views, likes, shares)
- Direct links to the content
STEP 4: Sends Automated Email Summary
In conclusion, n8n sends a summary email report that lists the biggest trends it found. You can choose to include a downloadable PDF or Google Sheet link.
Technology Stack Included
Key Benefits
Competitive Advantage
Find trending content before it goes viral. And so on, lastly, there are early-stage trends that could inspire you to do something unique.
Automation Saves Time
Those are gone days where users used to spend hours scrolling through social media or manually versing each other’s list. All the repetitive work for generating a trend report will be ready automatically.
Insights With Accurate Data
Guide your content and ad strategy with real-time metrics such as views, likes, trending hashtags-follower engagements etc.
Weekly Summary
Create regularly-scheduled weekly summary updates that can be done based upon keywords, customized for your specific ideation process.
Closure
It is this race where brands and creators want to move fastest and want to have a competitive advantage. With Trend Research Automation by n8n, you no longer have to rely on guesswork while scouring trends, keeping you in the loop, inspired, and ahead of the curve. Whether you want a daily pulse on your industry specific niche or just need some creative fuel every now and then, this allows trend discovery to become systematic, repeatable and data led.