Automating influencer sourcing in Japan with AI agents: data access, paywalls and ToS risks
Legal_Mountain1742 · reddit · 2026-10-13
An influencer sourcing lead for a consumer app in Japan shares a semi-automated, AI-agent-driven workflow and asks for tooling advice:
- Filters: TikTok creators with median views ÷ followers ≥5%, friend-group/sibling-duo content, past #PR or paid-partnership history
- Pipeline: agent shortlist → manual approval into a Google Sheet → auto-fill TikTok/IG/YouTube links, follower counts, bios → find contacts and draft tailored emails plus NDAs
- Pain point: sourcing currently browses TikTok's public web, which is slow and flaky; Instagram mostly requires login
Key questions: the most reliable way to get creator data at 50–100 profiles/week, whether Modash/HypeAuditor/Kolr/Apify cover small Japanese creators (10K–500K followers) well, and where to draw the line on scraping ToS risk.
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