Free Hashtag Analytics for TikTok Tags With Mixhtag

TikTok hashtag analytics free: two jobs, two products

People type that phrase for two different problems. One is which tags this caption should use. The other is which videos under a tag are actually working this week. Mixing them is why a Creative Center screenshot does not help you write a caption.

Mixhtag is the Chrome side panel for the first job. TT Stats is the overlay for the second. Same publisher. Two extensions. Do not install one expecting the other.

	Mixhtag	TT Stats	Creative Center
Job	Pick tags before you post	Rank videos already on a tag	Official ads trends
Where	Chrome side panel on tiktok.com	Overlay on /tag, Search, Explore	ads.tiktok.com
Free tier	3 guest searches/day; 10 with an account	Raw counts + 2-card ER demo	Free, ads-oriented
TikTok login	Not required	Not required	Ads account

Listicles for this query usually name scrapers and Apify actors. Those export datasets. They do not sit next to the caption you are typing. Mixhtag does.

TT Stats does not scrape a tag in the background either. If the card is not on the grid, it is not in the rank.

We tracked both products against the same niche query. Mixhtag returned live view counts grouped into Niche, Mid-tier, and Broad. TT Stats then ranked the matching /tag/ page by views/day. That two-step is the workflow. One product cannot replace the other.

Mixhtag: live tag views in the side panel

Install Mixhtag, open tiktok.com, and search a topic in the side panel. Each tag shows a live view count. Bands are Niche under 10 million views, Mid-tier from 10 to 100 million, Broad above 100 million.

Stay at three to five tags. Mixhtag counts them. #fyp and #viral add no topic. Ranking does not need a wall of tags. It needs a small set that still means something.

• 1-2-2 set: one broad anchor, two mid-tier community tags, two niche tags.
• To Caption inserts the set into a draft on tiktok.com.
• CSV exports UTF-8 for Google Sheets.
• Guest: three searches per day. Free account: ten per day, full table, one preset. Pro: unlimited searches, 20 presets.

Mixhtag does not store drafts. It does not read TikTok cookies. Auth for the Mixhtag account travels in an X-Mixhtag-Session header, not a cookie named Session. That is a Mixhtag implementation detail, not a TikTok login.

Open the listing from the Mixhtag Chrome Web Store page, or start on Mixhtag.com. Independent of TikTok Inc. and ByteDance Ltd.

TikTok Creative Center still has a job. Use it for ads trends by region and industry. Link: TikTok Creative Center.

Do not use it as a caption builder. It will not insert tags into a draft. It will not count your 1-2-2 set.

If you only needed one number from this section: three to five relevant tags beat twenty generic ones. Mixhtag’s counter exists because people ignore that limit until the caption is already too long.

TT Stats on the tag grid after you pick

Once a tag is on the video, you still need to know whether posts under it are taking off. Open tiktok.com/tag/… with TT Stats. The overlay ranks loaded cards. It does not fetch the tag’s full history.

1. Install TT Stats from the Chrome Web Store.
2. Open the hashtag page. Each card shows views, likes, comments, shares, saves, age.
3. Confirm email on the TT Stats free account page for ER, save rate, share rate, views/day, and the page-median panel.
4. Sort by views/day. A stale high-view post is not the one to copy this week.

Median is versus videos loaded on that tag page. Scroll or autoscroll to load more. Email gets five autoscroll runs, five filters, and five sorts per UTC day. Pro pricing removes those caps and adds CSV.

Engagement rate is (likes + comments + shares + saves) ÷ views. Same formula as the TikTok engagement rate calculator. Save rate is often the early tell on a tag that still has room.

The research method for ranking any public grid is how to find viral videos on TikTok. The install listing is the TikTok analytics Chrome extension page. Studio for an account you own is how to see TikTok analytics.

Suggested loop: Mixhtag search, keep three to five tags in 1-2-2, insert or export, then open those tags as grids in TT Stats and sort by views/day. Posting is optional. Research does not require a draft.

What Mixhtag and the overlay do not do

Mixhtag does not rank videos. TT Stats does not suggest tags. Creative Center does not sit in your caption. Name the job before you install anything.

Neither Mixhtag nor TT Stats reads DMs, drafts you did not ask to insert into, or TikTok passwords. If a page is not a public tag, Search, Explore, or profile grid, TT Stats stays dark. A single /video/ URL is not a tag grid.

Free Mixhtag is capped on searches, not on the quality of a result. Burning three guest searches on #fyp teaches you nothing. Search a niche noun. Then read the bands. Then stop at five tags.

Free TT Stats is capped on autoscroll, filter, and sort. Raw TikTok counts stay visible. Derived metrics on the first two cards stay visible. That is enough to see if a tag grid is alive before you confirm email.

Frequently asked questions

Mixhtag or Creative Center?

Creative Center is TikTok’s ads research surface. Mixhtag is a Chrome side panel on tiktok.com for live tag view counts, caption insert, and CSV. Use Creative Center for ads trends. Use Mixhtag when you are writing a caption.

Do I need a TikTok password?

No for Mixhtag, no for TT Stats. Neither reads TikTok cookies or DMs.

Are Mixhtag and TT Stats the same product?

No. Mixhtag chooses hashtags. TT Stats overlays post stats on Search, tags, Explore, and profile grids. Same publisher, two extensions.

What is the hashtag limit that still means something?

Three to five relevant tags. Mixhtag counts them. #fyp and #viral add no topical signal.

Install Mixhtag, pick a 1-2-2 set, then rank the tag grid in TT Stats. That is tiktok hashtag analytics free without a scraper account. Add to Chrome for Mixhtag when you next write a caption.