How to track Douyin and Xiaohongshu from Malaysia
By MyCreatorPulse · Updated · 5 min read
In short
Both apps show your own data inside their creator centres when you're signed in, but it stays in each app, mostly in Chinese, and can't sit next to your TikTok or Instagram. To see your growth over time, record your public numbers every day: by hand in a spreadsheet, or automatically with a tracker that only needs your profile link.
What each platform shows
Both show today's numbers, not last week's. Once a day has passed, nobody can go back and read what a post had then, which is why your history has to be recorded as you go.
- Douyin: followers and total likes on your profile, and on each video its likes, comments and shares. MyCreatorPulse records your followers and total likes, and each video's plays, likes, comments and shares.
- Xiaohongshu (RedNote): followers and likes and collects on your profile, and each note's likes, comments and shares. MyCreatorPulse records your followers, likes and collects, and each note's likes, comments and shares. Xiaohongshu doesn't show view counts publicly, so no outside tool can honestly give you views.
Option 1: record it by hand
It's free and it works, but it takes a few minutes a day, and a missed day is a gap you can't fill later.
- 1Make a spreadsheet with one row per day: date, followers, total likes (and collects on Xiaohongshu).
- 2Add a second sheet for your posts: title, date posted, then likes, comments and shares each day.
- 3Fill it in at the same time every day, so the changes compare fairly.
- 4Put a column for TikTok or Instagram next to it if you post the same content there.
Option 2: record it automatically
MyCreatorPulse reads your public Douyin and Xiaohongshu numbers every night at 2am Malaysia time and keeps every night, next to your TikTok, Instagram and YouTube on one dashboard. You add a platform with just your profile link: no password, no QR login and no Chinese phone number. See Douyin analytics and Xiaohongshu analytics.
Tips that make the numbers useful
- Use the link to your profile page (douyin.com/user/… or xiaohongshu.com/user/profile/…), so every reading is of the same account.
- Keep the account public: private accounts have no public numbers to read.
- Posting the same video on Douyin and TikTok? Compare them side by side a week later to see where it travelled further.
- Start early. Your history begins the day you start recording.
Questions
Can I track Douyin from Malaysia?
Yes. The public numbers can be recorded from anywhere. MyCreatorPulse only needs your Douyin profile link, with no Chinese phone number or login.
Can I see views on my Xiaohongshu notes?
Only inside the app when you're signed in. Xiaohongshu doesn't publish view counts, so outside trackers show followers, likes, collects, comments and shares instead.
Is Douyin the same as TikTok?
No. They're separate apps with separate accounts and audiences, so each is tracked on its own.