YouTube Email Scraper

Extract business emails from YouTube channels with 100% accuracy using human-assisted scraping.

Why This Actor?

Unlike automated scrapers that get blocked or return incorrect data, this actor uses real human data entry agents to extract emails - the same concept as CAPTCHA-solving services like 2captcha and Anti-Captcha.

The result? Zero mistakes, no blocking, and always accurate data.

How Emails Are Extracted

Business emails on YouTube channels require being logged into a YouTube account to view. Automated scrapers fail because YouTube actively detects and bans bot accounts - maintaining logged-in sessions at scale is the real challenge.

Our human agents:

1. Navigate to the channel's About page (logged into YouTube)
2. Solve the CAPTCHA challenge to reveal the email
3. Extract the business email
4. Verify and submit the result

This is why automated scrapers fail - maintaining authenticated YouTube sessions at scale results in account bans.

Pricing

What	Cost
Per channel processed	$0.10

You pay per channel, whether an email is found or not.

Why This Price?

We employ real data entry agents who are paid hourly to manually extract emails from YouTube channels. Here's the breakdown:

• Human workers log into YouTube and navigate to each channel's About page
• They solve CAPTCHAs every single time (YouTube requires this to view emails)
• They manually locate and verify the business email
• They confirm when a channel has no public email

The $0.10 per channel covers:

• Worker compensation
• Quality assurance
• Service infrastructure

Note: We extract emails from the channel's About page only. We do not scan video descriptions, comments, or other areas.

Why Use This Instead of Hiring Your Own Data Entry Agents?

Challenge	Hiring Your Own VA	This Actor
Recruitment	Find, interview, hire	Already done
Training	Train on YouTube extraction	Already trained
Management	Supervise, track progress	Fully automated
Scaling	Hire more for big jobs	Instant scaling
Quality	Build QA processes	Built-in QA
Integration	Manual data handoff	API-ready output

Our goal: Make this work like an API. Once we've optimized the balance of data entry agents to customer demand, this will function as a pure API service - submit URLs, get emails back instantly via Realtime Mode. The Offline Mode exists temporarily while we scale our worker team and evaluate demand.

Requires Apify paid subscription - The pay-per-event model only works with paid plans.

How It Works

1. You submit a list of YouTube channel URLs
2. Human agents visit each channel's "About" page while logged into YouTube
3. They solve the CAPTCHA challenge (required every time to view email)
4. They extract the business email from the channel
5. You receive the results in your Apify dataset

Why Human Workers?

• 100% Accuracy - Real humans reading real data, zero mistakes
• No Account Bans - Real users with real accounts, no detection
• No Blocking - No automation detection, no IP bans
• Always Works - Adapts to any YouTube layout changes automatically
• Full Access - Logged-in users can see emails that require authentication

Processing Modes

Realtime Mode (Default)

The actor stays running and delivers results as they come in. This is our target state - eventually this will work like a pure API.

{
    "mode": "realtime",
    "channelUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast"]
}

Pros	Cons
Results delivered immediately	Requires workers to be online
See progress in real-time	Actor stays running (uses compute)
API-like experience	-

Best for: Small batches when you need results right away. This is the future of the service.

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Offline Mode (Priority) - Temporary

Pay upfront, get highest priority, and check results later using "Resurrect".

{
    "mode": "offline",
    "channelUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast"]
}

Pros	Cons
Works 24/7, even when workers are offline	Need to check back for results
Highest priority in the queue	Pay upfront
No compute costs while waiting	-

Best for: Large batches, overnight processing, or when workers are busy.

Note: Offline Mode is a temporary solution while we scale our worker team. Our goal is to have enough workers that Realtime Mode works 24/7 like an API.

How to check Offline Mode results:

1. After submitting, the actor exits immediately
2. Come back in a few hours
3. Go to your run in Apify Console
4. Click "Resurrect" to check if results are ready
5. If complete, results are pushed to the dataset
6. If still processing, you'll see the current progress - come back later and resurrect again

Data Freshness & Caching

To speed up data collection, we cache results for 14 days:

• If a channel's email was captured by a human worker within the last 14 days, you receive it instantly from cache
• If the data is older than 14 days, a human worker will scrape it fresh
• This means faster results for popular channels while ensuring data stays current

Input

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
mode	string	No	realtime	realtime or offline
channelUrls	array	Yes	-	YouTube channel URLs

Supported URL Formats

• https://www.youtube.com/@ChannelHandle
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/CHANNEL_ID
• https://www.youtube.com/c/ChannelName
• https://www.youtube.com/user/Username

Output

Results are pushed to your Apify dataset:

{
    "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast",
    "email": "contact@mrbeast.com"
}

Integration & API Usage

This actor is designed to work as an API endpoint for your applications:

• Direct API calls via Apify's Actor API
• Webhook integration for automated workflows
• Zapier/Make connections
• Custom app integration - build email extraction into your own tools

Once we reach full Realtime Mode capacity, you'll be able to integrate this directly into your apps for instant email lookups.

Cost Examples

Channels	Cost
10	$1.00
100	$10.00
500	$50.00
1,000	$100.00

Worker Availability

We are currently in BETA and actively expanding our worker team.

• Workers online: Results delivered in real-time
• Workers offline: Use Offline Mode - your job gets highest priority when workers return

Our Vision: Scale to 24/7 Realtime Mode availability, making this a true API service.

FAQ

Q: Why is this better than automated scrapers? A: YouTube requires being logged in to view channel emails, and actively detects and bans bot accounts. Maintaining authenticated sessions at scale is the real challenge - our human workers use their own accounts, avoiding detection entirely.

Q: How long does it take? A: Cached results (within 14 days) are instant. New channels are processed as workers become available.

Q: What if a channel has no email? A: You're still charged $0.10 because our worker still had to navigate to the channel, solve the CAPTCHA, and confirm no email exists.

Q: How do I check Offline Mode results? A: Click "Resurrect" on your run in Apify Console. The actor checks status and pushes any available results.

Q: Why do I need a paid Apify subscription? A: Human workers require payment. The pay-per-event model only works with paid subscriptions.

Q: Why $0.10 per channel? A: We pay real data entry agents to manually extract emails. This price covers worker compensation, quality assurance, and infrastructure.

Q: Why not just hire my own data entry person? A: You could, but you'd need to handle recruitment, training, management, QA, and scaling. This actor gives you instant access to trained workers with built-in quality control and API-ready output.

Q: Will Offline Mode always exist? A: Offline Mode is temporary while we scale. Our goal is to have enough workers for 24/7 Realtime Mode, making this work like a pure API service you can integrate directly into your applications.

Support

Check the actor logs for detailed status messages. Having issues? Contact us through Apify.