# YouTube Channel Scraper (Stats, Links, Emails) (`ahmad_mahameed/youtube-channel-scraper`) Actor

Scrape YouTube channel profiles: subscribers, total views, video count, join date, country, description, links, Instagram/X/TikTok, business email flag, emails from description and website, latest videos and engagement. Find channels by search. $3 per 1,000 channels.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ahmad_mahameed/youtube-channel-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ahmad Mahameed](https://apify.com/ahmad_mahameed) (community)
- **Categories:** Videos, Lead generation, Social media
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 channels

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

### What does YouTube Channel Scraper do?

It gets **complete YouTube channel profiles** for influencer research, outreach and analytics, from channel links, @handles, IDs, or **by searching a topic**:

- 📊 **Subscribers, total views, video count**, join date, country, verified badge
- 🔗 **All channel links**, with **Instagram, X/Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitch, Discord, Patreon** split out
- 📧 **Emails** found in the channel description and on the creator's own website, plus a **"has business email"** flag
- 🎬 **Latest videos** with views, plus **average views** and **views-to-subscribers ratio** (real engagement, not just subscriber count)
- 🔎 **Find channels by topic** ("fitness coach", "crypto news") with a minimum subscribers filter
- 💲 **$3 per 1,000 channels**, plus **$4 per 1,000** only for channels where an email is found

### Use cases

- **Influencer marketing**: build lists of creators in a niche, with engagement and contact info
- **Sponsorship and partnership outreach**: business emails and social profiles in one row
- **Competitor and market analysis**: compare channels by growth, views and output
- **Agencies and talent managers**: find rising creators with high views-to-subscribers ratio
- **Lead generation** for tools and services that sell to creators

### Input

```json
{
  "channels": ["@mkbhd", "https://www.youtube.com/@3blue1brown", "UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw"],
  "searchQueries": ["home workout"],
  "maxChannelsPerSearch": 50,
  "minSubscribers": 10000,
  "findEmails": true,
  "latestVideos": 10
}
```

### Output

```json
{
  "channelId": "UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ",
  "name": "Marques Brownlee",
  "handle": "@mkbhd",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ",
  "subscribers": 21400000,
  "totalViews": 5784034004,
  "videoCount": 1859,
  "joinedDate": "2008-03-21",
  "country": "United States",
  "verified": true,
  "hasBusinessEmail": true,
  "emails": ["business@mkbhd.com"],
  "instagram": ["https://instagram.com/MKBHD"],
  "twitter": ["https://twitter.com/MKBHD"],
  "links": [{ "title": "Twitter", "url": "https://twitter.com/MKBHD" }],
  "description": "MKBHD: Quality Tech Videos | YouTuber | Geek | Consumer Electronics...",
  "avatar": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/...=s800",
  "avgViewsLatest": 8460000,
  "viewsToSubscribersRatio": 0.395,
  "latestVideos": [{ "videoId": "...", "title": "...", "views": 9563866, "published": "4 days ago" }]
}
```

`hasBusinessEmail` means the channel has a business email in YouTube's About page (YouTube shows it only after sign-in). `emails` are the ones we could read publicly.

### Pricing

| What | Price |
|---|---|
| Channel profile | **$0.003** ($3 per 1,000) |
| Email found | **+$0.004**, only when at least one email is found |

Channels below your **Minimum subscribers** are not charged.

### More tools from this developer

- [YouTube Scraper](https://apify.com/ahmad_mahameed/youtube-scraper): videos, Shorts and search with views, likes and dates
- [YouTube Comments Scraper](https://apify.com/ahmad_mahameed/youtube-comments-scraper): comments and replies
- [YouTube Transcript Scraper](https://apify.com/ahmad_mahameed/youtube-transcript-scraper): transcripts in bulk
- [Google Maps Leads Scraper](https://apify.com/ahmad_mahameed/google-maps-leads-scraper): local businesses with emails and socials

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# Actor input Schema

## `channels` (type: `array`):

Channel URLs, @handles or channel IDs, for example https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd, @3blue1brown or UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw.

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Optional. Find channels for a topic, for example "fitness coach" or "crypto news". Great for influencer lists.

## `maxChannelsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

How many channels to take from each search query.

## `minSubscribers` (type: `integer`):

Skip smaller channels. Skipped channels are free.

## `findEmails` (type: `boolean`):

Look for emails in the channel description and on the channel's own website link. Charged only when an email is found.

## `latestVideos` (type: `integer`):

Add this many newest videos with views, plus average views and the views-to-subscribers ratio. 0 to skip.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "@mkbhd"
  ],
  "maxChannelsPerSearch": 20,
  "minSubscribers": 0,
  "findEmails": true,
  "latestVideos": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "channels": [
        "@mkbhd"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ahmad_mahameed/youtube-channel-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "channels": ["@mkbhd"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ahmad_mahameed/youtube-channel-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "channels": [
    "@mkbhd"
  ]
}' |
apify call ahmad_mahameed/youtube-channel-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ahmad_mahameed/youtube-channel-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/GGAOKHfxGZyfEL3Sr/builds/HBWyJnLJlA3pT7Vbf/openapi.json