# YouTube Shorts Scraper (Search, Hashtags, Channels) (`ahmad_mahameed/youtube-shorts-scraper`) Actor

Scrape YouTube Shorts from search, hashtags, channels or URLs: views, likes, comment count, exact upload date, duration, description, hashtags and channel subscribers. Upload date and view filters. From $1.50 per 1,000 Shorts.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ahmad_mahameed/youtube-shorts-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Ahmad Mahameed](https://apify.com/ahmad_mahameed) (community)
- **Categories:** Videos, 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 short with full details

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?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

### What does YouTube Shorts Scraper do?

It extracts **YouTube Shorts** with their stats from **search, hashtags, channels or Shorts URLs**:

- 📊 **Exact views, likes and comment count**
- 📅 **Exact upload date**, duration, full description and **hashtags**
- 📺 **Channel name, handle, subscribers** and verified badge
- \#️⃣ **Hashtag pages**: every Short under #fitness, #cooking, #asmr…
- 🔎 **Shorts search** with upload date filter (today, this week, this month…) and sort by views
- 🎬 **Channel Shorts tab**, newest first
- ⚡ **Fast mode** for big lists: title and approximate views
- 💲 **$3 per 1,000 Shorts with full details**, **$1.50 per 1,000** in fast mode

### Use cases

- **Trend research**: find viral Shorts in your niche this week
- **Influencer discovery**: creators whose Shorts get millions of views
- **Content ideas**: titles, hooks and hashtags that work
- **Competitor tracking**: monitor a channel's Shorts performance
- **Datasets for AI and analytics**

### Input

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["cooking hacks"],
  "hashtags": ["fitness", "#asmr"],
  "urls": ["@mkbhd", "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R6yNUnRXZ64"],
  "maxResults": 100,
  "getDetails": true,
  "sortBy": "views",
  "uploadDate": "week"
}
```

### Output

```json
{
  "videoId": "R6yNUnRXZ64",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R6yNUnRXZ64",
  "title": "iPhone Duo is here",
  "channelName": "Marques Brownlee",
  "channelHandle": "@mkbhd",
  "channelSubscribers": 21400000,
  "viewCount": 8227048,
  "likeCount": 213878,
  "commentCount": 4600,
  "durationSeconds": 70,
  "publishedDate": "2026-09-10",
  "description": "...",
  "hashtags": [],
  "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/R6yNUnRXZ64/hqdefault.jpg",
  "sourceType": "video"
}
```

Comment and subscriber counts are rounded the way YouTube shows them. Views and likes are exact in full-details mode.

### Pricing

| Mode | Price |
|---|---|
| Full details (default) | **$0.003 per Short** |
| Fast mode (`getDetails: false`) | **$0.0015 per Short** |

Platform and proxy costs are included. Unavailable Shorts are not charged.

### More tools from this developer

- [YouTube Scraper](https://apify.com/ahmad_mahameed/youtube-scraper): long videos, channels, playlists and search
- [YouTube Channel Scraper](https://apify.com/ahmad_mahameed/youtube-channel-scraper): channel stats, links and emails
- [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

### Feedback

Need another field or filter? Open an issue on the Issues tab and it will be added quickly.

# Actor input Schema

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

Search YouTube Shorts for these terms.

## `hashtags` (type: `array`):

Shorts from hashtag pages, for example cooking or #fitness.

## `urls` (type: `array`):

Channel URLs or @handles (their Shorts tab, newest first) or single Shorts URLs.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

How many Shorts to take from each search, hashtag or channel.

## `getDetails` (type: `boolean`):

On: exact views, likes, comment count, exact upload date, duration, full description, hashtags and channel subscribers ($3 per 1,000). Off: fast list data only: title and approximate views ($1.50 per 1,000).

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

Order of search results.

## `uploadDate` (type: `string`):

Only search results uploaded in this period.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "cooking hacks"
  ],
  "maxResults": 50,
  "getDetails": true,
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "uploadDate": "any"
}
```

# 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 = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "cooking hacks"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ahmad_mahameed/youtube-shorts-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 = { "searchQueries": ["cooking hacks"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ahmad_mahameed/youtube-shorts-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 '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "cooking hacks"
  ]
}' |
apify call ahmad_mahameed/youtube-shorts-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,ahmad_mahameed/youtube-shorts-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/ClclOjivSe9cLvagQ/builds/qyClxAiX9x6BCdyYA/openapi.json