# YouTube Channel Scraper - All Videos & Channel Stats (`alom/youtube-channel-scraper`) Actor

Scrape every video of any YouTube channel with its stats: views, date, duration, plus subscribers, total views, country and join date of the channel. Optional Shorts and live streams, date limit and sort order. No API key, no quota, no login.

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

## Pricing

from $0.35 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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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

## YouTube Channel Scraper: All Videos & Channel Stats

Scrape **every video of a YouTube channel** into JSON, CSV or Excel. Paste channel URLs or names and get **one row
per video** with title, URL, views, upload date, duration and thumbnail, and the **channel's info on every row**:
subscribers, total views, number of videos, country, join date, description and avatar.

- **No API key, no quota, no login.** It reads what youtube.com shows a logged-out visitor.
- **Whole channels:** pages through the Videos tab until `maxResults` or the channel's first video.
- **Newest, popular or oldest first**, the same sort buttons as on the channel page.
- **Shorts and live streams** on request (`type` says which).
- **Date limit:** only videos from the last 30 days, 6 months, or since a date.
- **Full details** on request: exact views, likes, comment count, exact upload time, description, tags, category.
- **Monitoring:** scheduled runs that return only videos you haven't received yet.

This Actor is a focused version of the [YouTube Scraper](https://apify.com/alom/youtube-scraper) (same code). Use
the YouTube Scraper if you also need search, playlists, hashtags, comments, community posts or subtitles.

### What can you use it for?

- **Influencer and creator research:** subscribers, upload frequency, views per video, country.
- **Competitor tracking:** what your competitors published this month and how it performed.
- **Content research:** a channel's most popular videos, titles and lengths.
- **Monitoring:** a daily list of new uploads from a set of channels.

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| `startUrls` | Channel URLs: `youtube.com/@MrBeast`, `/channel/UC…`, `/c/…`, `/user/…`. |
| `channels` | Optional: channel names or handles (`nasa`, `@mkbhd`). Same as the URL. |
| `maxResults` | Max videos per channel. Default 20. `0` = one channel info row per channel, no videos. |
| `sortVideosBy` | `NEWEST` (default), `POPULAR` or `OLDEST`. |
| `includeShorts` / `includeStreams` | Also scrape the Shorts tab / the Live tab, up to `maxResults` each. |
| `oldestPostDate` | Only videos published after a date (`2026-01-31`) or an age (`30 days`). Forces newest first. |
| `includeVideoDetails` | Open every video for likes, exact counts, exact upload time, description and tags. Slower, same price. |
| `onlyNewSinceLastRun` + `monitorName` | Skip videos an earlier run with the same monitoring name returned. |

```json
{ "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd" }], "channels": ["veritasium"], "maxResults": 500, "includeShorts": true }
```

`channelUrls` and `youtubeHandles` are understood too. The field names above are the same as in the YouTube
Scraper, so an input works in both.

### Output example

```json
{
    "type": "video",
    "id": "v9QtM6qnG50",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9QtM6qnG50",
    "title": "I Built A City To Save Kids From Illegal Labor",
    "viewCount": 82000000,
    "viewCountText": "82M views",
    "date": "2026-09-20T11:40:00.000Z",
    "dateText": "10 days ago",
    "dateIsExact": false,
    "duration": "00:19:02",
    "durationSeconds": 1142,
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v9QtM6qnG50/hq720.jpg",
    "channelId": "UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA",
    "channelName": "MrBeast",
    "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA",
    "channelUsername": "MrBeast",
    "numberOfSubscribers": 519000000,
    "isChannelVerified": true,
    "channelDescription": "SUBSCRIBE FOR A COOKIE! …",
    "channelLocation": "United States",
    "channelJoinedDate": "Feb 19, 2012",
    "channelTotalVideos": 1004,
    "channelTotalViews": 141227305543,
    "channelAvatarUrl": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/…",
    "fromChannelListPage": "videos",
    "order": 0,
    "fromYTUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast/videos",
    "input": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-30T11:40:00.000Z"
}
```

Rows have more fields (likes, description, tags, chapters, …) that are filled with `includeVideoDetails` and
`null` otherwise. Values YouTube doesn't show on the channel page are `null`, never a made-up `0`. Shorts rows have
`"type": "shorts"`, streams `"type": "stream"` and `liveStatus`. With `maxResults: 0` each channel gives one row
with `"type": "channel"` and the channel fields only.

### How much does it cost?

Pay per result, platform usage (compute and proxy) included. One result = one
video, Short, stream or channel-info row.

| Apify plan | Price per 1,000 results |
|---|---|
| Free | $0.80 |
| Starter (Bronze) | $0.55 |
| Scale (Silver) | $0.45 |
| Business (Gold) and above | $0.35 |

1,000 videos from 10 channels cost **$0.80** on the Free plan and **$0.35** on Business. `includeVideoDetails` does not change the price. Inputs that fail (a deleted video, an unknown channel, a URL this Actor doesn't take) produce no row and no
charge, and so do rows skipped by monitoring.

### Monitoring (only new videos)

Turn on **Only new videos since my last run**, give it a name (e.g. `competitors-daily`) and schedule the run. Each
run looks at the newest `maxResults` videos of each channel and returns only the ones no earlier run with that name
returned. Skipped videos are not charged.

### Limitations

- **The channel page shows rounded numbers:** views as "82M views" (`viewCount` is then 82000000) and dates as
  "10 days ago" (`date` is estimated and `dateIsExact` is `false`). Turn on `includeVideoDetails` for exact views,
  likes and upload times (about 5-10x slower, same price per row).
- **Shorts tiles have no date or duration.** With `oldestPostDate` each Short's date is looked up automatically.
- **Popular / Oldest sorting** needs the sort buttons YouTube shows on the channel; a channel without them is
  scraped newest first (logged).
- **Members-only and private videos** are not listed to logged-out visitors.
- Subscriber counts are rounded the way YouTube shows them ("519M").
- An unknown channel fails only that input; it is named in the status message and the `NOT_FOUND` record.

### FAQ

**Do I need a YouTube account or an API key?** No.

**Is it legal?** It collects publicly visible data. You are responsible for how you use it, including data
protection rules for personal data.

**Why did my run say "partial"?** Some channels could not be finished (for example the run hit its timeout).
Everything scraped so far is in the dataset; the status message says what was missed.

### More scrapers from the same developer

- [YouTube Scraper](https://apify.com/alom/youtube-scraper): videos, channels, Shorts, comments, subtitles and community posts without the API quota
- [YouTube Comments Scraper](https://apify.com/alom/youtube-comments-scraper): comments and replies of any video, top or newest first
- [YouTube Shorts Scraper](https://apify.com/alom/youtube-shorts-scraper): Shorts from any channel or keyword search
- [Google Trends API & Scraper](https://apify.com/alom/google-trends-scraper): interest over time, regions, related queries and Trending Now, a pytrends alternative
- [Threads Scraper](https://apify.com/alom/threads-scraper): posts, profiles, replies and keyword search on Meta Threads, no login
- [Bilibili Scraper](https://apify.com/alom/bilibili-scraper): videos, creators, full comment threads and danmaku from B站, no login
- [Google Hotels Scraper](https://apify.com/alom/google-hotels-scraper): hotel prices from every booking site across dates, room rates and reviews
- [Google Ads Transparency Scraper](https://apify.com/alom/google-ads-transparency-scraper): every Google ad a competitor runs, with the real ad copy
- [Threads Account Finder](https://apify.com/alom/threads-lead-finder): Threads accounts by keyword with followers, bio links and the contacts they list
- [Threads Hashtag & Keyword Monitor](https://apify.com/alom/threads-keyword-monitor): only the new posts for your keywords and #hashtags, for scheduled runs
- [Google Flights Scraper](https://apify.com/alom/google-flights-scraper): flight prices, airlines, layovers and a cheapest-date calendar for any route

### Feedback

Missing a field, found a bug, or need a feature? Open an issue in the **Issues** tab and I'll take a look. If this
Actor saved you time, a short review on the Store page helps other people find it.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Channel URLs (<code>youtube.com/@MrBeast</code>, <code>/channel/UC…</code>, <code>/c/…</code>, <code>/user/…</code>).

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

Handles with or without <code>@</code> (e.g. <code>nasa</code>, <code>@mkbhd</code>). Same as putting the channel URL above.

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

Regular videos from each channel's Videos tab. <code>0</code> = one channel info row per channel (no videos).

## `sortVideosBy` (type: `string`):

The sort buttons on the channel's Videos tab.

## `includeShorts` (type: `boolean`):

Also scrape the channel's Shorts tab (up to <b>Max videos per channel</b> Shorts).

## `includeStreams` (type: `boolean`):

Also scrape the channel's Live tab: past, live and upcoming streams (up to <b>Max videos per channel</b>).

## `oldestPostDate` (type: `string`):

A date (<code>2026-01-31</code>) or an age (<code>30 days</code>, <code>6 months</code>). Forces <b>Newest</b> order.

## `includeVideoDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Opens every video to add exact views, likes, comment count, exact upload time, full description, tags and category. About 2 extra requests per video, so runs take longer; the price per row stays the same.

## `onlyNewSinceLastRun` (type: `boolean`):

Skip videos that an earlier run with the same <b>Monitoring name</b> already returned (they are not charged). Schedule the run for daily or weekly monitoring.

## `monitorName` (type: `string`):

Any name, e.g. <code>competitors-weekly</code>. Runs with the same name share their memory. Defaults to <code>default</code>.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many channels are processed at the same time.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

The default (Apify datacenter proxy) works for YouTube and is included in the price. If YouTube starts blocking it, the run switches to residential proxies on its own and says so in the log.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast"
    }
  ],
  "maxResults": 20,
  "sortVideosBy": "NEWEST",
  "includeShorts": false,
  "includeStreams": false,
  "includeVideoDetails": false,
  "onlyNewSinceLastRun": false,
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast"
        }
    ],
    "maxResults": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("alom/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 = {
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast" }],
    "maxResults": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("alom/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 '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast"
    }
  ],
  "maxResults": 20
}' |
apify call alom/youtube-channel-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,alom/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/2kEzjDBQPfperHFpR/builds/eRChN6O0RCRuM3edg/openapi.json