🎯 YouTube Channel Posts Scraper — Apify Actor

Lightweight Apify actor that extracts YouTube channel community posts (the /posts section) and returns structured JSON for each post. Designed to accept channel URLs, channel handles/usernames, channel IDs, or a search keyword and will normalize/resolve inputs to the canonical .../posts URL before scraping.

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✨ Quick summary

• Input: one or many channel entries (see Inputs). The actor accepts:

  • startUrls (array of channel URLs) — supports many channels (it will iterate all).
  • username / handle (e.g. @MrBeast or MrBeast) — will be resolved to /@Handle/posts.
  • channelId (starts with UC...) — becomes UC-lHJZR3Gqxm24_Vd_AJ5Yw.
  • keyword — actor performs a lightweight YouTube search and picks the first channel-like result and scrapes it.

• maxposts controls how many posts to scrape per channel (default: 20).

• Output: one JSON object per post pushed to the dataset (with channel context attached).

• Proxy-aware: supports no proxy, Apify Proxy, or custom proxies (Apify Proxy RESIDENTIAL recommended for reliability).

• If you want to scrape multiple channels, supply them in startUrls and do not include keyword/username/channelId/channel_url.

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If multiple resolution inputs are provided, priority (used to select the channel to scrape) is: keyword → username → channelId → explicit channel_url → startUrls (first item). If you want to scrape multiple channels, supply them in startUrls and do not include keyword/username/channelId/channel_url.

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📦 What the actor returns

Each item pushed to the dataset represents a single YouTube community post and includes channel context. Example top-level fields (per post):

• post_id — internal post id (e.g. Ugk...)
• post_url — https://www.youtube.com/post/<post_id>
• author_name — display name of post author
• author_channel_url — channel URL for the author (if available)
• published_time_text — human-readable published time (e.g. 2 days ago)
• content_text — full post text
• hashtags — array of hashtags extracted from the text
• linked_videos — inline YouTube video links found in the text
• media_urls — images / media URLs attached to the post
• media_thumbnails — thumbnail URLs for media
• video_links — any video watch links discovered in the post structure
• num_images — number of image urls found
• post_type — text, image, gif/image, video_link, or poll
• likes — like count (when available)
• _raw_preview — small raw snippet of parsed fields for debugging
• scraped_at — UTC ISO timestamp when scraped
• channel_url — canonical posts URL that was scraped (useful to know which channel generated the post)

Output is one JSON object per post — if you scrape 3 channels with maxposts: 5 you should get up to 15 objects (5 per channel), assuming each channel has enough posts.

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🛡️ Proxy recommendations

• For reliable scraping at scale, use Apify Proxy — RESIDENTIAL or another residential proxy provider.
• For small test runs, useApifyProxy: false also work, but expect faster IP blocking or CAPTCHAs.

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📌 Example quick checklist before running

1. Decide whether you want multiple channels → put them in startUrls (array).
2. If scraping a single channel by name, use username (or channelId if available).
3. Set maxposts (per channel).
4. Use proxyConfiguration (recommended: useApifyProxy: true, apifyProxyGroups: ["RESIDENTIAL"]).
5. Run actor and check dataset for one JSON object per post.

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🚀 Input (example for multiple channels)

Use the Apify input editor or pass a JSON input. Examples:

Multiple channels (processes each URL separately — maxposts applies per channel):

{
  "keyword": "MrBeast",
  "username": "@loganpaulvlogs",
  "channelId": "UC-lHJZR3Gqxm24_Vd_AJ5Yw",
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast/posts",
      "method": "GET"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@PenMovies/posts",
      "method": "GET"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@PlayDMF/posts",
      "method": "GET"
    }
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  },
  "maxposts": 3
}

🚀 Output (example)

[  
  {
    "post_id": "Ugkx-B-xTpQa9uApirojWaZsjkWCUaEzc24y",
    "post_url": "https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx-B-xTpQa9uApirojWaZsjkWCUaEzc24y",
    "author_name": "MrBeast",
    "author_channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast",
    "published_time_text": "13 days ago",
    "content_text": "I just launched a BRAND NEW Feastables product. Watch the video below to see what it is. I promise you’ll love it!",
    "hashtags": [],
    "linked_videos": [],
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    "post_type": "video_link",
    "likes": "95K",
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      },
      "contentText": {
        "runs": [
          {
            "text": "I just launched a BRAND NEW Feastables product. Watch the video below to see what it is. I promise you’ll love it!"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "scraped_at": "2025-09-23T13:19:15.891612Z",
    "channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast/posts"
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    "post_url": "https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkxctu-msj1Ph-wOxqf6xmKI96n_kNiTyz7",
    "author_name": "Logan Paul",
    "author_channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@loganpaulvlogs",
    "published_time_text": "6 months ago",
    "content_text": "The Paul’s got a reality TV show 😏Unscripted. Unfiltered. Unhinged. \n\n#PaulAmerican Trailer drops TOMORROW",
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      "PaulAmerican"
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            "text": " Trailer drops TOMORROW"
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    "channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@loganpaulvlogs/posts"
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    ],
    "num_images": 0,
    "post_type": "video_link",
    "likes": "11K",
    "_raw_preview": {
      "postId": "UgkxMBPw3o62LJN3V8Izfo7SSRmJuuY3KMY-",
      "publishedTimeText": {
        "runs": [
          {
            "text": "2 weeks ago",
            "navigationEndpoint": {
              "clickTrackingParams": "CNMBEPS8AiITCMfJ-MP87o8DFR4K1gAdIccNHsoBBGrqKoc=",
              "commandMetadata": {
                "webCommandMetadata": {
                  "url": "/post/UgkxMBPw3o62LJN3V8Izfo7SSRmJuuY3KMY-",
                  "webPageType": "WEB_PAGE_TYPE_BROWSE",
                  "rootVe": 247244,
                  "apiUrl": "/youtubei/v1/browse"
                }
              },
              "browseEndpoint": {
                "browseId": "FEpost_detail",
                "params": "wgNaEhhVQzNhcjI4R1M2bzFwMG1fd2FiZmsyencaJFVna3hNQlB3M282MkxKTjNWOEl6Zm83U1NSbUp1dVkzS01ZLVoYVUMzYXIyOEdTNm8xcDBtX3dhYmZrMnp3",
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              }
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      "contentText": {
        "runs": [
          {
            "text": "From folklore to a fearless superhero… the journey starts with Chandra. 🌙⚔️\n"
          },
          {
            "text": "#Lokah",
            "navigationEndpoint": {
              "clickTrackingParams": "COEBEITyBBgCIhMIx8n4w_zujwMVHgrWAB0hxw0eygEEauoqhw==",
              "commandMetadata": {
                "webCommandMetadata": {
                  "url": "/hashtag/lokah",
                  "webPageType": "WEB_PAGE_TYPE_BROWSE",
                  "rootVe": 6827,
                  "apiUrl": "/youtubei/v1/browse"
                }
              },
              "browseEndpoint": {
                "browseId": "FEhashtag",
                "params": "6gUJCgVsb2thaBgB"
              }
            },
            "loggingDirectives": {
              "trackingParams": "COEBEITyBBgCIhMIx8n4w_zujwMVHgrWAB0hxw0e",
              "visibility": {
                "types": "12"
              }
            }
          },
          {
            "text": " Chapter 1 (In Hindi) is not just a film, it’s an experience.\n👉 Watch it in theatres now!”\n"
          },
          {
            "text": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty9hf...",
            "navigationEndpoint": {
              "clickTrackingParams": "COABEJHkBxgEIhMIx8n4w_zujwMVHgrWAB0hxw0eygEEauoqhw==",
              "commandMetadata": {
                "webCommandMetadata": {
                  "url": "/watch?v=Ty9hfxGLGzg",
                  "webPageType": "WEB_PAGE_TYPE_WATCH",
                  "rootVe": 3832
                }
              },
              "watchEndpoint": {
                "videoId": "Ty9hfxGLGzg",
                "startTimeSeconds": 0,
                "watchEndpointSupportedOnesieConfig": {
                  "html5PlaybackOnesieConfig": {
                    "commonConfig": {
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                }
              }
            },
            "loggingDirectives": {
              "trackingParams": "COABEJHkBxgEIhMIx8n4w_zujwMVHgrWAB0hxw0e",
              "visibility": {
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            }
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "scraped_at": "2025-09-23T13:19:17.825140Z",
    "channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@PenMovies/posts"
  },




  To be continue**********************************************************

]

🚀 Input (example for Single channel )

Single username / handle (actor resolves to posts URL automatically):

{
  "username": "@MrBeast",
  "maxposts": 10
}

or

{
  "keyword": "MrBeast",
  "maxposts": 10
}

🚀 Single Output (example)

Single username / handle (actor resolves to posts URL automatically):

{
  {
    "post_id": "UgkxHfpLdJiBz5UK81CSIMaE77sHmErjkCN5",
    "post_url": "https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxHfpLdJiBz5UK81CSIMaE77sHmErjkCN5",
    "author_name": "MrBeast",
    "author_channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast",
    "published_time_text": "4 weeks ago",
    "content_text": "If I offered you $1,000,000 but you only keep it if the first person you call answers, who would you call?",
    "hashtags": [],
    "linked_videos": [],
    "media_urls": [
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      "//yt3.googleusercontent.com/nxYrc_1_2f77DoBadyxMTmv7ZpRZapHR5jbuYe7PlPd5cIRJxtNNEYyOC0ZsxaDyJJzXrnJiuDE=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj-mo",
      "//yt3.googleusercontent.com/nxYrc_1_2f77DoBadyxMTmv7ZpRZapHR5jbuYe7PlPd5cIRJxtNNEYyOC0ZsxaDyJJzXrnJiuDE=s76-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj-mo",
      "https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=youtube&uilel=3&passive=true&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fsignin%3Faction_handle_signin%3Dtrue%26app%3Ddesktop%26hl%3Den%26next%3D%252F&hl=en"
    ],
    "media_thumbnails": [
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      "//yt3.googleusercontent.com/nxYrc_1_2f77DoBadyxMTmv7ZpRZapHR5jbuYe7PlPd5cIRJxtNNEYyOC0ZsxaDyJJzXrnJiuDE=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj-mo",
      "//yt3.googleusercontent.com/nxYrc_1_2f77DoBadyxMTmv7ZpRZapHR5jbuYe7PlPd5cIRJxtNNEYyOC0ZsxaDyJJzXrnJiuDE=s76-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj-mo"
    ],
    "video_links": [],
    "num_images": 0,
    "post_type": "image",
    "likes": "382K",
    "_raw_preview": {
      "postId": "UgkxHfpLdJiBz5UK81CSIMaE77sHmErjkCN5",
      "publishedTimeText": {
        "runs": [
          {
            "text": "4 weeks ago",
            "navigationEndpoint": {
              "clickTrackingParams": "CIgBEPS8AiITCNGJ_eC07I8DFbI21gAdobACncoBBHf3pwk=",
              "commandMetadata": {
                "webCommandMetadata": {
                  "url": "/post/UgkxHfpLdJiBz5UK81CSIMaE77sHmErjkCN5",
                  "webPageType": "WEB_PAGE_TYPE_BROWSE",
                  "rootVe": 247244,
                  "apiUrl": "/youtubei/v1/browse"
                }
              },
              "browseEndpoint": {
                "browseId": "FEpost_detail",
                "params": "wgNaEhhVQ1g2T1EzRGtjc2JZTkU2SDh1UVF1VkEaJFVna3hIZnBMZEppQno1VUs4MUNTSU1hRTc3c0htRXJqa0NONVoYVUNYNk9RM0RrY3NiWU5FNkg4dVFRdVZB",
                "canonicalBaseUrl": "/post/UgkxHfpLdJiBz5UK81CSIMaE77sHmErjkCN5"
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      "contentText": {
        "runs": [
          {
            "text": "If I offered you $1,000,000 but you only keep it if the first person you call answers, who would you call?"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "scraped_at": "2025-09-22T12:52:52.310645Z",
    "channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast/posts"
  },
  {
    "post_id": "Ugkx7kl9e5U5QhiNA93Hg2V-N3-0UV_HbWc_",
    "post_url": "https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx7kl9e5U5QhiNA93Hg2V-N3-0UV_HbWc_",
    "author_name": "MrBeast",
    "author_channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast",
    "published_time_text": "1 month ago",
    "content_text": "TeamWater just crossed the $10,000,000 mark!!! We’re now 25% of the way to the goal of giving 2,000,000 people clean water for decades each 🥰🥰\n\nGO DONATE - https://teamwater.org ‪@TeamWater‬",
    "hashtags": [],
    "linked_videos": [],
    "media_urls": [
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      "https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=backstage_event&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbm9pTU80UGZURDdtMlRSLUpZc1k5bWoyb3N1QXxBQ3Jtc0ttalB1NS11aUZxNm1rd1BiMko4aHpkbktOYkpuRzEtcUNGX2VkMk81ZHhOZU9xZnU0SF9GYzZtVGIwMDV6OW9CeW1CbDlNeDl2OHdmM1BpenhXeUhiSnpZc3AzQTNIM3JVZW9hZklxY3lKWmlyUHVsSQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fteamwater.org%2F",
      "https://yt3.ggpht.com/-9j4-p9bCNupHg1DFWrNJlgpu68mMmE3Tf48EatWF5dogeeZVmIJwKRwJO73kfMK6zCWRLH8RBMU=s288-c-fcrop64=1,134e0000ecb1ffff-rw-nd-v1",
      "https://yt3.ggpht.com/-9j4-p9bCNupHg1DFWrNJlgpu68mMmE3Tf48EatWF5dogeeZVmIJwKRwJO73kfMK6zCWRLH8RBMU=s400-c-fcrop64=1,134e0000ecb1ffff-rw-nd-v1",
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      "https://yt3.ggpht.com/-9j4-p9bCNupHg1DFWrNJlgpu68mMmE3Tf48EatWF5dogeeZVmIJwKRwJO73kfMK6zCWRLH8RBMU=s640-c-fcrop64=1,134e0000ecb1ffff-rw-nd-v1",
      "https://yt3.ggpht.com/-9j4-p9bCNupHg1DFWrNJlgpu68mMmE3Tf48EatWF5dogeeZVmIJwKRwJO73kfMK6zCWRLH8RBMU=s800-c-fcrop64=1,134e0000ecb1ffff-rw-nd-v1",
      "https://yt3.ggpht.com/-9j4-p9bCNupHg1DFWrNJlgpu68mMmE3Tf48EatWF5dogeeZVmIJwKRwJO73kfMK6zCWRLH8RBMU=s1024-c-fcrop64=1,134e0000ecb1ffff-rw-nd-v1",
      "https://yt3.ggpht.com/-9j4-p9bCNupHg1DFWrNJlgpu68mMmE3Tf48EatWF5dogeeZVmIJwKRwJO73kfMK6zCWRLH8RBMU=s1036-c-fcrop64=1,134e0000ecb1ffff-rw-nd-v1",
      "https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=youtube&uilel=3&passive=true&continue=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fsignin%3Faction_handle_signin%3Dtrue%26app%3Ddesktop%26hl%3Den%26next%3D%252F&hl=en"
    ],
    "media_thumbnails": [
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      "//yt3.googleusercontent.com/nxYrc_1_2f77DoBadyxMTmv7ZpRZapHR5jbuYe7PlPd5cIRJxtNNEYyOC0ZsxaDyJJzXrnJiuDE=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj-mo",
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      "https://yt3.ggpht.com/-9j4-p9bCNupHg1DFWrNJlgpu68mMmE3Tf48EatWF5dogeeZVmIJwKRwJO73kfMK6zCWRLH8RBMU=s288-c-fcrop64=1,134e0000ecb1ffff-rw-nd-v1",
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      "https://yt3.ggpht.com/-9j4-p9bCNupHg1DFWrNJlgpu68mMmE3Tf48EatWF5dogeeZVmIJwKRwJO73kfMK6zCWRLH8RBMU=s640-c-fcrop64=1,134e0000ecb1ffff-rw-nd-v1",
      "https://yt3.ggpht.com/-9j4-p9bCNupHg1DFWrNJlgpu68mMmE3Tf48EatWF5dogeeZVmIJwKRwJO73kfMK6zCWRLH8RBMU=s800-c-fcrop64=1,134e0000ecb1ffff-rw-nd-v1",
      "https://yt3.ggpht.com/-9j4-p9bCNupHg1DFWrNJlgpu68mMmE3Tf48EatWF5dogeeZVmIJwKRwJO73kfMK6zCWRLH8RBMU=s1024-c-fcrop64=1,134e0000ecb1ffff-rw-nd-v1",
      "https://yt3.ggpht.com/-9j4-p9bCNupHg1DFWrNJlgpu68mMmE3Tf48EatWF5dogeeZVmIJwKRwJO73kfMK6zCWRLH8RBMU=s1036-c-fcrop64=1,134e0000ecb1ffff-rw-nd-v1"
    ],
    "video_links": [],
    "num_images": 0,
    "post_type": "image",
    "likes": "366K",
    "_raw_preview": {
      "postId": "Ugkx7kl9e5U5QhiNA93Hg2V-N3-0UV_HbWc_",
      "publishedTimeText": {
        "runs": [
          {
            "text": "1 month ago",
            "navigationEndpoint": {
              "clickTrackingParams": "CHgQ9LwCIhMI0Yn94LTsjwMVsjbWAB2hsAKdygEEd_enCQ==",
              "commandMetadata": {
                "webCommandMetadata": {
                  "url": "/post/Ugkx7kl9e5U5QhiNA93Hg2V-N3-0UV_HbWc_",
                  "webPageType": "WEB_PAGE_TYPE_BROWSE",
                  "rootVe": 247244,
                  "apiUrl": "/youtubei/v1/browse"
                }
              },
              "browseEndpoint": {
                "browseId": "FEpost_detail",
                "params": "wgNaEhhVQ1g2T1EzRGtjc2JZTkU2SDh1UVF1VkEaJFVna3g3a2w5ZTVVNVFoaU5BOTNIZzJWLU4zLTBVVl9IYldjX1oYVUNYNk9RM0RrY3NiWU5FNkg4dVFRdVZB",
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            }
          }
        ]
      },
      "contentText": {
        "runs": [
          {
            "text": "TeamWater just crossed the $10,000,000 mark!!! We’re now 25% of the way to the goal of giving 2,000,000 people clean water for decades each 🥰🥰\n\nGO DONATE - "
          },
          {
            "text": "https://teamwater.org",
            "navigationEndpoint": {
              "clickTrackingParams": "CIYBEJHkBxgCIhMI0Yn94LTsjwMVsjbWAB2hsAKdygEEd_enCQ==",
              "commandMetadata": {
                "webCommandMetadata": {
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                  "webPageType": "WEB_PAGE_TYPE_UNKNOWN",
                  "rootVe": 83769
                }
              },
              "urlEndpoint": {
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                "target": "TARGET_NEW_WINDOW",
                "nofollow": true
              }
            },
            "loggingDirectives": {
              "trackingParams": "CIYBEJHkBxgCIhMI0Yn94LTsjwMVsjbWAB2hsAKd",
              "visibility": {
                "types": "12"
              }
            }
          },
          {
            "text": " "
          },
          {
            "text": "‪@TeamWater‬",
            "navigationEndpoint": {
              "clickTrackingParams": "CIUBEMS5AxgEIhMI0Yn94LTsjwMVsjbWAB2hsAKdygEEd_enCQ==",
              "commandMetadata": {
                "webCommandMetadata": {
                  "url": "/channel/UCXGITFpSIGWPTr8ekn9qjMw",
                  "webPageType": "WEB_PAGE_TYPE_CHANNEL",
                  "rootVe": 3611,
                  "apiUrl": "/youtubei/v1/browse"
                }
              },
              "browseEndpoint": {
                "browseId": "UCXGITFpSIGWPTr8ekn9qjMw",
                "canonicalBaseUrl": "/channel/UCXGITFpSIGWPTr8ekn9qjMw"
              }
            },
            "loggingDirectives": {
              "trackingParams": "CIUBEMS5AxgEIhMI0Yn94LTsjwMVsjbWAB2hsAKd",
              "visibility": {
                "types": "12"
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "scraped_at": "2025-09-22T12:52:52.621488Z",
    "channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast/posts"
  },
} 
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✅ Typical use-cases

• Bulk-collect recent community posts from a list of creators for sentiment analysis, trend monitoring, or moderation checks.
• Track hashtags, links, and media posted on channel community feeds.
• Collect author info and like counts for ranking community engagement.
• Build feeds, dashboards, or analytics pipelines from community posts.

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⚙️ Behavior notes

• maxposts is per channel — actor will attempt up to maxposts posts for each channel it processes.
• If you pass startUrls with multiple entries and do not supply keyword/username/channelId/channel_url, the actor will iterate and scrape every startUrls entry.
• If username is given, the actor will try /@handle, /c/handle, /user/handle, or /channel/<id> forms (and fall back to /@handle/posts if resolution fails).
• keyword triggers a lightweight YouTube search and actor picks the first channel-like result to scrape (good for discovery but not guaranteed to be the exact intended channel).
• The actor scrapes the /posts (community) section — it does not scrape regular video pages or playlist video metadata (unless those links appear inside posts).

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🔧 Troubleshooting & tips

• Empty dataset or missing posts

  • Cause: Wrong/nonexistent channel URL or channel has no public community posts.
  • Fix: Verify the channel has community posts (visit https://www.youtube.com/@Handle/posts in a browser). Try the canonical @handle or the /channel/UC... form.

• Only scraping first URL when multiple startUrls provided

  • Correct behavior: supply multiple startUrls as an array of objects (or strings) and do not provide keyword/username/channelId. The actor will iterate all startUrls.

• Like/comment counts missing

  • Cause: YouTube sometimes hides or obfuscates counts, or HTML layout differs.
  • Fix: Some metrics may be null depending on availability.

• Rate limits / 429 errors

  • Cause: Too many requests from same IP.
  • Fix: Use Apify Proxy (RESIDENTIAL) or custom residential proxies and reduce concurrency.

• Username not resolving correctly

  • Tip: Provide the exact @handle (with @) or the channel’s /channel/UC... ID for reliability.

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