# YouTube Channel Stats Scraper - Subscribers, Views & Growth (`aolmo/youtube-channel-stats`) Actor

Stats of any YouTube channel by URL, @handle or id: subscribers, total views, video count, joined date, country, description, links, keywords, avatar, banner and verification. No API key or quota. $0.002 per channel; growth of subscribers, views and videos on scheduled runs.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/aolmo/youtube-channel-stats.md
- **Developed by:** [Antonio del Olmo Tena](https://apify.com/aolmo) (community)
- **Categories:** Videos, Social media, Marketing
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 channel scrapeds

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.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

Scrape the stats of any YouTube channel by URL, @handle or channel id, without an API key and without quota limits. The Actor returns one row per channel: subscribers, total views, video count, joined date, country, description, external links, keywords, avatar, banner and verification badge. Schedule it and every row carries the growth of subscribers, videos and views since the previous run: creator analytics, influencer discovery and vetting, competitor tracking, sponsorship research and channel portfolios.

You pay $0.002 per channel.

### What you get

One Dataset row per channel:

- `channelId`, `handle`, `url`, `title`, `description`, `keywords`.
- `subscribers` (with `subscribersText` as YouTube shows it), `videos`, `totalViews`.
- `joinedAt`, `country`, `links` (title and URL of the channel links), `availableCountries`.
- `avatar`, `banner`, `isVerified`, `isFamilySafe`.
- `subscribersChange`, `videosChange`, `totalViewsChange`: growth since the previous run (null on the first run).

Channels that do not exist or are terminated return a row with an `error` field and are not charged.

### How to use it

1. Open the **Input** tab.
2. Paste channels in **Channels**, one per line: `@MrBeast`, `https://www.youtube.com/@GoogleDevelopers` or `UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA`.
3. Click **Start** and export the rows as JSON, CSV or Excel.
4. Schedule it (for example weekly) to build growth curves for the channels you follow.

For the list of videos of a channel use **YouTube Channel & Search Scraper**; for each video's stats, **YouTube Video Details Scraper**.

### Input

```json
{
  "channels": ["@MrBeast", "https://www.youtube.com/@GoogleDevelopers", "UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA"]
}
```

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `channels` | Channel URLs, handles or ids. Up to 1,000 per run. |

### Output example

```json
{
  "channelId": "UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA",
  "handle": "@MrBeast",
  "url": "http://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast",
  "title": "MrBeast",
  "subscribers": 521000000,
  "subscribersText": "521M subscribers",
  "videos": 1000,
  "totalViews": 142531876379,
  "joinedAt": "2012-02-19",
  "country": "United States",
  "links": [{ "title": "Shop", "url": "mrbeast.store" }],
  "isVerified": true,
  "subscribersChange": null
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per event, no subscription:

- **Channel scraped**: $0.002 per channel. 1,000 channels cost $2.
- **Stats changed**: $0.001 per channel whose subscribers, videos or total views changed since the previous scheduled run.

Channels that cannot be read are free.

### Use it as an API

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/aolmo~youtube-channel-stats/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"channels": ["@MrBeast"]}'
```

### FAQ

**Do I need a YouTube API key?** No, and there is no daily quota.

**Are subscriber counts exact?** YouTube publishes them rounded (521M, 4.55M); `subscribersText` keeps the original text. Total views and video counts are exact where YouTube shows them.

**Does it return the channel's email?** Only the links the channel lists publicly; the business email behind the "View email address" button requires a Google account.

**Where is the data stored between runs?** In a Key-Value Store of your account named `micro-saas-state-youtube-channel-stats`, one key per channel.

# Actor input Schema

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

One per line: @handle, https://www.youtube.com/@handle, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC... or the channel id. Up to 1,000 per run.

## `product` (type: `string`):

Internal. Leave as is.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "@MrBeast",
    "https://www.youtube.com/@GoogleDevelopers"
  ],
  "product": "youtube-channel-stats"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Dataset items: url, changed, events, data, timestamp and error (when the target failed).

# 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": [
        "@MrBeast",
        "https://www.youtube.com/@GoogleDevelopers"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("aolmo/youtube-channel-stats").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": [
        "@MrBeast",
        "https://www.youtube.com/@GoogleDevelopers",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("aolmo/youtube-channel-stats").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": [
    "@MrBeast",
    "https://www.youtube.com/@GoogleDevelopers"
  ]
}' |
apify call aolmo/youtube-channel-stats --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/ISGewiHpbBAsF0pjK/builds/LpgcuDyobiYlY8K4H/openapi.json