YouTube Channel Scraper

Scrape any YouTube channel and get complete data — subscribers, engagement stats, contact info, and social links — ready for lead generation, influencer outreach, and marketing automation. No YouTube API key needed, works with any Apify API key.

⚙️ How It Works

Each channel is processed through a 3-stage intelligent extraction pipeline using a real browser session:

1. Identity & Audience — channel name, handle, ID, verification status, subscriber count
2. Content Activity — recent videos, upload patterns, last upload date
3. Channel Intelligence — description, country, join date, lifetime views, contact links

Data is extracted from YouTube's internal data layer — not scraping visible HTML — making it significantly more stable and accurate than traditional scrapers.

📋 Input

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd",
    "https://www.youtube.com/@LinusTechTips",
    "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIEv3lZ_tNXHzL3ox-_uUGQ"
  ],
  "extractContactInfo": true
}

Input Fields

Field	Type	Default	Description
startUrls	array	—	YouTube channel URLs (required). Supports /@handle, /channel/ID, /c/name, /user/name
extractContactInfo	boolean	true	Extract email and social links from channel page

📦 Output

Each channel is saved as one item in the Dataset. Full run summary is saved to Key-Value Store (OUTPUT).

Overview

Table

Channel Name	Handle	Channel URL	Verified	Country	Joined Date	Scraped At
Marques Brownlee	@mkbhd	https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd	true	United States	2008-03-21	2026-03-31T13:12:21.407Z

JSON

{
  "channelName": "Marques Brownlee",
  "handle": "@mkbhd",
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd",
  "isVerified": true,
  "country": "United States",
  "joinedDate": "2008-03-21",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-03-31T13:12:21.407Z"
}

All Fields

Table

Channel ID	Channel Name	Channel URL	Contact Info	Country	Description	Handle	Verified	Joined Date	Scraped At	Stats
UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ	Marques Brownlee	https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd	email: business@MKBHD.com instagram: https://instagram.com/MKBHD twitter: https://twitter.com/MKBHD	United States	MKBHD: Quality Tech Videos...	@mkbhd	true	2008-03-21	2026-03-31T13:12:21.407Z	20.9M subs · 1,811 videos · 14.08% eng

JSON

{
  "channelName": "Marques Brownlee",
  "handle": "@mkbhd",
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd",
  "channelId": "UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ",
  "isVerified": true,
  "country": "United States",
  "joinedDate": "2008-03-21",
  "description": "MKBHD: Quality Tech Videos | YouTuber | Geek | Consumer Electronics | Tech Head | Internet Personality!\n\nbusiness@MKBHD.com\n\nNYC",
  "stats": {
    "subscribers": 20900000,
    "totalVideos": 1811,
    "totalViews": 5327446410,
    "avgViewsPerVideo": 2941715,
    "estimatedMonthlyViews": 24710406,
    "uploadFrequencyPerMonth": 8.4,
    "engagementRate": 14.08,
    "lastUploadDate": "2026-03-30"
  },
  "contactInfo": {
    "email": "business@MKBHD.com",
    "instagram": "https://instagram.com/MKBHD",
    "twitter": "https://twitter.com/MKBHD",
    "tiktok": null,
    "facebook": null,
    "linkedin": null
  },
  "scrapedAt": "2026-03-31T13:12:21.407Z"
}

Output Fields

Channel Identity

Field	Description
channelName	Display name of the channel
handle	YouTube handle (e.g. @mkbhd)
channelUrl	Canonical channel URL
channelId	YouTube internal channel ID
isVerified	Whether channel has a verified badge
country	Country set by channel owner
joinedDate	Date channel was created (YYYY-MM-DD)
description	Full channel description text

Stats

Field	Description
subscribers	Total subscriber count (normalized integer)
totalVideos	Total published videos (exact count)
totalViews	All-time total views
avgViewsPerVideo	totalViews / totalVideos
estimatedMonthlyViews	Estimated average monthly views
uploadFrequencyPerMonth	Average uploads per month since channel creation
engagementRate	(avgViewsPerVideo / subscribers) × 100, capped at 100%
lastUploadDate	Date of most recent video (YYYY-MM-DD)

Contact Info (when extractContactInfo: true)

Field	Description
email	Email extracted from channel page
instagram	Instagram profile URL
twitter	Twitter/X profile URL
tiktok	TikTok profile URL
facebook	Facebook page URL
linkedin	LinkedIn profile URL

🧪 Sample Inputs

Minimal

{
  "startUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd"]
}

Batch scrape with contact info

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd",
    "https://www.youtube.com/@LinusTechTips",
    "https://www.youtube.com/@gordonramsay"
  ],
  "extractContactInfo": true
}

Large batch (100+ channels)

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd",
    "https://www.youtube.com/@LinusTechTips",
    "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast",
    "https://www.youtube.com/@veritasium",
    "... up to 100+ channels"
  ],
  "extractContactInfo": true
}

For runs this size, set No timeout in Run options.

💰 Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event — you only pay for channels successfully scraped.

Channels	Cost	Est. Duration
10 channels	$0.05	~2 min
100 channels	$0.50	~19 min
500 channels	$2.50	~95 min
1,000 channels	$5.00	~190 min
10,000 channels	$50.00	~32 hrs

$0.005 per channel. Failed or skipped channels are not charged. For runs over 100 channels, set No timeout in Run options.

📝 Notes

• No YouTube API key required — uses your Apify API key only. No quota limits, no developer account, no approval process.
• Exact counts, not estimates — subscriber and video counts are returned as real integers (20900000), not rounded strings like "20M". Ready to sort, filter, and calculate without any preprocessing.
• Contact info extraction is email-first — email addresses are extracted directly from the channel page, making this immediately useful for outreach campaigns without additional enrichment tools.
• Plug-and-play with automation tools — output is structured JSON, directly compatible with Make, n8n, Zapier, and Google Sheets without transformation steps.
• Invalid URLs are skipped gracefully — unrecognized channel formats are logged and skipped, the run continues without interruption.
• Supports large batches in a single run — up to 100+ channels can be scraped in one run. For runs over 100 channels, set No timeout in Run options.