YouTube Channel Scraper Fast

Scrape any YouTube channel and get complete data including subscribers, engagement stats, contact info, and social links. Runs about 2x faster than the standard version. Works on any channel URL format and returns clean JSON in seconds.

You are only charged for channels that come back with real data. Failed requests and empty results are free.

What does YouTube Channel Scraper Fast do?

YouTube Channel Scraper Fast pulls complete channel data using a lightweight approach that skips heavy browser rendering where it is not needed. Same output as the standard version, significantly less waiting.

It can extract:

• Channel name, handle, channel URL, channel ID, and verification status
• Subscriber count, total videos, and all-time total views
• Engagement rate, average views per video, estimated monthly views, and upload frequency
• Country, join date, and full channel description
• Recent video activity and last upload date
• Contact info: email, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, and LinkedIn (optional)

Why Use the Fast Version?

When you are scraping dozens or hundreds of channels in one run, the difference between 12 seconds and 6 seconds per channel adds up fast. This version is built for throughput: quick screening, large lists, and automation pipelines where waiting is the bottleneck.

If you need the highest possible data accuracy or are running a small batch where speed is not a concern, the standard YouTube Channel Scraper is the better pick.

Here are some ways you could use this data:

• Screen large lists of channels quickly before doing deeper research
• Build lead lists for influencer marketing or brand outreach at scale
• Find channels in specific niches for sponsorship targeting
• Track competitor channels and monitor their growth over time
• Feed channel data into CRMs, spreadsheets, or automation tools like Make, n8n, or Zapier
• Score and rank channels by engagement rate before reaching out

How to Use

Scraping a YouTube channel takes about 6 seconds per channel. No setup needed beyond the channel URL.

1. Click Try for free
2. Enter one or more YouTube channel URLs
3. Optionally enable Extract Contact Info to pull email and social links from the channel page
4. Click Run
5. When done, preview or download your data from the Dataset tab

For runs over 100 channels, set No timeout in Run options so the run is not cut off early.

Input

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

Batch with contact info

{
  "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	none	YouTube channel URLs (required). Supports /@handle, /channel/ID, /c/name, /user/name
extractContactInfo	boolean	true	Extract email and social links from the channel page

Output

Each channel is saved as one item in the Dataset. The run summary goes to the Key-Value Store under OUTPUT.

Channel item

{
  "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"
}

Run summary

{
  "summary": {
    "total": 3,
    "successCount": 3,
    "failedCount": 0,
    "totalCharged": 0.015,
    "startedAt": "2026-06-28T10:00:00.000Z",
    "finishedAt": "2026-06-28T10:01:00.000Z",
    "totalDurationSeconds": 60
  }
}

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 the channel has a verified badge
country	Country set by the channel owner
joinedDate	Date the channel was created (YYYY-MM-DD)
description	Full channel description text
scrapedAt	ISO timestamp of when the data was scraped

Stats (nested inside each channel item)

Field	Description
subscribers	Total subscriber count as an 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) x 100, capped at 100%
lastUploadDate	Date of the most recent video (YYYY-MM-DD)

Contact info (nested, only when extractContactInfo is 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

Pricing

Pay per successfully scraped channel. Failed requests are free.

Channels	Cost	Est. time
10	$0.05	~1 min
100	$0.50	~7 min
500	$2.50	~35 min
1,000	$5.00	~70 min

$0.005 per channel.

For runs over 100 channels, set No timeout in Run options.

Notes

• All channel URL formats work: /@handle, /channel/ID, /c/name, /user/name.
• Subscriber and video counts are exact integers (20900000), not rounded strings like "20M". Ready to sort, filter, and calculate without extra parsing.
• Contact info extraction is email-first. Emails are pulled directly from the channel page, useful for outreach without additional enrichment tools.
• Output is structured JSON, directly compatible with Make, n8n, Zapier, and Google Sheets.
• Invalid URLs are skipped and logged. The run continues without interruption.
• If you need higher data reliability over speed, use YouTube Channel Scraper instead.

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