YouTube Channel Scraper

Extract the latest videos from any number of public YouTube channels with exact views, likes, comments, description and upload date, plus optional channel information (ID, description, subscribers).

No YouTube API key, quota or login required.

Pricing

This Actor uses Pay Per Event (PPE) monetization.

Event	Price
video-scraped: one video saved to the dataset	$0.0015 ($1.50 per 1,000 videos)
channel-scraped: one successfully scraped channel	$0.002

• Example: 50 videos from each of 20 channels = 1,000 × $0.0015 + 20 × $0.002 = $1.54.
• In channel-information-only mode you pay only the channel event.
• Platform usage and proxies are included.
• You are charged only after the channel's results are saved to the dataset.
• Failed channels (not found, terminated, unavailable, invalid URL) are not charged.
• Duplicate URLs in the same run are scraped and charged once.
• Set a maximum cost per run in the Apify Console to cap your spend. The Actor stops when the limit is reached.

What it extracts

Videos

• Video ID and URL
• Title and full description
• Upload date (ISO 8601)
• Exact view count
• Like count
• Comment count
• Highest resolution thumbnail URL

Channel (optional)

• Channel ID
• Channel description
• Subscriber count

Input

Field	Default	Description
startUrls		Channel URLs, @handles or channel IDs.
maxItems	10	Latest videos per channel (0 to 200). 0 returns channel information only.
onlyVideosNewerThan		Only videos published after this date. Absolute (2026-01-31) or relative (7 days, 2 weeks, 3 months).
includeProfileInfo	false	Add a channel object (id, description, subscribersCount) to every video record.
onlyProfileInfo	false	Return one { "channel": {...} } record per URL and skip videos.
proxy	Apify Proxy	Proxy configuration. Recommended, as YouTube rate-limits repeated requests.
maxConcurrency	3	Channels processed in parallel.
maxRequestRetries	4	Retries for failed or blocked requests, each with a new proxy session.

Supported channel formats:

• https://www.youtube.com/@coursera
• https://www.youtube.com/@coursera/videos (any tab)
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ50rYSkYQG31YDEJm9Di_g
• https://www.youtube.com/user/DisneyParks
• https://www.youtube.com/c/Name
• @coursera
• UCZ50rYSkYQG31YDEJm9Di_g

Latest videos

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@coursera",
    "@netflix"
  ],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "includeProfileInfo": true
}

Videos from the last 7 days

{
  "startUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/@coursera"],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "onlyVideosNewerThan": "7 days"
}

Channel information only

{
  "startUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/@coursera"],
  "onlyProfileInfo": true
}

Output

Results are written to the default Apify Dataset and can be exported as JSON, CSV, XLSX, XML, or retrieved through the Apify API.

Each video is one record. With includeProfileInfo: true the channel object is added:

{
  "id": "kXJPy1J-ps0",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXJPy1J-ps0",
  "title": "2026 09 24 Illuminate",
  "views": 28,
  "description": null,
  "uploadDate": "2026-09-28T06:19:39-07:00",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kXJPy1J-ps0/maxresdefault.jpg",
  "likes": 0,
  "comments": 0,
  "channel": {
    "id": "UCploDBIVOE0jyhEsHFHrMeg",
    "description": "At UM, we attract people from around the world who share our ideals and vision for positive change...",
    "subscribersCount": 39500
  }
}

Without includeProfileInfo, the record is the same without channel.

With onlyProfileInfo: true (or maxItems: 0), each channel returns one record:

{
  "channel": {
    "id": "UCploDBIVOE0jyhEsHFHrMeg",
    "description": "At UM, we attract people from around the world...",
    "subscribersCount": 39500
  }
}

Notes:

• subscribersCount is rounded by YouTube (e.g. 39.5K becomes 39500). Video views and likes are exact.
• likes is 0 when the channel hides likes. comments is 0 when comments are turned off.
• description is null when the video has no description.
• uploadDate is ISO 8601 with the channel timezone offset.
• Videos come from the channel's Videos tab, newest first. Shorts and live streams that only appear in their own tabs are not included.
• If a video page can't be read (for example an age-restricted video), the record keeps the title, views and thumbnail from the channel listing, with uploadDate: null.
• A channel with no videos matching the filters returns one { "channel": {...} } record and is charged as a successful channel.

Failed channels are returned with status: "failed" and a note explaining why. They are not charged:

{
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@doesnotexist",
  "status": "failed",
  "note": "Channel not found.",
  "isProxyUsed": true
}

Important

This Actor collects only publicly available information. Users are responsible for complying with YouTube's terms, applicable laws, and privacy/data-protection requirements.

The Actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube or Google.