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YouTube Video Details

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Get full video details: title, description, view/like counts, duration, tags, chapters.

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What does YouTube Video Details do?

YouTube Video Details extracts comprehensive metadata for any YouTube video — title, full description, view count, like count, duration, tags, chapters, thumbnails, and publish date — directly from a video URL. No YouTube Data API key required, no quota limits.

Built on the Apify platform, this Actor runs in seconds and integrates with Apify's scheduling, webhooks, and 1,500+ integrations via Zapier and Make.

Why use YouTube Video Details?

Content analysis — Analyse top-performing videos in your niche by views, likes, and tags
Competitor research — Understand how competitors structure their video titles and descriptions
Lead enrichment — Enrich a list of video URLs with full metadata for CRM or outreach
SEO research — Extract tags and chapters to understand YouTube's ranking signals
Influencer vetting — Quickly verify engagement stats before a partnership deal

How to use YouTube Video Details

Click Try for free on this Actor's page
Paste a YouTube video URL (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ)
Optionally enable include_captions to get subtitles/transcript
Click Start and wait a few seconds
Download your results as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the Output tab

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
`url`	string	✅	YouTube video URL or video ID
`include_captions`	boolean	❌	Include captions/subtitles (default false)
`cache`	boolean	❌	Use cached result if available (default true)

Example input:

{
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "include_captions": false
}

Output

Example output:

{
  "videoId": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "title": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up",
  "description": "The official video for...",
  "channelName": "Rick Astley",
  "channelId": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
  "viewCount": 1400000000,
  "likeCount": 16000000,
  "duration": "PT3M33S",
  "tags": ["rick astley", "never gonna give you up"],
  "thumbnails": {
    "default": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ/default.jpg",
    "maxres": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ/maxresdefault.jpg"
  },
  "chapters": [],
  "publishedAt": "2009-10-25T06:57:33Z",
  "meta": { "cache_hit": false, "execution_time_ms": 980 }
}

You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

Data fields

Field	Type	Description
`videoId`	string	YouTube video ID
`title`	string	Video title
`description`	string	Full video description
`channelName`	string	Channel display name
`channelId`	string	YouTube channel ID
`viewCount`	integer	Total view count
`likeCount`	integer	Total like count
`duration`	string	Duration in ISO 8601 format (e.g. PT3M33S)
`tags`	array	Video tags
`thumbnails`	object	Thumbnail URLs by quality (default, medium, high, maxres)
`chapters`	array	Chapter timestamps and titles (if available)
`publishedAt`	string	Publication date (ISO 8601)

Pricing / Cost estimation

$0.02 per successful API call on Apify.

1,000 successful Apify runs = $20.00

FAQ & Support

Is this legal? This Actor fetches publicly available YouTube video metadata — the same data visible in any browser without login.

Known limitations: Private or age-restricted videos will not return data. Live streams may return incomplete metadata.

Need help? Open an issue in the Issues tab or contact the support team for custom solutions.

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