YouTube Shorts Scraper

What is YouTube Shorts Scraper?

YouTube Shorts Scraper lets you scrape YouTube Shorts from any channel, search term or Shorts link: the Short's link, caption, exact views, likes and comment count, publish date and time, length, description, hashtags, tags, category and thumbnail, plus the channel's name, handle, subscribers, total videos and views, country, join date and links in every row. Type a channel name or a keyword, click Start, and download the Shorts as Excel, CSV or JSON.

• 📱 Shorts only: from a channel's Shorts tab, from YouTube's Shorts search results, or from single Shorts links
• ⚡ Fast: 929 Shorts with full details from 4 channels in 2 minutes (our tests)
• 🔢 Exact numbers: exact views, likes and comments for every Short, not "1.2M"
• 📅 Date filter: only the Shorts published after a date, or in the last 7 days, 2 weeks, 3 months
• 🔓 No login: no YouTube account, cookies or API key needed
• 💸 Free to try: every Apify account gets $5 of free usage each month

What can YouTube Shorts Scraper do?

• Scrape every Short of a YouTube channel, newest, most popular or oldest first
• Scrape YouTube Shorts search results for any keyword, with YouTube's upload date filter and sort orders
• Get YouTube Shorts details from links: views, likes, comments and publish time for a list of Shorts
• Monitor a creator's new Shorts with the date filter and a daily schedule
• Track YouTube Shorts views, likes and comments over time with exact counts
• Find Shorts creators in a niche, with subscriber counts and channel stats in the same row
• Export to Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML or XML, or send the data to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier and more

What data can you extract from YouTube Shorts?

🎬 Caption (title) and full description	👁️ Exact view count	👍 Exact like count
💬 Exact comment count	📅 Publish date and time	⏱️ Length
#️⃣ Hashtags	🏷️ Tags (keywords)	🗂️ Category
🖼️ Thumbnail, largest size	🔗 Links in the description	🔒 Comments turned off
📺 Channel name, handle and link	👥 Channel subscribers	📊 Channel total videos and views
🌍 Channel country	🗓️ Channel join date	🔗 Channel links
✅ Verified badge	👪 Family-safe and unlisted flags	🗣️ Subtitle languages (optional)

How to scrape YouTube Shorts

1. Create a free Apify account.
2. Open YouTube Shorts Scraper.
3. Add channels (MrBeast, @MrBeast or a channel link), search terms, or Shorts links, one per line.
4. Set how many Shorts you want from each channel and search term.
5. Click Start, then download the Shorts as Excel, CSV, JSON or HTML.

How much does it cost to scrape YouTube Shorts?

You pay for each Short saved with its details, with lower prices on paid Apify plans:

Apify plan	Shorts per 1,000
Free	$1.50
Starter (Bronze)	$1.35
Scale (Silver)	$1.20
Business (Gold) and higher	$0.75

Platform usage is included in these prices, so you pay nothing else for the run. There is no start fee. In the rare case a Short is saved without its details, it is free. Shorts that cannot be viewed without signing in (age-restricted, members-only, private, removed) and links that are not Shorts are not saved and not charged.

Example: 1,000 Shorts cost $1.50 on the Free plan and $0.75 on Business. The Max Shorts setting keeps every run's cost under control, and you can also set a maximum cost per run. Every Apify account gets $5 of free usage each month, enough for about 3,300 Shorts on the Free plan.

⬇️ Input

Setting	What it does
Channels	Channel names with or without @ (MrBeast, @MrBeast) or channel links (https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast, /channel/UC..., /c/...). The scraper reads each channel's Shorts tab
Search terms	Keywords to search YouTube Shorts for, like cat fails or street food
Shorts links	Single Shorts, like https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f7y2XikE7sY
Max Shorts per channel or search term	How many Shorts to get from each channel and each search term
Only Shorts published after	A date (2026-09-01) or an age (7 days, 2 weeks). Channels are then read newest first
Channel sort order	Newest, most popular or oldest first, like the buttons on a channel's Shorts tab
Sort search results by / Search upload date	YouTube's own search options for search terms
Subtitle languages	Adds the subtitle languages each Short has
Connection settings	The default works for most runs

The 50 newest Shorts of two channels:

{
  "channels": ["MrBeast", "@NYTCooking"],
  "maxResultsShorts": 50
}

A channel's Shorts from the last 7 days:

{
  "channels": ["https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast"],
  "maxResultsShorts": 100,
  "oldestPostDate": "7 days"
}

The 100 most-viewed Shorts for a keyword, uploaded this month:

{
  "searchQueries": ["street food"],
  "maxResultsShorts": 100,
  "sortingOrder": "views",
  "dateFilter": "month"
}

Details for a list of Shorts:

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f7y2XikE7sY",
    "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C-jNC6aXvwo"
  ]
}

If you used another YouTube Shorts scraper, the same input names work here: channels, maxResultsShorts, oldestPostDate and sortChannelShortsBy.

⬆️ Output

Every Short is one row. A Short from a channel:

{
  "id": "f7y2XikE7sY",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f7y2XikE7sY",
  "title": "Paying For Food With My Car",
  "type": "shorts",
  "isShort": true,
  "isLive": false,
  "viewCount": 134305407,
  "likes": 3186064,
  "commentsCount": 31262,
  "commentsTurnedOff": false,
  "date": "2026-07-31T16:00:11Z",
  "publishedText": null,
  "duration": "00:00:50",
  "durationSeconds": 50,
  "text": "",
  "descriptionLinks": [],
  "hashtags": [],
  "keywords": [],
  "category": "Entertainment",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/f7y2XikE7sY/maxresdefault.jpg",
  "channelName": "MrBeast",
  "channelId": "UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA",
  "channelUsername": "MrBeast",
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast",
  "numberOfSubscribers": 523000000,
  "isChannelVerified": true,
  "channelTotalVideos": 1009,
  "channelTotalViews": 144266262191,
  "channelDescription": "SUBSCRIBE FOR A COOKIE!\nNew MrBeast or MrBeast Gaming video every single Saturday at noon ...",
  "channelDescriptionLinks": [
    {"text": "Follow", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/mrbeast/"},
    {"text": "Twitter", "url": "https://twitter.com/MrBeast"},
    {"text": "Facebook", "url": "https://facebook.com/mrbeast/"}
  ],
  "channelLocation": "United States",
  "channelJoinedDate": "2012-02-19",
  "channelAvatarUrl": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/nxYrc_1_2f77DoBadyxMTmv7ZpRZapHR5jbuYe7PlPd5cIRJxtNNEYyO...",
  "channelBannerUrl": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/mHMO_eEMp0dPvh0ADwXhPXNYb_GnjSVsLI8biqF1CpxT8OPl7izhNQsD...",
  "isFamilySafe": true,
  "isUnlisted": false,
  "subtitles": null,
  "hasDetails": true,
  "input": "MrBeast",
  "inputChannelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast",
  "fromChannelListPage": "shorts",
  "fromYTUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA/shorts",
  "order": 9,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-24T08:56:18Z"
}

The Overview tab shows the main columns; download the dataset for every field.

How can I use YouTube Shorts data?

• Trend research: see which topics, hooks and lengths get the most views and comments in Shorts
• Competitor tracking: follow a competitor's Shorts, their posting rhythm and each Short's views, likes and comments
• Influencer marketing: find Shorts creators in a niche, with subscribers, country and channel stats
• Content planning: study the captions, hashtags and tags of the top Shorts for a keyword
• Brand monitoring: find Shorts that mention your brand or product and measure their reach

How many Shorts can I get?

A channel's Shorts tab is read to the end: every public Short of the channel. A YouTube search shows a limited number of Shorts per term (about 150 in our tests); leave the sort order empty to get the most a term can give, and add related search terms to get more. A Short that two inputs find is saved once.

With Only Shorts published after, the newest Shorts of each channel are checked up to your Max Shorts number and the older ones are left out (not charged), so set Max Shorts to at least the number of Shorts the channel posts in that period.

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❓FAQ

How much does it cost to scrape YouTube Shorts?

$1.50 per 1,000 Shorts on the Free plan, down to $0.75 on Business, with platform usage included. See How much does it cost to scrape YouTube Shorts? above for every plan. The Max Shorts limit keeps the cost of a run under control, and you can also set a maximum cost per run.

Can I get the Shorts of a channel by its name?

Yes. Type the channel name with or without @ (MrBeast or @MrBeast), or paste any channel link. The scraper opens the channel's Shorts tab, whichever tab the link points to.

Does it get exact view and like counts?

Yes: views, likes and comments are the exact numbers YouTube counts, and the publish date comes with the time. Channel subscriber counts are rounded by YouTube itself above 1,000.

What if I paste a regular video link?

Only Shorts are saved. A link to a regular video is left out, not charged, and listed in the run report in the Storage tab.

What about age-restricted, members-only or private Shorts?

They cannot be viewed without signing in, so they are not saved and not charged. The run report lists each one and why. Deleted Shorts, wrong links and channels that do not exist are listed there too.

Do I need a YouTube account?

No. The scraper reads the same public Shorts and channels anyone can see without signing in.

Can I connect YouTube Shorts Scraper to other tools or AI agents?

Yes. Start runs and download results with the Apify API or the Python and JavaScript clients, send results to Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets or Slack with Apify integrations and webhooks, or let AI assistants and agents run it through the Apify MCP server at mcp.apify.com.

Is it legal to scrape YouTube Shorts?

This scraper only collects public data that anyone can see on YouTube without signing in. Channel names and descriptions can still contain personal data, which may be protected by laws such as GDPR, so only scrape it for a legitimate reason, respect copyright when you reuse content, and ask a lawyer if you are unsure. You can read more in Is web scraping legal?

YouTube Shorts Scraper is an independent tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by YouTube or Google.

Something isn't working?

Open the Issues tab with your input and what you expected, or ask for a field you need. We read every one and usually reply within a day.

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