# Gain YouTube Community Posts Insights

**Use case:** 

Gather key insights from MrBeast's YouTube community posts, including engagement metrics, comments, and poll results. This task extracts posts for comprehensive analysis of interaction patterns and content effectiveness. Ideal for understanding audience behavior and content engagement.

## Input

```json
{
  "start_urls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast"
    }
  ],
  "max_posts": 20
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "postId": {
    "label": "Post ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "author": {
    "label": "Author",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "channelId": {
    "label": "Channel ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "channelUrl": {
    "label": "Channel URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "postLink": {
    "label": "Post Link",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "publishedTime": {
    "label": "Published",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "timeOfDownload": {
    "label": "Downloaded At",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "text": {
    "label": "Text",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "likesCount": {
    "label": "Likes",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "commentsCount": {
    "label": "Comments",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "videoLink": {
    "label": "Video",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "images": {
    "label": "Images",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "pollChoices": {
    "label": "Poll Choices",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "attachmentType": {
    "label": "Attachment Type",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Youtube Posts Scraper Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Gain YouTube Community Posts Insights". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/0Ws62K4DyGujoAZcO) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Gain YouTube Community Posts Insights" task

The Youtube Posts Scraper Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like start urls and maximum number of posts to scrape (youtube allows 200 posts per channel), to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Gain YouTube Community Posts Insights" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as post id, author, channel id, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Gain YouTube Community Posts Insights" task via API](https://apify.com/beautifulscrape/youtube-posts-scraper.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Youtube Posts Scraper](https://apify.com/beautifulscrape/youtube-posts-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/beautifulscrape/youtube-posts-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/beautifulscrape/youtube-posts-scraper.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).