YouTube Shorts Scraper + AI Content & Sentiment Analysis

Scrape YouTube Shorts with full metadata and AI-powered insights. The cheapest YT Shorts scraper on Apify at $3 per 1,000 Shorts — with AI features no other actor has.

What You Get

For each Short: title, views, likes, comments, upload date, description, music/audio, hashtags, channel info, thumbnail.

Plus optional AI analysis:

• AI Content Analysis — What formats are going viral? What hooks work? When to post?
• AI Comment Sentiment — What does the audience love? What do they complain about?

Who Is This For?

• Marketing agencies — Vet influencers before brand deals. Audit engagement rates, comment sentiment, posting consistency
• Content creators — Reverse-engineer viral Shorts. Find trending formats, music, and hooks in your niche
• Brand managers — Monitor comment sentiment on your product campaigns. Catch PR issues early
• E-commerce brands — Find UGC featuring your products. Identify top-performing review formats
• Competitor analysts — Track competitor posting frequency, engagement trends, and content mix

4 Scraping Modes

1. Search by Keyword

Find Shorts about any topic.

{
    "scrape_type": "search",
    "search": "protein shake recipes",
    "max_shorts": 50,
    "get_comments": true,
    "ai_content_analysis": true
}

2. Channels List

Get all Shorts from specific channels — perfect for competitor analysis.

{
    "scrape_type": "channels",
    "channel_urls": ["@MrBeast", "@KhabyLame", "@CharliDamelio"],
    "max_shorts": 30,
    "get_comments": true,
    "ai_comment_sentiment": true
}

3. Hashtags

Find trending Shorts by hashtag.

{
    "scrape_type": "hashtags",
    "hashtags": ["fitness", "gymtok", "workout"],
    "max_shorts": 50,
    "ai_content_analysis": true
}

4. Video URLs

Scrape specific Shorts by URL — always includes comments.

{
    "scrape_type": "video_urls",
    "video_urls": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fb7p1xmVsz0",
        "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/abc123"
    ],
    "ai_comment_sentiment": true
}

Use Case Examples

Influencer Vetting

You're a skincare brand looking for micro-influencers. Scrape 500 beauty creators' Shorts, filter for high engagement, and check comment sentiment.

{
    "scrape_type": "search",
    "search": "skincare routine",
    "max_shorts": 100,
    "get_comments": true,
    "max_comments_per_video": 20,
    "ai_content_analysis": true,
    "ai_comment_sentiment": true
}

What you get:

• 100 skincare Shorts with views, likes, engagement rates
• AI Content Analysis: which formats perform best (before/after, routine, product review)
• Per-video sentiment: which creators have genuinely positive audience reactions vs. bot comments

Viral Content Reverse-Engineering

You run a faceless YouTube channel and want to find what's working in your niche right now.

{
    "scrape_type": "hashtags",
    "hashtags": ["historyfacts", "didyouknow"],
    "max_shorts": 200,
    "ai_content_analysis": true
}

AI Content Analysis output:

{
    "top_performing_formats": ["countdown lists", "myth vs fact", "this day in history"],
    "viral_hooks": ["Most people don't know...", "POV:", "The reason why..."],
    "trending_music": ["original sound - HistoryBuff", "dramatic orchestral #2"],
    "engagement_benchmark": {"avg_views": 45000, "avg_engagement_rate": "4.2%"},
    "content_recommendations": [
        "Switch to countdown format — 3x more views than narrative style",
        "Use dramatic music — top 5 Shorts all use orchestral tracks"
    ]
}

Brand Monitoring

You launched a new product and want to know what people are saying in Shorts comments.

{
    "scrape_type": "search",
    "search": "iPhone 17 review",
    "max_shorts": 30,
    "get_comments": true,
    "max_comments_per_video": 50,
    "ai_comment_sentiment": true
}

Per-video sentiment output:

{
    "ai_comment_sentiment": {
        "positive_pct": 62,
        "negative_pct": 28,
        "neutral_pct": 10,
        "top_praise": ["camera quality", "design", "fast"],
        "top_complaints": ["battery life", "price", "no USB-C"],
        "audience_summary": "Mostly positive. Viewers love the camera upgrade but are frustrated with battery life and pricing."
    }
}

Output Fields

Field	Description
title	Video title/caption
url	YouTube Shorts URL
upload_date	When it was posted
view_count	Total views
like_count	Total likes
description	Full description text
image	Thumbnail URL
music	Music/audio track name
tags	Hashtags extracted from title + description
channel	Channel name
channel_url	Channel URL
channel_avatar	Channel profile picture
comment_count	Total comment count
scraped_comment_count	Number of comments actually scraped
comments	Array of comment objects (text, author, likes, date, edited)
ai_comment_sentiment	AI sentiment analysis (if enabled)

Pricing

Event	Price
Short scraped	$3.00 / 1,000
Comment scraped	$0.50 / 1,000
AI Content Analysis	$0.05 / run
AI Comment Sentiment	$20.00 / 1,000 videos
Platform usage	Free

Cheapest YouTube Shorts scraper on Apify. The market leader charges $4-6/1K.

Tips

• Start small — Test with 5-10 Shorts first to verify data quality
• AI Content Analysis works best with 50+ Shorts — More data = better pattern detection
• AI Comment Sentiment needs comments — Enable "Scrape comments" first
• No proxy needed for small runs — YouTube is lenient for <100 requests. Enable proxy for larger scrapes
• Use channels mode for competitor tracking — Scrape the same channels weekly to track trends

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