YouTube Leads Generator

Turn YouTube searches into qualified lead lists in minutes. YouTube Leads Generator finds creator and brand channels that match your keywords, then extracts contact-ready details so you can reach out confidently.

Whether you’re in sales, recruiting, PR, or partnerships, this tool saves hours of manual digging. Point it at a niche and location, set how many leads you want, and download clean, structured data that plugs straight into your CRM or spreadsheet.

📄 What Can You Extract?

[List each field in the following format:]

• emails: A list of discovered email addresses associated with the channel (masked in sample for privacy)
• keyword: The search keyword that produced the result (masked in sample)
• name: The YouTube channel’s display name (partially masked in sample)
• user_id: The channel’s unique YouTube ID (partially masked in sample)
• user_link: The public URL to the channel page (partially masked in sample)
• user_thumbnail: The channel avatar image URL (partially masked in sample)
• username: The channel’s @handle (partially masked in sample)

📘 How to Use

Getting started is quick and painless even if you've never scraped data before:

1. Create a free Apify account. All you need is an email address.
2. Open the YouTube Leads Generator on the Apify platform.
3. Add your input parameters (e.g., URLs, filters, etc. - customize as needed).
4. Click "Start". The actor will visit each URL and gather data.
5. Download your dataset in JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML, or pipe it straight into your integrations via the API.

✨ Key Features

• Keyword-based discovery with optional country filtering
• Extracts channel handle, ID, name, and profile link
• Captures potential contact emails from channel surfaces
• Smart de-duplication to avoid repeated contacts
• Limit results with max_leads for fast sampling
• Export to JSON/CSV/Excel/HTML or stream via API
• Works great in automations with Zapier/Make/Airbyte
• Built and hosted on Apify for reliability and scale

⌨️ Input Parameters

Field	Type	Description	Required
keyword	string	Topic or niche to search for (e.g., marketing, fitness)	Yes
location	string	Optional 2-letter country code to bias results (e.g., US)	No
max_leads	number	Maximum number of leads to return (e.g., 10)	No

Sample Input

{
  "keyword": "marketing",
  "location": "US",
  "max_leads": 10
}

📊 Output

The actor returns a structured dataset with the following fields for each record.

Sample Output (JSON)

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[ 
  {
    "emails": [
      "contact@optim*****.com",
      "hello@tech******.com"
    ],
    "keyword": "t***",
    "name": "optim**",
    "user_id": "UCRYOj4DmyxhBVrdvbsUw***",
    "user_link": "https://www.youtube.com/@@optim***tech",
    "user_thumbnail": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/M9YwxViKtozHtuhHwgVz9qO0644N4KKUhHvjp-m5HEpUEpkzPrdnVYHgVXiN4jFNONaCmXRCHQ=s***-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
    "username": "@optim***tech"
  },
  {
    "emails": [
      "linus@tech****.com",
      "business@linus*****.com"
    ],
    "keyword": "t***",
    "name": "L**** Tech Tips",
    "user_id": "UCXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0T***",
    "user_link": "https://www.youtube.com/@@Linus****Tips",
    "user_thumbnail": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/gnvYLhXy8FAlPXZ2RTrkrgj-5kyt0vdE2FUGVOiKGdEZIa-wN5A-7nwZBlWJLzUMmoh1NWAU=s***-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
    "username": "@Linus****Tips"
  },
  {
    "emails": [
      "info@top****.com"
    ],
    "keyword": "t***",
    "name": "T** Tech",
    "user_id": "UCvRg_-z2D9c_hMO05ZgU***",
    "user_link": "https://www.youtube.com/@@top****_oficial",
    "user_thumbnail": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/f8XsKq2_Ey-QCN036vsdxfe_bSsR96Be2COGgJKpCNF6foK1RkjVLl41Q_1QfbtCthfGC4nGOg=s***-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
    "username": "@top****_oficial"
  }
]

🎯 Use Cases

• Build targeted outreach lists for SaaS, agencies, and B2B partnerships
• Source creators for affiliate, sponsorship, or ambassador programs
• Find niche experts for webinars, podcasts, and conference panels
• Recruit technical creators and developer advocates by topic
• Identify media/press contacts for product launch announcements
• Populate PR databases with verified YouTube channel details
• Create geo-specific prospecting lists (e.g., US-only, UK-only)
• Enrich existing channel lists with handles, IDs, and contact emails
• Discover local businesses with active channels for SMB sales
• Curate creator shortlists for influencer marketing campaigns

📌 Usage Tips

• Start with a broad keyword, then narrow down based on early results.
• Use max_leads while testing to iterate quickly on the right search terms.
• Combine with a CRM dedupe step to avoid contacting the same channel twice.

🔌 Integrations

YouTube Leads Generator fits seamlessly into your data pipeline. Thanks to built-in integrations on the Apify platform, you can connect this actor with virtually any cloud service or web app.

Popular integrations

• Make (Integromat) – automate multi-step workflows.
• Zapier – send data to 5,000+ apps.
• Airbyte – sync datasets into your data warehouse.
• Slack – push instant notifications.
• Google Sheets & Drive – store results in spreadsheets or cloud.
• GitHub – commit datasets directly to your repositories.
• AWS S3 / Azure Blob Storage – archive large exports securely.

Webhooks

Set up webhooks to trigger actions when the actor completes or fails, e.g., send email or Slack alerts.

🛠️ API Access

Prefer to automate with code? The Apify REST API lets you manage, schedule, and run this actor programmatically.

• Run & Schedule Actors
• Access Datasets
• Monitor Runs
• Version Control

Client libraries

Language	Package	Install
Node.js	apify-client	npm install apify-client
Python	apify-client	pip install apify-client

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For complete API examples and detailed usage, visit the API documentation.

// Example: Trigger a run with Node.js
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' });

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
  "keyword": "marketing",
  "location": "US",
  "max_leads": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("caprolok/youtube-leads-generator").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results:', await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems());

MCP Quickstart

You can use the Apify MCP Server in two ways:

1. Standard Input/Output (stdio):

• Set MCP client server command to npx @apify/actors-mcp-server and environment variable APIFY_TOKEN to your Apify API token.

2. HTTPS Endpoint mcp.apify.com:

• Connect your MCP client by including Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN> header in your requests.

For more details, see the MCP API documentation.

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