# YouTube Scraper - Videos, Likes, Comments Count, Transcripts (`centorprat/youtube-video-scraper`) Actor

Scrape YouTube videos from searches, channels or URLs with full details: exact likes, views, comment count, publish date, duration, channel and subscribers, description, hashtags, keywords, caption languages, optional transcript. No API key, no login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/centorprat/youtube-video-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Centor Prat](https://apify.com/centorprat) (community)
- **Categories:** Videos, Social media
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.28 / 1,000 videos

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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 examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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`).

# README

## ▶️ YouTube Scraper - Videos, Likes, Comments Count, Transcripts

**Scrape YouTube videos with full details** from **search queries**, **channels** (latest videos, Shorts or live
streams) or **video URLs**. One row per video: title, **exact views**, **exact likes**, **comment count**, **publish
date**, **duration**, Short / live flags, **channel**, channel ID, **subscribers** and verified badge, full
**description**, **hashtags**, **keywords** (tags), thumbnail, caption languages, **like rate** (likes ÷ views), and
for search results the **rank position**. Optionally the **transcript** of each video. No API key, no quota, no login.

Filters: minimum views and published-after date.

### 📥 Input

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `searchQueries`, `maxResultsPerSearch` | videos from YouTube search |
| `channels`, `channelTab`, `maxVideosPerChannel` | a channel's latest videos / Shorts / streams |
| `videos` | direct URLs or IDs |
| `includeTranscript`, `transcriptLanguages` | add transcripts |
| `minViews`, `publishedAfter`, `country` | filters |

```json
{ "searchQueries": ["iphone 17 review"], "maxResultsPerSearch": 50, "channels": ["@mkbhd"], "maxVideosPerChannel": 30, "minViews": 10000 }
```

### 📤 Output (one video, shortened)

```json
{ "videoId": "rng_yUSwrgU", "title": "iPhone 17 Review: No Asterisks!", "channel": "Marques Brownlee", "channelSubscribers": 21400000,
  "channelVerified": true, "views": 7002859, "likes": 175162, "likeRate": 0.025, "commentCount": 5800, "publishDate": "2025-10-01",
  "durationSeconds": 680, "isShort": false, "hashtags": [], "keywords": ["iPhone 17", "review"], "source": "search",
  "searchQuery": "iphone 17 review", "searchRank": 1, "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rng_yUSwrgU" }
```

### 💡 Uses

- **Influencer and creator research**: views, likes, engagement and subscribers for any channel or niche.
- **YouTube SEO**: who ranks for your keywords, with tags, titles, durations and dates.
- **Market and trend research**: what's being published and how it performs.
- **AI datasets**: video metadata plus transcripts in one run.

### 💰 Pricing

Pay per result: `video` per video with full details, `transcript` per transcript added. Unavailable videos are free.

### 🤖 API / agents

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/centorprat~youtube-video-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"searchQueries": ["best budget laptop 2026"], "maxResultsPerSearch": 10}'
```

MCP: `https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=actors,docs,centorprat/youtube-video-scraper`

### ❓ FAQ

- **API key or login?** No.
- **Large runs?** Keep Apify Proxy on; when YouTube asks a server IP to sign in, the video is retried from a fresh IP.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

YouTube searches, e.g. \["iphone 17 review"]. Videos in YouTube's ranking order.

## `maxResultsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Top N videos per search.

## `channels` (type: `array`):

Channel URLs, @handles or IDs: their latest videos.

## `channelTab` (type: `string`):

Which list of the channel to take.

## `maxVideosPerChannel` (type: `integer`):

Latest N videos per channel.

## `videos` (type: `array`):

Direct video URLs or IDs (watch, youtu.be, Shorts).

## `includeTranscript` (type: `boolean`):

Also return each video's transcript (charged per transcript).

## `transcriptLanguages` (type: `array`):

Preferred caption languages, e.g. \["en"].

## `minViews` (type: `integer`):

Keep videos with at least this many views.

## `publishedAfter` (type: `string`):

Keep videos published on or after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `country` (type: `string`):

Country code for search results, e.g. US, GB, DE.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Retries from fresh Apify Proxy IPs when YouTube asks a server to sign in (datacenter by default; Residential is most reliable for big runs).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "iphone 17 review"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 5,
  "channelTab": "videos",
  "maxVideosPerChannel": 20,
  "includeTranscript": false,
  "country": "US",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `videos` (type: `string`):

One row per video: title, channel, subscribers, views, likes, comment count, publish date, duration, description, hashtags, keywords, optional transcript.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
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 = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "iphone 17 review"
    ],
    "maxResultsPerSearch": 5,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

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

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchQueries": ["iphone 17 review"],
    "maxResultsPerSearch": 5,
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("centorprat/youtube-video-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "iphone 17 review"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call centorprat/youtube-video-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,centorprat/youtube-video-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/utJ3hzHZV3Fbh3dtT/builds/Z6RwqlWIjaMszSJPM/openapi.json