Startpage Video Scraper

What does Startpage Video Scraper do?

This Actor collects video records from public Startpage video results. A record includes the video title and URL, with channel, description, views, duration, publication details, and thumbnail when available. Results depend on the videos Startpage publishes for your query.

Why use Startpage Video Scraper?

Use it for public video discovery, research pipelines, channel-oriented monitoring, and bounded result collection. maxItems is a global unique-video cap and maxPages limits visible Next-button pagination. A record must expose a title and an external video URL. Channel, duration, views, dates, thumbnails, and direct media URLs are optional and remain absent when the source does not provide them.

What data can it extract?

Field	Description
position, pageNumber	One-based result rank and visible result page.
title, videoUrl, videoId, domain	Public title, canonical video URL, platform ID when derivable, and host.
platform, videoProvider, channel, channelUrl	Source platform/channel labels, URL-derived provider, and source channel URL when supplied.
description, viewCount, viewCountText	Published description, exact numeric views when available, and original count text. Rounded counts such as 1.2K stay text only.
duration, durationSeconds	Displayed duration and parsed seconds.
publishDateText, publishedAt	Displayed publication text and unambiguous date; date-only values remain date-only, and timestamps require an explicit time zone.
mediaUrl	Direct external media URL only when explicitly present; no guessed MIME type or media link.
thumbnailUrl, thumbnailSourceUrl	Startpage preview URL and decoded public source when available.
searchQuery, language, safeSearch, resultPageUrl, source	Search settings and result source.
scrapedAt	ISO collection timestamp.

How to scrape Startpage Videos

1. Open the Actor in Apify Console and enter a public video query.
2. Choose the maximum number of videos and result pages, then select a language and safe-search setting.
3. Start the run and download the resulting dataset in JSON, CSV, Excel, or another supported format.

Input

• query (required string, 1–240 characters).
• maxItems (integer 1–200, default 50).
• maxPages (integer 1–20, default 10).
• language (2–32 letters or hyphens, default english).
• safeSearch (moderate, strict, or off; default moderate).

Simple run

{
  "query": "artificial intelligence tutorial",
  "maxItems": 25,
  "maxPages": 3,
  "language": "english",
  "safeSearch": "moderate"
}

Output

You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

Normal record

{
  "position": 1,
  "title": "Synthetic AI tutorial for researchers",
  "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123",
  "videoId": "abc123",
  "domain": "youtube.com",
  "platform": "YouTube",
  "channel": "Example Research Channel",
  "description": "A public tutorial introducing reproducible artificial intelligence workflows.",
  "viewCount": 1234,
  "duration": "10:05",
  "durationSeconds": 605,
  "publishDateText": "Mon, 01 Sep 2026",
  "publishedAt": "2026-09-01",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fabc123%2Fhqdefault.jpg",
  "thumbnailSourceUrl": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/abc123/hqdefault.jpg",
  "searchQuery": "artificial intelligence tutorial",
  "language": "english",
  "safeSearch": "moderate",
  "pageNumber": 1,
  "resultPageUrl": "https://www.startpage.com/search?q=artificial+intelligence+tutorial&cat=video&safe=1",
  "source": "startpage.com",
  "videoProvider": "YouTube",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-09T00:00:00.000Z"
}

Data notes

Missing view counts, publication dates, channel details, and thumbnails are omitted rather than guessed. Review video information and any reuse rights on the source platform.

FAQ, support, and responsible use

This Actor is not affiliated with Startpage, YouTube, or any creator. Verify title, description, thumbnail, and reuse rights on the source platform. Respect Startpage and platform terms, robots guidance, rate limits, privacy obligations, and applicable law.