YouTube Channel ID Extractor

Extract YouTube channel IDs effortlessly! This powerful actor automatically converts YouTube channel URLs to channel IDs, supporting both @handle and traditional URL formats. Perfect for YouTube API integration, analytics, and channel management. 🎥✨

Features

• Channel ID extraction — extracts the unique UCxxxxxx channel ID from any YouTube channel URL
• Multiple URL formats — supports @handle, /channel/UCxxx, /user/username, bare usernames
• Rich metadata — subscriber count, video count, total views, joined date, country, description, keywords
• Avatar & banner — extracts high-resolution avatar and banner images
• Batch processing — process up to 1000 channel URLs in a single run
• Deduplication — skips already-seen channel IDs

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
channelUrls	array	(required)	List of YouTube channel URLs
maxItems	integer	50	Maximum number of channels to process
proxyConfiguration	object	—	Apify proxy config

Example INPUT.json

{
    "channelUrls": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast",
        "https://www.youtube.com/@PewDiePie",
        "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA"
    ],
    "maxItems": 50
}

Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
channelId	string	Unique YouTube channel ID (UCxxxxxxxxx)
channelName	string	Channel display name
channelHandle	string	@handle username
canonicalUrl	string	Canonical channel URL
subscriberCount	string	Subscriber count (e.g. "485M subscriber")
videoCount	string	Total video count
viewCount	string	Total view count
description	string	Channel description
isVerified	boolean	Whether channel is verified
country	string	Channel's country
joinedDate	string	Date channel was created
keywords	string	Channel keywords/tags
avatar	string	Avatar image URL
bannerUrl	string	Banner image URL
scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp of scrape