# YouTube Channel Scraper - Subscribers, Stats, Links ($1/1K) (`coiled_magistrate/youtube-channel-fast`) Actor

Scrape YouTube channel details: subscribers, total views, video count, country, join date, verified badge, description, external links and latest videos. Find channels by keyword. $1 per 1,000 channels.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/coiled\_magistrate/youtube-channel-fast.md
- **Developed by:** [TrendsData](https://apify.com/coiled_magistrate) (community)
- **Categories:** Videos, Social media, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$1.00 / 1,000 channels

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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 Channel Scraper - Subscribers, Views, Links & Latest Videos

Scrape **YouTube channel details** for any list of channels - or **find channels by keyword** - and get subscribers, total views, video count, country, join date, verified badge, description, **external links** (website, Instagram, X, TikTok...) and the **latest videos**.

**$1 per 1,000 channels.** No start fee, no subscription. Channels that can't be loaded are **never charged**.

### Why this scraper

- **Cheap** - $0.001 per channel including the latest 10 videos
- **Find channels by keyword** - build lists of creators in any niche
- **Filter by size** - `minSubscribers` skips small channels (free)
- **Exact total views**, video count, join date and country from the channel's About panel
- **Channel from video** - paste video URLs and get the channels behind them
- **Fast** - YouTube's own data API, no browser

### Use cases

- **Influencer discovery** - find creators in a niche with 10k+ subscribers and their websites/socials
- **Competitor tracking** - monitor subscriber and view growth (schedule daily/weekly)
- **Agency prospecting** - build lead lists of channels with their external links
- **Market research** - which channels dominate a topic
- **Data enrichment** - turn a list of channel URLs into a full spreadsheet

### Input example

```json
{
  "channels": ["@mkbhd", "https://www.youtube.com/@NYTCooking"],
  "searchQueries": ["home workout"],
  "maxChannelsPerSearch": 50,
  "minSubscribers": 10000,
  "latestVideos": 5
}
```

### Output example

```json
{
  "channelId": "UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ",
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ",
  "handle": "@mkbhd",
  "title": "Marques Brownlee",
  "country": "United States",
  "subscriberCount": 21300000,
  "viewCount": 5687525589,
  "videoCount": 1852,
  "joinedDate": "2008-03-21",
  "isVerified": true,
  "links": [{"title": "Twitter", "url": "https://twitter.com/MKBHD"}, {"title": "Instagram", "url": "https://instagram.com/MKBHD"}],
  "keywords": ["MKBHD", "MarquesBrownlee", "Marques Brownlee"],
  "latestVideos": [{"videoId": "...", "title": "The Apple Watch Has a Problem", "viewCount": 3400000, "publishedText": "1 day ago", "duration": "15:06"}],
  "input": "@mkbhd",
  "inputType": "channel"
}
```

### Pricing

**$0.001 per channel** ($1 per 1,000). Channels skipped by `minSubscribers` and channels that fail are not charged.

### More tools from this author

- [YouTube Scraper - videos, channels, search results ($1/1K)](https://apify.com/coiled_magistrate/youtube-scraper-fast)
- [YouTube Transcript Scraper - subtitles for videos, channels, playlists](https://apify.com/coiled_magistrate/youtube-transcript-fast)
- [YouTube Shorts Scraper - search, hashtags, channels](https://apify.com/coiled_magistrate/youtube-shorts-fast)
- [Google Ads Transparency Scraper - every ad your competitors run](https://apify.com/coiled_magistrate/google-ads-transparency-fast)
- [Google Trends Scraper - interest over time, by region, related queries](https://apify.com/coiled_magistrate/google-trends-reliable)
- [Google Trends Trending Now - real-time trending searches for any country](https://apify.com/coiled_magistrate/google-trending-now)
- [Keyword Suggestions - Google, YouTube, Amazon autocomplete](https://apify.com/coiled_magistrate/keyword-suggestions)
- [Tech Stack Detector - Wappalyzer & BuiltWith alternative](https://apify.com/coiled_magistrate/tech-stack-detector)
- [Company Jobs Scraper - Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby & more](https://apify.com/coiled_magistrate/company-jobs-scraper)

# Actor input Schema

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

Channel URLs, @handles or channel IDs (UC...).

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

Search YouTube for channels, e.g. 'cooking', 'crypto news'.

## `maxChannelsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

How many channels to take from each keyword search.

## `videoUrls` (type: `array`):

Get the channel behind each video URL.

## `latestVideos` (type: `integer`):

Include the newest N videos (title, views, age, duration) for each channel. 0 = none.

## `minSubscribers` (type: `integer`):

Skip channels with fewer subscribers (skipped channels are not charged).

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Parallel requests.

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

Used automatically only when YouTube blocks a request. Starts with Apify datacenter proxy and escalates to residential proxy only if needed.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "@mkbhd"
  ],
  "searchQueries": [],
  "maxChannelsPerSearch": 20,
  "videoUrls": [],
  "latestVideos": 10,
  "minSubscribers": 0,
  "maxConcurrency": 10,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All scraped channels.

## `overview` (type: `string`):

Compact table view.

# 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 = {
    "channels": [
        "@mkbhd"
    ],
    "searchQueries": [],
    "videoUrls": [],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("coiled_magistrate/youtube-channel-fast").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 = {
    "channels": ["@mkbhd"],
    "searchQueries": [],
    "videoUrls": [],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("coiled_magistrate/youtube-channel-fast").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 '{
  "channels": [
    "@mkbhd"
  ],
  "searchQueries": [],
  "videoUrls": [],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call coiled_magistrate/youtube-channel-fast --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/tkbncBTmw5v0Z4T1V/builds/47BhXSBraLenrugm7/openapi.json