Youtube Search Scraper

Scrape YouTube search results without needing cookies or a YouTube account. Get video metadata, channel profiles, and playlists from any search query — with full support for YouTube's search filters.

What it does

Enter one or more search queries and the scraper returns structured data for each result, just like you'd see on YouTube's search page. Results include videos, channels, and playlists depending on your filters.

Input

Field	Required	Default	Description
Search Queries	Yes	—	One or more YouTube search terms
Max Results Per Query	No	20	How many results to return per query (1–200)
Sort By	No	Relevance	Relevance, Upload Date, View Count, or Rating
Upload Date	No	Any time	Last hour, Today, This week, This month, This year
Result Type	No	All	Video, Channel, or Playlist
Duration	No	Any	Under 4 min, 4–20 min, Over 20 min
Features	No	None	HD, Subtitles, CC (alias for Subtitles), Creative Commons, Live, 4K, HDR, 360, VR180, Location, Purchased, 3D
Market	No	US	Country/region for localized results. One of: US, GB, DE, IN, JP, BR, FR, ES, KR, RU

Example input

{
  "searchQueries": ["web scraping tutorial", "python automation"],
  "maxResults": 30,
  "sortBy": "view_count",
  "uploadDate": "this_year",
  "type": "video"
}

Output

Video results

Field	Example
videoId	"dQw4w9WgXcQ"
title	"Never Gonna Give You Up"
url	"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
description	"The official video for..."
channelName	"Rick Astley"
channelUrl	"https://www.youtube.com/@RickAstley"
channelId	"UCuAXFkgsw1L7..."
viewCount	1500000000
viewCountText	"1.5B views"
publishedTimeText	"15 years ago"
duration	"3:33"
durationSeconds	213
thumbnails	Array of {url, width, height}
richThumbnailUrl	Animated preview URL (or null)
badges	["CC", "4K"]
isLive	false
estimatedResults	1234567
searchQuery	"web scraping tutorial"
scrapedAt	"2026-02-10T12:00:00+00:00"

Channel results

Field	Example
channelId	"UCxxxxxx"
channelName	"Python Programmer"
channelUrl	"https://www.youtube.com/@gilesmcmullen"
handle	"@gilesmcmullen"
description	"Hi I'm Giles..."
subscriberCount	782000
subscriberCountText	"782K subscribers"
thumbnails	Array of {url, width, height}
channelThumbnailUrl	Single highest-res channel avatar URL
verified	true

Playlist results

Field	Example
playlistId	"PLxxxxxxx"
title	"Python Full Course"
url	"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxxxxxxx"
channelName	"CodeWithHarry"
ownerName	"CodeWithHarry" (alias for channelName)
channelUrl	"https://www.youtube.com/@CodeWithHarry"
channelId	"UCxxxxxx"
firstVideoId	"dQw4w9WgXcQ" (first video in the playlist)
videoCount	100
videoCountText	"100 lessons"
thumbnails	Array of {url, width, height}

Limitations

• YouTube returns approximately 20 results per page. For larger result counts, the scraper automatically paginates.
• Some filters may return fewer results than requested if YouTube doesn't have enough matching content.
• No authentication or cookies are required — the scraper works with publicly available search results only.

Use Cases

• Market research — find top-performing videos in any niche by view count or upload date
• SEO analysis — track which channels rank for specific keywords
• Competitor monitoring — see what your competitors are posting and how videos perform
• Content ideation — find trending topics by sorting by view count
• Influencer discovery — use channel search to find YouTubers in any niche
• Academic research — systematic collection of videos for corpus building

YouTube Scraper Suite

This actor is part of a complete YouTube data extraction toolkit. Explore the full suite:

Actor	Description
YouTube Channel Scraper	Channel metadata, subscriber counts, and full video catalogs
YouTube Channel Scraper Fast	Streamlined channel scraper for high-volume and speed-sensitive workflows
YouTube Comment Scraper	Comments, replies, likes, author info, and pinned/hearted status
YouTube Email Scraper	Creator contact emails from channel pages, Instagram, TikTok, and Linktree
YouTube Hashtag Scraper	Videos and Shorts tagged with specific hashtags
YouTube Playlist Scraper	All videos and metadata from any YouTube playlist
YouTube Search Scraper	Search results including videos, channels, and playlists
YouTube Shorts Scraper	Shorts from channels or hashtags with full view and like metadata
YouTube Transcript Scraper	Timed transcripts and captions with optional Whisper AI fallback
YouTube Trending Scraper	Ranked trending videos by category — Gaming, Music, News, Movies
YouTube Video Details Scraper	Comprehensive video metadata, chapters, endscreen, captions, and comments
YouTube Video Downloader	Download videos, playlists, and channels in any quality with metadata