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YouTube Video/Shorts Stats Scraper

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Scrapes YouTube videos and Shorts for views, likes, comments and metadata using yt-dlp

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YouTube Video & Shorts Scraper

Scrape YouTube videos and Shorts for views, likes, comments, channel info, and direct video URLs. No API key or login required.

Handles regular videos, YouTube Shorts, and playlist URLs (auto-extracts the first entry).

Features

Feature	Details
Likes	✅
Views	✅
Comment Count	✅
Video Title	✅
Video Description	✅
Upload Date	✅
Duration (seconds)	✅
Thumbnail URL	✅
Direct Video URL	✅ (CDN link, time-limited)
Channel Name	✅
Channel Handle	✅ (without @ prefix)
Channel URL	✅
Channel ID	✅
Subscriber Count	✅ (human-readable, e.g. "65.3K subscribers")
Live Stream Detection	✅
YouTube Shorts Support	✅
No Login / API Key Required	✅
Batch URLs	✅

Supported URL Formats

Type	Example
Standard video	`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXXXXXXX`
Short URL	`https://youtu.be/XXXXXXXXXXX`
YouTube Shorts	`https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XXXXXXXXXXX`
Playlist (first video)	`https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=XXXXXXXXX`

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
`url`	String	No*	Single YouTube video or Shorts URL
`urls`	Array of Strings	No*	Multiple YouTube URLs to scrape

*At least one of url or urls must be provided.

Example Input

{
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXXXXXXX"
}

{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXXXXXXX",
    "https://youtu.be/YYYYYYYYYYY",
    "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZZZZZZZZZZZ"
  ]
}

Output

Each scraped URL produces one result object pushed to the dataset.

Full Output Schema

{
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXXXXXXX",
  "videoId": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
  "status": "available",

  "views": 1420000,
  "likes": 48200,
  "comments": 3100,

  "title": "Video Title Here",
  "description": "Full video description text...",
  "durationSeconds": 312,
  "datePosted": "2026-08-10T00:00:00.000Z",
  "isLive": false,

  "channelName": "Channel Display Name",
  "channelId": "UCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@channelhandle",
  "username": "channelhandle",
  "subscriberCount": "65.3K subscribers",

  "thumbnailUrl": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XXXXXXXXXXX/maxresdefault.jpg",
  "videoUrl": "https://rr1---sn-xxx.googlevideo.com/...",

  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-22T12:00:00.000Z",
  "error": null
}

Output Fields Reference

Field	Type	Description
`url`	String	Canonical YouTube video URL
`videoId`	String	YouTube video ID (11-character string)
`status`	String	`"available"` on success, `"error"` on failure
`views`	Number / null	Total view count
`likes`	Number / null	Total like count
`comments`	Number / null	Total comment count (may be null if disabled)
`title`	String	Video title
`description`	String / null	Full video description
`durationSeconds`	Number / null	Video length in seconds
`datePosted`	ISO 8601 / null	Upload date
`isLive`	Boolean	Whether the video is a live stream
`channelName`	String / null	Channel display name
`channelId`	String / null	YouTube channel ID (`UC...`)
`channelUrl`	String / null	Link to the channel page
`username`	String / null	Channel handle without the `@` prefix
`subscriberCount`	String / null	Human-readable subscriber count (e.g. `"65.3K subscribers"`)
`thumbnailUrl`	String / null	Video thumbnail image URL
`videoUrl`	String / null	Direct CDN video URL (googlevideo.com, time-limited)
`scrapedAt`	ISO 8601	Timestamp of when the scrape ran (UTC)
`error`	String / null	Error message if `status` is `"error"`

Error Response

{
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXXXXXXX",
  "videoId": "XXXXXXXXXXX",
  "status": "error",
  "error": "Video unavailable or removed",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-22T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Limitations

Only works on public YouTube videos — private, unlisted, and age-restricted videos may not be accessible
Direct video CDN URLs (videoUrl) are time-limited (typically a few hours) — download promptly if needed
Comment counts may be null if comments are disabled on the video
Like counts may be hidden if the channel has disabled like visibility
YouTube Shorts and videos with DRM protection may not return a usable videoUrl
For very large batches, yt-dlp may be rate-limited — space out runs if needed

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