# Scrape Multiple YouTube News Channels for Research

**Use case:** 

Build a YouTube news dataset for media research: pull recent videos across many news outlet channels with titles, dates, and views for diffusion analysis.

## Input

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "lofi hip hop"
  ],
  "channelUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@BBCNews",
    "https://www.youtube.com/@CNN",
    "https://www.youtube.com/@Reuters"
  ],
  "maxItems": 300,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "channelName": {
    "label": "Channel",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "viewCountText": {
    "label": "Views",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "publishedTimeText": {
    "label": "Published",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Video URL",
    "format": "link"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [YouTube Scraper](https://apify.com/dami_studio/youtube-scraper) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/dami_studio/youtube-scraper) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.