# YouTube Channel Email Finder — Creator Contacts & Socials (`datakiln/youtube-channel-email-finder`) Actor

Find public business emails, websites and social profiles of YouTube creators by keyword or channel URL. Also returns subscribers, views, country, join date and whether the channel has a hidden business email. No login needed.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/datakiln/youtube-channel-email-finder.md
- **Developed by:** [DataKiln Labs](https://apify.com/datakiln) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Social media, Marketing
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

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?

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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 Email Finder — creator contacts, socials & stats

Find **public contact emails, websites and social profiles of YouTube creators** — by keyword (e.g. *"fitness coach"*, *"crypto news"*) or from a list of channels. Built for influencer marketing, sponsorships, UGC sourcing and B2B outreach.

**$3 per 1,000 channels + $0.025 per channel with an email** — a fraction of typical email-finder prices. No YouTube login, no API key, no cookies.

### Why this finder gets more emails

Most tools only read the channel description. This one also **visits the creator's own website and link-in-bio pages** (Linktree, Beacons, Stan and similar) — the homepage plus contact/about pages — where creators usually publish their business email. In our test on a random "fitness coach" search, **6 of 14 channels** returned a public email.

For every channel you also get `hasHiddenBusinessEmail` — `true` when the creator has set a business email in YouTube that's only visible to signed-in users. Great for deciding who to contact via YouTube directly.

### What you get

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `title`, `handle`, `url`, `channelId` | Channel identity |
| `emails` | Public emails found (deduplicated, junk/placeholder addresses removed) |
| `emailSources` | Where each email was found — channel description or a specific website |
| `socials` | Instagram, TikTok, X/Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitch, Discord, Patreon, Telegram, WhatsApp, website, link hub… |
| `links` | All links shown on the channel's About panel |
| `subscribers`, `totalViews`, `videos` | Channel statistics as numbers |
| `country`, `joinedDate` | As shown on YouTube |
| `hasHiddenBusinessEmail` | Creator has a sign-in-only business email on YouTube |
| `isVerified`, `keywords`, `avatarUrl`, `description` | Profile details |
| `searchQuery` | The keyword that found the channel |

### How to use

1. Enter one or more **keywords** — and/or paste **channel URLs / @handles**.
2. Optional filters: **min/max subscribers** (find micro-influencers), **countries**, **only channels with an email**.
3. Click **Start** and export to CSV/Excel/JSON, Google Sheets, HubSpot, Make, Zapier or n8n.

#### Input example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": ["fitness coach", "home workout"],
  "maxChannelsPerQuery": 100,
  "minSubscribers": 5000,
  "maxSubscribers": 200000,
  "onlyWithEmail": true,
  "crawlWebsites": true
}
```

#### Output example

```json
{
  "title": "Marques Brownlee",
  "handle": "@mkbhd",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd",
  "emails": ["business@mkbhd.com"],
  "emailSources": [{ "email": "business@mkbhd.com", "foundOn": "https://mkbhd.com" }],
  "socials": { "website": "https://mkbhd.com", "instagram": "https://instagram.com/mkbhd", "twitter": "https://twitter.com/mkbhd" },
  "subscribers": 21400000,
  "totalViews": 4900000000,
  "videos": 1700,
  "country": "United States",
  "hasHiddenBusinessEmail": true,
  "searchQuery": null
}
```

### Pricing

Pay-per-result, platform usage included:

| Event | Price |
|---|---|
| Channel saved (stats, links, socials) | **$0.003** |
| Extra when a public email is found | **$0.025** |

Turn on *Only channels with a public email* and you pay only for contacts you can use: **$0.028 per creator with email**. Cap any run with *Max total charge*.

### FAQ

**Does it reveal YouTube's hidden "business email"?** No. That address requires signing in and solving a CAPTCHA, which we don't do. We collect only emails the creator has published publicly (description, website, link-in-bio), and we tell you which channels *have* a hidden business email so you can request it on YouTube.

**How many channels have an email?** It depends on the niche. Business-oriented niches (coaching, tech, finance, beauty) score much higher than gaming or kids content. Turn on *Only channels with a public email* to pay only for useful results.

**Is this legal?** The tool collects publicly available business contact information. You're responsible for how you use it — follow GDPR, CAN-SPAM and local anti-spam rules (send relevant, personalised outreach with an opt-out).

### Related tools by DataKiln

- [Telegram Channel Scraper — posts, views & reactions from public channels](https://apify.com/datakiln/telegram-channel-scraper)
- [YouTube Comments Scraper — comments, replies & likes](https://apify.com/datakiln/youtube-comments-scraper)
- [Podcast Email Finder — host emails from Apple Podcasts RSS feeds](https://apify.com/datakiln/podcast-email-finder)
- [TikTok Profile & Email Finder — bio, stats & contacts](https://apify.com/datakiln/tiktok-profile-email-finder)
- [Website Contact Extractor — emails, phones & socials from any website](https://apify.com/datakiln/website-contact-extractor)

### Support

Missing a field or found a wrong email? Open an issue on the **Issues** tab — we usually reply within 24 hours.

# Actor input Schema

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

Find channels by niche, e.g. 'fitness coach', 'crypto news', 'vegan recipes'. Each keyword is searched separately.

## `channelUrls` (type: `array`):

Specific channels: https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd, @mkbhd, or a channel ID (UC…).

## `maxChannelsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

How many channels to return for each keyword (after filters).

## `onlyWithEmail` (type: `boolean`):

Return (and pay for) only channels where a public email was found.

## `crawlWebsites` (type: `boolean`):

Visit the channel's linked websites and link-in-bio pages (homepage + contact/about pages) to find more emails. Finds many more contacts than the description alone.

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

Skip channels smaller than this.

## `maxSubscribers` (type: `integer`):

Skip channels bigger than this — handy for finding micro-influencers.

## `countries` (type: `array`):

Keep only channels that list one of these countries, as shown on YouTube (e.g. 'United States', 'Germany', 'India').

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

How many channels to process at the same time.

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

Not required. Leave empty unless you see blocking.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "fitness coach"
  ],
  "maxChannelsPerQuery": 20,
  "onlyWithEmail": false,
  "crawlWebsites": true,
  "maxConcurrency": 8
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `channels` (type: `string`):

All channels as JSON items.

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

Overview 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 = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "fitness coach"
    ],
    "maxChannelsPerQuery": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("datakiln/youtube-channel-email-finder").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 = {
    "searchQueries": ["fitness coach"],
    "maxChannelsPerQuery": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("datakiln/youtube-channel-email-finder").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 '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "fitness coach"
  ],
  "maxChannelsPerQuery": 20
}' |
apify call datakiln/youtube-channel-email-finder --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/tJajzpE6t9foEwqA1/builds/ho8ZkXVksg191mcG0/openapi.json