# YouTube Email Scraper — Channel Emails by URL or Keyword (`datasiphon/youtube-email-scraper`) Actor

YouTube email scraper that finds the public business email of any channel — by URL, @handle or niche keyword. Reads About pages and linked websites, no login, no CAPTCHA, pay only when an email is found. Export JSON, CSV or Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/datasiphon/youtube-email-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Kashif Ali](https://apify.com/datasiphon) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$30.00 / 1,000 channel with email founds

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

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## YouTube Email Scraper — find business emails of any YouTube channel

**YouTube Email Scraper** is a YouTube channel email extractor and email finder. Give it channel URLs, @handles, channel IDs — or just a **niche keyword** — and it returns the **public business email** of each channel, with the source of the address. No login, no cookies, no CAPTCHA, and you pay only for channels where an email is found.

### What is the YouTube Email Scraper?

It reads the public **About page** of a YouTube channel and extracts business emails written in the description. If the About text has none, it checks the channel's own **linked website** (home page, /contact, /about) for a contact email. Use it for **influencer outreach**, creator marketing, sponsorship and partnership prospecting, and lead generation.

### Features

- **Find YouTube channel emails by URL, @handle or channel ID** — bulk lists supported.
- **Find channels by keyword** — type a niche (e.g. "vegan recipes") and get emails for matching channels (`searchQueries`).
- **Email source and type** for every row: `description` or `website:<page>`; `role` (business@, press@), `named` or `personal-webmail`.
- **Domain MX check** (`emailDomainHasMx`) to filter dead domains; option to skip personal webmail.
- Channel data in each row: title, handle, subscribers, country, video count and the channel's external links.
- **Incremental mode** (`onlyNew`) for scheduled runs, `maxItems` cost cap, fast concurrent HTTP — no browser.
- **Export** to JSON, CSV, Excel or via API.

### How to scrape YouTube emails (3 steps)

1. Paste channel URLs / @handles into **urls** or add keywords to **searchQueries**.
2. Leave **Search linked websites** on to also check the creator's own site.
3. Run and download the dataset. Channels without a public email return a free `no_public_email` row.

### Input

`urls`, `searchQueries`, `maxChannelsPerQuery`, `searchLinkedWebsites`, `verifyMx`, `onlyRoleOrBusinessEmails`, `maxItems` (default 100), `onlyNew`, `maxConcurrency`, `proxyConfiguration`. Every field is described in the input form.

### Example output (real run)

```json
{
  "id": "UCIEv3lZ_tNXHzL3ox-_uUGQ",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIEv3lZ_tNXHzL3ox-_uUGQ",
  "handle": "@gordonramsay",
  "title": "Gordon Ramsay",
  "subscribers": "22M subscribers",
  "country": null,
  "videoCount": "2,134 videos",
  "email": "guestrelations@gordonramsay.com",
  "allEmails": [
    "guestrelations@gordonramsay.com"
  ],
  "emailSource": "website:http://www.gordonramsay.com",
  "emailType": "named",
  "emailDomainHasMx": true,
  "schemaVersion": 1
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per event: **$30 per 1,000 channels with an email found** ($0.03 each). Channels with no public email, missing channels and errors are **free**. Platform usage is a fraction of a cent per channel.

### Limitations

Many large channels publish no email in their About text — those return a free `no_public_email` row. Emails behind YouTube's login/CAPTCHA button are not available by design. `emailDomainHasMx` checks the domain, not the mailbox.

### Use cases

Influencer outreach lists · sponsorship and brand-deal prospecting · creator-economy lead generation · agency prospecting by niche · competitor and partner research.

### FAQ

**Does it use YouTube's "View email address" button?** No — that button is behind a login and CAPTCHA. This Actor only collects emails creators publish openly in the About text or on their own website.
**Why do some channels return no email?** Many large channels publish none (in our test about 1 in 3 had a public email). Those rows are free.
**Can I find YouTube creator emails by niche?** Yes, use `searchQueries` with up to 200 channels per keyword.
**Is the email verified?** `emailDomainHasMx` confirms the domain can receive mail; it does not confirm the mailbox exists.

### Also useful for

Extract email addresses, social links and contact details from YouTube channel About pages; a creator contact finder for influencer outreach — scraper extract of business emails from channel URLs, channel handles and links on YouTube, exported as JSON, CSV or Excel.

### Is it legal? No login, no cookies

This Actor only reads **publicly available** pages. It never asks for a cookie, password or account and does not access private data. You are responsible for using the data in line with the source site's terms and applicable law (GDPR/CCPA for personal data).

### Related scrapers by the same author

[YouTube Email Scraper](https://apify.com/datasiphon/youtube-email-scraper) · [YouTube Transcript Scraper](https://apify.com/datasiphon/youtube-transcript-scraper) · [Reddit Scraper](https://apify.com/datasiphon/reddit-scraper) · [Airbnb Scraper](https://apify.com/datasiphon/airbnb-scraper) · [Amazon Product Scraper](https://apify.com/datasiphon/amazon-product-scraper) · [LinkedIn Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/datasiphon/linkedin-jobs-scraper)

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

e.g. https://www.youtube.com/@MKBHD, @MKBHD or UC… channel id.

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

Niche keywords such as "tech reviews" or "vegan recipes". The Actor searches YouTube for matching channels and then finds their emails.

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

How many channels to take from each keyword search.

## `searchLinkedWebsites` (type: `boolean`):

If the About text has no email, check the channel's own website links (homepage, /contact, /about).

## `verifyMx` (type: `boolean`):

Adds emailDomainHasMx. Not a mailbox-level verification.

## `onlyRoleOrBusinessEmails` (type: `boolean`):

Drop gmail/yahoo/outlook addresses unless the local part is a business role (business@, press@…).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Cap on billed results (cost control).

## `onlyNew` (type: `boolean`):

Skip channels already returned by a previous run.

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

Channels fetched in parallel (default 5).

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

Optional datacenter proxy. Residential is not supported and is replaced with datacenter.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@MKBHD"
  ],
  "searchQueries": [],
  "maxChannelsPerQuery": 20,
  "searchLinkedWebsites": true,
  "verifyMx": true,
  "onlyRoleOrBusinessEmails": false,
  "maxItems": 100,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

All rows as JSON/CSV/Excel.

# 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 = {
    "urls": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/@MKBHD"
    ],
    "searchQueries": [],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("datasiphon/youtube-email-scraper").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 = {
    "urls": ["https://www.youtube.com/@MKBHD"],
    "searchQueries": [],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("datasiphon/youtube-email-scraper").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 '{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@MKBHD"
  ],
  "searchQueries": [],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call datasiphon/youtube-email-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/otCBH0VSKLxFIBzTh/builds/bvOdaLXbzcHdfyShy/openapi.json