YouTube Scraper - Videos, Channels & Search
Pricing
from $1.40 / 1,000 video or channels
Scrape YouTube search results, channel videos, Shorts and live streams: views, likes, comment count, exact publish date, duration, tags, category and description, plus channel subscribers, total views and join date. Fast, no API key.
You can access the YouTube Scraper - Videos, Channels & Search programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
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