YouTube Channel About, Playlists & Posts Finder

A YouTube channel page hides its most useful facts behind three different tabs. This actor reads the public About panel, the Playlists tab (including shows, courses, and podcasts), and the Community Posts tab in one cookieless run — then returns clean rows you can filter, compare, or export.

What this actor does

• Resolves a channel from an @handle, a full channel URL, or a raw UC… channel ID.
• Collects the public About details: description, subscriber and video counts, total views, country, join date, external links, avatar, banner, verification badge, family-safe flag, RSS URL, and owner keywords.
• Lists every public playlist, show, course, and podcast on a channel with its item count, thumbnail, first video, and last-updated text.
• Lists public Community Posts with text, images, videos, polls, quizzes, shared playlists, and reposts — plus optional exact publish dates, exact likes, and public comments.
• Follows YouTube's continuation pages until the requested limit or the real end of the tab.
• Emits an explanatory status row when a channel has no such tab or no public rows, instead of returning silence.

Modes

Mode	One row per…	Best for
profiles	Channel	A profile table with optional nested playlist and post snapshots
playlists	Playlist / show / course / podcast	Building a catalog of a channel's collections
posts	Community Post	Content research, engagement tracking, and giveaway or poll analysis

All rows include recordType, channelId, channelName, channelHandle, channelUrl, and scrapedAt, so rows from different modes can be combined in one dataset.

Channel profile fields

Field	Description
channelId	Channel's UC… ID
channelName	Display name
handle	Public @handle
channelUrl	Canonical channel URL
description	Full About-panel description
subscriberCountText, subscriberCount	Subscriber label as shown, and an exact integer only when YouTube shows an exact number
videoCountText, videoCount	Video count as shown, and exact integer when available
totalViewsText, totalViews	Total channel views
country, countryCode	Country name from About and its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code
joinedDateText, joinedDate	Join date as shown and as YYYY-MM-DD
avatarUrl, bannerUrl	Channel avatar and banner images
isVerified, isFamilySafe	Public badges and family-safe flag
keywords	Owner-set channel keywords, when present
rssUrl	Channel RSS URL (metadata only; the feed is not used as a data path)
links	External links from About, each with title, url, and faviconUrl
playlists	Nested playlist snapshot when includePlaylists is on
communityPosts	Nested post snapshot when includePosts is on
surfaceStatus	Explains an empty optional surface (no_playlists_tab, no_posts_tab, no_public_playlists, no_public_posts, unavailable)

Playlist row fields

playlistId, playlistUrl, playlistType (playlist, show, course, podcast), title, videoCountText, videoCount, thumbnailUrl, thumbnailSources, firstVideoId, firstVideoUrl, watchUrl, lastUpdatedText, contentType, metadataRowsRaw, plus channel context and scrapedAt.

Counts cover videos, episodes, and items (for example 28 episodes), so podcast shows and courses are not dropped.

Community Post row fields

postId, postUrl, postType (text, image, video, poll, quiz, playlist, repost), authorName, authorChannelId, contentText, publishedTimeText, publishedAt (exact ISO date), voteCountText, likeCount (exact), commentCountText, commentCount, commentsDisabled, images, imageDetails, videoAttachments, poll, quiz, playlist, sharedPost, comments, plus channel context and scrapedAt.

• Image rows keep one URL per image (the largest resolution), not every thumbnail size.
• Poll rows include choice text, optional choice images, and the total vote count.
• Quiz rows include the choices, correct answers, and explanations when YouTube exposes them.
• Repost rows keep the original post inside sharedPost.
• comments contains public top-level comments when comments are enabled.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	Select	profiles	Channel profiles, channel playlists, or Community Posts
channelUrls	Array	–	Required. Channel URLs, @handles, or UC… IDs
includeLinks	Boolean	true	Include About-page external links in profile mode
includePlaylists	Boolean	false	Nest a playlist snapshot in each profile row
maxPlaylists	Integer	20	Maximum playlists per channel (1–10000)
includePosts	Boolean	false	Nest a Community Post snapshot in each profile row
maxPosts	Integer	20	Maximum posts per channel (YouTube exposes at most 200)
includePostDetails	Boolean	true	Fetch exact post date and like count (one request per post)
includePostComments	Boolean	false	Collect public comments on each post
maxPostComments	Integer	20	Maximum top-level comments per post (1–1000)

Example: profile only

{
  "mode": "profiles",
  "channelUrls": ["@MrBeast"],
  "includeLinks": true
}

Example: profile with nested playlists and posts

{
  "mode": "profiles",
  "channelUrls": ["@MrBeast"],
  "includePlaylists": true,
  "maxPlaylists": 10,
  "includePosts": true,
  "maxPosts": 5,
  "includePostDetails": true
}

Example: every public playlist on two channels

{
  "mode": "playlists",
  "channelUrls": ["@Fireship", "@Kurzgesagt"],
  "maxPlaylists": 100
}

Example: posts with exact engagement and comments

{
  "mode": "posts",
  "channelUrls": ["@MrBeast"],
  "maxPosts": 10,
  "includePostDetails": true,
  "includePostComments": true,
  "maxPostComments": 20
}

Output views

The dataset ships three table views: Channel profiles, Playlists & collections, and Community posts. Each view shows only the fields relevant to that row type; records from different modes can share one dataset.

Use cases

• Creator discovery and partnerships — shortlist channels by audience size, country, and public contact links.
• Market research — compare subscriber, video, and total-view figures across competitors in one table.
• Content teams — audit which channels still post Community updates, run polls, or publish quizzes.
• Catalog building — pull every playlist, show, course, and podcast a channel publishes.
• Campaign tracking — re-run the same channels and compare exact post likes and publish dates over time.

FAQ

Which channel identifiers can I use? An @handle, a full channel URL (including /about, /playlists, or /posts), or a raw UC… channel ID. Duplicate inputs are collapsed.

Why are some fields missing for a channel? A field appears only when YouTube publishes it. A channel with a hidden subscriber count, no listed country, or no banner simply omits those fields instead of guessing.

Why does a channel return no playlists or posts? Some channels have no Playlists or Posts tab. The actor emits a status row that says no_playlists_tab or no_posts_tab, so an empty result is explained.

Why do some counts show only text? YouTube rounds large subscriber counts (525M). The actor keeps the displayed text and only fills the numeric field when the displayed value is exact. Compact values are never expanded into a fake precise number.

How many posts can I get? YouTube's public Posts tab stops at 200 posts per channel. Older posts are only reachable through their own URLs, so maxPosts is capped there and the run message says so when a larger limit was requested.

Do I need cookies or a login? No. Every surface is public. The actor uses YouTube's public pages and its automatic proxy fallback when a datacenter request is degraded.

Are comments and replies included? includePostComments collects public top-level comments. Replies are not expanded in this actor; use a dedicated comment scraper when you need full reply trees.

Is this affiliated with YouTube? No. This actor independently reads public YouTube pages and is not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube or Google.