# YouTube Channels Videos Shorts Scraper - Low-cost💲🔥📺🎬 (`delectable_incubator/youtube-channels-videos-shorts-scraper-low-cost`) Actor

📺 Scrape YouTube channels without API quotas. Extract channel details, videos, Shorts, titles, views, subscribers, publish dates, thumbnails, video URLs, descriptions & more. Perfect for creator research, competitor analysis, trend tracking, AI datasets and marketing intelligence.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/delectable\_incubator/youtube-channels-videos-shorts-scraper-low-cost.md
- **Developed by:** [Prime Scrape](https://apify.com/delectable_incubator) (community)
- **Categories:** Videos, Social media, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.00005 / actor start

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

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```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
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# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

<p align="center">
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/jkNS73wX/readme.png" alt="YouTube Channel Videos & Shorts Scraper" width="100%">
</p>

---

## 📺🎬 YouTube Channel Videos & Shorts Scraper | Bulk Channel Scraper | Apify Actor

### 🚀 Extract YouTube Channel Videos & Shorts in Seconds (No Code)

The **YouTube Channel Videos & Shorts Scraper** is a powerful, scalable and SEO-optimized Apify Actor designed to extract **videos or Shorts from YouTube channels** in bulk. Simply provide multiple YouTube channel URLs, choose whether to scrape **Videos** or **Shorts**, and export structured datasets for content research, competitor analysis, AI datasets, social media monitoring and creator intelligence.

---

## 🔥 Why Choose This YouTube Channel Scraper?

✔ Best YouTube Channel Videos & Shorts Scraper on Apify

✔ Supports Bulk Channel URL scraping

✔ Supports Videos & Shorts modes

✔ Fast & scalable extraction engine

✔ Clean JSON / CSV / Excel output

✔ Perfect for creators, agencies & marketers

✔ No coding required

---

## 🎯 What This Scraper Does

This Apify Actor extracts videos or Shorts directly from YouTube channel pages.

#### 📌 Core Features

✅ Scrape YouTube channel Videos

✅ Scrape YouTube channel Shorts

✅ Bulk Channel URL scraping

✅ Automatic pagination

✅ Extract titles

✅ Extract video URLs

✅ Extract thumbnails

✅ Extract publication dates

✅ Extract duration

✅ Extract view counts

✅ Extract descriptions

✅ Detect verified channels

✅ Export clean structured datasets

---

## ⚡ Input Configuration

### 🔥 BULK CHANNEL URL MODE (SEO BOOST 🚀)

````

{
"channelUrls": \[
"https://www.youtube.com/@nike",
"https://www.youtube.com/@puma",
"https://www.youtube.com/@adidas",
"https://www.youtube.com/@OpenAI",
"https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast",
"https://www.youtube.com/@Google"
],
"contentType": "videos",
"maxItemsPerUrl": 100
}

```

You can add as many YouTube channel URLs as you want. The scraper automatically visits each channel and extracts either the **Videos** tab or the **Shorts** tab.

---

## 📊 Extracted Video & Shorts Data

| Field | Description |
|------|-------------|
| title | Video or Shorts title |
| publishedTime | Publication date |
| viewCount | Number of views |
| duration | Video duration |
| url | Direct YouTube URL |
| description | Video description |
| thumbnailUrl | Thumbnail image |
| verified | Channel verification status |
| channelName | Channel name |
| contentType | Videos or Shorts |

---

## 💡 Use Cases

Perfect for:

📺 YouTube content research

📈 Competitor monitoring

🎥 Creator analytics

📊 Social media intelligence

🤖 AI training datasets

💡 Content inspiration

📱 Brand monitoring

📢 Influencer research

🌍 Large-scale YouTube data collection

---

## 🚀 Key Features

⚡ Bulk Channel URL scraping

📺 Videos & Shorts support

📌 Smart pagination

🧠 Structured datasets

📊 High-speed extraction

🔁 Automatic retry system

💾 Export-ready data

⚙️ Enterprise cloud execution

---

## 📤 Supported Export Formats

✔ JSON

✔ CSV

✔ Excel (XLSX)

✔ XML

✔ HTML

---

## 📦 Example Output

```

{
"title": "Alphonso Davies | What Are You Working On? (E23) | Nike",
"publishedTime": "2 years ago",
"viewCount": "50,276 views",
"duration": "4:57",
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIl61LjTgjQ",
"description": "When few cared to claim it, Alphonso Davies took it upon himself to build the reputation of the Canadian soccer program...",
"thumbnailUrl": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eIl61LjTgjQ/hqdefault.jpg",
"verified": true,
"channelName": "Nike",
"contentType": "Videos"
}

```

---

## 🔥 Why This is the BEST YouTube Channel Scraper on Apify?

✔ Optimized for Apify Marketplace SEO

✔ Supports Bulk Channel URLs

✔ Supports Videos & Shorts

✔ Enterprise-grade performance

✔ Reliable extraction engine

✔ Clean structured datasets

✔ Cloud scalable

✔ Perfect for creators, agencies, researchers and businesses

---

## 💸 Pricing

This scraper runs on a **pay-per-result pricing model**.

You only pay for successfully extracted records.

💳 **Price:** **$0.59 / 1,000 results**

---

## ❓ FAQ

#### Can I scrape multiple YouTube channels?

Yes. Bulk Channel URL mode lets you scrape unlimited YouTube channels in a single run.

#### Can I scrape Shorts only?

Yes. Set:

```

"contentType": "shorts"

```

#### Can I scrape regular Videos?

Yes. Set:

```

"contentType": "videos"

````

#### Is pagination automatic?

Yes. The scraper automatically continues until the requested number of videos or Shorts has been collected.

#### Can I export the data?

Yes. JSON, CSV, Excel, XML and HTML formats are supported.

#### Is coding required?

No. This is a 100% no-code Apify Actor.

---

## ⚠️ Disclaimer

This tool is not affiliated with YouTube or Google. It is an independent data extraction solution.

---

## 🔗 Related Actors

We are building the complete **PrimeScrape YouTube Intelligence Suite** featuring YouTube videos, Shorts, channels, playlists, hashtags, transcripts, comments, community posts, creator analytics and audience intelligence.

More premium YouTube scraping tools are coming soon.

---

## 🌍 PrimeScrape Ecosystem

Built for large-scale data extraction, automation, AI datasets and market intelligence.

📺 YouTube Intelligence

🎬 Video & Shorts Analytics

📈 Creator Monitoring

🤖 AI Training Datasets

📊 Social Media Analytics

⚙️ Automation Pipelines

🌍 Enterprise Data Collection

---

## 📬 Support

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a review if you enjoy this scraper.

📩 Need a custom scraper, enterprise integration or private dataset?

Contact **PrimeScrape** directly through Apify.

# Actor input Schema

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

List of YouTube channel URLs to scrape. Each channel is scraped separately, up to maxItemsPerUrl items per channel.

Accepted formats:
• https://www.youtube.com/@nike
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxxxxxx

The /videos or /shorts suffix is added automatically based on the selected content type.
## `contentType` (type: `string`):

Choose 'Videos' to scrape the channel's regular Videos tab, or 'Shorts' to scrape the channel's Shorts tab.
## `maxItemsPerUrl` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of videos/shorts to collect per channel URL.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channelUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@ASICSGlobal",
    "https://www.youtube.com/@newbalance"
  ],
  "contentType": "videos",
  "maxItemsPerUrl": 100
}
````

# Actor output Schema

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

No description

# 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 = {
    "channelUrls": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/@ASICSGlobal",
        "https://www.youtube.com/@newbalance"
    ],
    "contentType": "videos",
    "maxItemsPerUrl": 100
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("delectable_incubator/youtube-channels-videos-shorts-scraper-low-cost").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 = {
    "channelUrls": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/@ASICSGlobal",
        "https://www.youtube.com/@newbalance",
    ],
    "contentType": "videos",
    "maxItemsPerUrl": 100,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("delectable_incubator/youtube-channels-videos-shorts-scraper-low-cost").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "channelUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@ASICSGlobal",
    "https://www.youtube.com/@newbalance"
  ],
  "contentType": "videos",
  "maxItemsPerUrl": 100
}' |
apify call delectable_incubator/youtube-channels-videos-shorts-scraper-low-cost --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=delectable_incubator/youtube-channels-videos-shorts-scraper-low-cost",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
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    "info": {
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        "description": "📺 Scrape YouTube channels without API quotas. Extract channel details, videos, Shorts, titles, views, subscribers, publish dates, thumbnails, video URLs, descriptions & more. Perfect for creator research, competitor analysis, trend tracking, AI datasets and marketing intelligence.",
        "version": "0.0",
        "x-build-id": "wPqDnYoZFp65XSYeH"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
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                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/delectable_incubator~youtube-channels-videos-shorts-scraper-low-cost/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-delectable_incubator-youtube-channels-videos-shorts-scraper-low-cost",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/delectable_incubator~youtube-channels-videos-shorts-scraper-low-cost/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-delectable_incubator-youtube-channels-videos-shorts-scraper-low-cost",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "channelUrls",
                    "maxItemsPerUrl"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "channelUrls": {
                        "title": "YouTube Channel URLs 🎬",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "List of YouTube channel URLs to scrape. Each channel is scraped separately, up to maxItemsPerUrl items per channel.\n\nAccepted formats:\n• https://www.youtube.com/@nike\n• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxxxxxx\n\nThe /videos or /shorts suffix is added automatically based on the selected content type.",
                        "default": [
                            "https://www.youtube.com/@ASICSGlobal",
                            "https://www.youtube.com/@newbalance"
                        ],
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "contentType": {
                        "title": "Content type 🎞️",
                        "enum": [
                            "videos",
                            "shorts"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Choose 'Videos' to scrape the channel's regular Videos tab, or 'Shorts' to scrape the channel's Shorts tab.",
                        "default": "videos"
                    },
                    "maxItemsPerUrl": {
                        "title": "Maximum items per channel 📄",
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of videos/shorts to collect per channel URL.",
                        "default": 100
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
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                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
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                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
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                                        "type": "integer",
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                                "type": "string"
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                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
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                                        "example": 0
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                                        "example": 0
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                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
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                                        "example": 0
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                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```