NicoNico Scraper — Video Metadata Extractor (nicovideo.jp)

Extract NicoNico video metadata in bulk: title, duration, views, likes, mylist count, tags, uploader. Supports single videos, mylists, batch URL input. Authentication via user_session cookie required for some content. No video download — clean structured data only. $0.002 per video.

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What is the NicoNico Scraper?

The NicoNico Scraper is an Apify actor that pulls metadata from NicoNico Douga (nicovideo.jp) — Japan's largest community video platform, with a unique mylist + bullet-comments culture you don't find elsewhere. Drop in a list of video or mylist URLs and get back a clean dataset: title, duration, view count, like count, mylist count, tags, uploader, upload date, thumbnail. No video download — pure metadata.

Specialized for Japanese-content research where YouTube alone misses important segments (anime fan content, vocaloid, indie game streams, niche otaku communities).

Use cases

• Japanese content research — analyze NicoNico top creators in anime, vocaloid, gaming categories.
• Cultural analytics — track which Japanese trends translate from NicoNico to YouTube/TikTok.
• Brand sponsorship in Japan — find top NicoNico creators by views/mylists for influencer outreach.
• Cross-platform creator economy — combine NicoNico with YouTube and Bilibili data for full Asia view.
• Content discovery — surface trending NicoNico videos by tag (e.g., 東方, ボーカロイド, ゆっくり実況).

Input

{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm12345678",
    "https://www.nicovideo.jp/mylist/12345678"
  ],
  "userSession": "your_user_session_cookie_value"
}

userSession is optional but required to access age-gated or member-only content.

Output

{
  "video_id": "sm12345678",
  "url": "https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm12345678",
  "title": "Example video title",
  "duration_sec": 412,
  "views": 28342,
  "likes": 1245,
  "mylist_count": 423,
  "tags": ["東方", "ボーカロイド"],
  "uploader": "example_user",
  "uploaded_at": "2026-03-20",
  "thumbnail": "https://nicovideo.cdn.nimg.jp/..."
}

Pricing

PAY_PER_EVENT — $0.002 per video (= $2 per 1,000). Failed fetches not charged.

FAQ — NicoNico API alternatives

NicoNico official API? Exists but limited and Japanese-only docs. This scraper provides clean English-friendly bulk access.

Does it work without user_session? For most public content yes. Age-gated, premium-only, or member-only content requires the cookie.

Does it download bullet comments (弾幕)? No — only video metadata. For comments, a separate scraper is needed.

Mylists support? Yes — drop a mylist URL and the actor expands it to the constituent videos.

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License: MIT · Author: dltik