YouTube Hashtag Video & Shorts Scraper 🎥

🎯 Features

• Scrapes both regular videos and Shorts content by hashtag
• Extracts comprehensive video metadata and statistics
• Supports multiple hashtag keywords in a single run
• Built-in proxy rotation support
• Smart pagination handling with auto-scroll
• Duplicate detection to ensure unique results

📊 Output Data

For each video/Short, you'll get:

• Video ID and URL
• Title and thumbnail URL
• Channel information (name, URL, verification status, avatar)
• Engagement metrics (view count)
• Publishing time and duration
• Content type (video/shorts)
• Scraping timestamp

💡 Use Cases

• Content research and trend analysis
• Competitor monitoring
• Influencer discovery
• Social media marketing insights
• Hashtag performance tracking
• Content strategy development

🔧 Input Parameters

• keywords: Array of hashtags to scrape (without # symbol)
• maxItems: Maximum number of items to scrape per hashtag
• proxyConfiguration: Optional proxy settings for better success rates

📌 Limitations

• Respects YouTube's terms of service
• Rate limits apply to ensure stable operation
• Some videos might be region-restricted
• Results may vary based on YouTube's algorithm

💪 Tips for Best Results

1. Use specific hashtags for more targeted results
2. Configure proxy settings for better success rates
3. Adjust maxItems based on your needs
4. Run at regular intervals for trend monitoring

Need custom features or modifications? Feel free to reach out! 🚀

Input Example

A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

1{
2    "keywords": [
3        "ai"
4    ],
5    "maxItems": 50
6}

Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the Storage tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:

And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

1[
2    {
3        "keyword": "ai",
4        "scrapedAt": "2025-02-03T02:59:52.196Z",
5        "type": "shorts",
6        "content": {
7            "videoId": "dRPNp7mcAMI",
8            "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dRPNp7mcAMI",
9            "title": "ARE THEY ROBOTS OR REAL PEOPLE!!😳🤖 #shorts #ai #robot #scary #artificialintelligence",
10            "thumbnailUrl": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dRPNp7mcAMI/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwFBCNACELwBSFryq4qpAzMIARUAAIhCGADYAQHiAQoIGBACGAY4AUAB8AEB-AG2CIACgA-KAgwIABABGGUgVyhKMA8=&rs=AOn4CLBbnkC3Xd2AMpKwS396JJMAdGn3kQ",
11            "channelInfo": {
12                "name": "Katie Feeney",
13                "url": "/channel/UC02rAIf5RYrww6AWhoI5S0w",
14                "isVerified": true,
15                "avatar": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ct-IQJXuoCqL0PIm8LdWmKoAegezV2QWKoSo1h_aoGZ2VXQTbT7G-MMpsDjJf7GqyDX2D7ma_A=s68-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj"
16            },
17            "stats": {
18                "viewCount": "43,613,166 views",
19                "publishedTime": "1 year ago",
20                "duration": "9 seconds"
21            }
22        }
23    },
24    ...
25]