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YouTube Search Scraper - Videos, Shorts & Channels

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Scrape YouTube search results by keyword, hashtag, channel or search URL: videos, Shorts, channels, playlists and movies with exact views, likes, publish dates, tags and channel stats. Every YouTube filter, exact date ranges and deep search. No login, no API key.

Pricing

from $0.30 / 1,000 result scrapeds

Rating

0.0

(0)

Developer

Eimantas V

Actor stats

Bookmarked

Total users

Monthly active users

10 days ago

Last modified

Categories

Record type

recordType

Optional

"result" for a result. "error" for a search or URL that could not be read or matched nothing; error rows are never charged.

Type:string

Example:

result

Type

type

Optional

What the row is: video, short, channel, playlist (also mixes, courses and albums), movie, or post (community post).

Type:string

Example:

video

Optional

YouTube ID: the video ID, the UC… channel ID, the playlist ID or the post ID.

Type:string

Example:

dQw4w9WgXcQ

URL

url

Optional

Link to the result on YouTube, without tracking parameters.

Type:string

Example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Title

title

Optional

Title of the video, Short, playlist or movie, or the channel name. With video details on, the original title (YouTube translates titles on results pages).

Type:string | null

Example:

Python Full Course for Beginners

Channel

channelName

Optional

The channel that uploaded the video or owns the playlist; for a channel row, the channel itself.

Type:string | null

Example:

Programming with Mosh

Channel handle

channelHandle

Optional

The channel's @handle, when it has one.

Type:string | null

Example:

@programmingwithmosh

Views

viewCount

Optional

View count. Exact for videos; for Shorts exact only with video details on (otherwise YouTube's rounded figure, see viewCountIsExact).

Type:integer | null

Example:

49216902

Likes

likeCount

Optional

Exact like count (video details). Null when the creator hides likes or details are off. For community posts, YouTube's rounded figure.

Type:integer | null

Example:

1293847

Comments

commentCount

Optional

Comment count: YouTube's rounded figure with video details, exact with the Comment count option (see commentCountIsExact).

Type:integer | null

Example:

41862

Comments exact

commentCountIsExact

Optional

True when commentCount is the full figure, false when it is YouTube's rounded one (1.6K).

Type:boolean | null

Example:

true

Published

publishedAt

Optional

When it was published, ISO 8601 UTC: exact to the second, the day YouTube shows, or estimated from "3 days ago" when video details are off (see publishedAtPrecision).

Type:string | null

Example:

2024-10-17T19:00:07.000Z

Length (s)

durationSeconds

Optional

Length in seconds. Null for live and upcoming streams.

Type:integer | null

Example:

22447

Rank

position

Optional

Rank in YouTube's results for this search, 1 = top, counting only the result types you asked for.

Type:integer

Example:

Input

input

Optional

The search term or URL exactly as you entered it, so every row joins back to your list.

Type:string

Example:

python tutorial

Query sent

searchQuery

Optional

The query text sent to YouTube, including any date operators added for a date range or deep search. Null for hashtag feeds and playlists.

Type:string | null

Example:

python tutorial

Found by

source

Optional

How the row was found: search, hashtag, channelSearch, playlist or video.

Type:string

Example:

Thumbnail

thumbnailUrl

Optional

The largest thumbnail available (1080x1920 for Shorts, the channel avatar for channels).

Type:string | null

Example:

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_uQrJ0TkZlc/hq720.jpg

Description

description

Optional

Full description: of the video (video details), the playlist, the channel (channel rows with channel details) or the community post.

Type:string | null

Example:

Learn Python programming...

Snippet

descriptionSnippet

Optional

The description excerpt YouTube shows on the results page.

Type:string | null

Example:

Python tutorial for beginners - Learn Python for machine learning and web development...

Channel ID

channelId

Optional

The channel's UC… ID.

Type:string | null

Example:

UCWv7vMbMWH4-V0ZXdmDpPBA

Channel URL

channelUrl

Optional

Link to the channel.

Type:string | null

Example:

https://www.youtube.com/@programmingwithmosh

Verified

channelIsVerified

Optional

The channel has YouTube's verified badge (or the official artist badge).

Type:boolean | null

Example:

true

Official artist

channelIsArtist

Optional

The channel has YouTube's official artist badge.

Type:boolean | null

Example:

false

Channel avatar

channelAvatarUrl

Optional

The channel's avatar, 800 px.

Type:string | null

Example:

https://yt3.ggpht.com/...=s800-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj

Subscribers

channelSubscriberCount

Optional

The channel's subscribers as YouTube shows them (rounded, e.g. 4.2M). On channel rows from the results page; on video and Short rows from video details (the watch page) or channel details.

Type:integer | null

Example:

4200000

Channel videos

channelVideoCount

Optional

Videos on the channel (channel details, or when the results page shows it).

Type:integer | null

Example:

239

Channel views

channelTotalViews

Optional

Exact total views of the channel (channel details).

Type:integer | null

Example:

512345678

Channel country

channelCountry

Optional

The country the channel set, as YouTube names it (channel details).

Type:string | null

Example:

United States

Channel joined

channelJoinedAt

Optional

The date the channel was created, YYYY-MM-DD (channel details).

Type:string | null

Example:

2014-10-06

Channel description

channelDescription

Optional

The channel's full About text (channel details).

Type:string | null

Example:

Hi! I'm Mosh...

Channel links

channelLinks

Optional

The links on the channel's About page: [{ title, url }] (channel details).

Type:array

Example:

[
  {
    "title": "Website",
    "url": "https://codewithmosh.com"
  }
]

Business email

channelHasBusinessEmail

Optional

The channel lists a business email on its About page (YouTube shows the address only to signed-in users).

Type:boolean | null

Example:

true

Views (as shown)

viewCountText

Optional

The view text YouTube showed on the results page.

Type:string | null

Example:

49,216,902 views

Views exact

viewCountIsExact

Optional

True when viewCount is the full figure, false when it was read from rounded text such as 1.2M.

Type:boolean | null

Example:

true

Published (as shown)

publishedText

Optional

The date text YouTube showed: "3 days ago", "Streamed 2 years ago".

Type:string | null

Example:

2 years ago

Date precision

publishedAtPrecision

Optional

How exact publishedAt is: "exact" (to the second), "day" (the calendar day YouTube shows) or "estimated" (from "3 days ago").

Type:string | null

Example:

exact

Length

durationText

Optional

Length as YouTube writes it.

Type:string | null

Example:

6:14:07

Live now

isLive

Optional

The stream is live right now.

Type:boolean | null

Example:

false

Watching now

liveViewerCount

Optional

Concurrent viewers of a live stream.

Type:integer | null

Example:

6924

Upcoming

isUpcoming

Optional

A scheduled stream or premiere that has not started.

Type:boolean | null

Example:

false

Scheduled for

scheduledStartTime

Optional

Start time of an upcoming stream or premiere, ISO 8601 UTC.

Type:string | null

Example:

2026-10-03T12:30:00.000Z

category

Optional

YouTube category (video details), in English.

Type:string | null

Example:

Education

Description links

descriptionLinks

Optional

Links in the full description (video details).

Type:array

Example:

[
  "https://codewithmosh.com"
]

Chapters

chapters

Optional

Chapters: [{ title, startSeconds }], from the results page or the description.

Type:array

Example:

[
  {
    "title": "Introduction",
    "startSeconds": 0
  }
]

AI summary

aiSummary

Optional

YouTube's own AI-generated summary, when the results page shows one.

Type:string | null

Example:

Nick demonstrates a step-by-step method...

Badges

badges

Optional

Badges on the result: 4K, 8K, CC, New, LIVE, 360°, VR180, Fundraiser, Buy or rent...

Type:array

Example:

[
  "4K",
  "CC"
]

Family safe

isFamilySafe

Optional

YouTube's family-safe flag (video details).

Type:boolean | null

Example:

true

Age restricted

isAgeRestricted

Optional

The video needs a signed-in adult account (video details).

Type:boolean | null

Example:

false

Comments off

commentsTurnedOff

Optional

Comments are turned off (Comment count option).

Type:boolean | null

Example:

false

Shown title

translatedTitle

Optional

The title YouTube showed in your language, when it differs from the original title.

Type:string | null

Collaborators

collaborators

Optional

All channels credited on a collaboration: [{ name, handle, channelId }].

Type:array

Example:

[]

Videos

videoCount

Optional

Videos (or lessons) in a playlist or course; videos on a channel.

Type:integer | null

Example:

Playlist type

playlistType

Optional

playlist, course, mix (auto-generated radio) or album.

Type:string | null

Example:

playlist

Genre

genre

Optional

Movie genre (YouTube Movies).

Type:string | null

Example:

Action & adventure

Release year

releaseYear

Optional

Movie release year (YouTube Movies).

Type:integer | null

Example:

1999

Days since published

daysSincePublished

Optional

Whole days between publishing and the run.

Type:integer | null

Example:

730

Views per day

viewsPerDay

Optional

Views divided by days since publishing: compares videos of different ages.

Type:integer | null

Example:

67420

Likes per 1,000 views

likesPerThousandViews

Optional

Likes per 1,000 views: an engagement rate.

Type:number | null

Example:

26.29

Searched instead

correctedQuery

Optional

The query YouTube searched instead of yours (spelling correction). Turn on Exact search to prevent it.

Type:string | null

Shelf

shelfTitle

Optional

The shelf the result sat in ("Shorts", "Latest from BBC News"); null for top-level results.

Type:string | null

Details

detailsStatus

Optional

"ok" when video details were read, "failed" when YouTube refused them (the row keeps the results-page data), null when not requested.

Type:string | null

Example:

Scraped at

scrapedAt

Optional

When this run collected the row, ISO 8601.

Type:string

Example:

2026-10-03T09:15:00.000Z

Error code

errorCode

Optional

Error rows only: NO_RESULTS, NOT_FOUND, CHANNEL_NOT_FOUND, UNSUPPORTED_URL, INVALID_INPUT, BLOCKED, RATE_LIMITED, NETWORK_ERROR or PARSE_FAILED.

Type:string

Example:

NO_RESULTS

Error

errorMessage

Optional

Error rows only: what happened, in plain words.

Type:string

Example:

YouTube found nothing for "qzxwvjkplmnb".

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