YouTube Channel Scraper — videos with view velocity

Read YouTube channel feeds and get the latest videos with the numbers already worked out: view counts, like rate, how fast each video is accumulating views, and how often the channel actually ships.

Most YouTube scrapers hand you a list of videos. The question worth answering is which channel is moving right now — and that needs velocity and cadence, not another dump.

What you get per video

Field	Example
channelName, channelId	Google for Developers
title, description	full text
views, likes, avgRating	1958, 56, 5.00
viewsPerDay	1673
likeRate	0.0286
publishedAt, updatedAt, ageDays	ISO 8601, 1.17
videoId, url, thumbnail	direct link

viewsPerDay is views divided by days since publication. A video posted yesterday and one posted last year are not comparable on raw views; they are on this. The denominator is floored at one day, so a video published an hour ago cannot post an absurd number and take the top spot.

likeRate is likes divided by views. Two videos with the same reach can land very differently, and that shows up here rather than in the view count.

Channel summary (key-value store, ENGAGEMENT_SUMMARY)

Per channel and overall: videos, videosWithStats, medianViews, maxViews, medianViewsPerDay, medianLikeRate, topShare, uploadIntervalDays.

• topShare — the share of all views captured by the top 10% of videos. Close to 1 means the channel is riding one hit; low means it performs consistently.
• uploadIntervalDays — the median gap between uploads. Median, not mean, because one long hiatus destroys a mean and tells you nothing about the normal rhythm.

Input

{
  "channels": ["@mkbhd", "UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw"]
}

Channel IDs (UC...), @handles, channel URLs, and playlist IDs (PL...) are all accepted.

Scope and limits — please read

The public feed carries the 15 most recent videos and nothing older. This Actor does not page backwards, and no setting will make it return more. Raising maxItemsPerChannel above 15 has no effect. To cover more ground, add channels.

This makes the output a current-state snapshot per channel, which is what the velocity and cadence figures are built on. It is not a channel archive and should not be used as one.

Statistics that the feed does not carry are returned as null, never 0, so a missing view count cannot quietly drag a median down.

This Actor reads YouTube's own public feed endpoint. It does not log in, does not use your account, and does not touch pages that require a session.

Pricing

Pay per result — charged only for videos actually delivered to your dataset. The feed is a small XML document, so this Actor is cheap to run across many channels.

Disclaimer

This is an unofficial tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube or Google. "YouTube" is a trademark of Google LLC and is used here only to describe what this Actor reads. You are responsible for ensuring your use of the collected data complies with applicable law and with YouTube's terms.