YouTube Trending Videos by Categories

Overview

The YouTube Trending Videos by Categories Actor is a tool designed to extract real-time trending video data from YouTube. It allows you to scrape trending videos based on specific countries and categories, giving you deep insights into what is currently popular around the world.

Whether you are a content creator, market researcher, or social media manager, this Actor helps you stay ahead of the curve by providing granular data on trending content, including video titles, views, likes, and more.

Features

• Global Coverage: Scrape trending videos from over 25 countries (e.g., United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, India, Japan, etc.).
• Category Filtering: Narrow down trends by specific categories such as Music, Gaming, News & Politics, Film & Animation, and more.
• Comprehensive Data: Extracts detailed metrics including Rank, Video Title, Channel Name, Views, Likes, Comments, and Thumbnail URLs.
• Real-Time Insights: Get the data as it appears on the trends list right now.
• Pay-Per-Event: simple pricing model based on the number of records scraped.

Use Cases

• Content Strategy: Identify what topics and formats are going viral in your niche to optimize your own content.
• Market Research: Analyze trending preferences in different regions to tailor your marketing campaigns.
• Competitor Analysis: Track successful channels and videos in your category.
• Trend Monitoring: Keep a pulse on breaking news and pop culture moments as they happen.

How to Use

1. Select Country: Choose the country you want to scrape trends for from the dropdown list (e.g., "United Kingdom"). Leave it as "World" for global trends.
2. Select Category: Choose a specific category (e.g., "Music", "Gaming") or select "All" to get the general trending list.
3. Run Actor: Click the "Run" button to start scraping.
4. Download Data: Export your results in JSON, CSV, Excel, or other formats.

Input Configuration

The Actor allows you to configure the following inputs:

Field	Type	Description
country	String (Select)	The country to scrape trends for. Support includes US, UK, India, Brazil, France, etc.
category	String (Select)	The specific category of trends. Options include Music, Sports, Gaming, News, etc.

Output Data Structure

The scraper returns a structured dataset for each trending video. Here is a sample of the JSON output:

[
  {
    "rank": "1",
    "video_title": "Marvel Television’s Wonder Man | Official Trailer",
    "video_url": "https://youtube.com/watch?v=wHuWmjXsReU",
    "video_id": "wHuWmjXsReU",
    "thumbnail_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wHuWmjXsReU/default.jpg",
    "author": "Marvel Entertainment",
    "published_time_text": "Yesterday",
    "views": "5.2M",
    "likes": "113K",
    "comments": "4.9K",
    "country": "united-kingdom",
    "category": "All"
  },
  {
  "rank": "2",
  "video_title": "AVENGERS DOOMSDAY LEAKED TRAILER 4",
  "video_url": "https://youtube.com/watch?v=d0Dl3kEOPJU",
  "video_id": "d0Dl3kEOPJU",
  "thumbnail_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d0Dl3kEOPJU/default.jpg",
  "author": "Everything Always",
  "published_time_text": "Yesterday",
  "views": "85K",
  "likes": "2.4K",
  "comments": "422",
  "country": "united-kingdom",
  "category": "All"
  },
  {
  "rank": "3",
  "video_title": "STEAL A BRAINROT GIVEAWAY LIVE | STEAL A BRAINROT FREE SECRETS + FREE BRAINROT GODS",
  "video_url": "https://youtube.com/watch?v=Crb5gudOABI",
  "video_id": "Crb5gudOABI",
  "thumbnail_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Crb5gudOABI/default.jpg",
  "author": "Joxy",
  "published_time_text": "16 hours ago",
  "views": "688K",
  "likes": "6.2K",
  "comments": "46",
  "country": "united-kingdom",
  "category": "All"
  },
  // ...
]

Pricing

This Actor uses a Pay-Per-Event pricing model. You are charged a small fee for each video record successfully scraped. This ensures you only pay for the data you actually receive.

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Support & Feedback

We are always working on improving the performance of our Actors. So if you’ve got any technical feedback for the YouTube Trending Videos by Categories Actor or simply found a bug, please create an issue on the Actor’s Issues tab in Apify Console.