Dailymotion Scraper — Videos, Channels & Playlists

Dailymotion Scraper extracts public video metadata from dailymotion.com: keyword search results, the uploads of any channel, the videos of a playlist, single video links, a whole category or what is trending right now. Every video becomes one flat JSON row with views (total and for the last hour, day, week and month), duration, likes, publication date in ISO 8601, category, language, country, tags, thumbnail, live status and the channel's follower count. Two more modes return public channel profiles and playlists.

The Actor reads Dailymotion's public, documented Data API. It needs no login, no API key and no browser. It collects metadata only: it never downloads videos and never asks for stream or file links.

Pricing: US$3.35 per 1,000 results (videos, channels or playlists). No start fee, no monthly rent.

What you can scrape

Mode	One row per	Sources
videos (default)	video	keyword search, channel usernames or URLs, playlist URLs, video URLs (including dai.ly short links and player links), a category, or the trending list when you give nothing else
channels	public channel profile	usernames or channel URLs, the channel behind a video URL, or a channel search
playlists	playlist	every public playlist of the channels you list, or playlist URLs

Video filters use Dailymotion's own search engine, so they don't waste results: category (News, Sports, Music, Gaming and the 13 others), languages, country, minimum and maximum length in seconds, published after / before (a date or a relative age such as 30 days), recorded videos only or live-now only, and verified channels only. You can sort by relevance, newest, oldest, most viewed (all time, today, this week, this month) or trending.

Input examples

The prefilled run, 20 videos for a keyword:

{ "mode": "videos", "searchQueries": ["street food"], "maxItems": 20 }

French news clips from verified channels, 1 to 10 minutes long, published in the last 30 days:

{ "mode": "videos", "searchQueries": ["élection"], "category": "news", "languages": ["fr"], "country": "FR",
  "minDurationSecs": 60, "maxDurationSecs": 600, "uploadedAfter": "30 days", "onlyVerified": true, "videoKind": "vod" }

The latest 1,500 uploads of a channel. Newest first is the only order that goes past Dailymotion's limit of 1,000 results per list:

{ "mode": "videos", "urls": ["https://www.dailymotion.com/CNEWS"], "sort": "recent", "maxResultsPerSource": 1500, "maxItems": 1500 }

Two channel profiles plus the most popular channels for a keyword (the playlists mode takes the same urls):

{ "mode": "channels", "urls": ["CNEWS", "https://www.dailymotion.com/Europe1fr"], "searchQueries": ["cuisine"], "channelSort": "popular", "maxResultsPerSource": 20 }

Example output

A video row (shortened):

{
  "type": "video",
  "videoId": "xbq54yy",
  "title": "Hansel and Gretel in the mountains: parents abandon sons in Germany",
  "url": "https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbq54yy",
  "durationSecs": 52,
  "durationText": "0:52",
  "views": 127655,
  "viewsLastHour": 4747,
  "viewsLastDay": 127655,
  "likes": 0,
  "createdAt": "2026-10-21T12:47:11.000Z",
  "language": "en",
  "country": "GB",
  "category": "News",
  "tags": ["Europe News", "Europe", "Nature", "mountaineering", "rescue"],
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://s2.dmcdn.net/v/gGmvg1gsBRTRchO8m/x1080",
  "orientation": "horizontal",
  "isLive": false,
  "channelUsername": "euronews-en",
  "channelName": "euronews (in English)",
  "channelFollowers": 17611,
  "channelVerified": true,
  "rank": 1,
  "source": "trending",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-22T05:27:03.542Z"
}

Video rows also have description (plain text), embedUrl (the official player), viewsLastWeek, viewsLastMonth, uploadedAt, updatedAt, width, height, aspectRatio, isOnAir, liveAudience, isExplicit, isMadeForKids, allowEmbed, alteredWithAi and channelPartner. Channel rows give username, name, followers, videos, playlists, views, isVerified, isPartner, language, avatar and cover images, the website and social links shown on the channel, and createdAt. Playlist rows give name, description, videosCount, dates, thumbnail and channel.

The key-value store gets SUMMARY (rows, requests, filters, stop reason) and SOURCES (one line per keyword, channel, playlist or URL, for example "channel not found" or "the playlist has no public videos").

Use cases

• Media monitoring: track what publishers upload, how fast each clip gathers views, and what trends in your country.
• Content and SEO research: see which titles, tags, lengths and formats get views for a keyword.
• Publisher discovery: find verified channels in a niche with followers, total views and their website.
• Catalog audits: export the videos of your own channel or playlist with views and dates.
• Datasets for AI and BI: typed rows ready for a spreadsheet, a dashboard or an LLM agent.

Pricing

Pay per result, nothing else:

• video-result: US$0.00335 per video (1,000 videos = US$3.35; 10,000 videos = US$33.50)
• channel-result: US$0.00335 per channel profile
• playlist-result: US$0.00335 per playlist

Platform compute is billed separately and stays tiny here, because the Actor is a plain API client with no browser: 1,150 channel videos took 24 seconds in our tests. You never pay for more rows than maxItems, and a run ends early if it reaches your spending cap.

Compared with alternatives

	This Actor	Dailymotion API yourself	Browser-based scrapers
Setup	none	read the docs, write paging and error handling	none
Filters (category, language, country, length, dates, live)	yes	yes	usually fewer
Past 1,000 results per channel or search	yes, newest first	you code it	rarely
Cost per 1,000 rows	US$3.35	free, you host the code	usually higher

Other Dailymotion Actors on the Store can also export comments. This Actor doesn't, because commenters are private people. Do you track live streamers too? Our Twitch Scraper covers channels, live streams, VODs and clips on Twitch. This Actor shares its network core.

Integrations

Run it from the Apify Console, the API, the JavaScript or Python client or the CLI, on a schedule or with webhooks. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel or Google Sheets, or connect it to Make, Zapier, n8n or Airbyte. Through the Apify MCP server, AI agents can ask for things like "the 50 most viewed Sports videos this week in Spanish".

FAQ

Is it legal? The Actor reads only public metadata that Dailymotion publishes through its documented API, without logging in. It doesn't download or re-host videos. For channels it keeps public channel information only, and it removes e-mail addresses and phone numbers from descriptions. Follow Dailymotion's terms and the privacy laws that apply to you.

Do I need a proxy? Usually not, because requests go out directly. If the API ever blocks the run, the Actor moves to Apify datacenter proxies and then residential proxies. If Dailymotion asks it to slow down, it waits and retries. You can turn the proxy switch off with autoProxyFallback: false.

Limits? Up to 100,000 rows per run. Dailymotion lists stop at 1,000 results per query. With newest-first order the Actor goes further by walking back in time. With other orders, each source stops at 1,000. Playlists keep their own order, and their filters are applied after reading. Searching playlists needs a Dailymotion login, so it isn't offered.

Why are some fields empty? Dailymotion leaves them out for some videos, for example isMadeForKids on old uploads or durationSecs on live streams.

En español

Dailymotion Scraper extrae metadatos públicos de Dailymotion sin login ni API key:

• videos por palabra clave, canal, playlist, categoría o tendencias, con vistas, duración, likes, fechas ISO, idioma, país y etiquetas;
• perfiles públicos de canales;
• playlists.

No descarga videos. Precio: US$3,35 por 1.000 resultados.

Changelog

• 0.1 (October 2026): first release with videos, channels and playlists modes, Dailymotion's search filters (category, language, country, length, dates, live, verified), newest-first paging past 1,000 results, and automatic proxy fallback.