YouTube Community Posts Scraper

Scrape public YouTube Community posts from channel URLs and handles. Collect post text, post URLs, relative publish times, likes, comments, image links, poll metadata, and timestamps in a clean Apify dataset.

What does YouTube Community Posts Scraper do?

YouTube Community Posts Scraper extracts public posts from the Posts tab of YouTube channels. It is designed for teams that need structured Community updates without manually opening every channel.

• ✅ Track creator announcements
• ✅ Monitor brand and competitor updates
• ✅ Collect public engagement metrics
• ✅ Export posts to JSON, CSV, Excel, or API
• ✅ Support channel URLs and @handles

Who is it for?

Social media and creator marketing teams

Use the scraper to monitor creator announcements, campaign teasers, audience polls, sponsor reminders, and recurring post engagement across a curated list of channels.

Brand, PR, and social listening teams

Track public Community posts from competitors, media brands, product teams, or industry creators so updates can be reviewed in one structured feed.

Influencer and talent intelligence teams

Compare how creators use Community posts, which formats receive visible engagement, and when channels announce launches, events, or merch drops.

Agencies and reporting teams

Build repeatable client reports from public YouTube activity. Export a dataset instead of copying posts manually into spreadsheets.

Data engineers and automation builders

Seed dashboards, alerts, enrichment jobs, and internal monitoring systems with normalized post records from selected public channels.

Why use this scraper?

Community posts are often where creators publish announcements, polls, teasers, event reminders, merch drops, and audience questions. This actor turns those public updates into a structured dataset that is easier to filter, store, enrich, and integrate with other tools.

What data can you extract?

Field	Description
channelUrl	Normalized YouTube Posts tab URL
channelHandle	Public channel handle when available
channelName	Channel display name
postId	YouTube Community post ID
postUrl	Direct post URL
text	Post text and linked text
publishedAtText	Relative publish time shown by YouTube
publishedAt	Reserved ISO timestamp field when available
likeCount	Public like count parsed as a number
commentCount	Public comment count parsed as a number
imageUrls	Public image URLs attached to the post
pollOptions	Public poll options and visible percentages
isPoll	Whether the post appears to contain a poll
scrapedAt	ISO timestamp for the scrape

Pricing

This Actor uses Apify pay-per-event pricing. The prices below come from the current Actor pricing configuration. Apify public plans map to Store discount tiers, so the table shows both the user-facing plan context and the pricing tier name. The final price shown in Apify depends on the user account plan and any custom agreement.

Event	What is charged	Price
start	One-time fee charged when a run starts. Covers fixed startup cost (init, proxy warmup, first HTTP setup).	$0.005

Event	What is charged	Free / no discount	Starter / Bronze	Scale / Silver	Business / Gold	Custom / Platinum	Custom / Diamond
item	Charged per public YouTube Community post extracted.	$0.18553 / 1,000	$0.16133 / 1,000	$0.12584 / 1,000	$0.0968 / 1,000	$0.06453 / 1,000	$0.04517 / 1,000

Apify may also charge platform usage for compute, storage, proxies, or data transfer outside this Actor pricing. Check the Actor run and the Apify Pricing tab for the exact cost shown to your account.

How to use it

1. Open the actor on Apify.
2. Add one or more YouTube channel URLs or handles.
3. Set the maximum number of posts per channel.
4. Choose whether to include images and poll options.
5. Run the actor.
6. Download the dataset or connect it to your workflow.

Input

The main input is channelUrls. You can enter full channel Posts tab URLs, channel URLs, or public handles.

{
  "channelUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@YouTube/posts",
    "@Google"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 10,
  "includeImages": true,
  "includePollOptions": true
}

Input options

Input	Type	Description
channelUrls	array	YouTube channel URLs, /posts URLs, /community URLs, or @handles
maxPostsPerChannel	integer	Maximum public Community posts to save per channel
includeImages	boolean	Include public image URLs from post attachments
includePollOptions	boolean	Include public poll option text and visible percentages when available
proxyConfiguration	object	Optional Apify proxy configuration for blocked or regional workloads

Output

Each dataset item represents one public Community post.

{
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@YouTube/posts",
  "channelHandle": "@YouTube",
  "channelName": "YouTube",
  "postId": "Ugkx...",
  "postUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx...",
  "text": "Example public Community post text",
  "publishedAtText": "4 hours ago",
  "likeCount": 1200,
  "commentCount": 239,
  "imageUrls": [],
  "pollOptions": [],
  "isPoll": false,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-03T21:26:06.636Z"
}

Example channel inputs

{
  "channelUrls": [
    "@YouTube",
    "@Google",
    "https://www.youtube.com/@TeamYouTube/community",
    "https://www.youtube.com/@NASA/posts"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 5
}

Tips for best results

• Use the /posts tab URL when you have it.
• Handles such as @YouTube are supported.
• Keep the first run small while validating a new channel list.
• Some channels may not have public Community posts.
• Engagement values are public counts displayed by YouTube.
• Use a channel list with multiple active channels for recurring monitoring.

Images and polls

When includeImages is enabled, the actor saves public image URLs from post attachments. When includePollOptions is enabled, the actor saves visible public poll options and vote percentages when YouTube exposes them.

Limits

The actor only extracts public channel Community posts. It does not log in, bypass private data, scrape private members-only posts, or access data hidden behind account permissions.

Data quality

The actor normalizes channel inputs, parses compact public counts such as 1.2K, and records a scrape timestamp for each item. Fields that YouTube does not publicly expose may be null or empty arrays.

Integrations

Use the dataset with Google Sheets, Airtable, Make, Zapier, Slack alerts, dashboards, BI tools, and enrichment pipelines. Common workflows include daily channel monitoring, influencer campaign tracking, competitor content reporting, and campaign launch alerts.

Workflow ideas

• Send new Community posts from selected creators to Slack.
• Build a weekly influencer monitoring spreadsheet.
• Compare visible engagement by channel and post type.
• Archive public announcements before a campaign launch.
• Enrich posts with your own creator categories in a downstream workflow.

API usage with Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('fetch_cat/youtube-community-posts-scraper').call({
  channelUrls: ['https://www.youtube.com/@YouTube/posts'],
  maxPostsPerChannel: 10,
});
console.log(run.defaultDatasetId);

API usage with Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient('MY_APIFY_TOKEN')
run = client.actor('fetch_cat/youtube-community-posts-scraper').call(run_input={
    'channelUrls': ['https://www.youtube.com/@YouTube/posts'],
    'maxPostsPerChannel': 10,
})
print(run['defaultDatasetId'])

API usage with cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/fetch_cat~youtube-community-posts-scraper/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"channelUrls":["https://www.youtube.com/@YouTube/posts"],"maxPostsPerChannel":10}'

MCP usage

Connect the actor to Apify MCP at https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch_cat/youtube-community-posts-scraper and ask Claude to monitor selected public YouTube channels, summarize new Community posts, or compare post engagement across creators.

Claude Code setup:

$claude mcp add apify-youtube-community-posts https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch_cat/youtube-community-posts-scraper

Claude Desktop JSON setup:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify-youtube-community-posts": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch_cat/youtube-community-posts-scraper"
    }
  }
}

Example prompts:

• "Run the YouTube Community Posts Scraper for these five channels and summarize the latest announcements."
• "Find public Community posts with more than 1,000 likes from my channel list."
• "Export the scraped posts into a campaign monitoring table."

Scheduling

Schedule the actor daily, weekly, or before campaign reporting windows. For monitoring use cases, store the dataset in Apify or export it to your database so you can compare new posts with earlier runs.

Troubleshooting

If a channel returns no items, confirm that the channel has a public Posts tab. Some channels do not use Community posts or may show content differently by region.

If engagement fields are empty, YouTube may not expose the count for that post or channel at the time of scraping.

If a channel URL fails, try the channel handle or the direct /posts tab URL.

Legality

This actor extracts publicly available YouTube pages. Use it responsibly, respect YouTube terms, and avoid collecting or processing personal data without a lawful basis.

FAQ

Can I scrape private or members-only posts?

No. The actor only collects public content visible without logging in.

Can I use handles instead of full URLs?

Yes. Handles such as @YouTube are supported.

Does the actor scrape comments?

No. It extracts the public comment count for each post, not individual comment threads.

Does it support polls?

Yes, when public poll information is available and includePollOptions is enabled.

Why do some channels return fewer posts than requested?

Some channels publish fewer Community posts, hide older posts from the public Posts tab, or expose a smaller initial list to anonymous visitors.

Related scrapers

• YouTube Channel Scraper
• YouTube Video Scraper
• YouTube Comments Scraper
• YouTube Search Scraper
• YouTube Shorts Scraper

Support

If a public channel with visible Community posts does not return data, share the run URL and input so the issue can be reproduced.