🎥 YouTube Search & Video Intelligence Scraper

Fast, lightweight, and reliable YouTube search and video intelligence actor. Extracts structured video metadata, view counts, duration, channel information, upload times, and direct thumbnails without the heavy memory or latency of headless browsers.

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⚡ Key Features

• Blazing Fast: HTTP/2 InnerTube client extraction. Under 2 seconds per query.
• Cost Effective: Runs in just 256MB–512MB RAM, keeping compute cost near $0.
• Rich Output Fields:
  • videoId & direct url
  • title
  • channelTitle & channelUrl
  • viewCount
  • duration
  • publishedTimeText (e.g. "3 days ago", "1 month ago")
  • thumbnailUrl (high-resolution)
  • query

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📥 Input Example

{
  "queries": [
    "artificial intelligence trends 2026",
    "python programming tutorial"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 30
}

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📤 Output Example

{
  "videoId": "GGY17VD_9Bs",
  "title": "The Next 10 Years of AI Will Change Everything",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGY17VD_9Bs",
  "channelTitle": "TEDx Talks",
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@TEDx",
  "viewCount": "156,706 views",
  "duration": "18:33",
  "publishedTimeText": "2 weeks ago",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GGY17VD_9Bs/hqdefault.jpg",
  "query": "artificial intelligence trends 2026"
}

More actors by flyingnimbus

All pay-per-event and fast. Failed or empty runs are free:

• Google Trends
• Google Flights
• Google Hotels
• AI Search Visibility Tracker
• Google Ads Transparency
• Google Jobs
• Google Shopping
• Career Site Jobs
• Hacker News

Pricing

Pay per event: $0.001 per video ($1 per 1,000). You only pay for results delivered. Platform compute is included, so there are no extra usage charges. Set a maximum budget on the run to cap spend.

How to use it

1. Open the Input tab and fill in the fields (the prefilled example works as is).
2. Click Start and wait for the run to finish.
3. Download the dataset as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read it through the Apify API.

You can schedule runs, call the actor from the API, or connect it to Make, Zapier, n8n or an AI agent through MCP.

FAQ

Is the data live? Yes. Each run fetches fresh data at the time you run it.

What happens when nothing is found? The run finishes without charging for empty results.

Can I use this in an AI agent? Yes. It runs with limited permissions and returns structured JSON, so agents can call it through the Apify MCP server.

Is it legal? The actor collects publicly available information. You are responsible for using the data in line with the source's terms and applicable law, including privacy rules. Do not use it to collect personal data without a lawful basis.

Something broke or you need a field added? Open an issue on the Issues tab. Reports are read and fixed quickly.