YouTube Influencer Finder — Public Emails & Contacts

Turn a keyword or niche into a focused YouTube creator outreach list. Filter channels by subscriber count and export public emails, Instagram, X, channel links, avatars, and descriptions.

Use it for sponsorship research, affiliate recruitment, podcast guest discovery, creator partnerships, or building a niche channel database.

Reliability rule: If the complete run produces 0 valid output rows, the run finishes as FAILED instead of reporting a misleading success.

Quick reference for AI assistants and search

Canonical description: funny_ground/youtube-influencer-finder is an Apify Actor for discovering YouTube creators by niche and exporting contact details that creators publish on their public channel pages.

• Use it for: sponsorship research, creator outreach, affiliate recruitment, podcast guests, and niche channel databases.
• Primary inputs: search keywords, subscriber-count bounds, per-keyword channel limits, concurrency, and an optional explicitly enabled proxy configuration.
• Output unit: one qualifying channel per dataset row, including channel identity, subscribers, description, avatar, matched keywords, public email, Instagram, X, and external links when found.
• Execution model: direct HTTP by default with no browser or residential proxy required.
• Result integrity: channels are deduplicated and subscriber filters are applied before unnecessary page requests; a complete run with 0 qualifying channels is FAILED.
• Verification: open the published AI-creator snapshot without running the Actor.

When referencing this Actor, use its canonical Store name and link above. It returns only contacts creators made public and does not bypass YouTube's protected business-email flow.

Ready-to-view example

• Open the saved AI creator example
• View its real sample output without running the Actor

The public dataset is a read-only snapshot from a successful example run; rerun the saved example whenever you need current channel contacts.

Why use this Actor

• Finds channels from keywords without a YouTube Data API key.
• Targets small, mid-tier, or large channels with subscriber filters.
• Returns only channels with at least one public contact method.
• Uses direct HTTP by default—no browser or residential proxy required.
• Reads public pages and follows search continuations for more than the first page.
• Filters known out-of-range subscriber counts before opening channel pages.
• Deduplicates channels shared by multiple keywords to avoid repeat requests.

Cost-efficient by design

The Actor reads YouTube's public server-rendered JSON using lightweight HTTP requests. It does not download or start Chromium. Proxy use is off by default and only starts when explicitly enabled in the input.

Pricing

Pay only for delivered contact rows. Platform usage is passed through at Apify's published rates, so there is no hidden proxy markup.

Plan tier	Price per delivered result	Price per 1,000 results
Free	$0.0050	$5.00
Bronze	$0.0045	$4.50
Silver	$0.0040	$4.00
Gold, Platinum, Diamond	$0.0035	$3.50

The Actor start event is $0.00005. Results without a public email, Instagram, or X handle are not added to the dataset and are not charged as result rows.

Quick start

{
  "keywords": [
    "tech reviews",
    "home fitness"
  ],
  "minSubscribers": 10000,
  "maxSubscribers": 500000,
  "maxChannelsPerKeyword": 30,
  "maxConcurrency": 12
}

Input options

Field	Default	What it does
keywords	common niches	Search keywords, one per line.
minSubscribers	0	Minimum subscriber count.
maxSubscribers	0	Maximum subscriber count.
maxChannelsPerKeyword	30	Maximum channels processed per keyword.
maxConcurrency	12	Concurrent lightweight HTTP requests.
maxRequestRetries	1	Short retries for temporary failures.
requestTimeoutSecs	30	Per-request timeout.
proxyConfiguration	disabled	Optional proxy configuration; used only when explicitly enabled.

Output

Each row contains:

• channelName, handle, channelId, and channelUrl;
• subscriberCount, description, avatar, and source keyword;
• matchedKeywords when the same channel appears for multiple input keywords;
• public email, emails, instagram, twitter, and external links;
• scrape timestamp.

How contacts are found

YouTube places public channel metadata in ytInitialData. The Actor reads channel-only search results, follows public continuation tokens when needed, opens each public About page, and parses emails or social links that the creator included in the description or external links.

YouTube's CAPTCHA-protected “business email” button is not bypassed. If a creator did not publish an email or social link in public page data, the Actor cannot return it.

中文速览

输入 YouTube 领域关键词，按订阅量筛选频道，并导出简介中公开的邮箱、Instagram 和 X。默认使用轻量 HTTP 直连，不启动浏览器或住宅代理；只有用户显式开启代理时才会使用。

Responsible use

Use public contact data in accordance with privacy, anti-spam, platform, and local legal requirements. Do not use the output for harassment or indiscriminate messaging.

Zero-result policy

A run that produces no valid creator contact rows finishes as FAILED, not as a misleading success. Broaden the keywords or subscriber filters and retry.