YouTube Email Scraper (Profile, Website, Social, Email)

Extract comprehensive contact information from YouTube channels — including business emails, website links, social media profiles, and channel statistics — for legitimate outreach and partnerships.

What Does This Scraper Do?

YouTube Email Scraper automatically discovers YouTube channels and extracts their publicly available business contact information. It searches channel descriptions, About pages, and linked websites to find validated business emails for partnership opportunities and professional outreach.

What You Can Extract

Emails:

• Business emails displayed in channel information
• Contact emails from channel descriptions and About pages
• Emails from creators' linked external websites

Other contact data:

• Public social media profile links (Instagram, Twitter/X, Discord, etc.)
• External website URLs from the channel description
• Channel location, subscriber count, view count, video count, and join date

What it cannot reach:

• Emails behind the "View email address" button (requires YouTube login)
• Protected or private contact information
• Any contact details requiring human verification

Public business emails are common for creators who actively pursue partnerships, but availability varies by niche and channel size.

Video Tutorial

Learn how to use this scraper in under 3 minutes: Apify Tutorial: Scrape YouTube Channel Emails — Short Guide

Key Features

• Two ways to find channels — Provide a list of channel URLs, or discover channels by keyword search.
• Multi-source email extraction — Reads the channel's About page, description, and linked external websites.
• Channel statistics — Subscriber count, lifetime views, video count, join date, location, and full description.
• Social profiles — Captures Instagram, Twitter/X, Facebook, TikTok, Discord, and other profile links the creator has linked.
• Built-in email filtering — Removes obvious noise (placeholder, no-reply, monitoring service, and known disposable patterns) before saving results.
• Three pre-built views — Overview, Contact Details, and Channel Profiles, accessible from the Output tab in Apify Console.
• JSON or CSV export — Download results in either format for spreadsheets, CRMs, or your own pipeline.

Quick Start

This scraper has two modes. Pick the one that matches what you already have.

Mode 1 — You already have channel URLs

{
  "inputMode": "directUrls",
  "channelUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@nateherk",
    "https://www.youtube.com/@LiamOttley"
  ]
}

Mode 2 — You want to discover channels by keyword

{
  "inputMode": "keywordSearch",
  "searchKeywords": ["AI automation", "tech review"],
  "maxChannelsPerKeyword": 50,
  "maxResults": 100,
  "locale": "US"
}

Each run uses one mode. To process both lists and keywords, run the scraper twice and merge the datasets.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
Input Mode	Select	Choose "Direct Channel URLs" or "Search by Keywords"	Direct Channel URLs
Channel URLs	List	YouTube channel URLs to process	—
Search Keywords	List	Keywords to find relevant channels	—
Max Channels per Keyword	Number	How many channels to find per keyword (1–200)	50
Maximum Results	Number	Total maximum channels to process (1–500)	100
Browser Locale	Select	Content region for search results	United States

Supported Regions

Over 100 countries are supported. Popular options include:

Code	Country	Code	Country
US	United States	GB	United Kingdom
CA	Canada	AU	Australia
DE	Germany	FR	France
JP	Japan	KR	South Korea
TW	Taiwan	IN	India
BR	Brazil	ES	Spain

See the full list in the input form dropdown.

Output Data

Each channel produces a detailed record with the following information:

Output Example

{
  "channelName": "Liam Ottley",
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@LiamOttley",
  "subscriberCount": "772.0K",
  "viewCount": 29011596,
  "videoCount": 247,
  "joinDate": "May 29, 2018",
  "location": "New Zealand",
  "channelDescription": "AI automation expert sharing strategies, tutorials, and insights for building AI-powered businesses...",
  "emails": ["info@morningside.ai", "support@aaaaccelerator.com"],
  "emailCount": 2,
  "hasEmails": true,
  "websites": [
    "https://www.morningside.ai",
    "https://aaaaccelerator.com",
    "https://www.skool.com/learn-ai"
  ],
  "socialMedia": {
    "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/liamottley",
    "twitter": "https://www.twitter.com/liamottley_",
    "youtube": "https://www.youtube.com/@LiamOttleyVLOGs/featured"
  },
  "contactInfo": {
    "emails": ["info@morningside.ai", "support@aaaaccelerator.com"],
    "websites": ["https://www.morningside.ai", "https://aaaaccelerator.com"],
    "socialMedia": {
      "instagram": "https://www.instagram.com/liamottley",
      "twitter": "https://www.twitter.com/liamottley_"
    }
  },
  "descriptionUrls": [],
  "searchKeyword": "AI automation",
  "processingSuccess": true,
  "extractedAt": "2026-04-28T12:31:14.000Z"
}

Numeric fields (viewCount, videoCount) are integers. subscriberCount is a formatted string (e.g. "772.0K", "20.9M") matching how YouTube displays it. The error field appears only when a channel fails to scrape; on success it is omitted. Values shown above are illustrative — actual current channel stats vary as creators grow.

Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
channelName	String	Name of the YouTube channel
channelUrl	String	URL of the channel
subscriberCount	String	Formatted subscriber count (e.g., "772.0K", "20.9M")
viewCount	Number	Total lifetime channel views
videoCount	Number	Number of published videos on the channel
joinDate	String	Date when the channel was created
location	String	Channel's listed country or region (may be null)
channelDescription	String	Full channel description text
emails	Array	Validated business email addresses found
emailCount	Number	Number of emails found
hasEmails	Boolean	true if any emails were found, useful for filtering
websites	Array	External website URLs linked from the channel
socialMedia	Object	Social media profile links keyed by platform
contactInfo	Object	Grouped object containing emails, websites, and socialMedia
descriptionUrls	Array	URLs found inline within the description text
searchKeyword	String	The keyword used to discover this channel (keyword mode only; null in directUrls mode)
processingSuccess	Boolean	true if the channel was scraped without errors
extractedAt	String	ISO timestamp of when the channel was scraped
error	String	Error description (present only on failure)

Output Views

The Output tab in Apify Console provides three specialized views:

1. Overview — Quick summary with channel name, subscribers, email count, and websites
2. Contact Details — Focused on emails, websites, social media, and location
3. Channel Profiles — Full statistics including views, videos, join date, and description

Results can also be downloaded as JSON or CSV.

Use Cases

• Influencer Marketing — Find YouTubers in your niche and reach out for collaborations
• Business Development — Connect with content creators for partnerships and sponsorships
• Lead Generation — Build targeted contact lists from specific industries or topics
• Market Research — Analyze competitor collaborations and creator landscapes
• PR & Media Outreach — Find relevant channels for product launches and press coverage
• Talent Recruitment — Discover and contact creators for talent networks

Best Practices

1. Start small — Test with a handful of channels or keywords before scaling up to verify the results match what you need.
2. Use specific keywords — Niche phrases like "AI productivity tools" surface more relevant creators than broad terms like "AI".
3. Filter on hasEmails — When you only need leads, filter the dataset to hasEmails: true to skip channels without public contact info.
4. Pick the right region — Set Region to where your target audience lives; YouTube search results are localized.
5. Use the right output view — Contact Details for outreach lists, Channel Profiles for research, Overview for quick scans.

Requirements

• Apify account (free tier available)
• No API keys or external accounts needed
• Works with channels from any country

Integrations

Connect this scraper with your existing tools:

• Google Sheets — Automatically export results to a spreadsheet
• Webhooks — Trigger notifications when scraping completes
• API — Access results programmatically via the Apify API
• Zapier / Make — Automate workflows with scraped contact data

FAQ

How many channels can I scrape per run? Up to 500 channels per run. For larger datasets, run the scraper multiple times with different keywords.

Does it find emails for every channel? No. Many creators choose not to display a public email, and some have it gated behind YouTube's "View email address" button (which requires login). Niches focused on partnerships, business, or B2B tend to have higher email availability than personal vlogs.

What types of emails does it find? Only publicly displayed business emails — from channel pages, About sections, and linked websites. It does not access private or login-protected information.

Can I use it with other Apify tools? Yes. Results integrate seamlessly with Apify's storage, API, webhooks, and third-party integrations like Google Sheets, Zapier, and Make.

Support

For questions or feature requests, please use the support options on the Apify platform.

Disclaimer

This actor only collects information that YouTube channels publicly display on their About page or in their description. It does not access private contact data, bypass login walls, or click YouTube's protected "View email address" button. You are responsible for using collected data in accordance with applicable laws (GDPR, CAN-SPAM, CCPA, etc.) and YouTube's Terms of Service. Use this data for legitimate outreach, partnerships, and research — not unsolicited bulk email.

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