YouTube Search & Rank Tracker

Type in keywords. Get back the YouTube search results for each one — rank position, exact views, title, channel, upload age and length — in the country and language you choose. Add your own channels and see where they rank for every keyword.

A YouTube SEO tool with no API key, no Google account and no quota.

What it's for

• YouTube SEO — find out where your videos rank for the keywords that matter, and track it week by week on a schedule.
• Keyword research — see how many results a topic has, how many views the top videos get, and how old they are. Old top results with modest views = an opening.
• Competitor analysis — which channels own the first page for your niche, and how many spots each one holds.
• Influencer discovery — find the creators who rank for your product category, with real view counts.
• Market research by country — rankings differ in the US, UK, Germany or Japan; compare them side by side.

What you get for each result

Ranking	Keyword, rank position (1, 2, 3...), whether it belongs to one of your tracked channels
Performance	Exact views (not "6.9M"), plus exact likes and like rate with details on
Video	Title, length, upload age and date, badges (4K, CC, New), description snippet, thumbnail, link
Channel	Name, @handle, channel ID, verified badge

Real rows from a test run:

Keyword	Rank	Title	Channel	Views	Likes
iphone 17 review	1	iPhone 17 Review: No Asterisks!	Marques Brownlee	6,947,658	174,900
home workout no equipment	1	25 MIN FULL BODY HIIT for Beginners	growingannanas	33,885,425	515,072
mars rover	1	How does a Mars Rover work?	Jared Owen	6,150,371	67,780

The keyword report

Every run writes a KEYWORD_REPORT to the key-value store, one entry per keyword: YouTube's estimated number of results, median and total views of the collected results, the channels holding the most spots, the top 3 videos — and for your tracked channels, their best rank, how many of their videos are in the top 10, and every position they hold. From the test run:

Keyword	Estimated results	Median views	Channels with most spots	Tracked best rank
iphone 17 review	2.5 million	197,836	Nick Ackerman (4), Marques Brownlee (3)	#1
how to start a podcast	11.4 million	97,365	Think Media (11), Podcasting with Hiwi G (6)	—
mars rover	8.7 million	495,740	NASA JPL (5), ElderFox Documentaries (4)	#21

Input

{
  "queries": ["iphone 17 review", "best running shoes 2026"],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 50,
  "country": "US",
  "language": "en",
  "trackChannels": ["@mkbhd", "UCXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0Tunw"],
  "includeDetails": true
}

Field	Default	Notes
queries	—	Required. One search per line.
maxResultsPerQuery	50	Up to 1,000 ranked videos per keyword.
sortBy	relevance	relevance (what people see — use for rank tracking), upload_date, view_count, rating.
uploadDate	any	hour, today, week, month, year.
country / language	US / en	Results as people in that country see them.
trackChannels	—	Your channels (or competitors') to flag and rank.
includeDetails	false	Exact likes and exact upload dates (slower). Views are exact either way.

Tip: schedule the actor daily or weekly with the same keywords to build a rank history.

Speed and cost

Measured: 5 keywords × 50 results = 250 ranked videos with likes and exact dates in 3 minutes, every one complete. Without details, a keyword's top 20 comes back in a single request. The actor talks to YouTube directly and only uses a proxy if YouTube refuses a request.

Limitations

• Videos only. Shorts shelves, channels, playlists and ads that appear in search are not ranked results and are skipped.
• Rankings are what a logged-out visitor sees in the chosen country; YouTube personalises results for signed-in users.
• Without details, upload dates are worked out from "3 weeks ago" and are approximate (publishedDateExact says which).

Legal

Reads only what YouTube shows any visitor without logging in. You are responsible for how you use the data.