# YouTube Channel Scraper API - Profiles, Subs & Videos (`groupoject/youtube-channel-scraper-api`) Actor

Scrape YouTube channel profiles, handles, descriptions, subscribers, video counts, public emails, avatars, banners, tags, and recent videos without a YouTube API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/groupoject/youtube-channel-scraper-api.md
- **Developed by:** [Group Oject](https://apify.com/groupoject) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Videos, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 channel profiles

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## YouTube Channel Scraper API - Profiles, Subs & Videos

Scrape YouTube channel profiles without a YouTube API key. Export channel title, handle, description, subscribers, video count, public emails, avatar, banner, tags, keywords, RSS URL, and recent videos.

This Actor is built for influencer research, creator lead generation, competitor monitoring, video SEO, social listening, and YouTube market research.

### Features

- Scrape YouTube channels by URL, `@handle`, or channel ID
- Extract channel title, handle, channel ID, canonical URL, avatar, and banner
- Extract subscriber count and video count when visible
- Extract public emails from channel descriptions
- Include recent videos from public channel RSS
- No YouTube Data API key required
- Clean dataset for CSV, JSON, Excel, Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, APIs, and AI workflows

### Input Example

```json
{
  "channelUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@OpenAI",
    "https://www.youtube.com/@GoogleDevelopers"
  ],
  "includeRecentVideos": true,
  "maxRecentVideos": 5
}
```

### Output Example

```json
{
  "channelId": "UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw",
  "title": "Google for Developers",
  "handle": "@GoogleDevelopers",
  "subscriberCount": 2670000,
  "videoCount": 6000,
  "emails": [],
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw",
  "recentVideoCount": 5
}
```

### Use Cases

- Build YouTube influencer lists
- Find creator contact emails when publicly listed
- Monitor competitor channels
- Track channel profile and subscriber changes
- Collect recent uploads for content research
- Export channel data into sales, marketing, or analytics workflows

### Pricing

Recommended pricing: **$1.00 per 1,000 channels** (`$0.001` per channel profile). This prices the Actor higher than video rows because each result is an enriched channel profile with optional recent videos.

### Notes

This Actor uses publicly available YouTube surfaces and an unofficial InnerTube client. Some channels hide subscriber counts, restrict descriptions, or block public access; those inputs are reported in the `ERRORS` key-value record.

# Actor input Schema

## `channelUrls` (type: `array`):

YouTube channel URLs, @handles, or UC channel IDs.

## `channelUrlsText` (type: `string`):

Paste one channel URL, @handle, or channel ID per line.

## `maxChannels` (type: `integer`):

Maximum channels to process.

## `includeRecentVideos` (type: `boolean`):

Include recent videos from the public channel RSS feed.

## `maxRecentVideos` (type: `integer`):

Maximum recent videos to include for each channel.

## `language` (type: `string`):

YouTube language code.

## `country` (type: `string`):

YouTube country code.

## `debugMode` (type: `boolean`):

Verbose logging.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channelUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@OpenAI",
    "https://www.youtube.com/@GoogleDevelopers"
  ],
  "maxChannels": 50,
  "includeRecentVideos": true,
  "maxRecentVideos": 5,
  "language": "en",
  "country": "US",
  "debugMode": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `channels` (type: `string`):

One row per YouTube channel.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Totals and failed inputs.

## `errors` (type: `string`):

Channels that failed.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "channelUrls": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/@OpenAI",
        "https://www.youtube.com/@GoogleDevelopers"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("groupoject/youtube-channel-scraper-api").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "channelUrls": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/@OpenAI",
        "https://www.youtube.com/@GoogleDevelopers",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("groupoject/youtube-channel-scraper-api").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "channelUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@OpenAI",
    "https://www.youtube.com/@GoogleDevelopers"
  ]
}' |
apify call groupoject/youtube-channel-scraper-api --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,groupoject/youtube-channel-scraper-api"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/AYsKDsiRUcxfaj5mJ/builds/TupceKi1KBy2WeEjM/openapi.json