# YouTube Channel Scraper — Videos, Views & Stats (`hipersoft/youtube-channel-scraper`) Actor

Scrape a YouTube channel's full video list plus channel stats: video title, URL, view count, published date, duration and thumbnail, with subscriber count, total videos and description. One clean row per video as JSON, CSV or Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/hipersoft/youtube-channel-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [hiper soft](https://apify.com/hipersoft) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $0.0005 / video scraped

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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 examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## YouTube Channel Scraper — Videos, Views & Stats

Export a **YouTube channel's entire video catalog** plus its channel stats. Paste one or more channel links (or @handles), pick Videos, Shorts or Live streams, and get one clean row per video — title, URL, view count, published date, duration and thumbnail — alongside a channel summary with subscriber count, total videos and description. Export to **JSON, CSV or Excel**, or pull straight from the API.

Perfect for **creator and competitor analysis, influencer research, content tracking, media monitoring, trend analysis, and building video datasets** for dashboards or LLMs.

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### What you get

**A channel summary row** (optional) and **one row per video:**

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `type` | `channel` or `video` |
| `channelName` / `channelId` / `channelUrl` | The channel |
| `subscriberCount` / `subscriberCountText` | Subscribers (number + label) |
| `videoCount` | Total videos on the channel |
| `description` / `avatar` | Channel about text and avatar *(channel row)* |
| `videoId` / `url` | The video and its watch link |
| `title` | Video title |
| `viewCount` / `viewCountText` | Views (number + label) |
| `publishedText` | When it was published (e.g. "3 days ago") |
| `durationText` / `durationSeconds` | Length |
| `thumbnail` | Thumbnail image URL |
| `collectedAt` | When the row was scraped |

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### How to use

#### 1. Add channels

Paste channel URLs or bare @handles:

```json
{
  "channelUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast",
    "@mkbhd"
  ],
  "tab": "videos",
  "includeChannelInfo": true,
  "maxItems": 500
}
```

#### 2. Choose what to scrape

- **Which videos** — the channel's long-form **Videos**, **Shorts**, or **Live streams** tab.
- **Include channel info row** — add a summary row per channel (subscribers, total videos, description, avatar).
- **Max videos** — cap the total per run (0 = no limit; scrape the whole channel).

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### Example output

```json
{
  "type": "video",
  "channelName": "MrBeast",
  "channelId": "UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA",
  "subscriberCount": 516000000,
  "videoId": "v9QtM6qnG50",
  "title": "I Built A City To Save Kids",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9QtM6qnG50",
  "viewCount": 21000000,
  "viewCountText": "21M views",
  "publishedText": "13 hours ago",
  "durationText": "19:03",
  "durationSeconds": 1143,
  "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v9QtM6qnG50/hq720.jpg",
  "collectedAt": "2026-09-20T05:20:00.000Z"
}
```

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### Common use cases

- **Competitor & creator analysis** — compare upload cadence, view counts and top videos across channels.
- **Influencer research** — qualify creators by subscriber count, catalog size and average views.
- **Content tracking** — snapshot a channel's videos over time to measure growth.
- **Trend analysis** — find a niche's best-performing videos and topics.
- **Datasets** — build clean, structured video catalogs for analysis or model training.

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### Frequently asked questions

**Do I need any login, account or key?** No. Just paste channel links and run.

**How many videos can I get?** Set **Max videos** to whatever you need (0 = no limit) — the scraper pages through the channel's entire catalog.

**Can I scrape Shorts or live streams?** Yes — switch the **Which videos** option.

**Can I scrape several channels at once?** Yes — list multiple channels and they're all scraped in one run.

**What format is the data?** A flat table you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or fetch from the Apify API.

***

### Related scrapers

Building a YouTube toolkit? Pair this with our YouTube comments scraper and YouTube video downloader, plus our other social media scrapers on Apify Store — all with the same clean, one-row-per-item output.

# Actor input Schema

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

One or more YouTube channels to scrape. Paste channel URLs (https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast, /channel/UC…, /c/… or /user/…) or bare @handles.

## `tab` (type: `string`):

Scrape the channel's long-form Videos, Shorts, or Live streams tab.

## `includeChannelInfo` (type: `boolean`):

Add one summary row per channel with subscriber count, total videos, description and avatar.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of videos to collect per run across all channels (0 = no limit; scrape the whole channel).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channelUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast"
  ],
  "tab": "videos",
  "includeChannelInfo": true,
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

The results as dataset items.

# 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/@MrBeast"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("hipersoft/youtube-channel-scraper").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/@MrBeast"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("hipersoft/youtube-channel-scraper").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/@MrBeast"
  ]
}' |
apify call hipersoft/youtube-channel-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/4Z1OeE80qWiWgw4jp/builds/xSJR6ofIkTyw6jlwo/openapi.json