YouTube Search Scraper — Search Results & Video Data

Run any YouTube search and export the results as clean, structured data. Add one or more keywords, choose how to sort, and get one row per video — title, URL, channel, view count, published date, duration, a description snippet and thumbnail. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel, or pull straight from the API.

Perfect for keyword and topic research, competitor and trend analysis, content discovery, influencer sourcing, SEO, and building video datasets for dashboards or LLMs.

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What you get

One flat, ready-to-use record per video result:

Field	Description
query	The search keyword that produced the row
videoId / url	The video and its watch link
title	Video title
channelName / channelId / channelUrl	The uploading channel
viewCount / viewCountText	Views (number + label)
publishedText	When it was published (e.g. "4 years ago")
durationText / durationSeconds	Length
description	Description snippet from the results page
thumbnail	Thumbnail image URL
collectedAt	When the row was scraped

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How to use

1. Add keywords

{
  "searchQueries": ["lofi hip hop", "python tutorial"],
  "sort": "views",
  "maxItems": 200
}

2. Sort & limit

• Sort results by — Relevance (YouTube default), Upload date, View count, or Rating.
• Max results — cap the total across all keywords (0 = no limit; the scraper pages deep into the results).

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Example output

{
  "query": "python tutorial",
  "videoId": "rfscVS0vtbw",
  "title": "Learn Python - Full Course for Beginners",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfscVS0vtbw",
  "channelName": "freeCodeCamp.org",
  "viewCount": 49309271,
  "publishedText": "6 years ago",
  "durationText": "4:26:52",
  "durationSeconds": 16012,
  "description": "This course will give you a full introduction into all of the core concepts…",
  "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rfscVS0vtbw/hq720.jpg",
  "collectedAt": "2026-09-20T06:00:00.000Z"
}

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Common use cases

• Keyword & topic research — see what ranks for a term and how it's framed.
• Competitor & trend analysis — track the top videos and channels in a niche.
• Content discovery — build watchlists and content ideas at scale.
• Influencer sourcing — find channels making videos on your topic.
• Datasets — build clean, structured result sets for analysis or model training.

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Frequently asked questions

Do I need any login, account or key? No. Just add keywords and run.

How many results can I get? Set Max results to whatever you need (0 = no limit) — the scraper pages deep into each search.

Can I sort by newest or most viewed? Yes — use the Sort option (relevance, upload date, view count, rating).

Can I run several searches at once? Yes — add multiple keywords and the results are combined.

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

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Related scrapers

Building a YouTube toolkit? Pair this with our YouTube channel scraper, YouTube comments scraper and YouTube video downloader — all with the same clean, one-row-per-item output.