Startpage Videos Scraper — Video SERPs, Views & Channels

Startpage Videos Scraper extracts video SERPs from startpage.com, a privacy-focused alternative to Google Search. Use it for content discovery, channel research, media monitoring, and video SEO analysis; collect URLs, descriptions, thumbnails, durations, views, dates, publishers, channels, and rankings for export in JSON, CSV, or Excel, or access them via API.

🤖 What does Startpage Videos Scraper do?

• Video discovery — collect titles, destination URLs, and full descriptions.
• Performance signals — capture displayed view counts and publication dates.
• Media details — extract thumbnails and durations.
• Publisher intelligence — identify the platform and channel behind each video.
• Ranking context — preserve overall position, result page, and position within the page.
• Search targeting — control region, language, Safe Search, time period, and result count.

Great for: video SEO, creator discovery, competitor monitoring, content planning, and media research.

SEO keywords: startpage.com video scraper, video SERP scraper, Google Search alternative, video search API alternative, YouTube result extractor, Apify actor.

💡 Why scrape Startpage videos?

• 🎬 Find relevant videos — turn broad topic searches into structured content lists.
• 📈 Analyze visibility — compare which channels and publishers rank for target queries.
• 🧭 Plan content — study titles, descriptions, durations, and recently published videos.
• 🔔 Monitor competitors — schedule recurring searches for a brand, product, or industry.
• 🌍 Compare audiences — research video results across regions and languages.

🚀 How to use

1. Add the actor — open Startpage Videos Scraper in Apify Store.
2. Enter queries — add one or more topics, products, creators, or questions.
3. Set maxItems — choose the result limit and optional search filters.
4. Run the actor — click Run or trigger it through an Apify integration.
5. Download results — export the Dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or another supported format.

📝 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
queries	String array	Yes	Video search keywords. Each query is paginated before the next starts.
maxItems	Integer	Yes	Maximum video results to save across all queries. Set 0 for unlimited. Minimum 0; prefilled with 10.
region	String	No	Preferred result region. Choose all or a supported locale such as en_US, de_DE, or es_ES. Default all.
language	String	No	Preferred result language selected from 82 Startpage-supported languages. Default english.
safeSearch	String	No	Explicit-content filtering: strict · moderate · off. Default moderate.
timePeriod	String	No	Recency filter: any · day · week · month · year. Default any.

Competitor video research

{
  "queries": ["electric car range test", "EV charging comparison"],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "region": "en_US",
  "language": "english",
  "safeSearch": "moderate",
  "timePeriod": "month"
}

Regional creator discovery

{
  "queries": ["home energy storage review"],
  "maxItems": 250,
  "region": "de_DE",
  "language": "deutsch",
  "safeSearch": "strict",
  "timePeriod": "year"
}

📊 Output Results

Each Dataset item can contain:

• query, position, page, pagePosition — search and ranking context.
• title — video headline.
• url — destination video URL.
• description — description returned with the video.
• thumbnailUrl — preview image URL.
• duration — displayed video length.
• viewCount — displayed view count.
• publishDate — publication date returned by Startpage.
• publisher — video platform, such as YouTube.
• channelTitle — publisher channel name.
• anonymousViewUrl (conditional) — Startpage Anonymous View link.

{
  "query": "electric car range test",
  "position": 1,
  "page": 1,
  "pagePosition": 1,
  "title": "Real-World Electric Car Range Test",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_woylnOluw",
  "description": "A highway and city range test with charging and consumption results.",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r_woylnOluw/mqdefault.jpg",
  "duration": "22:02",
  "viewCount": "25587",
  "publishDate": "Wed, 15 Jul 2026",
  "publisher": "YouTube",
  "channelTitle": "Everything Electric TECH",
  "anonymousViewUrl": "https://browse.startpage.com/anonymous/example"
}

🧭 Common Recipes

• Recent videos only: use timePeriod="week" or timePeriod="month".
• Creator discovery: search a niche and group the Dataset by channelTitle.
• Content gap analysis: compare titles and descriptions across the first 50–100 results.
• Regional monitoring: repeat a query using different region and language values.

⚙️ Best Practices

• View counts are returned as displayed text and may change after collection.
• Descriptions can be long; select only the fields you need when exporting reports.
• Keep queries, region, language, and time filters stable for comparable scheduled runs.
• Some videos may not include every optional field or Anonymous View link.

⚖️ Legal & Ethical Considerations

• Review Startpage's terms and the destination platform's policies.
• Respect copyright and creator attribution when using titles, thumbnails, or descriptions.
• Keep request volumes reasonable and do not disrupt services.
• Handle personal data under applicable privacy and data-protection laws.
• Use collected information only for lawful research, monitoring, and analysis.

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Startpage or YouTube. All trademarks and media belong to their respective owners.

❓ FAQ

Does the actor download video files?

No. It collects video search metadata and links, not the video media itself.

Are all results from YouTube?

Current results commonly identify YouTube as the publisher, but availability depends on what Startpage returns.

Why is viewCount a string?

It preserves the value Startpage displays without assuming a locale-specific number format.

How do I monitor new videos?

Use a recent timePeriod, schedule recurring runs, and compare URLs or publication dates in your storage workflow.

🛟 Support

Need another video field, filter, or export workflow? Contact the developer at https://igolaizola.com/#contact or https://t.me/igolaizola.