YouTube Playlist Scraper — All Videos, Views & Durations

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Use this actor from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client through the IntelScrape MCP Server, or call it directly over the Apify API.

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Full, ordered export of any public YouTube playlist with views and durations, plus total runtime and top videos.

Honest coverage & billing: View counts are rounded as YouTube shows them in lists. You pay only for results actually delivered, and a built-in cost guard stops the run at your max-charge limit.

🌍 Built for teams in the US, China and Singapore, and anyone who needs this data in a spreadsheet or pipeline.

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⚖️ Lawful business use only. Collect public data only, and comply with the source site's terms, copyright and data-protection laws (GDPR, CCPA, China PIPL, Singapore PDPA).

Examples below are illustrative; names and values may be fictional or out of date.

What is YouTube Playlist Scraper?

Playlists are how YouTube organises courses, series, podcasts, music charts and brand campaigns. Exporting one by hand is tedious, and the YouTube Data API needs a key, a quota and many paginated calls. YouTube Playlist Scraper exports every video of any public playlist, in order, with views, durations and channels, and adds a summary with total runtime and the most-watched videos, so you can audit a course, plan a binge, build a dataset or feed transcripts to AI in one step.

What does it do?

• Any public playlist: playlist URLs, watch URLs with &list=, or IDs (PL…, UU… uploads, OL… albums)
• Ordered videos with position, video ID, title, channel, view count, duration (text and seconds), live flag, URL and thumbnail
• Automatic pagination for long playlists (up to 20,000 videos)
• Playlist metadata: title, owner, video count and total views as shown by YouTube
• Summary row (on by default): total runtime, sum and average of views, top 5 videos and the channels featured
• Bulk: many playlists in one run

Why choose us over cheaper scrapers?

• Honest output: limits are documented, missing data is labeled, never invented
• Clean, consistent schema ready for Excel, Sheets, BI tools or an LLM
• No account risk: no logins, no cookies, no API keys
• Pay per result with a built-in cost guard; no subscription, failed items are never charged
• Fast and light: no residential proxy, so runs finish in seconds and stay cheap
• Maintained by IntelScrape and fixed fast when the source changes

Who is it for?

• Educators & learners: audit course playlists and total watch time
• Podcasters & media: export episode lists with performance
• Music & charts: track chart playlists and positions
• Marketing teams: report on campaign playlists
• AI pipelines: get every video ID to fetch transcripts in bulk
• Researchers: build video datasets from curated playlists

How to use it

In Apify Console (no code)

1. Click Try for free / Start. The form is prefilled with a working example.
2. Change the inputs (see examples below).
3. Click Start, then export the results as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, or open them in Google Sheets.
4. Optional: Schedule the actor to run hourly, daily or weekly.

Via API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/intelscrape~youtube-playlist-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"playlists": ["https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBCF2DAC6FFB574DE"], "maxVideosPerPlaylist": 500, "playlistSummary": true}'

Or use the official Apify JavaScript and Python clients:

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("intelscrape/youtube-playlist-scraper").call(run_input={"playlists": ["https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBCF2DAC6FFB574DE"], "maxVideosPerPlaylist": 500, "playlistSummary": true})
for item in client.dataset(run["default_dataset_id"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

With AI agents (MCP)

Add Apify's MCP server (https://mcp.apify.com) or the IntelScrape MCP Server to Claude Desktop, Cursor, ChatGPT or any MCP client, then ask in plain language, e.g. "Run intelscrape/youtube-playlist-scraper with the default input and summarise the results."

Input examples

One playlist with summary (default)

{
  "playlists": ["https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBCF2DAC6FFB574DE"],
  "maxVideosPerPlaylist": 500,
  "playlistSummary": true
}

Channel uploads playlist (UU…) as a full video list

{
  "playlists": ["UUBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ"],
  "maxVideosPerPlaylist": 2000
}

Output fields

Field	Description
playlistId / playlistTitle / playlistOwner / playlistVideoCount / playlistViews / playlistUrl	Playlist metadata
position	Order in the playlist
videoId / title / channelName	Video identity
viewCount / viewCountText	Views (rounded as shown, e.g. 2.6M)
durationText / durationSeconds / isLive	Length and live flag
publishedTimeText	Relative upload time when shown
url / thumbnailUrl	Links
type = playlist-summary rows	videosScraped, totalDurationSeconds, totalDurationText, sumOfVideoViews, avgViews, mostViewed[], channels[]

Sample output

{
  "playlistTitle": "Google Search Stories",
  "position": 1,
  "videoId": "GvgqDSnpRQM",
  "title": "Andrew Willis, Skatepark Engineer",
  "channelName": "Google Search Stories",
  "viewCount": 2600000,
  "durationText": "1:30",
  "durationSeconds": 90,
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvgqDSnpRQM"
}

Pricing (pay per event)

Event	When it is charged	Price
Actor start	once per run	$0.005
Video	per playlist video row	$0.0005
Playlist summary	per playlist summary row (on by default; turn off to skip)	$0.001

Cost examples

Run	Cost
Default run: 1 playlist of ~10 videos	$0.011
A 200-video course	$0.106
50 playlists × 100 videos	$2.555

Platform usage is included in these prices. Set Max charge per run in the run options to cap spend; the actor stops cleanly when the limit is reached and keeps everything collected so far.

Tips for best results

• Every channel has an uploads playlist: replace "UC" in the channel ID with "UU" to export all its videos.
• Pair with our YouTube Transcript Scraper to turn a whole playlist into text.
• Views are rounded by YouTube in playlist views; open the video for the exact number.
• Private and deleted videos are skipped automatically.

FAQ

Do I need a YouTube API key?

No. The actor reads the public playlist page and its continuation pages.

Why fewer videos than the playlist count?

Private, deleted or region-blocked videos are counted by YouTube but not shown; they are skipped.

Are views exact?

Playlist views are rounded (2.6M). We return the number and the text.

Does it work for Mix (RD) playlists?

Auto-generated mixes are personalised and may differ per run; standard playlists work best.

Is a missing playlist charged?

No, it is logged and skipped.

Can I export the uploads of a channel?

Yes, with the UU… uploads playlist ID.

Honest limits

• View counts are rounded as YouTube shows them in lists.
• Upload dates are shown only as relative text when YouTube provides them.
• Private/unlisted-only playlists are not accessible.
• Very long playlists are capped by maxVideosPerPlaylist.

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Legal

This actor collects publicly available data only. You are responsible for using the results lawfully and in line with the source's terms and applicable privacy laws (GDPR, CCPA, PIPL, PDPA). Process personal data only with a legitimate purpose. IntelScrape is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the data source; all trademarks belong to their owners.