# Playboard YouTube Channel Ranking Scraper (`jungle_synthesizer/playboard-youtube-channel-ranking-scraper`) Actor Scrape YouTube channel rankings from Playboard — the only public source for SuperChat earnings estimates, subscriber growth velocity, and live-stream rankings not available from the YouTube Data API. Filter by country, category, and ranking type. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/playboard-youtube-channel-ranking-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community) - **Categories:** Social media, For creators - **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per event 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Playboard YouTube Channel Ranking Scraper Scrape YouTube channel rankings from [Playboard.co](https://playboard.co/en/youtube-ranking) — the only public source for SuperChat earnings estimates, subscriber growth velocity, and live-stream rankings that are not available from the official YouTube Data API. ### What it does Playboard aggregates ranking data across 7 ranking types, 16 content categories, and ~200 countries. Each ranking page shows the top 20 YouTube channels for that combination. This actor lets you select exactly which combinations to scrape. ### Use cases - **Influencer research**: Find the top gaming channels in Japan or the highest-grossing SuperChat streamers worldwide - **Market analysis**: Compare YouTube channel growth trends across countries and categories - **SuperChat earnings**: Access estimated SuperChat revenue data unavailable from the YouTube Data API - **Competitor monitoring**: Track rank changes for channels in your niche ### Input parameters | Parameter | Type | Description | Default | |-----------|------|-------------|---------| | `countries` | array | Country slugs to scrape (e.g. `worldwide`, `united-states`, `japan`) | `["worldwide"]` | | `categories` | array | Content categories (e.g. `all`, `gaming`, `music`, `education`) | `["all"]` | | `rankTypes` | array | Ranking metric types (see options below) | `["most-popular"]` | | `maxItems` | integer | Maximum number of channel records to return | Required | #### Rank type options - `most-popular` — Most subscribed (main ranking) - `most-subscribed` — Subscriber count ranking - `most-viewed` — Total view count ranking - `most-superchatted` — SuperChat earnings ranking - `most-growth` — Fastest-growing channels - `most-decline` — Fastest-declining channels - `most-watched` — Most-watched live stream ranking #### Category options `all`, `animals`, `comedy`, `education`, `entertainment`, `film`, `gaming`, `howto`, `music`, `news`, `nonprofits`, `science`, `sports`, `travel`, `vehicles`, `vlog` #### Country slugs Use the country name in lowercase with hyphens (e.g. `united-states`, `united-kingdom`, `south-korea`). Use `worldwide` for global rankings. ### Output format Each record represents one channel on one ranking page: ```json { "rank": 1, "rank_type": "most-popular", "rank_category": "gaming", "country": "united-states", "ranking_url": "https://playboard.co/en/youtube-ranking/most-popular-gaming-channels-in-united-states-daily", "channel_name": "MrBeast Gaming", "channel_handle": "UCwHB4V1Mg0sAggFWuGmNBSg", "channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwHB4V1Mg0sAggFWuGmNBSg", "channel_playboard_url": "https://playboard.co/en/channel/UCwHB4V1Mg0sAggFWuGmNBSg", "subscribers_raw": "41,200,000", "views_raw": "2.1M", "videos_raw": "450", "scraped_at": "2026-06-01T21:00:00.000Z" } ```` Note: `subscribers_raw`, `views_raw`, and `videos_raw` are returned as-displayed on Playboard (may include K/M/B abbreviations or currency symbols for SuperChat rankings). ### Example: Scrape top gaming channels in 3 countries ```json { "countries": ["united-states", "japan", "south-korea"], "categories": ["gaming"], "rankTypes": ["most-popular", "most-growth"], "maxItems": 500 } ``` This produces up to 120 records (3 countries × 1 category × 2 rank types × 20 channels per page). ### Example: SuperChat rankings worldwide ```json { "countries": ["worldwide"], "categories": ["all"], "rankTypes": ["most-superchatted"], "maxItems": 20 } ``` # Actor input Schema ## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`): Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler. ## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`): Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements. ## `sp_contact` (type: `string`): Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you. ## `countries` (type: `array`): List of country slugs to scrape (e.g. worldwide, united-states, japan). Leave empty to use worldwide only. ## `categories` (type: `array`): List of categories to scrape (e.g. all, gaming, music, education). Leave empty to use all categories. ## `rankTypes` (type: `array`): Ranking metric types. Options: most-popular, most-subscribed, most-viewed, most-superchatted, most-growth, most-decline, most-watched. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of channel records to collect across all ranking pages. ## Actor input object example ```json { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "countries": [ "worldwide" ], "categories": [ "all" ], "rankTypes": [ "most-popular" ], "maxItems": 10 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "countries": [ "worldwide" ], "categories": [ "all" ], "rankTypes": [ "most-popular" ], "maxItems": 10 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/playboard-youtube-channel-ranking-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "countries": ["worldwide"], "categories": ["all"], "rankTypes": ["most-popular"], "maxItems": 10, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/playboard-youtube-channel-ranking-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "countries": [ "worldwide" ], "categories": [ "all" ], "rankTypes": [ "most-popular" ], "maxItems": 10 }' | apify call jungle_synthesizer/playboard-youtube-channel-ranking-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jungle_synthesizer/playboard-youtube-channel-ranking-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Playboard YouTube Channel Ranking Scraper", "description": "Scrape YouTube channel rankings from Playboard — the only public source for SuperChat earnings estimates, subscriber growth velocity, and live-stream rankings not available from the YouTube Data API. Filter by country, category, and ranking type.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "RZmvKtziRxPZ772Ef" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~playboard-youtube-channel-ranking-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-jungle_synthesizer-playboard-youtube-channel-ranking-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~playboard-youtube-channel-ranking-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-jungle_synthesizer-playboard-youtube-channel-ranking-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~playboard-youtube-channel-ranking-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-jungle_synthesizer-playboard-youtube-channel-ranking-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "maxItems" ], "properties": { "sp_intended_usage": { "title": "What is the intended usage of this data?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler." }, "sp_improvement_suggestions": { "title": "How can we improve this crawler for you?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements." }, "sp_contact": { "title": "Contact Email", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you." }, "countries": { "title": "Countries", "type": "array", "description": "List of country slugs to scrape (e.g. worldwide, united-states, japan). Leave empty to use worldwide only.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "categories": { "title": "Categories", "type": "array", "description": "List of categories to scrape (e.g. all, gaming, music, education). Leave empty to use all categories.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "rankTypes": { "title": "Rank Types", "type": "array", "description": "Ranking metric types. Options: most-popular, most-subscribed, most-viewed, most-superchatted, most-growth, most-decline, most-watched.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max Items", "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of channel records to collect across all ranking pages." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```