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YouTube Channel Scraper

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from $3.00 / 1,000 channels

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YouTube Channel Scraper

YouTube Channel Scraper

Scrape YouTube channel metadata and video details without an API key. Get subscribers, views, likes, and descriptions. Essential for influencer analysis.

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from $3.00 / 1,000 channels

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Vhub Systems

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YouTube Channel Scraper – No API Key Required 📺

Extract YouTube channel stats, video metadata, comments, and transcripts without an API key and without hitting quota limits. A practical YouTube API alternative for anyone who needs more than 100 searches per day.

Why Not Just Use the YouTube Data API v3?

The official YouTube Data API v3 gives you 10,000 units per day — and a single search request costs 100 units. That's just 100 searches/day on the free tier. Need bulk data for influencer research or competitor analysis? You'll hit the wall within minutes.

This actor uses YouTube's internal endpoints directly — no API key, no OAuth setup, no quota ceiling. Run thousands of requests without worrying about rate limits.

✅ What You Can Scrape

  • Channel stats — subscriber count, total views, video count, channel description, keywords, and avatar URLs
  • Video metadata — title, views, likes, published date, duration, description, and thumbnail links
  • Comments — top and recent comments per video for sentiment analysis or community research
  • Transcripts — auto-generated and manual subtitles for content analysis or repurposing
  • Search results — scrape YouTube search for any keyword to track trends in your niche

🛠 Input Options

  • Handle/URL Support — enter a username (@MrBeast), channel ID, or full URL
  • Sorting — latest, most popular, or relevance
  • Max results — control exactly how many videos or comments to fetch

📈 Use Cases

GoalHow This Actor Helps
Influencer researchPull subscriber counts, engagement rates, and posting frequency across dozens of channels at once
Competitor analysisTrack which videos a competitor publishes, how they perform, and what topics they cover
Content researchIdentify top-performing videos in a niche before creating your own content
Transcript extractionDownload YouTube video transcripts for summarization, SEO, or repurposing
Comment miningCollect audience feedback at scale for market research or sentiment analysis
YouTube video data extractorBuild datasets of video metadata for analytics, journalism, or academic research

🔑 No API Key — No Setup Friction

Unlike the official YouTube Data API v3, this scraper requires zero credentials. No Google Cloud project, no OAuth, no billing account. Paste a channel URL and run.


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