YouTube Channel Scraper

YouTube Channel Scraper turns a list of YouTube channels into one row each: subscribers, video count, total views, joined date, country, description, keywords, the links on the channel (website, Instagram, X…) and the avatar. Optionally it adds each channel's latest videos with views, plus their average views on the channel row.

$0.0006 per channel — 60 cents per 1,000. +$0.0005 per video row if you add the latest videos. No API key, no YouTube quota, no login, no start fee.

What is YouTube Channel Scraper?

Checking hundreds of creators by hand is slow, and the YouTube Data API needs a key, a quota and still hides the channel's links and country. This Actor opens each channel's About panel the way the website does and gives you clean rows. Use it for influencer vetting, lead lists of creators, market maps of a niche, or to keep a creator database fresh on a schedule.

What is in every row

Field	Meaning
title, handle, channelId, url, avatarUrl	The channel
subscribers, videoCount, totalViews	Counters (the …Text fields keep what YouTube shows)
joinedDate, country	From the About panel
description, keywords	What the channel says about itself
links, linkUrls	Website, Instagram, X, TikTok, shop…
latestVideoAt, latestVideosAvgViews	With Add the latest videos on

How much does it cost?

Event	Price
Channel	$0.0006
Latest video row (optional)	$0.0005

• Channels below Minimum subscribers: $0.
• Channels that do not exist or fail: $0 (an error row says why).

Bulk export: what 50,000 rows actually cost

This Actor is built for bulk jobs — hundreds of channels, hashtags or searches in one run, or a daily schedule. There is no fee per run, no fee per page and no proxy charge: you pay for the rows you keep.

Job	This Actor	Most-used Actor in this category
50,000 channels across 100 runs	$30	$65
10,000 channels + 10 latest videos each	$56	$143

Checked on the Apify Store on 23 September 2026 against the Actor with the most monthly users in this category ($0.0013 per result). Some Actors here ask less per row — this table compares against the one buyers actually use most.

How to use it in three steps

1. Paste channels — handles, URLs or ids, one per line.
2. Set Minimum subscribers and switch on Add the latest videos if you need recent performance.
3. Press Start, then download JSON, CSV or Excel — or call the run from the API, n8n, Make, Zapier or an AI agent.

⬇️ Input

{
  "channels": ["mkbhd", "veritasium", "https://www.youtube.com/@NASA"],
  "minSubscribers": 10000,
  "includeLatestVideos": true,
  "maxVideosPerChannel": 10
}

⬆️ Output

{
  "type": "channel",
  "input": "mkbhd",
  "channelId": "UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ",
  "handle": "mkbhd",
  "title": "Marques Brownlee",
  "url": "http://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd",
  "subscribersText": "21.3M subscribers",
  "subscribers": 21300000,
  "videoCount": 1852,
  "totalViews": 5681956786,
  "joinedDate": "Mar 21, 2008",
  "country": "United States",
  "linkUrls": [
    "http://twitter.com/MKBHD",
    "http://instagram.com/MKBHD",
    "http://youtube.com/c/TheStudio",
    "http://reddit.com/r/MKBHD",
    "http://discord.gg/MKBHD"
  ],
  "latestVideoAt": "18 hours ago",
  "latestVideosAvgViews": 10880000,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-23T12:11:27.278Z"
}

Use cases

Influencer vetting

Subscribers, total views and the average views of the latest videos — spot channels with inflated subscriber counts.

Creator lead lists

Website and social links on every row; pair with our YouTube Channel Email Scraper for e-mails.

Market maps

A niche's channels with country, size and join date in one table.

Keep a database fresh

Schedule the same list weekly and track subscriber growth.

Integrations

Every run is available through the Apify API, and the Actor works out of the box with n8n, Make, Zapier, Google Sheets, LangChain and the Apify MCP server.

FAQ

Do I need a YouTube API key? No. There is no quota either.

Why is the subscriber count rounded? YouTube itself shows rounded counts (21.3M) to everyone; subscribersText keeps the text as shown.

Does it find e-mails? No — YouTube hides them behind a captcha. Our YouTube Channel Email Scraper finds public e-mails from the channel and the creator's website.

Can I pass a video URL? No — pass the channel handle or URL.

Is this legal? The Actor reads public pages that anyone can open without logging in. Use the data in line with YouTube's terms and your local law.