# YouTube Channel Videos Scraper (`lergassy/youtube-channel-videos-scraper`) Actor

\[$0.50/1K videos] List every video of a YouTube channel — Videos, Shorts or Live tab: title, views, publish time, duration, URL, thumbnail. Optional exact likes, comments, date and description. No API key, no quota, no run fee.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lergassy/youtube-channel-videos-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Matvey](https://apify.com/lergassy) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Videos, Agents
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $0.35 / 1,000 videos

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

**YouTube Channel Videos Scraper** lists **every video of a YouTube channel** — the **Videos**, **Shorts** or **Live** tab — and returns one row per video: **title, views, publish time, duration, URL and thumbnail**. Switch on one option and every row also gets the **exact likes, comment count, publish date, description and hashtags**.

**$0.0005 per video** — 50 cents per 1,000. +$0.0005 for exact numbers. No API key, no YouTube quota, no login, no start fee.

### What is YouTube Channel Videos Scraper?

The YouTube Data API charges quota for every page of a channel's uploads and stops at the daily limit. This Actor reads the channel tab the way the website does — scrolling through the whole list — and gives you clean rows. Use it to audit a competitor's content, find a channel's best-performing videos, build a content calendar, or feed a whole channel's catalogue to an AI pipeline.

### What is in every row

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `title`, `url`, `videoId`, `thumbnailUrl` | The video |
| `views`, `viewsText` | Views |
| `publishedText`, `duration`, `isLive` | "3 days ago", "12:41", live flag |
| `position` | Place on the tab, 1 = newest |
| `channelName`, `channelId`, `channelUrl` | The channel |
| `likes`, `comments`, `publishedAt`, `description`, `hashtags` | With **Exact numbers** on |

### How much does it cost?

| Event | Price |
|---|---|
| Video | **$0.0005** |
| Exact numbers (optional) | **$0.0005** per video |

- Videos below **Minimum views**: **$0**.
- Channels that 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 videos across 100 channels | **$25** | $65 |
| 50,000 videos with likes, comments and date | **$50** | $65 + detail runs |

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. Pick the tab (**Videos**, **Shorts** or **Live**) and how many videos per channel.
3. Press **Start**, then download JSON, CSV or Excel — or call the run from the API, n8n, Make, Zapier or an AI agent.

### ⬇️ Input

```json
{
  "channels": ["veritasium", "https://www.youtube.com/@NASA"],
  "tab": "videos",
  "maxVideosPerChannel": 500,
  "includeDetails": true
}
```

### ⬆️ Output

```json
{
  "type": "video",
  "channelName": "Veritasium",
  "channelId": "UCHnyfMqiRRG1u-2MsSQLbXA",
  "position": 1,
  "videoId": "JsBZOcqZerk",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsBZOcqZerk",
  "title": "This Machine Made Wartime Germany (Almost) Impossible to Defeat",
  "views": 3293266,
  "publishedText": "1 day ago",
  "duration": "47:42",
  "likes": 50355,
  "comments": 3200,
  "publishedAt": "2026-09-21",
  "description": "How was the \"unbreakable\" enigma cracked? Sponsored by Incogni - use code veritasium at ht…",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-23T12:11:03.540Z"
}
```

### Use cases

#### Competitor content audit

Every video a competitor ever published, sorted by views — see which topics and formats work.

#### Best videos of a channel

Take the whole tab and sort by views, or set **Minimum views** to keep only the hits.

#### Sponsorship research

Views and likes of a creator's recent videos before you pay for an integration.

#### Catalogue for AI

Titles, descriptions and hashtags of a whole channel through the Apify MCP server or API.

### 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.

**How many videos can I get?** The whole tab — thousands for big channels.

**Why is the publish time "3 days ago"?** That is what the channel tab shows. Switch on **Exact numbers** for the calendar date.

**Can I get channel subscribers?** Yes with **Exact numbers** on (`channelSubscribers`), or use our **YouTube Channel Scraper** for the channel's full about data.

**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.

# Actor input Schema

## `channels` (type: `array`):

Handles, channel URLs or channel ids — <b>veritasium</b>, <b>https://www.youtube.com/@NASA</b>, <b>UCHnyfMqiRRG1u-2MsSQLbXA</b>.

## `tab` (type: `string`):

The channel tab to list.

## `maxVideosPerChannel` (type: `integer`):

Newest first. Set it high to take the whole tab — thousands of videos for big channels.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Opens each video for exact views, likes, comment count, publish date, description and hashtags. +$0.0005 per video.

## `minViews` (type: `integer`):

Skip videos with fewer views. Skipped videos are not charged.

## `concurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many channels or searches to read at the same time.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Pages are fetched directly first; a page YouTube refuses is retried on a fresh Apify datacenter address. Residential is never switched on by itself.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "veritasium",
    "mkbhd"
  ],
  "tab": "videos",
  "maxVideosPerChannel": 50,
  "includeDetails": false,
  "minViews": 0,
  "concurrency": 4,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One row per video of the channel tab: title, views, publish time, duration.

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "channels": [
        "veritasium",
        "mkbhd"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lergassy/youtube-channel-videos-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "channels": [
        "veritasium",
        "mkbhd",
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lergassy/youtube-channel-videos-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "channels": [
    "veritasium",
    "mkbhd"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call lergassy/youtube-channel-videos-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lergassy/youtube-channel-videos-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/zq4TAZ5oAKVQj5WJU/builds/57WzUfnpCajlvsLhS/openapi.json