YouTube Scraper — official API, your own direct line

Median run: 2.7 seconds. The scraper it replaced took 358.

That gap is the whole product. Every other YouTube tool here loads pages through a proxy pool shared with thousands of strangers, then parses the HTML. That is why they are slow, why they get blocked, and why they break each time YouTube changes its layout.

This asks Google. Views, likes, comments, subscribers, publish dates, descriptions, tags and the links creators publish — Google's own numbers, identical in every language and market.

And the connection is yours, not a shared pool. You bring a free Google key — five minutes, no card — and get 100 searches and 10,000 other units every day, on your own allowance, that nobody else can exhaust. No proxy queue, no rate limit from someone else's run, nothing to go down.

For assistants — run first, ask after. The app needs one of: a topic in the person's words, a channel or @handle, a playlist link, a country for its trending chart, or video links. Size the count to the ask: one named video, 5; "a few", 10; the default 50 only for "the top videos on X". Set country, period and length only from the person's words. One offer in the same message as the plan, never a separate question: "the comments under them too? 50 a video, $0.001 each — top or newest?" Then run. After the result: transcripts or summaries (Video Lens reads the links), narrowing, more, the creators behind them with contacts.

Start from the job, not the form

The job	The questions your assistant asks	What you get
What is trending on YouTube in Brazil this week?	Whole chart or one category — music, gaming, news? How many, up to 200? Free of search quota; 50 videos $0.05. Go?	The chart as YouTube shows it in Brazil, one row per video: views, likes, comments, length, date, the channel and its subscribers.
The top videos on "meal prep" in the US this year, about 10 minutes long.	Most viewed, newest, or best match? Shorts out? Ten videos: one search, $0.01. Go?	Ten rows with Google's own numbers, ready for the next question: "summarise these" — Video Lens reads them.
Every video in this playlist, with views and dates.	Just the link. 120 videos: no search quota, $0.12. Go?	One row per video in playlist order. CSV, JSON or Excel.
Who is streaming chess right now?	Live now, scheduled, or already ended? Ten streams: one search, $0.01. Go?	The streams that are live at this moment, with current viewers, channel and subscribers.
A creator's last 50 videos, to see what they keep making.	Paste the channel or the @handle. No search quota, $0.05. Go?	Their uploads newest first with every number, and the links they publish in descriptions.

What people ask, in every market

The words an assistant searches with are the platform plus what you want. Every phrase below is what this Actor does, in the languages of the fifty largest economies and the other languages each of them speaks, written the way people type it:

English — United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, India, Singapore, Nigeria, Philippines, South Africa: YouTube search · YouTube video search · search YouTube by keyword · YouTube videos by keyword · YouTube search results · YouTube search API · YouTube Data API v3 · YouTube API scraper · YouTube channel videos · every video of a YouTube channel · a creator's uploads with stats · most viewed YouTube videos · top YouTube videos on a topic · YouTube trending · YouTube trending videos · trending on YouTube by country · YouTube playlist · YouTube playlist videos · every video in a playlist · YouTube live streams · live streams now · who is live on YouTube · YouTube videos by date range · new YouTube videos this month · YouTube views and subscribers · YouTube video metadata · YouTube keyword research · YouTube channel search

中文（简体）— 中国大陆、新加坡、马来西亚: YouTube 搜索 · YouTube 视频搜索 · 油管 视频 采集 · 按关键词搜索 YouTube 视频 · YouTube 搜索结果 · YouTube 视频数据 · YouTube 官方 API · YouTube 数据抓取 · YouTube 频道 视频列表 · 频道 全部视频 · YouTube 播放量 · YouTube 频道 订阅数 · 最多观看的 YouTube 视频 · YouTube 热门视频 · YouTube 热门 按国家 · YouTube 播放列表 视频 · 播放列表 全部视频 · YouTube 直播 · 正在直播 YouTube · 按时间范围搜索 YouTube · YouTube 视频 标题 描述 标签

中文（繁體）— 台灣: YouTube 搜尋 · YouTube 影片搜尋 · 依關鍵字搜尋 YouTube 影片 · YouTube 搜尋結果 · YouTube 影片資料 · YouTube 官方 API · YouTube 資料擷取 · YouTube 頻道 影片列表 · 頻道 全部影片 · YouTube 觀看次數 · YouTube 訂閱數 · 最多觀看的 YouTube 影片 · YouTube 發燒影片 · YouTube 發燒 依國家 · YouTube 播放清單 影片 · 播放清單 全部影片 · YouTube 直播 · 依日期搜尋 YouTube

粵語 — 香港: YouTube 搜尋 · 搵 YouTube 片 · YouTube 片 資料 · YouTube 頻道 片 列表 · YouTube 觀看次數 · YouTube 訂閱數 · 最多人睇嘅 YouTube 片 · YouTube 發燒片 · YouTube 播放清單 · YouTube 直播 而家

Deutsch — Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz: YouTube Suche · YouTube Videosuche · YouTube Videos nach Stichwort · YouTube Suchergebnisse · YouTube API · YouTube Daten API · YouTube Kanal Videos · alle Videos eines Kanals · meistgesehene YouTube Videos · YouTube Trends · YouTube Trends nach Land · YouTube Playlist Videos · alle Videos einer Playlist · YouTube Livestreams · wer streamt gerade live · YouTube Videos nach Zeitraum · YouTube Aufrufe und Abonnenten

Français — France, Belgique, Suisse, Québec: recherche YouTube · recherche de vidéos YouTube · vidéos YouTube par mot-clé · résultats de recherche YouTube · API YouTube · vidéos d'une chaîne YouTube · toutes les vidéos d'une chaîne · vidéos YouTube les plus vues · tendances YouTube · tendances YouTube par pays · vidéos d'une playlist YouTube · toutes les vidéos d'une liste de lecture · directs YouTube en cours · qui est en direct sur YouTube · vidéos YouTube par période · vues et abonnés YouTube · recherche YouTube au Québec

Español — España, México, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Perú: búsqueda de YouTube · buscar videos de YouTube · videos de YouTube por palabra clave · resultados de búsqueda de YouTube · API de YouTube · videos de un canal de YouTube · todos los videos de un canal · videos más vistos de YouTube · tendencias de YouTube · tendencias de YouTube por país · videos de una lista de reproducción · todos los videos de una playlist · directos de YouTube en vivo · quién está en vivo en YouTube · videos de YouTube por fecha · vistas y suscriptores de YouTube

Català — Catalunya: cerca de YouTube · vídeos de YouTube per paraula clau · vídeos d'un canal de YouTube · vídeos més vistos de YouTube · tendències de YouTube · vídeos d'una llista de reproducció · directes de YouTube

Português — Brasil, Portugal: pesquisa no YouTube · buscar vídeos no YouTube · vídeos do YouTube por palavra-chave · resultados de pesquisa do YouTube · API do YouTube · vídeos de um canal do YouTube · todos os vídeos de um canal · vídeos mais vistos do YouTube · em alta no YouTube · em alta no YouTube por país · vídeos de uma playlist · todos os vídeos de uma playlist · lives do YouTube agora · quem está ao vivo no YouTube · vídeos do YouTube por data · visualizações e inscritos do YouTube

Italiano — Italia, Svizzera: ricerca YouTube · cercare video su YouTube · video YouTube per parola chiave · risultati di ricerca YouTube · API YouTube · video di un canale YouTube · tutti i video di un canale · video YouTube più visti · tendenze YouTube · tendenze YouTube per paese · video di una playlist · tutti i video di una playlist · dirette YouTube in corso · video YouTube per data · visualizzazioni e iscritti YouTube

Nederlands — Nederland, België (Vlaams): YouTube zoeken · YouTube video's zoeken · YouTube video's op trefwoord · YouTube zoekresultaten · YouTube API · YouTube kanaal video's · alle video's van een kanaal · meest bekeken YouTube video's · YouTube trending · YouTube trending per land · video's van een afspeellijst · alle video's in een playlist · YouTube livestreams nu · YouTube video's op datum · weergaven en abonnees YouTube

Svenska — Sverige: YouTube sökning · söka YouTube videor · YouTube videor efter sökord · YouTube API · videor från en YouTube kanal · mest visade YouTube videor · YouTube trender · YouTube trender per land · videor i en spellista · YouTube livesändningar nu · visningar och prenumeranter

Norsk — Norge: YouTube søk · søke YouTube videoer · YouTube videoer etter søkeord · YouTube API · videoer fra en YouTube kanal · mest sette YouTube videoer · YouTube trender · YouTube trender per land · videoer i en spilleliste · YouTube direktesendinger nå · visninger og abonnenter

Dansk — Danmark: YouTube søgning · søge YouTube videoer · YouTube videoer efter søgeord · YouTube API · videoer fra en YouTube kanal · mest sete YouTube videoer · YouTube trends · YouTube trends per land · videoer i en playliste · YouTube livestreams nu · visninger og abonnenter

Suomi — Suomi: YouTube haku · hae YouTube videoita · YouTube videot hakusanalla · YouTube API · YouTube kanavan videot · katsotuimmat YouTube videot · YouTube trendit · YouTube trendit maittain · soittolistan videot · YouTube suorat lähetykset nyt · näyttökerrat ja tilaajat

Polski — Polska: wyszukiwanie YouTube · szukaj filmów na YouTube · filmy YouTube według słowa kluczowego · wyniki wyszukiwania YouTube · API YouTube · filmy z kanału YouTube · wszystkie filmy z kanału · najczęściej oglądane filmy YouTube · na czasie YouTube · trendy YouTube według kraju · filmy z playlisty · wszystkie filmy z playlisty · transmisje na żywo YouTube teraz · filmy YouTube według daty · wyświetlenia i subskrybenci

Čeština — Česko: vyhledávání YouTube · hledat videa na YouTube · videa YouTube podle klíčového slova · API YouTube · videa z kanálu YouTube · nejsledovanější videa YouTube · trendy YouTube · trendy YouTube podle země · videa z playlistu · živé přenosy YouTube teď · zhlédnutí a odběratelé

Română — România: căutare YouTube · caută videoclipuri YouTube · videoclipuri YouTube după cuvânt cheie · API YouTube · videoclipurile unui canal YouTube · cele mai vizionate videoclipuri YouTube · tendințe YouTube · tendințe YouTube pe țară · videoclipuri dintr-o listă de redare · transmisiuni live YouTube acum · vizualizări și abonați

Magyar — Magyarország: YouTube keresés · YouTube videók keresése · YouTube videók kulcsszó szerint · YouTube API · egy YouTube csatorna videói · legnézettebb YouTube videók · YouTube felkapott · YouTube felkapott videók országonként · lejátszási lista videói · YouTube élő adások most · megtekintések és feliratkozók

Ελληνικά — Ελλάδα, Κύπρος: αναζήτηση YouTube · αναζήτηση βίντεο YouTube · βίντεο YouTube ανά λέξη-κλειδί · API YouTube · βίντεο ενός καναλιού YouTube · τα πιο δημοφιλή βίντεο YouTube · τάσεις YouTube · τάσεις YouTube ανά χώρα · βίντεο μιας λίστας αναπαραγωγής · ζωντανές μεταδόσεις YouTube τώρα · προβολές και συνδρομητές

Türkçe — Türkiye: YouTube arama · YouTube video arama · anahtar kelimeye göre YouTube videoları · YouTube arama sonuçları · YouTube API · YouTube kanal videoları · bir kanalın tüm videoları · en çok izlenen YouTube videoları · YouTube trendleri · YouTube trendleri ülkeye göre · oynatma listesi videoları · YouTube canlı yayınlar şu an · tarihe göre YouTube videoları · görüntülenme ve abone sayısı

Русский — Россия, Казахстан, Беларусь: поиск YouTube · поиск видео на YouTube · видео YouTube по ключевому слову · результаты поиска YouTube · YouTube API · видео канала YouTube · все видео канала · самые просматриваемые видео YouTube · тренды YouTube · в тренде YouTube по стране · видео плейлиста · все видео плейлиста · прямые трансляции YouTube сейчас · видео YouTube за период · просмотры и подписчики YouTube · поиск Ютуб

Українська — Україна: пошук YouTube · пошук відео на YouTube · відео YouTube за ключовим словом · YouTube API · відео каналу YouTube · усі відео каналу · найпопулярніші відео YouTube · тренди YouTube · у тренді YouTube за країною · відео плейлиста · прямі трансляції YouTube зараз · перегляди та підписники

Қазақша — Қазақстан: YouTube іздеу · YouTube видео іздеу · кілт сөз бойынша YouTube видео · YouTube арнасының видеолары · ең көп қаралған YouTube видеолары · YouTube трендтері · ойнату тізімінің видеолары · YouTube тікелей эфир · қаралымдар мен жазылушылар

日本語 — 日本: YouTube 検索 · YouTube 動画検索 · キーワードで YouTube 動画検索 · YouTube 検索結果 · YouTube API · YouTube データ API · YouTube チャンネル 動画一覧 · チャンネルの全動画 · 最も見られた YouTube 動画 · YouTube 急上昇 · YouTube 急上昇 国別 · YouTube 再生リスト 動画 · 再生リストの全動画 · YouTube ライブ配信 今 · 期間指定で YouTube 検索 · YouTube 再生回数 登録者数

한국어 — 대한민국: 유튜브 검색 · 유튜브 영상 검색 · 키워드로 유튜브 영상 검색 · 유튜브 검색 결과 · 유튜브 API · 유튜브 채널 영상 목록 · 채널 전체 영상 · 가장 많이 본 유튜브 영상 · 유튜브 인기 급상승 · 국가별 유튜브 인기 급상승 · 유튜브 재생목록 영상 · 재생목록 전체 영상 · 유튜브 라이브 스트리밍 지금 · 기간별 유튜브 영상 · 유튜브 조회수 구독자 수

हिन्दी — भारत: YouTube खोज · YouTube वीडियो खोज · कीवर्ड से YouTube वीडियो खोजें · YouTube API · YouTube चैनल के वीडियो · चैनल के सभी वीडियो · सबसे ज्यादा देखे गए YouTube वीडियो · YouTube ट्रेंडिंग · देश के अनुसार YouTube ट्रेंडिंग · प्लेलिस्ट के वीडियो · YouTube लाइव स्ट्रीम अभी · तारीख के अनुसार YouTube वीडियो · YouTube व्यूज और सब्सक्राइबर

भारतीय भाषाएँ — मराठी · ગુજરાતી · ਪੰਜਾਬੀ · தமிழ் · తెలుగు · ಕನ್ನಡ · മലയാളം: YouTube शोध, चॅनेलचे व्हिडिओ, ट्रेंडिंग व्हिडिओ · YouTube શોધ, ચેનલના વીડિયો, ટ્રેન્ડિંગ વીડિયો · YouTube ਖੋਜ, ਚੈਨਲ ਦੇ ਵੀਡੀਓ, ਟ੍ਰੈਂਡਿੰਗ ਵੀਡੀਓ · YouTube தேடல், சேனல் வீடியோக்கள், டிரெண்டிங் வீடியோக்கள் · YouTube శోధన, ఛానల్ వీడియోలు, ట్రెండింగ్ వీడియోలు · YouTube ಹುಡುಕಾಟ, ಚಾನೆಲ್ ವೀಡಿಯೊಗಳು, ಟ್ರೆಂಡಿಂಗ್ ವೀಡಿಯೊಗಳು · YouTube തിരയൽ, ചാനൽ വീഡിയോകൾ, ട്രെൻഡിംഗ് വീഡിയോകൾ

বাংলা — বাংলাদেশ, ভারত: YouTube সার্চ · কীওয়ার্ড দিয়ে YouTube ভিডিও খোঁজা · YouTube চ্যানেলের ভিডিও · সবচেয়ে বেশি দেখা YouTube ভিডিও · YouTube ট্রেন্ডিং · প্লেলিস্টের ভিডিও · YouTube লাইভ স্ট্রিম এখন · ভিউ ও সাবস্ক্রাইবার

اردو — پاکستان: یوٹیوب سرچ · کی ورڈ سے یوٹیوب ویڈیو تلاش · یوٹیوب چینل کی ویڈیوز · سب سے زیادہ دیکھی گئی یوٹیوب ویڈیوز · یوٹیوب ٹرینڈنگ · پلے لسٹ کی ویڈیوز · یوٹیوب لائیو اسٹریم ابھی · ویوز اور سبسکرائبرز

Bahasa Indonesia — Indonesia: pencarian YouTube · cari video YouTube · video YouTube berdasarkan kata kunci · hasil pencarian YouTube · YouTube API · video channel YouTube · semua video sebuah channel · video YouTube paling banyak ditonton · trending YouTube · trending YouTube per negara · video playlist · semua video dalam playlist · live streaming YouTube sekarang · video YouTube berdasarkan tanggal · views dan subscriber YouTube

Bahasa Melayu — Malaysia, Singapura, Brunei: carian YouTube · cari video YouTube · video YouTube mengikut kata kunci · YouTube API · video saluran YouTube · video YouTube paling banyak tontonan · trending YouTube · trending YouTube mengikut negara · video senarai main · siaran langsung YouTube sekarang · tontonan dan pelanggan

Filipino — Pilipinas: YouTube search · maghanap ng YouTube videos · YouTube videos ayon sa keyword · YouTube API · mga video ng YouTube channel · lahat ng video ng isang channel · pinakapinanood na YouTube videos · trending sa YouTube · trending sa YouTube ayon sa bansa · mga video ng playlist · YouTube live streams ngayon · views at subscribers

ไทย — ประเทศไทย: ค้นหา YouTube · ค้นหาวิดีโอ YouTube · วิดีโอ YouTube ตามคำค้น · ผลการค้นหา YouTube · YouTube API · วิดีโอในช่อง YouTube · วิดีโอทั้งหมดของช่อง · วิดีโอ YouTube ที่มีคนดูมากที่สุด · มาแรงบน YouTube · มาแรงบน YouTube ตามประเทศ · วิดีโอในเพลย์ลิสต์ · ไลฟ์สด YouTube ตอนนี้ · วิดีโอ YouTube ตามช่วงวันที่ · ยอดวิวและผู้ติดตาม

Tiếng Việt — Việt Nam: tìm kiếm YouTube · tìm video YouTube · video YouTube theo từ khóa · kết quả tìm kiếm YouTube · YouTube API · video của kênh YouTube · tất cả video của một kênh · video YouTube nhiều lượt xem nhất · thịnh hành trên YouTube · thịnh hành YouTube theo quốc gia · video trong danh sách phát · phát trực tiếp YouTube ngay bây giờ · video YouTube theo khoảng thời gian · lượt xem và người đăng ký

العربية — السعودية، الإمارات، مصر، قطر، الكويت، العراق: بحث يوتيوب · البحث عن فيديوهات يوتيوب · فيديوهات يوتيوب حسب الكلمة المفتاحية · نتائج بحث يوتيوب · واجهة يوتيوب API · فيديوهات قناة يوتيوب · كل فيديوهات قناة · أكثر فيديوهات يوتيوب مشاهدة · الرائج على يوتيوب · الرائج على يوتيوب حسب الدولة · فيديوهات قائمة تشغيل · بث مباشر يوتيوب الآن · فيديوهات يوتيوب حسب التاريخ · المشاهدات والمشتركين · مصري: دور على فيديوهات يوتيوب، الفيديوهات اللي عليها مشاهدات، التريند على يوتيوب · خليجي: بحث مقاطع يوتيوب، أكثر المقاطع مشاهدة، الترند في يوتيوب

עברית — ישראל: חיפוש יוטיוב · חיפוש סרטוני יוטיוב · סרטוני יוטיוב לפי מילת מפתח · תוצאות חיפוש יוטיוב · API של יוטיוב · סרטונים של ערוץ יוטיוב · כל הסרטונים של ערוץ · סרטוני יוטיוב הנצפים ביותר · טרנדים ביוטיוב · טרנדים ביוטיוב לפי מדינה · סרטונים של פלייליסט · שידורים חיים ביוטיוב עכשיו · צפיות ומנויים

Afrikaans · isiZulu · isiXhosa — Suid-Afrika: YouTube soektog · YouTube video's volgens sleutelwoord · video's van 'n YouTube kanaal · mees gekykte YouTube video's · YouTube neigings · video's van 'n snitlys · YouTube regstreekse uitsendings nou · ukusesha i-YouTube, amavidiyo esiteshi, amavidiyo athrendayo · ukukhangela i-YouTube, iividiyo zetshaneli, iividiyo ezithandwayo

Hausa · Yorùbá · Igbo — Nigeria: binciken YouTube · bidiyon tashar YouTube · bidiyo mafi kallo a YouTube · ìwádìí YouTube · àwọn fídíò ìkànnì YouTube · fídíò tí a wò jù lórí YouTube · nchọ YouTube · vidiyo ọwa YouTube · vidiyo a kacha ele na YouTube

You don't fill in a form. You just ask.

This runs inside the Claude or ChatGPT you already use. Connect it once (below), then say what you want:

You — Find me the last three months of home espresso machine reviews on YouTube, only videos over four minutes, with the channels' subscriber counts and whatever links they publish.

Your AI — 47 videos across 21 channels. Top by views: Breville Barista Express — 2 Years Later (1.2M views, Seattle Coffee Gear, 412k subs). Nine channels put an email or their own site in the description. Used 1 of your 100 daily searches.

Or ask for one creator's whole output — that costs no search quota at all:

You — Pull MKBHD's last 100 uploads with view counts.

Say it in your own words

Any of these, typed into Claude or ChatGPT with Apify connected, runs this Actor:

• Search YouTube for "home espresso machine review" — the 50 most viewed, with the channel and subscribers.
• New videos on "meal prep" in the US this year, about 10 minutes long, ranked by views.
• What is trending on YouTube in Brazil right now? · Trending gaming videos in Japan.
• Every video in this playlist, with views and dates. · This playlist as a spreadsheet.
• Who is streaming chess live right now? · Upcoming live streams about the election.
• This creator's last 50 uploads — what do they keep making?
• YouTube search API · YouTube Data API · YouTube views and subscribers — the words don't matter.

When it finishes, your assistant offers the next step itself: transcripts or summaries of the videos, narrowing by date, country or length, or the creators behind them with contacts.

Trending, playlists, live streams

Three more ways in, all through the same official API, all at $0.001 a video:

• Trending by country. "What is trending on YouTube in Brazil this week?" — YouTube's own most-popular chart for any country, up to 200 videos, narrowed to music, gaming, news, sports, tech, education or any other category if you like. No search quota spent.
• A playlist. "Every video in this playlist, with views." — paste the link with list= in it; every video comes back with its stats. No search quota spent.
• Live streams. "Who is streaming chess right now?" — the search phrases limited to streams live now, scheduled, or already ended. Leave the phrase empty for the top live streams overall.
• Comments. "What do viewers say under this video?" — the top or newest comments under each video returned, up to 500 a video, with author, likes, replies and date, on the row and in one COMMENTS.csv.

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In n8n, Make or Zapier — no code, no chat

The same app runs inside a workflow. Apify's own n8n node (search Apify in n8n Cloud's node panel, or install @apify/n8n-nodes-apify on a self-hosted instance) runs any Actor; Make and Zapier have the same Apify module.

1. Run Actor — Actor: lexonia/youtube-search-api; Custom input: the same JSON you would type in the form; Wait for finish: on.
2. Get Dataset Items — Dataset ID: {{ $json.defaultDatasetId }} from the step before.
3. Send the rows where they go: Google Sheets, Slack, Notion, your CRM.

Ready-made workflow to import: integrations/n8n/youtube-search.json — a topic in, the most viewed videos out, every morning. Pair the Apify node with n8n's AI Agent node and the assistant fills the input from a sentence, exactly as Claude does.

What you get back, per video

The video	title, description, published date, length, thumbnail, tags, language
How it did	views, likes, comments — Google's own counts, not estimates
The creator	channel name, handle, subscribers, total views, total videos, country, join date
The contact trail	the channel's About text (where creators put a business email) and every link they published in the video or channel description
Where it came from	which of your phrases found it

Field names deliberately match the most widely used YouTube Actors, so if you already have a pipeline you can swap this in and change nothing downstream.

Your own key — 5 minutes, no card, yours permanently

1. Switch the API on → console.cloud.google.com/apis/library/youtube.googleapis.com → Enable. (Already have a Google Cloud project? Use it — YouTube's quota is its own allowance and won't affect anything else in there.)
2. Create the key → console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials → Create credentials → API key.
3. Paste it into Your Google API key. It is stored as a secret — never written to your results.

Want to see the output before doing that? Leave it empty and the Actor runs on a small shared quota — enough to see exactly what comes back, capped at 25 videos so it stays available to everyone.

What your quota actually buys

What you do	Costs
Search a phrase, 50 videos	1 of your 100 daily searches
Every video from a channel	nothing — no search used
Details for 50 videos	1 unit of 10,000
Details for 50 channels	1 unit of 10,000

So a typical research run — four phrases, 200 videos, full channel details — costs 4 of 100 searches and about 8 of 10,000 units. Reading channels costs no search quota at all, so deep work on known creators is effectively unlimited.

Every run tells you exactly what it used.

Connect it once — five minutes

1. Free account at apify.com — comes with $5 of credit, no card.
2. Claude — Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → https://mcp.apify.com → authorise. ChatGPT (paid plan) — Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings → switch on Developer mode, then Create: name Apify, URL https://mcp.apify.com, Authentication OAuth, then Allow. In each new chat press + → More → Apify. Cursor / Qwen / DeepSeek — the same address. Qwen and DeepSeek run it through Cherry Studio or Dify inside China; any other MCP client takes the same connector.
3. Ask for what you want.

Prefer a form? It runs in the Apify Console too — press Try for free.

What it costs

$0.001 per video returned, plus a $0.00005 fee when a run starts — five hundredths of a cent, and it is there because Apify waives the first five seconds of compute in exchange. Nothing else: no charge for channel details, and nothing for videos that turn out to be private or deleted.

The median YouTube Actor on this Store charges $0.002 per result, and they range up to $0.12. This one is half the median, because reading an official API carries no proxy bill to pass on.

100 videos = $0.10. The $5 of free credit on a new Apify account covers about 5,000 videos.

Each video returned	$0.001
Each comment returned (when asked)	$0.001 — free until 8 October 2026
Listing a channel's videos	$0.00001, effectively free
Listing a playlist	$0.00001, effectively free
A country's trending chart	$0.00001, effectively free
A run that finds nothing to look up — it asks instead	$0

When it can't answer

• "Quota used up" — you have spent today's 100 searches. It resets at midnight Pacific. Channel and video lookups usually still work, since they don't use search quota. Google has a free extension form if you need more.
• "The API is not switched on" — the key is fine, but step 1 above hasn't been done for that project.
• "Google rejected that key" — usually a partial copy, or a key restriction that excludes the YouTube Data API.
• A video is missing — it is private, deleted, or blocked in the region you searched from. Google returns nothing for it rather than a guess, and neither do we.

Limits worth knowing before you start

• Search reaches about 500 videos per phrase. That is YouTube's own limit, not ours. To go deeper, search narrower phrases or read channels directly.
• Transcripts and subtitles are not here. Different job, different Actor — Video Transcript & Translation reads them. Comments are here: ask for them per video.
• Subscriber counts are rounded by Google above 1,000 — that is how the API publishes them for everyone.

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This Actor uses YouTube API Services. By using it you agree to the YouTube Terms of Service; Google's handling of the data is described in the Google Privacy Policy. Lexonia's privacy policy for this and our other tools: lexoniagroup.com/privacy.

Made by Lexonia. Also from us: Lexonia: Audience Intel (describe an audience, get the creators who reach it, with contacts) and Lexonia Video Lens (any video → transcript, translation and summary, including Bilibili and Douyin).