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from $3.50 / 1,000 results

YouTube Channel Scraper

Scrape every YouTube channel video without an API key or login. YouTube Data API alternative; export channel video data to CSV, JSON or Excel.

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from $3.50 / 1,000 results

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Why use this YouTube channel scraper?

The whole catalog, not page one. Auto-paginates to the very end of the channel's Videos tab.
Videos, Shorts or Live. Pick exactly which channel tab to scrape.
Rich per-video data. View count (as a real integer), duration, publish date, thumbnail and watch URL.
Channel stats on every row. Subscriber count, total videos, description, handle and ID.
Bulk channels. Pass a list of channels and scrape them all at once.
No API quota. The official YouTube Data API burns quota and caps results — this has neither limit.

How to scrape a YouTube channel (step by step)

No coding required. Here's how to extract all videos from a YouTube channel:

Open the actor on Apify and click Try for free.
Add the channel(s) to the channels field — @handle (e.g. @MrBeast), a channel URL, or a UC… channel ID.
(Optional) Choose contentType (videos, shorts, live) and set maxVideos (use 0 for the entire channel).
Click Start.
Export the videos to CSV, Excel or JSON — or pull them through the Apify API.

Automating it? Trigger a run via the Apify API and schedule it daily to track a channel's new uploads automatically.

What data can you extract from a YouTube channel?

Data point	Field	Example
Channel name	`channelTitle`	`"MrBeast"`
Subscribers	`channelSubscriberCount`	`489000000`
Total videos	`channelVideoCount`	`870`
Video title	`title`	`"Survive 30 Days On An Island…"`
Views	`viewCount`	`62000000`
Duration	`duration` / `durationSeconds`	`"39:09"` / `2349`
Published	`publishedTime`	`"5 days ago"`
Is a Short	`isShort`	`false`
Thumbnail	`thumbnail`	`https://i.ytimg.com/…`
Watch URL	`url`	`https://youtube.com/watch?v=…`

Use cases

Competitor analysis — pull a rival channel's full upload history with views and dates to benchmark output and performance.
Influencer vetting — assess a creator's catalog size, average views and posting cadence before a partnership.
Content & video SEO research — analyze titles, durations and view distributions across a niche.
Trend tracking — schedule it to monitor a set of channels' new uploads.
Dataset building — assemble channel video catalogs for analytics, recommendation or AI pipelines.
Feed downstream tools — collect videoIds here, then enrich with the Comments or Video Details scrapers.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
`channels`	`string[]`	—	`@handle`, channel URL, or `UC…` ID.
`contentType`	`string`	`videos`	`videos`, `shorts`, or `live`.
`maxVideos`	`integer`	`100`	Cap per channel. `0` = entire catalog.
`maxResults`	`integer`	`0`	Global cap across all channels.

Example input

{
  "channels": ["@MrBeast", "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd", "UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ"],
  "contentType": "videos",
  "maxVideos": 0
}

Example output

{
  "channelTitle": "MrBeast",
  "channelSubscriberCount": 489000000,
  "videoId": "AaMdXZMvT3w",
  "title": "Survive 30 Days On An Island With Your Ex, Win $250,000",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaMdXZMvT3w",
  "viewCount": 62000000,
  "duration": "39:09",
  "publishedTime": "5 days ago",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-22T07:30:00Z"
}

How it works

This YouTube channel video scraper resolves any @handle, custom URL or /channel/UC… to the channel's browse ID, reads the channel's internal data (the same the website renders), and paginates the video grid to the end. It parses YouTube's current lockupViewModel video format — resilient to the layout migration that broke many older scrapers — and fetches a fresh access key per run with retries.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a YouTube API key to scrape a channel? No — no key, no login, and none of the YouTube Data API's quota limits.

Can it scrape a channel's entire video history? Yes. Set maxVideos: 0 for the whole back catalog.

How do I find a channel ID? You don't need to — just paste the @handle or channel URL and the actor resolves it.

Can I scrape YouTube Shorts or live streams? Yes — set contentType to shorts or live.

Can I scrape multiple channels at once? Yes — add as many channels as you like to the channels list.

Can I scrape a channel without coding? Yes — paste the channel, click Start, download CSV/Excel/JSON. No code.

Is scraping a YouTube channel legal? The actor collects only public channel and video data. Use it in line with YouTube's Terms and applicable laws.

Why are views shown as 62M somewhere and a number here? YouTube abbreviates views in listings; the actor parses them to an integer in viewCount and keeps the original text in viewCountText.

Is this a YouTube Data API alternative?

Yes. It's a no-quota YouTube Data API alternative — you scrape a channel's full video list without an API key, OAuth or daily quota caps.

How do I export YouTube channel videos to CSV or JSON?

Run the actor, then download the results as CSV, Excel or JSON from the dataset — a one-click YouTube channel video data export with no spreadsheet copy-paste.

Yes. This scrape YouTube channel without login workflow needs no cookies, no Google account and no API key — just paste an @handle, URL or channel ID.

Limits & notes

Publish dates are relative ("5 days ago"); views are abbreviated by YouTube and parsed to integers.
Shorts expose views but usually no duration.
For exact upload timestamps or per-video like counts, pair with the YouTube Video Details Scraper.

The complete YouTube scraping toolkit

YouTube Comments Scraper — all comments for these videos
YouTube Video Details Scraper — exact views, likes & tags
YouTube Search Scraper — find channels & videos by keyword
YouTube Influencer Discovery — creators, engagement & emails

💰 Pricing

Pay-per-result — you only pay for the videos you actually get. No proxy or YouTube API costs.

🆘 Support

Need exact upload timestamps, per-video like counts, or the channel's playlists too? Open an issue on the actor's page.

📝 Changelog

2026-06-07

Docs: added coverage for using this as a YouTube Data API alternative, exporting channel video data to CSV/JSON, and scraping a channel without login or API key.

2026-06-05

🛡️ Reliability fix: results are no longer dropped by strict output validation — runs now complete cleanly even at high volume (thousands of results).
⚡ Stability & performance hardening; fresh rebuild.