YouTube Scraper

Get YouTube videos from keyword searches or whole channels, or look up single videos by URL. Each result comes with its title, exact view count, length, publish date, description and channel; single videos add likes, comment counts, chapters and tags.

$0.50 per 1,000 results · no login or cookies · results in seconds · monitored every hour

What you can scrape

• Search keywords: Keywords, as you'd type them into YouTube. Operators like intitle: work.
• Channels: Channel handles (@MrBeast), channel ids (UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA) or channel URLs.
• Video URLs: Single videos or Shorts: watch, youtu.be or /shorts/ links, or 11-character ids. Adds likes, comment counts, chapters and tags.

Use cases

• Keyword and competitor research on YouTube
• Finding creators to sponsor
• Tracking a channel's uploads and views
• Building video datasets for analysis

Input

{
  "searchQueries": [
    "running shoes"
  ],
  "maxItems": 20
}

Max results per input caps how many results each input returns. Every field is explained on the Input tab.

Output

One item per result, with the input it came from in input. Here's one, shortened:

{
  "input": "running shoes",
  "type": "video",
  "id": "z5mWgBMOFJk",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5mWgBMOFJk",
  "title": "My Top 3 Running Shoes | Marathon Prep Training",
  "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z5mWgBMOFJk/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEcCNAFEJQDSFXyq4qpAw4IARUAAIhCGAFwAcABBg==&rs=AOn4CLBi0dvDEIlx…",
  "viewCountText": "682,786 views",
  "viewCountInt": 682786,
  "publishedTimeText": "6 years ago",
  "publishedTime": "2020-10-01T14:32:05.335Z",
  "lengthText": "17:18",
  "lengthSeconds": 1038,
  "description": "Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subNickBare Follow Nick Bare: Facebook: http://bit.ly/2rTHgHB Instagram: http://bit.ly/NickB…",
  "channel": {
    "id": "UCbVEx9qG_hLrb6FrWQJz_Tg",
    "title": "Nick Bare",
    "handle": "nickbarefitness",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@nickbarefitness",
    "thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AIdro_mVx6fQ8UNrMx2sjhQ5JwJyQTCfSXAoznqRdRSZLoxmGqQ=s68-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj"
  }
}

Download the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML, or read it through the Apify API.

Pricing

$0.50 per 1,000 results, and nothing for inputs that return none. Set a maximum charge per run and the Actor stops there. Apify's free plan includes $5 a month, enough for about 10,000 results.

Need it as an API?

This Actor runs on LurkAPI, a social media data API. To call it from your own code, or for more volume, the same data is one HTTP request away:

curl "https://api.lurkapi.com/v1/youtube/search?query=running+shoes" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY"

• From $0.45 per 1,000 requests, with 100 free credits when you sign up
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Docs for this endpoint

FAQ

Is it legal? It reads public data only: what anyone sees without logging in. How you use it is up to you, and personal data falls under laws like the GDPR, so ask a lawyer if you're unsure.

Do I need a YouTube account or cookies? No. Add your inputs and run.

How fresh is the data? It's fetched when you run the Actor, or comes from a cache at most 1 hour old.

Something wrong or missing? Open an issue on the Issues tab or write to support@lurkapi.com.