# YouTube Competitor Research

**Use case:** 

Find public YouTube channels in a market. Compare their profiles, subscriber counts, video counts, and total views.

## Input

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "coffee equipment reviews"
  ],
  "discoveryMode": "both",
  "maxChannelsPerSearchTerm": 10,
  "maxTotalResults": 10,
  "verifiedOnly": false,
  "languageHint": "en",
  "countryHint": "US"
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "channel.title": {
    "label": "Channel name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "channel.handle": {
    "label": "Handle",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "channel.id": {
    "label": "Channel ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "channel.url": {
    "label": "Channel URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "channel.isVerified": {
    "label": "Verified",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "metrics.subscribers": {
    "label": "Subscribers",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "metrics.subscriberCountIsExact": {
    "label": "Subscriber count exact",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "metrics.videos": {
    "label": "Videos",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "metrics.totalViews": {
    "label": "Total views",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "profile.country": {
    "label": "Country",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "images.avatarUrl": {
    "label": "Avatar URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "images.bannerUrl": {
    "label": "Banner URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "discoverySource": {
    "label": "Discovery source",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "sourceVideo": {
    "label": "Source video",
    "format": "object"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [YouTube Channel Search Scraper](https://apify.com/maximedupre/youtube-channel-search-scraper) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/maximedupre/youtube-channel-search-scraper) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.