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Watches YouTube videos, channels or playlists and emits only what changed since the last run: title or description edited, thumbnail replaced, tags or category changed, or the video gone private, unlisted or deleted, with before/after values and view count at the edit.

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Mikkel Bech-Hansen

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You can access the YouTube Title & Thumbnail Change Tracker - Metadata Edit Feed programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

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