YouTube video URLs only (youtube.com, youtu.be — watch, shorts, embed). Non-YouTube or channel/playlist links return a failed row with an error message.

Type:string[]

Include channel stats

includeChannelStats

Optional

After videos are scraped, fetch subscribers, video count, channel views, joined date, and description for each unique channel. Uses innertube by default; uses YouTube Data API when an API key is set.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Retry with Apify proxy (pass 2)

enableProxyPass2

Optional

If true, retry rate-limited URLs via Apify datacenter → residential proxy (slower, paid proxy traffic). Default false: direct only.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Delay between videos (ms)

requestDelayMs

Optional

Pause between requests to reduce YouTube rate limits. Default: 200 (≤10 URLs), 300 (11–50), 400 (50+).

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Maximum:10000

Default:500

YouTube Data API key (optional)

youtubeApiKey

Optional

Your Google Cloud YouTube Data API v3 key (BYOK). Uses official API instead of innertube. Or set YOUTUBE_API_KEY in Actor environment variables. Never logged.

Type:string

Proxy configuration

proxyConfiguration

Optional

Optional. useApifyProxy: true = proxy on every URL. Ignored in Data API mode.

Type:object

Optional features

features

Optional

Future add-ons with per-minute pricing. Leave all disabled for metrics-only scraping.

Type:object

YouTube Video Details Scraper

maged120/youtube-video-details

Extract full metadata from any YouTube video or Short — title, views, likes, comments, subtitles, chapters, tags, and more. No YouTube API key needed.

Maged

YouTube Metadata Scraper

scraperx/youtube-metadata-scraper

Scrape YouTube metadata, transcripts, and comments with proxy fallback and rich logging.

ScraperX

YouTube Scraper - Search, Videos, Channels & Playlists

code-node-tools/youtube-scraper

YouTube scraper to extract video metadata from channels, playlists & search. Scrape YouTube videos without API limits - get titles, views, likes, thumbnails, transcripts & more. Fast YouTube channel scraper & playlist scraper. No YouTube API key required. Export to CSV/JSON.

CodeNodeTools

YouTube Video Metadata Scraper 🎥

easyapi/youtube-video-metadata-scraper

Extract rich metadata from YouTube videos including title, views, likes, description and more. Simply input video URLs and get structured JSON data for analysis or integration.