YouTube Channel Contact Email Finder

Build a public contact list from YouTube channels: channel metadata, linked websites and socials, and every public email address found across the channel description, linked site, recent videos, and link-in-bio pages. Start from channel URLs or let keyword search discover creators.

No login, cookies, API key, or CAPTCHA solving required.

What this actor does

• Accepts channel URLs, @handles, UC... channel IDs, and video URLs (the channel is resolved from the video).
• Discovers channels from one or more keyword searches (about 20 channels per query).
• Reads the About page through ytInitialData.aboutChannelViewModel: name, handle, channel ID, subscriber count, country, description, and links.
• Unwraps YouTube's /redirect?q=... link wrapper, so you get the real website and social URLs.
• Runs a bounded email cascade:
  1. channel About description;
  2. up to two linked websites (home, contact/about pages, and common paths such as /contact and /about);
  3. the latest five video descriptions;
  4. one linked link-in-bio hub (Linktree, Beacons, and similar).
• Deduplicates emails, filters placeholder/asset/no-reply noise, ranks role mailboxes, and returns the best address as primaryEmail.
• Flags channels that have a native YouTube business email behind the sign-in wall with hasHiddenEmail: true. The gated address itself is never claimed or guessed.
• Omits empty fields from every record.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	select	channels	channels scrapes the list you provide; search discovers channels from searchQueries.
channels	array	–	Channel URLs, @handles, UC... IDs, or video URLs (mode=channels).
searchQueries	array	–	Keywords for channel discovery (mode=search). Each query yields about 20 channels.
maxChannels	integer	100	Maximum unique channels per run, 1–500.
includeWebsite	boolean	true	Scan up to two linked websites and one link-in-bio hub per channel.
includeVideoDescriptions	boolean	true	Read descriptions of the latest five videos per channel.
onlyWithEmail	boolean	false	Drop channel records that have no public email. Error records are still reported.
emailDomains	array	–	Optional allowlist such as ["brand.com", "gmail.com"]. Matching is case-insensitive and includes subdomains.
maxEmailsPerChannel	integer	5	Cap after ranking, 1–20.
proxyConfiguration	object	–	Optional Apify Proxy override. The actor works without a proxy.

Example: channels

{
  "mode": "channels",
  "channels": [
    "@mkbhd",
    "@LinusTechTips",
    "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ",
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN953UW8iJ8"
  ],
  "maxChannels": 10,
  "includeWebsite": true,
  "includeVideoDescriptions": true,
  "onlyWithEmail": false,
  "maxEmailsPerChannel": 5
}

Example: keyword search

{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQueries": ["home espresso", "personal finance"],
  "maxChannels": 30,
  "includeWebsite": true,
  "includeVideoDescriptions": true,
  "onlyWithEmail": true,
  "emailDomains": ["gmail.com", "outlook.com"]
}

Output

One record per channel. Fields with no value are omitted.

{
  "recordType": "channel",
  "channelId": "UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ",
  "handle": "@mkbhd",
  "name": "Marques Brownlee",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd",
  "subscriberCount": 21400000,
  "country": "United States",
  "description": "MKBHD: Quality Tech Videos... business@MKBHD.com",
  "links": [
    {"title": "Twitter", "url": "https://twitter.com/MKBHD", "type": "social"},
    {"title": "Instagram", "url": "https://instagram.com/MKBHD", "type": "social"}
  ],
  "socials": {
    "x": "https://twitter.com/MKBHD",
    "instagram": "https://instagram.com/MKBHD"
  },
  "emails": [
    {
      "email": "business@mkbhd.com",
      "source": "channel_description",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd/about"
    }
  ],
  "primaryEmail": "business@mkbhd.com",
  "emailSource": "channel_description",
  "hasHiddenEmail": true,
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd/about",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-26T12:00:00+00:00"
}

Field notes

• recordType – channel for a contact record, error for a failed input/search.
• channelId / handle / name / url – stable channel identity. url is the canonical channel URL.
• subscriberCount – expanded from YouTube's displayed label (21.4M becomes 21400000; approximate for large channels).
• country – the country shown in the About panel.
• description – the full About description.
• links – every external link with a title, absolute URL, and type (website, social, or link_hub).
• socials – one URL per recognised platform (x, instagram, tiktok, facebook, linkedin, discord, twitch, patreon, telegram, threads, spotify, github, and more).
• websiteCandidate – the first non-social, non-hub linked website.
• emails – deduplicated and ranked email objects. source tells you where the address came from; sourceUrl points at the exact page.
• primaryEmail / emailSource – the highest-value public address and its source.
• hasHiddenEmail – true when the About page shows YouTube's Sign in to see email address gate. The actor cannot read that address without login, so it does not pretend to.
• sourceUrl / scrapedAt – canonical About page and UTC timestamp.

Email sources

source	Where the address was found
channel_description	The channel's About description.
website	A linked website page (home, contact/about page, or common path).
video_description	One of the latest five video descriptions.
link_hub	A Linktree/Beacons-style link-in-bio page.

Error record

{
  "recordType": "error",
  "reason": "not_found",
  "message": "Channel page returned 404.",
  "input": "https://www.youtube.com/@missing-handle",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@missing-handle/about",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-26T12:00:00+00:00"
}

reason is one of: invalid_input, invalid_url, not_found, fetch_failed, blocked, rate_limited, parse_failed, channel_unavailable, video_resolve_failed, or scrape_error. If every channel fails, the run fails loudly instead of silently returning an empty dataset.

How the email cascade works

1. Channel description first. This is the creator-authored text on the About page and the highest-signal source.
2. Linked websites next. For up to two non-social websites, the actor reads the home page, selected contact/about links, and common paths (/contact, /contact-us, /about, /about-us, /impressum, /support, /press). Website emails must share the site's registrable domain, which removes support addresses from embedded vendors and analytics scripts.
3. Recent video descriptions. The latest five videos are read from the channel's Videos tab. This catches creators who put business contacts in every upload description.
4. One link hub. Linktree, Beacons, and similar pages are read for public addresses.

All hits are deduplicated. The primary email favours role mailboxes such as business@, partnerships@, contact@, and press@, with the source order above as the next tie-breaker. maxEmailsPerChannel caps the ranked list.

Limits and honest limitations

• The native YouTube business email is login-gated. The About page exposes only a sign-in prompt; the address is not in the HTML. This actor reports hasHiddenEmail and never claims the gated value. Treat hasHiddenEmail: true plus no emails as a real lead that needs manual or logged-in follow-up.
• Public coverage is not 100%. Many creators publish no public address anywhere the actor can read. Coverage is higher for large brands and creators who link a website.
• Website crawling is bounded. Two sites × up to five pages, plus one link hub and five videos per channel. This keeps runs affordable and predictable.
• Search returns about 20 channels per query. Add more queries to widen discovery; maxChannels is the hard ceiling.
• TikTok bios are not a core source. Anonymous TikTok pages are frequently replaced by a challenge page. Instagram/TikTok links are still returned in links and socials, but the email cascade focuses on sources that are reliably public.
• Subscriber counts are rounded to YouTube's public display value.
• Countries can be missing for some brand or very small channels; the field is omitted rather than guessed.
• Websites that expose contact only through a form cannot yield an email.

FAQ

Does this actor bypass CAPTCHAs or log in to YouTube? No. It reads public pages anonymously. When a page is blocked or challenged, that channel gets a clear error record and the run continues.

Why is hasHiddenEmail true but primaryEmail missing? YouTube only shows the native business address to signed-in users. The flag means the address exists, but it is not public. The actor does not invent or scrape it.

Are emails validated or checked for deliverability? No. The actor reports addresses exactly as published, with provenance. Validate with your own email-verification step before outreach.

What happens to duplicate channels or emails? Duplicate channels (by ID/URL) are processed once. Duplicate emails are merged, keeping the first/highest-priority source.

Can I restrict results to one domain? Yes. Use emailDomains, for example ["gmail.com"] or ["brand.com"]. Subdomains are included.

What if a channel has no email? The channel record is still returned with metadata (unless onlyWithEmail is on). This is useful for spotting channels that have a hidden gate.

Is this affiliated with YouTube? No. This is an independent third-party tool that reads publicly available pages. You are responsible for complying with YouTube's terms and applicable outreach/privacy laws.