# YouTube Channel Video Feed Quick Scraper (`nimbryxo-studio/youtube-channel-video-feed-quick-scraper`) Actor

Quickly list any YouTube channel's videos, sorted newest, most popular or oldest, with channel subscriber count, verification and optional Shorts, playlists and live-stream tabs.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nimbryxo-studio/youtube-channel-video-feed-quick-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Nimbryxo-studio](https://apify.com/nimbryxo-studio) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Videos, Automation
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $0.49 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## YouTube Channel Video Feed Quick Scraper

Point this actor at one or more YouTube channels and get back their current video list — newest, most popular or oldest first — plus the channel's own profile numbers, without opening a browser tab for each one. It's built for runs where you need a lot of channels processed quickly rather than every last enrichment field.

### What this actor does

- Accepts any mix of channel handles (`@name`), full channel URLs, or raw channel IDs across a single run
- Lists each channel's videos sorted newest, most popular, or oldest first, up to a per-channel cap
- Optionally also pulls the channel's About-page data (total views, join date, location, external links), Shorts tab, Playlists tab, and Live/Streams tab
- Returns a channel-info-only row (no video fields) when `maxVideos` is set to `0`, for lightweight profile lookups
- Localizes results to a market/country code, affecting what YouTube itself serves for that region
- Omits any field YouTube didn't expose for that video or channel — it never fills a gap with an empty string or a made-up value

### Output per video row

Every row carries one video's fields plus the full `authorMetadata` object for its channel.

- `videoId`, `title`, `url`
- `viewCount` — only when YouTube's own data exposes an exact integer; a rounded label like "93K views" stays in `viewCountText` and is never converted into a fake exact number
- `viewCountText`, `publishedTimeText`
- `duration` — may be the literal string `"LIVE"` for an ongoing stream; `durationSeconds` is only present once YouTube reports a finite length
- `thumbnailUrl`, `description`
- `isLive`, `isShort`
- `badges` — labels shown on the video tile, e.g. `["LIVE"]` or `["NEW"]`, when any apply
- `shorts[]`, `playlists[]`, `liveVideos[]` — only present when the matching `include...` input is on
- `scrapedAt`

#### `authorMetadata` fields

- `channelId`, `channelName`, `handle`, `channelUrl`
- `description` — the channel's short header description
- `aboutDescription` — the longer description shown on the channel's About page, when `includeAbout` is on
- `subscriberCount` — only when YouTube's source data gives an exact integer; `subscriberCountText` always carries the displayed label (e.g. "466M subscribers")
- `videoCount`, `videoCountText` — same exact-vs-rounded distinction as subscribers
- `country`, `location` — `location` and `totalViews`/`totalViewsText`/`joinedDateText` come from the About page (`includeAbout`)
- `joinedDateText`, `totalViews`, `totalViewsText`
- `externalLinks[]` — links listed on the About page (`includeAbout`); `channelLinks[]` — links shown directly on the channel header
- `rssUrl`, `avatarUrl`, `bannerUrl`
- `isVerified`, `isFamilySafe`
- `isOfficialArtistChannel` — only present when the channel carries YouTube's official-artist badge
- `keywords[]`

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `channelUrls` | array | – | Channel URLs, handles or channel IDs, any mix |
| `maxVideos` | integer | `50` | Max videos per channel (0–10000); `0` returns channel info only |
| `sortVideosBy` | string | `newest` | `newest`, `popular` or `oldest` |
| `includeAbout` | boolean | `true` | Pull total views, join date, location and external links from the About page |
| `includePlaylists` | boolean | `false` | Include the channel's Playlists tab |
| `maxPlaylists` | integer | `20` | Max playlists to return when `includePlaylists` is on (1–500) |
| `includeShorts` | boolean | `false` | Include the channel's Shorts tab |
| `maxShorts` | integer | `20` | Max Shorts to return when `includeShorts` is on (1–2000) |
| `includeLiveVideos` | boolean | `false` | Include the channel's Live/Streams tab |
| `maxLiveVideos` | integer | `20` | Max live/stream videos to return (1–500) |
| `market` | string | `US` | Country code controlling localized content (one of 31 supported) |

#### Example: a few channels' latest uploads

```json
{
  "channelUrls": ["@Apify", "@mkbhd"],
  "maxVideos": 10,
  "sortVideosBy": "newest"
}
```

#### Example: most popular videos with full channel profile data

```json
{
  "channelUrls": ["@Fireship"],
  "maxVideos": 20,
  "sortVideosBy": "popular",
  "includeAbout": true
}
```

#### Example: channel profile only, no videos

```json
{
  "channelUrls": ["@mrbeast"],
  "maxVideos": 0
}
```

#### Example: including Shorts and playlists

```json
{
  "channelUrls": ["@mkbhd"],
  "maxVideos": 25,
  "includeShorts": true,
  "maxShorts": 15,
  "includePlaylists": true,
  "maxPlaylists": 10
}
```

### Use cases

- **Bulk channel monitoring** — track upload activity across a long list of channels on a recurring schedule
- **Competitor benchmarking** — compare view counts and posting cadence across several creators in a niche at once
- **Influencer shortlisting** — pull subscriber counts and verification status for a batch of candidate channels
- **Content inventory** — build a catalog of a channel's videos, Shorts and playlists for cataloging or archival
- **Growth tracking** — re-run on a schedule to watch subscriber and view counts change over time

### FAQ

**Is a YouTube API key needed?**
No — this actor reads YouTube's own public channel and video pages and needs no API key or login.

**Which channel reference formats work?**
A `@handle`, a full `/channel/UC...` URL, a full `@handle` URL, or a raw channel ID all resolve to the same channel — use whichever you already have.

**Can it reach private or members-only channels?**
No, only publicly accessible channels are supported; content requiring a logged-in session isn't reachable.

**Why is `viewCount` sometimes missing even though `viewCountText` shows a number?**
YouTube's video-card label is often rounded (e.g. "93K views"). This actor only fills `viewCount` when the underlying data gives an exact figure, rather than reverse-engineering an approximate one.

**Why would `duration` show `"LIVE"` with no `durationSeconds`?**
That's an ongoing live stream — its length isn't final yet, so there's nothing finite to report until the broadcast ends.

**How fresh is the data?**
Every run reads the channel live, so results reflect whatever YouTube is currently showing — there's no caching layer.

**Does `market` change which videos are returned?**
It sets the country/language context YouTube uses when rendering the page, which can affect things like localized text and regionally restricted content, not which channel you're looking at.

**Can I fetch 5,000+ videos from one channel?**
Yes — `maxVideos` goes up to 10,000; the actor keeps paging through the channel's video list until it reaches your cap or runs out of videos.

# Actor input Schema

## `channelUrls` (type: `array`):

YouTube channel URLs, handles (@username), or channel IDs (UCxxx). Accepts any format.

## `maxVideos` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of videos to scrape per channel. Set to 0 to get only channel info without videos.

## `sortVideosBy` (type: `string`):

How to sort the channel's video listings.

## `includeAbout` (type: `boolean`):

Extract total views, join date, location, and external links from the channel About page.

## `includePlaylists` (type: `boolean`):

Scrape the channel Playlists tab and include playlist metadata in the output.

## `maxPlaylists` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of playlists to scrape (when includePlaylists is enabled).

## `includeShorts` (type: `boolean`):

Scrape the channel Shorts tab and include Shorts in the output.

## `maxShorts` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of Shorts to return (when includeShorts is enabled).

## `includeLiveVideos` (type: `boolean`):

Scrape the channel Live/Streams tab and include live/archived streams.

## `maxLiveVideos` (type: `integer`):

Maximum live/stream videos to return.

## `market` (type: `string`):

Country code for localized content (affects gl/hl URL parameters).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channelUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@Apify"
  ],
  "maxVideos": 3,
  "sortVideosBy": "newest",
  "includeAbout": true,
  "includePlaylists": false,
  "maxPlaylists": 20,
  "includeShorts": false,
  "maxShorts": 20,
  "includeLiveVideos": false,
  "maxLiveVideos": 20,
  "market": "US"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `videos` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing all scraped channel info, author metadata, and video rows.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "channelUrls": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/@Apify"
    ],
    "maxVideos": 3,
    "includeAbout": true,
    "includePlaylists": false,
    "includeShorts": false,
    "includeLiveVideos": false
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nimbryxo-studio/youtube-channel-video-feed-quick-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "channelUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/@Apify"],
    "maxVideos": 3,
    "includeAbout": True,
    "includePlaylists": False,
    "includeShorts": False,
    "includeLiveVideos": False,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nimbryxo-studio/youtube-channel-video-feed-quick-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "channelUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@Apify"
  ],
  "maxVideos": 3,
  "includeAbout": true,
  "includePlaylists": false,
  "includeShorts": false,
  "includeLiveVideos": false
}' |
apify call nimbryxo-studio/youtube-channel-video-feed-quick-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,nimbryxo-studio/youtube-channel-video-feed-quick-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/K3oXPDtelCgqk16MF/builds/ApEicopgZDiYq7DoC/openapi.json