YouTube Autocomplete Keywords: Search Suggestions for Any Seed, by Country and Language

$1 per 1,000 suggestions. Platform usage included. No rental, no minimum.

Type a seed keyword into YouTube's search box and see what it suggests. This actor does that for every seed you give it, then adds a to z (and optionally 0 to 9) after the seed to pull out the long tail. Each unique suggestion comes back with its seed, the exact text typed, its rank in YouTube's list, the country and the language. No YouTube account and no API key.

Open it in Apify Console

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What it costs

Suggestions	This actor
1,000	$1.00
10,000	$10.00
100,000	$100.00

Plus $0.001 per run. One flat price, platform usage included, so there is no separate compute or proxy bill. Only suggestion rows are charged. Repeats inside one seed are removed before you are charged. A monthly refresh of 20 seeds that yields 4,000 suggestions costs about $4.00 a run.

Why use it

• One flat price. The bill follows the number of suggestions and nothing else.
• The long tail. In our test one seed with a to z gave 255 unique suggestions from 27 searches, far more than the handful YouTube shows at once.
• Country and language. Suggestions differ by market, so you can set both, for 23 languages and 40 countries.
• Rank and origin on every row. You can see which seed and which added letter produced each idea, and where YouTube placed it.

Quick start

1. Open the actor, type a seed keyword, press Start.
2. Or paste this input:

{ "keywords": ["guitar lessons", "how to cook"], "expand": "letters", "language": "en", "country": "us", "maxItems": 500 }

3. Download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them through the API.

Use it from code

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/one_dollar_store~youtube-autocomplete-keywords/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"keywords": ["guitar lessons"], "expand": "letters", "maxItems": 100}'

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("one_dollar_store/youtube-autocomplete-keywords").call(
    run_input={"keywords": ["guitar lessons"], "expand": "letters", "maxItems": 100}
)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["rank"], item["keyword"])

Use it from an AI assistant

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other assistants can call this actor through Apify's MCP server. Add it with this server address:

https://mcp.apify.com?tools=one_dollar_store/youtube-autocomplete-keywords

Then ask, for example: "Give me 100 YouTube search suggestions for 'beginner guitar' in the UK, grouped by the letter that produced them."

Switching from another autocomplete scraper

Seeds go in keywords (a list). The extra searches are set with expand (none, letters or lettersAndDigits). Market is language (the hl setting) and country (the gl setting). The core output fields are keyword, seed, rank and query. Each row is one unique suggestion for one seed.

Input

Field	Type	Default	What it does
keywords	list of text	required	Seed words or phrases, one per line.
expand	text	letters	none: only the seed. letters: also the seed followed by a to z (27 searches). lettersAndDigits: also 0 to 9 (37 searches).
language	text	en	Interface language of the search box.
country	text	us	Country the suggestions are tuned for.
maxItems	number	1000	Most suggestions in the whole run. Minimum 10.
proxyConfiguration	proxy	off	No proxy to start with. If Google refuses requests, the actor moves to Apify datacenter proxy by itself.

Output fields

Field	Meaning
keyword	The suggestion, as YouTube shows it.
seed	The seed keyword it came from.
query	The exact text typed into the search box, for example guitar lessons b.
expansion	The letter or digit added after the seed. Left out for the seed itself.
rank	Position in YouTube's list for that search, starting at 1. The seed itself and suggestions already returned earlier for the same seed are skipped, so the first row of a search can have a rank above 1.
language, country	The market used.
scrapedAt	When the row was read.

A suggestion that comes up under several added letters is returned once, with the first search that produced it (the seed itself first, then a, b, c and so on). The same suggestion under two different seeds is returned once for each seed.

Sample results

Real rows from a test run on 9 October 2026 for the seed "guitar lessons" (US, English).

[
  {"keyword": "guitar lessons for beginners", "seed": "guitar lessons", "query": "guitar lessons", "rank": 2, "language": "en", "country": "US", "scrapedAt": "2026-10-09T04:26:13.248Z"},
  {"keyword": "guitar lessons for kids", "seed": "guitar lessons", "query": "guitar lessons", "rank": 3, "language": "en", "country": "US", "scrapedAt": "2026-10-09T04:26:13.310Z"},
  {"keyword": "guitar lessons app", "seed": "guitar lessons", "query": "guitar lessons a", "expansion": "a", "rank": 3, "language": "en", "country": "US", "scrapedAt": "2026-10-09T04:26:13.612Z"},
  {"keyword": "guitar lessons at guitar center", "seed": "guitar lessons", "query": "guitar lessons a", "expansion": "a", "rank": 4, "language": "en", "country": "US", "scrapedAt": "2026-10-09T04:26:13.671Z"},
  {"keyword": "guitar lessons by brian", "seed": "guitar lessons", "query": "guitar lessons b", "expansion": "b", "rank": 3, "language": "en", "country": "US", "scrapedAt": "2026-10-09T04:26:14.028Z"},
  {"keyword": "guitar lessons basic", "seed": "guitar lessons", "query": "guitar lessons b", "expansion": "b", "rank": 4, "language": "en", "country": "US", "scrapedAt": "2026-10-09T04:26:14.060Z"}
]

Limits

• About 10 suggestions per search. YouTube returns at most around 10 for each text typed, so volume comes from the added letters and digits, not from one search. A seed with letters is 27 searches.
• Suggestions, not search volume. The list shows what people type, in YouTube's order. It does not give search counts, competition or trends.
• Suggestions change. They depend on the day, the country and the language, so two runs can differ a little.
• Added letters follow the seed. The actor types the seed, a space and one letter (guitar lessons b). It does not put letters or question words in front of the seed.
• Not logged in. Suggestions are those a visitor without a YouTube account sees, with no personal history.
• Datacenter proxy fallback. The actor starts without a proxy. If Google refuses three requests, the rest of the run goes through Apify datacenter proxy, which is covered by the price. A search that still fails after four tries is skipped and listed in the run summary under failedQueries.
• Pace. About four searches run at a time. A seed with letters took 10 to 30 seconds in our tests.

FAQ

How much does it cost to collect 10,000 YouTube keyword ideas? $10, plus $0.001 for each run.

Do I pay for compute or proxy on top? No. Platform usage, including the proxy if it is needed, is included in the $1 per 1,000 price.

How many suggestions does one seed give? In our test, 255 unique suggestions for "guitar lessons" with letters a to z. It depends on the seed. A narrow phrase can give fewer.

Do I need a Google or YouTube account or an API key? No. The actor reads the same suggestions that YouTube's search box shows to any visitor.

Can I use it for other languages? Yes. Pick one of 23 languages and one of 40 countries. Write your seeds in that language.

Is it legal? The actor reads public search suggestions that YouTube shows to anyone without logging in. How you use them is up to you: follow the terms of the service and the law where you live.

Is this an official YouTube or Google product? No. It is an independent tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by YouTube or Google.

Do I need an Apify account? Yes. Actors run from an Apify account, and a free account is enough to start: it includes $5 of platform usage every month. You can sign up here. This is a referral link and it costs you nothing.

Is there a limit on the free plan? Yes. A run started from a free plan account delivers the first 10 results, then ends with a message and a link to the plans. Any paid plan returns everything you ask for, up to your own limit. The price per result is the same on every plan.

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Changelog

• October 2026: first release.