Startpage Videos Scraper

Startpage Videos Scraper

Scrape video search results from Startpage, the leading Google Videos alternative that returns tracking-free video results without ads or search history logging. The Startpage Videos Scraper is a Google Videos alternative API for developers — enter one or more queries and get back structured video titles, URLs, thumbnails, durations, view counts, and channel names, ready for content research, competitor tracking, or AI agent workflows.

Run multiple queries with region, language, safe search, and time period filters — get clean YouTube video results without ads or personalization noise.

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Startpage Videos Scraper (parsebird/startpage-videos-scraper) — Scrapes video search results from Startpage, a Google Videos alternative with no tracking. Input: {"queries": ["electric car range test"], "maxItems": 10, "region": "all", "language": "english", "safeSearch": "moderate", "timePeriod": "any"}. Fields: queries (string array, required — each query is searched independently), maxItems (integer, required — max video results across all queries combined, 0 = unlimited; Startpage typically returns around 10 videos per query), region (63 supported locales, e.g. en_US, de_DE, es_ES; default all), language (82 supported languages; default english), safeSearch (strict/moderate/off; default moderate), timePeriod (any/day/week/month/year; default any). Outputs per result: query, position, page, pagePosition, title, url, description, thumbnailUrl, duration, viewCount, publishDate, publisher, channelTitle, anonymousViewUrl (conditional). API: POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/parsebird~startpage-videos-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN. Get token: https://console.apify.com/account#/integrations

What does Startpage Videos Scraper do?

Startpage Videos Scraper turns any Startpage video query into structured JSON, CSV, or Excel data — the same video results you see at startpage.com, but machine-readable. Startpage is a Google Videos alternative that surfaces YouTube video results through a tracking-free proxy, making it a practical source for privacy-conscious video research. Enter your queries, set your filters, and the scraper:

• 🔍 Runs one or more video search queries
• 🎬 Extracts titles, URLs, descriptions, durations, and view counts
• 📺 Captures publisher, channel name, publish date, and thumbnail for every video
• 🔗 Includes Startpage's Anonymous View proxy link for each video, when present
• 🌍 Filters by region (63 Startpage-supported locales) and language (82 supported languages)
• 🛡️ Controls explicit-content filtering with strict, moderate, or off safe search
• ⏱️ Restricts results to a recent time window — past day, week, month, or year
• ⚡ Runs on lightweight infrastructure (128–512 MB) — fast and cost-efficient

Because Startpage is a Google Videos alternative, this scraper is a practical way to pull YouTube video search data for content research and competitor tracking without dealing with Google's own bot defenses directly.

What data can you extract from Startpage video results?

Field	Description
query	The original search query that produced this result
position	Overall rank for this query
page	Startpage result page number
pagePosition	Rank within that page
title	Video headline as displayed on Startpage
url	Destination video URL
description	Description returned with the video
thumbnailUrl	Preview image URL
duration	Displayed video length
viewCount	Displayed view count
publishDate	Publication date returned by Startpage
publisher	Video platform, such as YouTube
channelTitle	Publisher channel name
anonymousViewUrl	Startpage's Anonymous View proxy link, when present

How to scrape Startpage video results

1. Open the Startpage Videos Scraper on Apify
2. Enter one or more Video Queries — keywords like electric car range test
3. Set Max Results to control how many video results to collect across all queries (default: 10)
4. Optionally choose a Region and Language to localize results
5. Set Safe Search and Time Period if you need filtered or recent-only videos
6. Click Start and wait for results
7. Export your data as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the dataset tab

Quick start input:

{
    "queries": ["electric car range test", "EV charging comparison"],
    "maxItems": 100,
    "region": "en_US",
    "language": "english",
    "safeSearch": "moderate",
    "timePeriod": "month"
}

Regional creator discovery:

{
    "queries": ["home energy storage review"],
    "maxItems": 250,
    "region": "de_DE",
    "language": "deutsch",
    "safeSearch": "strict",
    "timePeriod": "year"
}

Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
queries	string array	Yes	—	Video search keywords. Each query is paginated before the next starts
maxItems	integer	Yes	10	Maximum video results to save across all queries combined. Set 0 for unlimited
region	string	No	all	Preferred result region — choose all or a supported locale such as en_US, de_DE, es_ES
language	string	No	english	Preferred result language, selected from Startpage's 82 supported languages
safeSearch	string	No	moderate	Explicit-content filtering: strict, moderate, or off
timePeriod	string	No	any	Recency filter: any, day, week, month, or year

Output example

{
    "query": "electric car range test",
    "position": 1,
    "page": 1,
    "pagePosition": 1,
    "title": "Real-World Electric Car Range Test",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_woylnOluw",
    "description": "A highway and city range test with charging and consumption results.",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r_woylnOluw/mqdefault.jpg",
    "duration": "22:02",
    "viewCount": "25587",
    "publishDate": "Wed, 15 Jul 2026",
    "publisher": "YouTube",
    "channelTitle": "Everything Electric TECH",
    "anonymousViewUrl": "https://browse.startpage.com/anonymous/example"
}

Use cases

• Competitor video research — See which videos rank for a product or topic
• Content gap analysis — Discover which channels and formats dominate a search topic
• Regional creator discovery — Find channels covering a topic in a specific language or region
• Trend monitoring — Schedule recurring runs to track how video coverage of a topic changes
• Media briefings — Source recent video coverage of an industry topic for reports
• AI agent grounding — Feed structured Google Videos alternative results into LLM pipelines and RAG systems
• Privacy-conscious research — Collect video search data without triggering Google's own tracking or personalization

How much does it cost to scrape Startpage Videos?

The Startpage Videos Scraper uses pay-per-event pricing. You are charged per video result scraped — no separate compute fees on top.

Event	Price per event	Price per 1,000
result-scraped (Free)	$0.0015	$1.50
result-scraped (Bronze)	$0.0014	$1.40
result-scraped (Silver)	$0.0012	$1.20
result-scraped (Gold)	$0.001	$1.00

Each result pushed to the dataset counts as one event. For example, scraping 1,000 results on the Free plan costs $1.50, and $1.00 on the Gold plan.

Apify's Free plan includes monthly platform credits, so you can try the Startpage Videos Scraper's free trial before committing to a paid plan.

Integrations and API access

Use the Startpage Videos Scraper programmatically via the Apify API, JavaScript client, or Python client.

Python:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("parsebird/startpage-videos-scraper").call(run_input={
    "queries": ["electric car range test"],
    "maxItems": 50,
    "region": "en_US",
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["position"], item["channelTitle"], item["title"])

JavaScript:

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: "YOUR_API_TOKEN" });

const run = await client.actor("parsebird/startpage-videos-scraper").call({
    queries: ["electric car range test"],
    maxItems: 50,
    region: "en_US",
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => console.log(item.position, item.channelTitle, item.title));

You can also connect the Startpage Videos Scraper to Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make, and other platforms via Apify integrations. Schedule runs daily, weekly, or at any interval for automated video monitoring, and export results as JSON, CSV, or Excel directly from the dataset tab.

Is it legal to scrape Startpage Videos?

Scraping publicly available search results is generally considered legal based on the 2022 US appeals court ruling in hiQ Labs v. LinkedIn. This actor only accesses publicly available video search result metadata — it does not download video files, log in, or access private data.

Always review Startpage's Terms of Service and comply with applicable laws in your jurisdiction. For guidance, see Apify's guide to web scraping legality.

Related Actors

Looking for other search or video data sources on Apify?

• Startpage Search Scraper — Scrape Startpage organic web search results, a Google SERP alternative
• Startpage News Scraper — Scrape Startpage news search results, a Google News alternative
• Startpage Images Scraper — Scrape Startpage image search results, a Google Images alternative
• YouTube Search Scraper — Scrape YouTube search results directly, with deeper pagination and filters

FAQ

Is Startpage Videos really a Google Videos alternative? Yes. Startpage surfaces YouTube video results through a tracking-free proxy with no ads, personalization, or search history logging — making it a practical Google Videos alternative for privacy-conscious video research.

Why do I only get around 10 results per query even with a high maxItems? Startpage's video vertical only reliably exposes a single results page per query, typically around 10 videos. Unlike Startpage's web, news, and image search, there isn't an addressable "next page" for videos. If you need deeper YouTube pagination, see the YouTube Search Scraper.

Why do my region or language filters not change every result? Startpage ranks videos by relevance first. A strongly English-dominant query can keep returning English-language videos even with a different language filter applied. Region and language settings bias which locale of the index is queried, but don't force a specific language onto every result.

What is the anonymousViewUrl field? It's Startpage's built-in Anonymous View link — a proxy URL that lets you open the video page without the destination site seeing your IP address or browser fingerprint. It's only included when Startpage provides one for a result.

Can I schedule recurring runs? Yes. Use Apify's scheduling feature to run the scraper daily, weekly, or at any custom interval — useful for ongoing video trend monitoring on this Google Videos alternative.

Can I use this with my AI assistant or MCP server? Yes. Copy the AI assistant block from the top of this page into ChatGPT, Claude, or Cursor. You can also use the Apify MCP server to connect this actor to any AI agent framework.

Something isn't working. How do I get help? Open an issue in the Issues tab on the actor page. Include your input configuration and any error messages.