# Verified US personal finance YouTube channels

**Use case:** 

Searches YouTube for personal finance, stock investing, and index funds channels, keeping only YouTube-verified channels with 50,000+ subscribers, localized to the US English market, up to 25 per term. Each result has handle, subscriber and video counts, and description. Adjust searchTerms, minSubscribers, or the country hint.

## Input

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "personal finance",
    "stock investing",
    "index funds"
  ],
  "searchUrls": [],
  "discoveryMode": "both",
  "maxChannelsPerSearchTerm": 25,
  "maxTotalResults": 75,
  "minSubscribers": 50000,
  "verifiedOnly": true,
  "excludedChannels": [],
  "languageHint": "en",
  "countryHint": "US",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "channel.id": {
    "label": "Channel ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "channel.title": {
    "label": "Channel",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "channel.handle": {
    "label": "Handle",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "channel.url": {
    "label": "Channel URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "channel.description": {
    "label": "Description",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "channel.isVerified": {
    "label": "Verified",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "channel.isFamilySafe": {
    "label": "Family Safe",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "metrics.subscribers": {
    "label": "Subscribers",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "metrics.videos": {
    "label": "Videos",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "metrics.totalViews": {
    "label": "Total Views",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "profile.country": {
    "label": "Country",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "profile.joinedText": {
    "label": "Joined",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "discoverySource.sourceKind": {
    "label": "Source Kind",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "discoverySource.value": {
    "label": "Source Value",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "discoverySource.discoverySurface": {
    "label": "Discovery Surface",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [YouTube Channel Search Scraper](https://apify.com/parsebird/youtube-channel-search-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/parsebird/youtube-channel-search-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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