🎬 YouTube Channel Scraper

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-05

Collect YouTube channel performance metrics at scale. Extract subscriber counts, views, video counts, keywords, business contact info, and more without a browser. Perfect for influencer research, competitive analysis, creator economy insights, and monitoring channel growth trends. Get data for YouTube channels directly into CSV, Excel, or JSON in minutes.

The YouTube Channel Scraper collects up to 20 data fields per channel, including subscribers and engagement metrics, with no coding required and no browser overhead.

✨ What Does It Do

• 👤 Channel name and handle - Identify creators by their official channel name and custom handle for outreach or tracking
• 📊 Subscriber count - Monitor audience size to identify influencers and brands for partnerships
• 🎥 Video count and views - Analyze content volume and engagement to understand creator reach
• 📈 Average views per video - Spot high-performing channels to prioritize collaboration targets
• 🌍 Country and availability - Filter channels by location to plan region-specific campaigns
• 📝 Description and keywords - Extract creator bios and topic tags for brand matching
• 🔗 External links - Collect bio links for contact info and merchandise
• 🖼️ Avatar and banner images - Capture branding assets for analysis or backup
• ✅ Business email indicator - Flag channels with verified business contact options
• 📅 Joined date - Track when the channel was created

🔧 Input

• Channel URLs - Paste YouTube channel URLs or @handles. Supports both formats: https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast or https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA
• Max Items - Free users can collect up to 100 channels per run. Paid users can set higher limits up to 1,000,000
• Proxy Configuration - Optional. Add proxy settings for large runs to avoid rate limits

Example input:

{
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast",
    "https://www.youtube.com/@LinusTechTips",
    "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100
}

📊 Output

Each channel includes up to 20 data fields. Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

🖼️ Avatar URL	👤 Channel Name	🎤 Handle
📝 Channel ID	👥 Subscribers	📺 Total Views
🎬 Video Count	📈 Avg Views/Video	🌍 Country
📅 Joined Date	📝 Description	🏷️ Keywords
💼 Business Email	👨 Family Safe	📰 RSS Feed URL
🎨 Banner URL	🔗 External Links	🌐 Available Countries
📍 Channel URL	⏰ Scraped At	⚠️ Error Messages

💎 Why Choose the YouTube Channel Scraper?

Feature	Our Actor	Similar Tools
No browser required	✔️	❌
Batch process 100+ channels	✔️	❌
Extract 20+ data fields per channel	✔️	Partial
Business email verification status	✔️	❌
Channel joined date	✔️	❌
External links from bio	✔️	❌
RSS feed URL	✔️	❌
Free tier includes 100 results	✔️	Partial
CSV, Excel, and JSON export	✔️	✔️
Automatic retry on rate limits	✔️	❌
Handles @handle and channel ID formats	✔️	Partial
Lightweight, no dependencies	✔️	❌

📋 How to Use

No technical skills required. Follow these simple steps:

1. Sign Up: Create a free account with $5 credit
2. Find the Tool: Search for "YouTube Channel Scraper" in the Apify Store and configure your input
3. Run It: Click "Start" and watch your results appear

That's it. No coding, no setup, no complicated configuration. Now you can export your data in CSV, Excel, or JSON format.

🎯 Business Use Cases

• 📊 Influencer Marketers - Monitor competitor partnerships and find creators in your niche by bulk-checking subscriber counts and engagement rates to identify authentic audiences before reaching out
• 💼 Creator Economy Researchers - Track growth trends across 100+ channels to identify emerging niches and viral opportunities, then export findings to share with stakeholders
• 🔬 Content Strategists - Analyze keyword patterns and descriptions across successful channels to inform your content strategy and planning

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✨ Why choose this Actor

	Capability
🎯	Built for the job. Scoped specifically to this data source so you skip the parser engineering entirely.
🔖	Structured output. Clean, typed fields ready for analysis, dashboards, or downstream pipelines.
⚡	Fast. Optimized request patterns return results in seconds, not minutes.
🔁	Always fresh. Every run pulls live data, so the dataset reflects the source as of run time.
🌐	No infra to manage. Apify handles proxies, retries, scaling, scheduling, and storage.
🛡️	Reliable. Battle-tested across many runs and edge cases, with graceful error handling.
🚫	No code required. Configure in the UI, run from CLI, schedule via cron, or call from any language with the Apify SDK.

📊 Production-grade structured data without the engineering overhead of building and maintaining your own scraper.

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Coverage	Refresh	Filters	Setup
⭐ YouTube Channel Scraper (this Actor)	$5 free credit, then pay-per-use	Full source coverage	Live per run	Source-native filters supported	⚡ 2 min
Build your own scraper	Engineering hours	Full once built	Whenever you maintain it	Custom code	🐢 Days to weeks
Paid managed APIs	$$$ monthly	Vendor-defined	Live	Vendor-defined	⏳ Hours
Third-party data dumps	Varies	Subset, often stale	Periodic	None	🕒 Variable

Pick this Actor when you want broad coverage, server-side filtering, and no pipeline maintenance.

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🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Go to the YouTube Channel Scraper page on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set input. Configure the input fields in the form (or paste a JSON), then set maxItems.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start and let the Actor collect your data.
5. 📥 Download. Grab your results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to downloaded dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

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💼 Business use cases

📊 Data & Analytics Build trend reports and dashboards from live source data Feed BI tools, warehouses, and ML pipelines with structured records Run periodic snapshots to track changes over time Compare segments, regions, or categories with consistent fields	🏢 Operations & Strategy Monitor competitor moves, pricing, and inventory shifts Build internal directories and lookup tools backed by current data Power workflows that depend on fresh source records Cut manual data-gathering time from hours to minutes
🎯 Marketing & Growth Identify market opportunities and trending topics Research target audiences and customer personas at scale Power lead-generation pipelines with verified records Track sentiment, reviews, or social signals over time	🛠️ Engineering & Product Prototype features that need real-world data without owning a crawler Replace fragile in-house scrapers with a managed Actor Wire datasets into your apps via the Apify API or webhooks Skip the proxy, retry, and parsing maintenance entirely

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

🎓 Research and academia Empirical datasets for papers, thesis work, and coursework Longitudinal studies tracking changes across snapshots Reproducible research with cited, versioned data pulls Classroom exercises on data analysis and ethical scraping	🎨 Personal and creative Side projects, portfolio demos, and indie app launches Data visualizations, dashboards, and infographics Content research for bloggers, YouTubers, and podcasters Hobbyist collections and personal trackers
🤝 Non-profit and civic Transparency reporting and accountability projects Advocacy campaigns backed by public-interest data Community-run databases for local issues Investigative journalism on public records	🧪 Experimentation Prototype AI and machine-learning pipelines with real data Validate product-market hypotheses before engineering spend Train small domain-specific models on niche corpora Test dashboard concepts with live input

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🔍 How does it work? The scraper fetches YouTube channel about pages and extracts structured data from the page's embedded JSON data. No browser, no sign-up key needed.

📊 How accurate is the data? Data is pulled directly from YouTube's public channel pages. Subscriber counts and view numbers reflect what YouTube displays at scrape time. The tool converts shortened numbers like "1.5M" to exact values.

📅 Can I schedule this to run automatically? Yes. Use the Apify Scheduler to run this on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Pair it with Make or Zapier to automate workflows.

⚖️ Is it legal to scrape YouTube? This tool collects data from public YouTube pages. You are responsible for complying with YouTube's Terms of Service and local laws. How you use the data is your responsibility.

🛡️ Will YouTube block me? YouTube rarely blocks public page collection, but large runs may trigger rate limits. Use the optional proxy configuration to spread requests across different IPs.

⚡ How long does a run take? Typical speed is 2-3 seconds per channel with built-in delays. 100 channels takes about 5-10 minutes depending on network conditions.

⚠️ Are there any limits? Free users can collect up to 100 results per run. Paid users can collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.

🔗 Integrate YouTube Channel Scraper with any app

• Make - Automate workflows
• Zapier - Connect 5000+ apps
• GitHub - Version control integration
• Slack - Get notifications
• Airbyte - Data pipelines
• Google Drive - Export to spreadsheets

🔌 Integrate with any app

YouTube Channel Scraper connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get run notifications in your channels
• Airbyte - Pipe results into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits and releases
• Google Drive - Export datasets straight to Sheets

You can also use webhooks to trigger downstream actions when a run finishes. Push fresh data into your product backend, or alert your team in Slack.

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🚀 Ready to Start?

Create a free account with $5 credit and collect your first 100 channels for free. No coding, no setup.

🆘 Need Help?

• Check the FAQ section above for common questions
• Visit the Apify support page for documentation and tutorials
• Contact us to request a new scraper, propose a custom project, or report an issue at Tally contact form

⚠️ Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube or Google. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

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