You can access the YouTube Channel Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "startUrls": [
10        "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast",
11        "https://www.youtube.com/@PewDiePie",
12        "https://www.youtube.com/@tseries",
13        "https://www.youtube.com/@cocomelon",
14        "https://www.youtube.com/@SETIndia",
15        "https://www.youtube.com/@kidsdiana",
16        "https://www.youtube.com/@LikeNastyaofficial",
17        "https://www.youtube.com/@5minutecraftsyoutube",
18        "https://www.youtube.com/@zeemusiccompany",
19        "https://www.youtube.com/@justinbieber",
20        "https://www.youtube.com/@edsheeran",
21        "https://www.youtube.com/@BTSofficial",
22        "https://www.youtube.com/@blackpinkofficial",
23        "https://www.youtube.com/@arianagrande",
24        "https://www.youtube.com/@taylorswift",
25        "https://www.youtube.com/@eminem",
26        "https://www.youtube.com/@MarvelEntertainment",
27        "https://www.youtube.com/@WarnerBrosPictures",
28        "https://www.youtube.com/@NetflixFamily",
29        "https://www.youtube.com/@KurzgesagtEnglish",
30        "https://www.youtube.com/@veritasium",
31        "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd",
32        "https://www.youtube.com/@Linustechtips",
33        "https://www.youtube.com/@unboxtherapy",
34        "https://www.youtube.com/@mrwhosetheboss",
35        "https://www.youtube.com/@peterlindgren",
36        "https://www.youtube.com/@TheVerge",
37        "https://www.youtube.com/@BuzzFeedVideo",
38        "https://www.youtube.com/@Vox",
39        "https://www.youtube.com/@NASA",
40    ],
41    "maxItems": 10,
42}
43
44# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
45run = client.actor("parseforge/youtube-channel-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
46
47# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
48print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
49for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
50    print(item)
51
52# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

YouTube Channel Scraper - Video & Channel Data API API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use YouTube Channel Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

YouTube Channel Scraper API in JavaScript

YouTube Channel Scraper API through CLI

YouTube Channel Scraper OpenAPI definition

YouTube Channel Scraper API

YouTube Channel & Video Scraper — Stats, No API Key

vujeen/youtube-channel-video-scraper

Scrape public YouTube data without an API key: channel profiles (subscribers, description) and video stats (views, likes, duration, publish date, category, keywords). By channel, @handle or video URL. No login, no quota.

FEDOR TRYAKIN

YouTube Video Metadata Scraper - Video Data

benthepythondev/youtube-video-metadata-scraper

Scrape metadata from YouTube video URLs: title, description, channel, views, likes, comments, duration, tags and thumbnail.

Ben

YouTube Channel Videos Scraper — Metadata & Metrics

khadinakbar/youtube-channel-videos-scraper

Scrape public YouTube channel videos and Shorts with titles, descriptions, dates, views, likes, comments, duration, thumbnails, and channel metadata. No cookies required.

Khadin Akbar

🔥 YouTube Shorts Scraper

powerai/youtube-shorts-scraper

Scrape YouTube Shorts from any channel. Get video URL, caption, views, likes, comments, duration, and channel info in clean JSON.

PowerAI

YouTube Video & Channel Data Scraper

scrapers_lat/youtube-scraper

Scrape YouTube videos and channels by search query, video URL or channel URL. Get title, view count, channel name, subscribers, duration, publish date, description and thumbnail. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel. No API key or proxy.