Pornhub and RedTube Scraper: Video Catalog, Trends and Performer Directory

This Pornhub and RedTube scraper reads the video catalogs of the two sites through their official webmaster feeds and gives you clean rows: title, views, rating, duration, publication date, tags, categories, performers and an embed link for each video. It is built for adults who work with the data of the adult video industry: marketers, affiliate sites, market researchers, studios and analysts.

The Actor collects catalog information only. It does not download videos or images, and it does not return links to the video files. The link in each row opens the video page or the official embed player of the site, which sends the audience back to the source.

Beyond single videos, the trends mode answers the question that most users have: what is popular right now. It reads the most viewed videos of the week, the month or all time and counts which tags, categories and performers show up, with the share of videos, the share of views, the average views, the average rating and the top video of each group.

What can you do with this scraper?

• Search the catalogs by word, category, tag or performer
• List the newest, most viewed or best rated videos of a period
• Keep only videos above a number of views, a rating, a length or a publication date
• Count which tags and categories lead the most viewed videos of the week
• Follow a performer through the number of videos in the directory
• Build a table of categories and their ids for both sites
• Get embed links to show videos in your own page with the official player
• Compare the two sites for the same search
• Export to CSV or Excel, or send new videos to your own tools

What data can you extract?

Mode	One row is	Highlights
Video catalog	One video	Site, video id, title, page link, embed link, ready to paste player code, duration in seconds and minutes, views, rating and number of ratings, publication date, age in days, views per day, tags, number of tags, categories, performers, search term that found it, optional thumbnail link
Trends	One tag, category or performer	Videos in the sample, share of videos, total views, average views, share of views, average rating, average duration, sites, top video, size of the sample, ordering and period
Performer directory	One performer	Site, name, gender, number of videos, profile link, optional thumbnail link
Category list	One category	Site, name, category id, section, search link

How to scrape the catalogs

1. Choose Video catalog, Trends, Performer directory or Category list.
2. Pick the sites, one or both.
3. For videos and trends, add search words, categories, tags or performers, and choose the order and the period.
4. Set the number of pages per search and Max Items, then click Start.
5. Export the dataset as CSV, Excel or from the Apify console.

Input example

{
  "mode": "trends",
  "sources": ["pornhub"],
  "groupBy": "categories",
  "ordering": "mostviewed",
  "period": "weekly",
  "pagesPerQuery": 3,
  "maxItems": 50
}

Trends output example

{
  "group": "categories",
  "name": "pov",
  "videosInSample": 5,
  "shareOfVideosPct": 5,
  "totalViews": 1352782,
  "averageViews": 270556,
  "shareOfViewsPct": 5.1,
  "averageRating": 88.7,
  "averageDurationMinutes": 16.7,
  "sampleSize": 100,
  "ordering": "mostviewed",
  "period": "weekly"
}

Video output example

{
  "source": "pornhub",
  "videoId": "6ac80442163d6",
  "durationMinutes": 19.6,
  "views": 33556,
  "rating": 90.7,
  "publishedDate": "2026-10-08",
  "ageDays": 7,
  "viewsPerDay": 4794,
  "embedUrl": "https://www.pornhub.com/embed/6ac80442163d6"
}

How much does it cost to scrape the catalogs?

You pay per result: $16 per 1,000 rows plus a tiny start fee. The free plan returns up to 10 rows per run. A trends table is one row per tag, category or performer, so a weekly report costs a few cents.

Tips for better results

• Availability: the Pornhub feed only answers some networks and regions and sends other addresses to its home page. Its requests use the connection settings of the Actor, so some runs read both sites and some only RedTube. When Pornhub redirects, the Actor shows a warning and continues with RedTube, so a run never stops because of one site. You can try again or change the country in the connection settings. RedTube is read directly and works every time.
• Pornhub gives 30 videos per page and RedTube 20. The Actor stops a search when a page has nothing new, so asking for many pages never repeats rows.
• The weekly and best rated lists of Pornhub need a search word. Without one the Actor uses the very broad word a and says so in the log.
• RedTube only ranks videos by views or rating when you give a search word, a category, a tag or a performer. Without one it returns the newest videos with almost no counts, and the Actor skips it for ranked lists with a warning.
• Views and ratings change every day. For a trend report, schedule the Actor weekly and keep each run.
• The trend table is based on a sample of the top videos. A bigger sample (more pages) gives steadier numbers. The sample size is in every row.
• Tags are written by uploaders and can repeat the same idea with different words. Categories are fixed lists and are better for comparing weeks.
• Thumbnail links are off by default because the images are explicit. Turn them on only if you need them.
• Performer names must match the directory to be used as a filter. Search the directory first.
• Rows keep the title exactly as the site shows it, so titles can contain adult words.

Who uses this data?

• Affiliate and tube site owners pick what to feature and how to tag it.
• Studios and producers see which categories and lengths perform.
• Market researchers measure the size and the mix of the catalog.
• Analysts and journalists report on trends of the industry.

Automate and connect

Schedule the Actor every week and send the trend table to Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make or n8n, or trigger a webhook when a run ends.

FAQ

Does it download videos? No. It only reads catalog information and returns links to the video page and to the official embed player.

Is it for adults only? Yes. The catalogs contain adult material. Use the Actor only if you are an adult and the law of your country allows it.

Why do I only get RedTube rows? The feed of Pornhub redirected the address used in that run. The log says so. Run again, or set another country in the connection settings. The rows of RedTube are complete either way.

Do I need an account or a login? No. The Actor works without any login.

Can I search by performer? Yes. Use the performer directory to find the exact name, then use it as a filter in the video catalog.

Why are some RedTube views zero? Very new videos have no views yet. Ranked lists use a search word or a category and show the real counts.

How current is the data? The Actor reads the feeds when you run it, so the counts are current to the minute.

Legal note

This Actor collects information that the two sites publish through their public webmaster feeds. The terms of use of the feeds were not reviewed for this Actor: check them and your local rules before you use the data commercially. For adults only. The Actor does not collect or download media files.

Support

Missing a field or found a bug? Open an issue from the Actor page.