# YouTube Channel Videos Scraper - All Uploads with Stats (`pipiagent/youtube-channel-videos-scraper`) Actor

Scrape every upload of any YouTube channel: title, views, duration, publish time and thumbnail, newest first. Shorts and live streams optional. No API key, no quota, no login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pipiagent/youtube-channel-videos-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Frank0306](https://apify.com/pipiagent) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Videos
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$1.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## YouTube Channel Videos Scraper

Export every video of any [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com) channel, without an API key and without the quota limits of the official YouTube Data API.

Use it to audit a competitor's channel, to track what creators publish, to build a list of videos for analysis, or to monitor channels on a schedule.

- **Every upload.** Videos come newest first, page after page, until the channel ends or your limit is reached.
- **Numbers you can sort.** Text like "27K views" is parsed into a number, and the original text is kept.
- **Shorts and live streams on request.** Two switches add them.
- **No API key, no login and no proxy setup.**
- **Low price.** $1 per 1,000 videos.

### How to use it

1. Click **Try for free**.
2. Paste channel links or handles in **Channels**.
3. Click **Start**, then download the results as JSON, CSV or Excel.

### Input example

```json
{
    "channelUrls": ["@GoogleDevelopers", "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast"],
    "maxItemsPerQuery": 500,
    "includeShorts": true
}
```

### Output example

```json
{
    "type": "video",
    "videoId": "SOF3_evPje8",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOF3_evPje8",
    "title": "Design and replicate voices with Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS",
    "viewCount": 27000,
    "viewCountText": "27K views",
    "durationSeconds": 849,
    "durationText": "14:09",
    "publishedTimeText": "2 days ago",
    "publishedAtEstimated": "2026-10-22T11:27:14Z",
    "isLive": false,
    "isShort": false,
    "channelName": "Google for Developers",
    "channelId": "UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw",
    "channelHandle": "@GoogleDevelopers",
    "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_x5XG1OV2P6uZZ5FSM9Ttw",
    "channelTab": "videos",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-24T11:27:14Z"
}
```

### How much does it cost?

You pay per saved result: **$1.00 per 1,000 videos**. There is no start fee and no monthly rental.

| Run | Results | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| The last 100 videos of a channel | 100 | $0.10 |
| A channel with 2,000 uploads | 2,000 | $2.00 |

Set a maximum charge per run in the run options and the Actor stops when it is reached.

### Limits you should know

- **Dates in this list are estimates.** YouTube shows relative times such as "2 days ago". The Actor keeps that text and adds an estimated date in `publishedAtEstimated`. For exact dates and likes, feed the `url` values into the [YouTube Scraper](https://apify.com/pipiagent/youtube-scraper) in video details mode.
- **Likes and comment counts are not in this list.** YouTube does not show them on the channel page.
- **Shorts in this list have only a title and a view count.** For full Shorts data use the [YouTube Shorts Scraper](https://apify.com/pipiagent/youtube-shorts-scraper).
- **Members-only and private videos are not listed.**

### Related Actors

- [YouTube Shorts Scraper](https://apify.com/pipiagent/youtube-shorts-scraper): Shorts by keyword or channel, with views, likes and hashtags.
- [YouTube Search Scraper](https://apify.com/pipiagent/youtube-search-scraper): videos by keyword, upload date and sort order.
- [YouTube Scraper](https://apify.com/pipiagent/youtube-scraper): video details, comments with replies and channel profiles in one Actor.

### FAQ

**Is it legal?** The Actor collects only data that YouTube shows publicly to every visitor. Results can contain personal data such as usernames. Make sure you have a legitimate reason to process it, as required by the GDPR and similar laws.

**Something is broken or missing?** Open a ticket in the Issues tab. Issues are usually answered within a day.

# Actor input Schema

## `channelUrls` (type: `array`):

Channel URLs (youtube.com/@handle, /channel/UC..., /c/name, /user/name), handles like @MrBeast or channel ids.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of results to save in this run. You are only charged for saved results.

## `maxItemsPerQuery` (type: `integer`):

Optional. Limits results for each channel, so that one big channel does not use up the whole run. Videos come newest first.

## `includeShorts` (type: `boolean`):

Also saves the Shorts of the channel. YouTube shows only the title and the view count of Shorts in this list.

## `includeLive` (type: `boolean`):

Also saves past and current live streams of the channel.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional. The Actor works without a proxy. Turn one on only if runs start failing with blocked requests.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channelUrls": [
    "@GoogleDevelopers"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100,
  "includeShorts": false,
  "includeLive": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Videos saved by the run, one item per video.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "channelUrls": [
        "@GoogleDevelopers"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pipiagent/youtube-channel-videos-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "channelUrls": ["@GoogleDevelopers"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pipiagent/youtube-channel-videos-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "channelUrls": [
    "@GoogleDevelopers"
  ]
}' |
apify call pipiagent/youtube-channel-videos-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pipiagent/youtube-channel-videos-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/DuSsOZ7gqnfshhDUU/builds/KNM4VHbQ2fR3hDwHb/openapi.json