YouTube Playlist Scraper

Get every video in a YouTube playlist, in playlist order — title, channel, views, duration, thumbnail and position. No API key, no login, no quota. Turn on video details for the exact publish date, likes, full description and tags.

$1.99 per 1,000 videos.

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Quick start

{
  "playlistUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH"],
  "maxVideosPerPlaylist": 500
}

Playlist links, bare playlist IDs, and watch links that contain &list= all work. Playlists longer than 100 videos are paged through automatically — tested on a 246-video playlist.

Output

Field	Type	Notes
playlist_id	string
playlist_title	string
playlist_index	integer	Position in the playlist, starting at 1
video_id	string
url	string
title	string
channel	string
channel_url	string or null
duration_text	string	e.g. 13:54
view_count	integer	Parsed from the playlist page (rounded, e.g. 1.3M → 1300000)
view_count_text	string	As YouTube shows it
published_text	string	Relative, e.g. 10y ago
published_ts_approx	integer	Unix time estimated from the relative text
thumbnail	string
is_short	boolean

With Include video details on, each row also gets:

Field	Notes
published_at	Exact ISO 8601 publish time
duration_seconds
like_count
description	Full description
keywords	The uploader's tags
hashtags	Hashtags found in the description
channel_id
subscriber_count
comment_count_approx	As shown on the video page (e.g. 4.2K → 4200)
is_live

Sample row

{
  "playlist_id": "PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH",
  "playlist_title": "Coding Challenges",
  "playlist_index": 1,
  "video_id": "17WoOqgXsRM",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17WoOqgXsRM",
  "title": "Coding Challenge 1: Starfield Simulation",
  "channel": "The Coding Train",
  "duration_text": "13:54",
  "view_count": 1300000,
  "published_text": "10y ago"
}

Use it from code

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("reportable_broth/youtube-playlist-scraper").call(run_input={
    "playlistUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRqwX-V7Uu6ZiZxtDDRCi6uhfTH4FilpH"],
    "includeVideoDetails": True,
})
for v in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(v["playlist_index"], v["title"], v.get("published_at"))

Works the same from JavaScript, n8n, Make, Zapier, or an AI agent through Apify's MCP server. Export as JSON, CSV or Excel from the dataset tab.

FAQ

Do I need a YouTube Data API key? No. No Google Cloud project and no quota units.

Is the order kept? Yes. playlist_index is the position in the playlist.

What about private or unlisted playlists? Public playlists only. A private or deleted playlist returns nothing and is not charged.

Can I get the transcripts of a whole playlist? Use YouTube Transcript Scraper — it takes playlist links too and returns full text, timed segments, SRT/VTT and translation.

Our other Actors

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• YouTube Transcript Scraper — transcripts by URL, playlist, channel or keyword; SRT/VTT; 55-language translation.
• YouTube Monitor — new videos only, by keyword or channel, with dedupe across runs.
• Threads Scraper — Threads posts by keyword, #hashtag or profile. No login.

Disclaimer

This Actor collects publicly available data only. You are responsible for how you use it, including compliance with YouTube's terms of service and applicable law.