YouTube Channel Video Scraper

A powerful Apify actor that extracts video information from YouTube channels. This tool allows you to scrape video IDs, titles, and URLs from multiple YouTube channels in a single run. If you focus on one channels and need more features please see https://apify.com/runtime/youtube-channel-scraper

Features

• Extract video data from multiple YouTube channels simultaneously
• Get video IDs, titles, and direct URLs
• NEW: Extract view counts (e.g., "12K views", "1.2M views")
• NEW: Extract publication dates (e.g., "2 weeks ago", "1 month ago")
• Simple and efficient data collection
• JSON output format for easy integration
• No API key required

Use Cases

• Content research and analysis
• Video cataloging
• Channel monitoring
• Data collection for analytics
• Content aggregation

Input Format

Provide an array of YouTube channel URLs in the following format:

https://www.youtube.com/@channelname

Example input:

{
    "urls": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/@channel1",
        "https://www.youtube.com/@channel2"
    ]
}

Output Format

The actor returns a structured JSON array containing channel information and their respective videos:

[
    {
        "title": "Channel1 - YouTube",
        "videos": [
            {
                "id": "RfTgYhUU791",
                "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfTgYhUU791",
                "title": "Video one of page",
                "views": "12K views",
                "publishedDate": "2 weeks ago"
            },
            {
                "id": "RfTgYhUU792",
                "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfTgYhUU792",
                "title": "Video two of page",
                "views": "1.2M views",
                "publishedDate": "1 month ago"
            }
            // ... more videos
        ]
    }
]

Data Fields Explained

Each video object contains the following fields:

• id: Unique YouTube video identifier
• url: Direct link to the video
• title: Video title as displayed on YouTube
• views: View count in YouTube's format (e.g., "12K views", "1.2M views", "500 views")
• publishedDate: Publication date in relative format (e.g., "2 weeks ago", "1 month ago", "3 days ago")

Note: View counts and publication dates are extracted from YouTube's metadata and may not be available for all videos depending on YouTube's display settings.

Advanced Usage

For more advanced features and channel-specific scraping, check out our dedicated YouTube Channel Scraper.

Limitations

• Rate limiting may apply based on YouTube's policies
• Some channels may have restricted access
• Video count may be limited by YouTube's pagination

Support

For questions, issues, or feature requests, make an issue.

⚠️ Legal Disclaimer

This project is intended for educational and research purposes only. Use of this Actor must comply with Youtube's Terms of Service and robots.txt policies.

• Compliance: Ensure your scraping activities do not violate Youtube's policies.
• Ethical Considerations: Avoid aggressive scraping practices that might harm Youtube's infrastructure.
• Intended Use: For commercial or production use, consider exploring Youtube's official API solutions.

Related Resources

• YouTube Channel Scraper
• Youtube Shorts Scraper
• Vimeo Video Scraper