Pricing

$25.00/month + usage

YouTube Channel Scraper: Comments & Transcripts

Extract YouTube channel videos, search results, comments, transcripts, channel identity fields, normalized engagement metrics, velocity, quality scores, and outlier signals for SEO research, brand monitoring, and competitor analysis.

Pricing

$25.00/month + usage

Rating

4.2

(2)

Developer

scraping automation

Actor stats

Bookmarked

114

Total users

Monthly active users

22 days ago

Last modified

Categories

Social media

Videos

Automation

YouTube Channel URL

channel

Optional

YouTube channel URL (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/@Nike). Required unless using global search with search_query only. Supports @handle, /channel/ID, /c/name, /user/name formats.

Type:string

YouTube Search Query

search_query

Optional

Search term. If channel provided: searches within channel. If no channel: performs global YouTube search across all videos.

Type:string

Default:

Maximum Videos

max_videos

Optional

Maximum number of videos to extract from the listing page. Recommended: 5-10 for quick tests, 30-100 for listing only, 10-30 when video_details=true.

Type:integer

Minimum:1

Maximum:500

Default:5

Timeout Duration (seconds)

timeout

Optional

Maximum runtime in seconds. Recommended: 300 (5 min) for quick tests with 5 videos, 900 (15 min) for listing only, 1800+ (30+ min) when video_details=true with many comments.

Type:integer

Minimum:60

Maximum:3600

Default:300

Extract Video Details & Comments

video_details

Optional

Visit each video page to extract description, likes, comment count, comments, replies (optional), transcript (optional). Recommended: enable for comprehensive data.

Type:boolean

Default:true

Maximum Comments Per Video

comments_max

Optional

Number of top-level comments to extract per video. Higher values increase processing time. Recommended: 5-10 for quick tests, 10-30 for most use cases, up to 200 for detailed analysis.

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Maximum:200

Default:5

Filter Comments by Author

comments_user_search

Optional

Only keep comments whose author contains this substring (case-insensitive).

Type:string

Default:

Comments strategy

comments_strategy

Optional

auto = API then UI fallback, api = Innertube only, ui = UI only

Type:string

Default:auto

Options:

autoapiui

Include Replies (UI best-effort)

includeReplies

Optional

Replies extraction is best-effort via UI fallback.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Output Mode

output_mode

Optional

full = complete payload, compact = automation-friendly without heavy text blobs, minimal = smallest payload for routing/alerts.

Type:string

Default:full

Options:

fullcompactminimal

Include Run Metadata

include_run_metadata

Optional

Adds runMeta fields (runId/taskId/startedAt/mode) to each output item for automation traceability.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Extract Transcript

extract_transcript

Optional

Legacy switch. If enabled and transcript_mode is not set, actor uses transcript_mode=auto.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Transcript Mode

transcript_mode

Optional

auto = API then UI fallback, api = captionTracks/API only, ui = front click flow (more -> transcript), ui_strict = UI-only with extra diagnostics, off = disable transcript extraction.

Type:string

Default:auto

Options:

autoapiuiui_strictoff

Session Cookies (advanced)

session_cookies

Optional

Optional array of cookie objects to run in authenticated session (improves transcript availability on some videos).

Type:array

Cookie String (advanced)

cookie_string

Optional

Optional semicolon-separated cookies (e.g. SID=...; HSID=...). Parsed as YouTube cookies.

Type:string

Safe Mode (more stable)

safe_mode

Optional

Blocks heavy resources, uses safer waits/timeouts. Recommended on large runs.

Type:boolean

Default:true

Fail on no results

failOnNoResults

Optional

Fail the run when the channel or search listing stores no videos. Useful for validation and monitoring; leave disabled for normal jobs that may intentionally return empty datasets.

Type:boolean

Default:false

UI Mode

ui_mode

Optional

simple: quiet. pro: same behavior but intended for power users. debug: extra screenshots/logs.

Type:string

Default:simple

Options:

simpleprodebug

Use Apify Proxy

useApifyProxy

Optional

Recommended.

Type:boolean

Default:true

Proxy Configuration

proxyConfiguration

Optional

Configure Apify Proxy / custom proxies.

Type:object

Default:

{}

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