Youtube Search Scraper

This Apify Actor performs a YouTube video search based on a given keyword or phrase, and extracts detailed metadata for each video found.
Results include video title, URL, thumbnail, channel name, duration, view count, publish time, interpolated timestamp, and a short description snippet.

Ideal for trend tracking, market research, content discovery, or monitoring topics of interest on YouTube.
Discover high-performing videos in your niche and understand viewer engagement and timing patterns. 🎯

Features

• 🔍 Search YouTube by keywords
• ⏳ Filter by time window (e.g. videos from the last 3 days)
• 📸 Extract video thumbnails
• 📊 Retrieve view counts, durations, and publish dates
• 📝 Grab description snippets for quick context

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
query	string	✅	Search query to look for videos. Can be a keyword or phrase.
resultsCount	number	❌	Maximum number of videos to extract. If not set, only a few of the first videos will be returned.
timeWindow	number	❌	Time window in days to filter videos published in the last X days.
sortByUploadDate	boolean	❌	Sort results by output date.

Example Input

{
  "query": "Trump",
  "resultsCount": 10,
  "timeWindow": 3
}

Output Data

The actor returns an array of JSON objects representing individual YouTube videos with enriched metadata.

Example Output

[
  {
    "id": "lawvcQd3syc",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lawvcQd3syc",
    "title": "Trump’s tariff triumph as a mind-blowing 50 world leaders beg to negotiate with the president",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lawvcQd3syc/hq720.jpg",
    "channelName": "Sky News Australia",
    "length": 418,
    "viewCount": 367429,
    "publishedTimeText": "16 hours ago",
    "interpolatedTimestamp": 1744000134634,
    "descriptionSnippet": "Donald Trump's tariffs are causing mass hysteria across the globe..."
  }
]

Usage

1. Sign in to Apify and open the YouTube Search Scraper actor page.
2. Input your search parameters (query, resultsCount, timeWindow).
3. Run the actor from the UI or via API.
4. Download results in JSON, CSV, or Excel format.

Limitations & Notes

• YouTube's structure may change; this actor targets current layouts.
• Results depend on YouTube's public search – private/unlisted videos are not included.
• Use responsibly and comply with YouTube's Terms of Service.

Best Use Case Flow

• 🔍 Use this actor to find YouTube videos by keyword
• 📥 Pipe video URLs into a YouTube Comments Scraper to extract replies
• 📊 Analyze engagement, comments, and popularity over time

Other Recommended Scrapers

• 🐦 X (Twitter) Posts Search — Search tweets by keyword or hashtag
• 🐦 X Post Replies Scraper — Scrap replies of multiple X (Twitter) posts
• 📘 Facebook Posts Search — Find public Facebook content
• 💬 Facebook Comments Scraper — Extract comments from public Facebook posts
• 💬 YouTube Comments Scraper — Extract comments from YouTube videos
• 👟 Zalando Price Alert — Track Zalando products and receive alerts when prices drop

Support & Contact

📬 Need help or want to suggest a feature? Open an issue or contact us at scraper1one@gmail.com