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. 🎯

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Features

• 🔍 Search YouTube by keywords
• ⏳ Filter by time window, features, time window, upload date, druation
• 📸 Extract video thumbnails
• 📸 Sort by Relevance, Upload date, View count, Rating
• 📊 Retrieve view counts, durations, publish dates and more
• 📝 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.
uploadDate	string	❌	Search for videos uploaded within specified dates only (Last hour, Today etc.).
features	string	❌	Apply Features filter to searched videos (Live, 4K, HD etc.).
sortBy	string	❌	Apply sorting to searched videos. If not selected, defaults to platform default: 'relevancy'.
duration	string	❌	Apply Duration filter to searched videos ("Under 4 minutes", "4-20 minutes", "Over 20 minutes".).

Example Input

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

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, sorting type, features, duration, etc.).
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.
• Rate-limited – Free users can make only a few requests per day. Contact us if you need higher or custom limits!

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 — Find posts/tweets based on keywords, hashtags, and more
• 🐦 X (Twitter) Post Replies Scraper — Scrap replies of multiple X (Twitter) posts
• 🐦 X (Twitter) Profile Posts Scraper — Scrap posts of specific X (Twitter) profile
• 📘 Facebook Posts Search — Discover Facebook posts for a given topic or page
• 📘 Facebook Comments Scraper — Extract comments from public Facebook posts
• 📘 Facebook Reactions Scraper — Scrap reactions from Facebook posts (like, sad, haha, angry etc.)
• 📘 Facebook Posts Scraper — Scrap posts from Facebook pages, groups etc.
• 🎬 YouTube Search Scraper — Extract videos from search queries
• 🎬 YouTube Downloader — Download youtube videos
• 🎬 YouTube Comments Scraper — Extract comments from posted videos

Support & Contact

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