YouTube Video & Channel Data Scraper

Scrape YouTube videos and channels by search query, video URL or channel URL. Get titles, views, channels, durations, publish dates, descriptions and thumbnails.

📥 Input · 📤 Output · 💰 Pricing · ▶️ Examples

What you get

One record per video, useful for content research, trend tracking, competitor monitoring and influencer discovery.

• videoId, url, title
• channelName, channelId, channelUrl, subscriberText
• viewCount (numeric) and viewCountText
• duration, publishedText
• description
• thumbnailUrl, isLive
• source (search, video or channel), observedAt

Three ways to scrape

Mode	Input	Use it for
Search	searchQueries	Find videos by keyword, paginated automatically
Video URLs	videoUrls	Pull full details for specific videos
Channel URLs	channelUrls	Collect a channel's recent videos

Combine all three in one run. maxItems caps the total; set country and language for localized results.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I scrape a whole channel? Yes. Pass a channel URL (@handle, /channel/UC..., /c/name) and the actor walks the channel's videos up to your maxItems.

Does it return view counts and publish dates? Yes. Every video carries its view count, publish date, duration and channel, plus a description and thumbnail.

Do I need a proxy or API key? No. The actor reads YouTube's public data directly, with no key and no proxy.

Example use cases

Ready-to-run example tasks, each preconfigured for a common scenario. Open one and press run, or use it as a template:

• YouTube Music Video Search Scraper: YouTube Music Video Search Scraper
• YouTube Recipe & Cooking Video Search: YouTube Recipe & Cooking Video Search
• YouTube Product Unboxing Video Search: YouTube Product Unboxing Video Search
• YouTube Fitness & Workout Video Search: YouTube Fitness & Workout Video Search
• YouTube Travel Vlog Video Search Scraper: YouTube Travel Vlog Video Search Scraper
• YouTube Video Details by URL Scraper: YouTube Video Details by URL Scraper
• YouTube Popular Channel Videos Scraper: YouTube Popular Channel Videos Scraper
• Best Smartphone 2026 YouTube Review Video Scraper: Best Smartphone 2026 YouTube Review Video Scraper
• Linus Tech Tips YouTube Channel Videos Scraper: Linus Tech Tips YouTube Channel Videos Scraper
• Python Tutorial YouTube Video Search Scraper: Python Tutorial YouTube Video Search Scraper

Export, API and AI agents (x402 + MCP)

Export the scraped data to JSON, CSV or Excel, pull it as a dataset through the Apify API, or wire it into your app with no code. This web scraper and data extractor also works for bulk data extraction and scheduled runs.

For AI agents: this Actor is available on x402, Apify's agentic payment standard built with Coinbase. An AI agent can discover, pay for and run it on its own with a funded wallet and a single HTTP request: no account, no subscription, no API key and no human in the loop. It also runs as an MCP tool inside Claude, Cursor and other AI clients out of the box. Learn more about x402 agentic payments on Apify.

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This actor is an independent tool and has no affiliation with YouTube or Google LLC. It only accesses data that is publicly available on YouTube. Use it in accordance with YouTube's terms of service.