YouTube Video Details Scraper: Extract YouTube Data

YouTube Video Details Scraper: Extract YouTube Data

YouTube Video Details Scrape extracts structured information from YouTube videos using their URLs. This YouTube video details scraper works as a practical YouTube video details extractor for collecting metadata, channel information, statistics, and other video details. Use it to extract YouTube video details, scrape YouTube video details, and collect organized data for research, analysis, and automation.

🌟 Key Features

This YouTube video data scraper combines video metadata, statistics, and channel information in one workflow. It acts as a YouTube video data extractor, YouTube video information scraper, and YouTube video information extractor for structured YouTube video data extraction. The Actor also supports YouTube video metadata extraction and broader YouTube video information extraction.

Feature	Description
Video details	Use a YouTube video details tool to collect core video information.
Metadata	A YouTube video metadata scraper and YouTube metadata scraper collect available metadata.
Extraction	The YouTube metadata extractor supports structured YouTube video metadata extraction.
Video data	Use this YouTube video data extraction tool for organized results.
URLs	A YouTube video URL scraper, YouTube URL data extractor, and YouTube video URL extractor process video links.
IDs	The YouTube video ID extractor identifies video IDs from supported URLs.
Content	A YouTube video title scraper and YouTube video description scraper collect basic content details.
Statistics	Collect views, likes, comments, and other available statistics.

💻 How to Use

1. Log in to Apify

Log in or sign up for Apify and open the YouTube Video Details Scrape Actor.

2. Add YouTube URLs

Enter the YouTube video URLs you want to process.

3. Start the Actor

Review the input and click Start to begin extraction.

4. Check Results

Open the dataset after the run finishes and review the extracted video information.

📥 Input

Provide the YouTube video URLs you want to analyze. The Actor can process supported YouTube links and identify their video IDs. This makes it useful as a YouTube video URL extractor, YouTube video crawler, and YouTube video details extraction tool. Use one or multiple URLs according to your collection requirements.

{
    "emitRunSummary": true,
    "includeChapters": true,
    "includeDescription": true,
    "includeTranscript": true,
    "includeTranscriptSnippets": false,
    "requireTranscript": false,
    "sortDescending": true,
    "videoUrls": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
    ]
}

📤 Output

{
    "videoId": "JjI4o2w6D5A",
    "fetchFailed": true,
    "fetchError": "watch page returned HTTP 429",
    "videoTitle": "We had a fantastic time in Cologne last night. Thanks for having us! ♥️🇩🇪",
    "channelName": "Rick Astley",
    "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@RickAstleyYT",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JjI4o2w6D5A/hqdefault.jpg",
    "discoveredVia": "channel feed: Rick Astley",
    "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjI4o2w6D5A",
    "viewCount": 270741,
    "publishedAt": "2026-08-05T16:19:00+00:00",
    "isShortFormat": true,
    "ratingAverage": 5,
    "ratingCount": 3593,
    "chapters": [],
    "chapterCount": 0,
    "transcriptAvailable": false,
    "transcriptError": "video details could not be fetched",
    "videoAgeDays": 6.7,
    "viewsPerDay": 40409,
    "likeRatePercent": null,
    "commentRatePercent": null,
    "engagementRatePercent": null,
    "recordType": "video",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-08-12T08:07:15.760212+00:00"
  },

The output contains structured information available for each processed video. Depending on the source, results can include the video ID, title, description, channel details, published date, category, tags, thumbnail URL, views, likes, comments, and other metadata. This supports YouTube video channel details scraper, YouTube video published date scraper, YouTube video category scraper, YouTube video tags scraper, YouTube video tags extractor, and YouTube thumbnail URL extractor workflows.

The Actor can also serve as a YouTube video statistics scraper, YouTube video stats extractor, and YouTube channel data scraper when those fields are available.

💡 Best Use Cases

📊 YouTube Video Research

Use the YouTube video scraper online to collect video information for content research, competitor analysis, and market research.

🔎 Content & Competitor Analysis

Scrape YouTube video information such as titles, descriptions, views, likes, comments, tags, and publishing dates to compare competing content.

📈 YouTube Data Collection

Use the YouTube data scraper, YouTube data extractor, and YouTube data extraction tool to collect YouTube video data for analysis or reporting.

🗂️ Dataset Creation

A YouTube video dataset scraper helps researchers build structured datasets from multiple video URLs for research, analytics, and machine learning workflows.

⚙️ Automated Workflows

Integrate the Actor into automated workflows as a YouTube scraping tool, YouTube scraper tool, or YouTube video data scraper tool for repeatable data collection.

🧩 API & Developer Workflows

Developers can use the extracted data with applications requiring a YouTube video details API, YouTube video scraper API, YouTube video data API, or YouTube video metadata API.

🆘 Support & Feedback

• 🐞 Bug reports: Open a ticket in the repository's Issues section.

• ✨ Custom solutions or feature requests: Contact our team.

• 📧 Email: ScrapeCraze@outlook.com

If you encounter an issue with YouTube video information extraction, include the input URL, run details, and a clear description of the problem. This helps us investigate the issue faster and improve the Actor.

Disclaimer

This YouTube metadata tool is designed for legitimate data collection and research workflows. Users are responsible for ensuring that their use complies with YouTube's Terms of Service, applicable laws, privacy requirements, copyright rules, and website policies. Do not use extracted information for unlawful activities, unauthorized access, harassment, or privacy violations. Data availability can vary because YouTube controls the information displayed for individual videos. Always verify important results before using them for business, research, or automated decisions.