YouTube Email Scraper

Find publicly-posted contact emails from any YouTube channel - scans channel About descriptions and recent video descriptions in bulk.

What you get

For every YouTube channel you submit, one dataset row with:

• emails - deduplicated list of every email address found (lowercased, cleaned of trailing punctuation, no-reply/example/image-domain false positives filtered out)
• emailSources - audit trail showing whether each match came from the channel description or a specific video description (with the video's URL and title)
• channelId, channelName, channelUrl - canonical channel identity
• channelDescription - the channel's About description (truncated to 1000 chars)
• subscriberCount - public subscriber/follower count
• videosScanned - how many recent video descriptions were actually scanned
• status - success or error, plus an error message if something went wrong

Use cases

• Sponsorship outreach - build a contact list of creators in your niche for brand deal pitches
• Podcast booking - find creators publishing their email so you can pitch them as guests
• Sales prospecting - identify creators who run businesses or agencies and reach the right inbox
• Agency partnerships - source talent for management or representation deals
• Journalism and research - contact creators directly for interviews, quotes, or story leads

How to use

1. Paste channel URLs or handles into YouTube Channel URLs - @mkbhd, https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd, /c/, /user/, or /channel/UC... formats all work
2. Set Max Videos to Scan (default 5) - how many recent video descriptions to check per channel; set 0 to scan only the About page
3. Leave Proxy Mode on Residential (default) - switch to Auto if you want to try cheaper paths first
4. Run the actor - one dataset row per channel appears in the Dataset tab
5. Export to JSON, CSV, or Google Sheets directly from the Apify console

Output format

Each dataset record:

{
  "inputUrl": "@mkbhd",
  "channelId": "UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ",
  "channelName": "Marques Brownlee",
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd",
  "channelDescription": "MKBHD: Quality Tech Videos | YouTuber/Host…",
  "subscriberCount": 19500000,
  "emails": ["business@example.com"],
  "emailSources": [
    {
      "email": "business@example.com",
      "source": "videoDescription",
      "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123",
      "videoTitle": "Video title here"
    }
  ],
  "videosScanned": 5,
  "proxyUsed": "residential",
  "status": "success",
  "error": null
}

Notes & limits

• Up to 10 channels per run. For larger jobs, schedule multiple runs.
• Only scrapes publicly-visible emails - emails behind YouTube's "View email" captcha button on the channel About page are not accessible programmatically.
• Email coverage depends on the creator - some put their email in every video description, others only in the About page, and some don't post one at all. An empty emails list with status: "success" means we scanned the channel but found nothing public.
• For best coverage, set Max Videos to 5-10 (default 5). Higher values find more emails but each run takes longer.
• Channel descriptions are truncated to 1000 characters in the output - emails are extracted from the full text before truncation.
• Use the emails you find responsibly - comply with the recipient's stated contact preferences, the CAN-SPAM Act, GDPR, and YouTube's Terms of Service.

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