# Changelog of YouTube Trending & Hype Pulse — Rising Videos by Region (`sian.agency/youtube-trending-hype-pulse`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/sian.agency/youtube-trending-hype-pulse/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/sian.agency/youtube-trending-hype-pulse.md

## Changelog

All notable changes to **YouTube Trending & Hype Pulse** will be documented in this file.

### \[2026-05-22]

#### 🎉 YouTube Trending & Hype Pulse — Launch!

- **Hype Leaderboard Mode (USP)** — The only Apify actor exposing YouTube's brand-new Hype tab. Pull the 100-row rising-videos leaderboard for any region, with a unique `hypeRank` field on every row (1-100).
- **Trending Tab Mode** — The canonical 30-50 row YouTube Trending pull per region. Optional `type: music | gaming` category filter for niche-deep runs.
- **Home Feed Mode** — Region home-feed with personalized + topical mix. Ads and shorts-listing entries filtered out before charging — you never pay for an ad row.
- **Trending + Hype Combined** — Run both in one shot via `trendingAndHype` operation. Best for daily-cron dashboards covering both surfaces.
- **Multi-Region Scan** — Pass `regions: "US,GB,DE,JP,BR"` (up to 25) to scan all regions in one run. Every row tagged with `_sourceRegion`.
- **Multi-Niche Cuts** — Pass `niches: "Music,Gaming,Sports"` (up to 10). Hype niche taxonomy varies per region — actor auto-discovers and logs available filters.

#### 💎 User Benefits

- Catch rising videos before they hit standard Trending — early-warning signals competitors don't have
- Scan 5+ regions in one input, get a unified dataset tagged by source — vs 5 separate scraper runs at $0.025 each
- Pay $0.005 per Hype row (USP data), $0.004 per Trending row, $0.003 per Home row — cheaper than commodity $0.02/result scrapers
- Pay only for successful rows — invalid regions, unavailable niches, and ads are never charged
- Filter the dataset by `_sourceFeed`, `_sourceRegion`, or `_sourceNiche` to slice cleanly

#### 🎯 Use Cases

- Trend forecasting teams catching rising videos 2-4 weeks before mainstream metrics flag them
- News outlets pulling the daily Trending + Hype landscape for editorial morning meetings
- Content strategy teams targeting regional and niche audiences in 8 countries simultaneously
- Brand-safety teams auditing what's trending alongside their daily ad placements
- Music label A\&R teams scouting emerging artists from per-region Music Trending + Hype cuts