# Track YouTube keyword rankings week over week

**Use case:** 

Searches YouTube for a list of keywords and returns every video in rank order with exact views, upload date, length and channel. Rank tracking is on, so when you schedule it weekly each row shows the video's previous rank and how many places it moved. Change the keywords to your own niche and pick the country you sell in.

## Input

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "home espresso machine review",
    "best espresso machine under 500",
    "best crm for small business"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 30,
  "uploadDate": "any",
  "duration": "any",
  "sortBy": "relevance",
  "country": "US",
  "language": "en",
  "trackRankChanges": true
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "query": {
    "label": "Keyword",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "rank": {
    "label": "Rank",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "rankChange": {
    "label": "Rank change (+ = moved up)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "channelName": {
    "label": "Channel",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "viewCount": {
    "label": "Views (exact)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "publishedTimeText": {
    "label": "Published (as shown)",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "durationText": {
    "label": "Duration",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Video URL",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The YouTube Search Scraper 🔎 (videos, views, rank tracking) Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Track YouTube keyword rankings week over week". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/xKgO6AdspFVwO08Ny) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Track YouTube keyword rankings week over week" task

The YouTube Search Scraper 🔎 (videos, views, rank tracking) Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like search keywords, max videos per keyword, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Track YouTube keyword rankings week over week" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as keyword, rank, rank change (+ = moved up), and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Track YouTube keyword rankings week over week" task via API](https://apify.com/tagadanar/youtube-search-scraper.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [YouTube Search Scraper 🔎 (videos, views, rank tracking)](https://apify.com/tagadanar/youtube-search-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/tagadanar/youtube-search-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/tagadanar/youtube-search-scraper.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).