YouTube Channel Video Feed Scraper (RSS)

YouTube Channel Video Feed Scraper (RSS) pulls structured data from YouTube public channel feeds and returns it as a clean dataset you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel. It resolves a YouTube channel id from a handle or URL and reads the channel's public video feed, returning the most recent uploads with titles, ids, publish dates, descriptions and thumbnails.

No API key, no login. Click Start and it works with the prefilled input.

What does YouTube Channel Video Feed Scraper (RSS) do?

It queries YouTube public channel feeds and returns one row per record, with only the fields that matter. Runs on the Apify platform, so you get an API endpoint, scheduling, monitoring and integrations (Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, webhooks) without maintaining any infrastructure.

Why use it?

• YouTube public channel feeds data without the plumbing: no proxy setup, no pagination code, no scraping maintenance.
• Schedule it to monitor changes daily or weekly and trigger alerts on new records.
• Feed it straight into a spreadsheet, database, or an AI agent via the Apify API or MCP server.
• Runs in seconds and returns a typed dataset that is ready for analysis.

How to use it

1. Click Try for free / Start.
2. Leave the default input to see a sample run, or type your own values (see Input below).
3. Press Start and wait a few seconds.
4. Open the Output tab and download as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML.

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
channel	string	"kurzgesagt"	YouTube channel handle (e.g. kurzgesagt), full channel URL, or UC... channel id.
maxResults	integer	25	Maximum number of recent videos to return (the public feed holds about 15).

Example input:

{
  "channel": "kurzgesagt",
  "maxResults": 5
}

Output

One item per record. Sample:

{
  "video_id": "_y9JuojAIg0",
  "title": "We Finally Know More About Humanity's First Civilization",
  "channel_name": "Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell",
  "channel_id": "UCsXVk37bltHxD1rDPwtNM8Q",
  "channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsXVk37bltHxD1rDPwtNM8Q",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y9JuojAIg0"
}

You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

Data fields

Field	Type	Meaning
video_id	string	Video ID
title	string	Title
channel_name	string	Channel
channel_id	string	Channel ID
channel_url	string	Channel URL
url	string	Video URL
published	string	Published
updated	string	Updated
description	string	Description
thumbnail_url	string	Thumbnail
retrieved_at	string	Retrieved At

How much does it cost to run?

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing: you pay per result item pushed to the dataset, and nothing for an empty run. Each run is a few seconds of compute, so typical costs are fractions of a cent per run, and the Apify free tier covers plenty of testing.

Tips and advanced options

• Raise maxResults for a bigger pull; the Actor pages through the source for you.
• Schedule it (e.g. every morning) and combine with a webhook to get only the new records.
• Add the Actor to an AI agent through the Apify MCP server for natural-language queries.

FAQ, disclaimers and support

• Is this legal? It uses publicly available data from YouTube public channel feeds. You are responsible for how you use the data and for complying with the source's terms.
• It returned nothing? Pass a channel handle like 'kurzgesagt', a full channel URL, or a UC... channel id.
• Something broken? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab. Data sources change and get fixed quickly.
• Need a custom variant (extra fields, a different source, a scheduled report)? Get in touch through the Issues tab.