YouTube Shorts Scraper - Views, Channels, Hashtags & Transcript
Pricing
from $1.70 / 1,000 short scrapeds
Scrape YouTube Shorts from channels, hashtags, keyword searches or URLs: exact views, likes, comment count, publish date and time, duration, hashtags, sound, tagged products, channel subscribers and transcript. Monitor mode returns only new Shorts or count changes.
id
Optional
YouTube video id of the Short (11 characters)
type
Optional
Always "shorts"
url
Optional
title
Optional
Title as shown on the Short
text
Optional
Description text (empty string when the creator added none)
descriptionLinks
Optional
Links in the description: {text, url}
thumbnailUrl
Optional
Largest portrait thumbnail YouTube lists for the Short
thumbnailFrameUrl
Optional
First-frame image (1080x1920) from the listing
thumbnails
Optional
Every thumbnail size YouTube lists: {url, width, height}
viewCount
Optional
Exact view count
likes
Optional
Exact like count (null when the creator hides likes)
likesHidden
Optional
True when the creator hides the like count
commentsTurnedOff
Optional
True when comments are disabled
engagementRate
Optional
(likes + comments) / views; null when the creator hides likes
viewsPerDay
Optional
Views divided by days since publishing
daysSincePublished
Optional
Whole days since publishing
date
Optional
Publish date-time, ISO 8601 UTC
datePrecision
Optional
"second" (exact timestamp) or "day" (date only)
publishedTimeText
Optional
YouTube relative text, e.g. "6 days ago"
duration
Optional
Length as HH:MM:SS
durationSeconds
Optional
Length in seconds
category
Optional
YouTube category, e.g. "Entertainment"
keywords
Optional
Creator tags (keywords)
isAgeRestricted
Optional
Age-restricted Short
isFamilySafe
Optional
YouTube family-safe flag
isUnlisted
Optional
Unlisted Short
isShortsEligible
Optional
YouTube marks the video as a Short
sound
Optional
Sound used: {title, artist, artistChannelName, artistChannelId, artistChannelUrl, isOriginalSound, sourceVideoId, url, thumbnailUrl}
contentLabels
Optional
"How this was made" labels, e.g. "Made with AI", "Auto-dubbed"
taggedProducts
Optional
Products tagged in the Short: {title, details, merchant, url}
channelName
Optional
Channel display name
channelUsername
Optional
Channel handle without @
channelId
Optional
Channel id (UC...)
channelUrl
Optional
channelAvatarUrl
Optional
Channel avatar URL
numberOfSubscribers
Optional
Subscribers (YouTube shows 3 significant digits, e.g. 15.1M)
isChannelVerified
Optional
Verified badge
channelBannerUrl
Optional
Channel banner URL
channelDescription
Optional
Channel About text
channelJoinedDate
Optional
Channel creation date (YYYY-MM-DD)
channelLocation
Optional
Channel country
channelTotalViews
Optional
Lifetime channel views (exact)
channelTotalVideos
Optional
Videos on the channel (exact)
channelDescriptionLinks
Optional
Links on the channel About panel: {title, text, url}
transcript
Optional
Transcript text (transcript add-on)
transcriptSegments
Optional
Timed transcript: {start, duration, text} in seconds
transcriptLanguage
Optional
Language of the caption track used
transcriptIsAutoGenerated
Optional
True for YouTube auto-captions
audioLanguage
Optional
Original audio language of the Short
captionLanguages
Optional
Every caption track YouTube lists for the Short
transcriptError
Optional
Why no transcript was added
isNew
Optional
Monitor mode: first time this Short is delivered
previousStats
Optional
Monitor mode: {viewCount, likes, commentsCount} at the previous delivery
previousScrapedAt
Optional
Monitor mode: when the previous counts were read
statsDelta
Optional
Monitor mode: change in {viewCount, likes, commentsCount} since the previous delivery
soundTitle
Optional
Compact output: sound title
input
Optional
The input line that produced this row
sourceType
Optional
channel | hashtag | search | url
sourceKey
Optional
Normalised source key
fromYTUrl
Optional
The YouTube page the Short was listed on
order
Optional
Position in the source listing (0 = first)
detailSource
Optional
Where the exact date came from: reel | mweb:
scrapedAt
Optional
When this row was read (ISO 8601)
error
Optional
Error items only: CHANNEL_DOES_NOT_EXIST, CHANNEL_HAS_NO_SHORTS, VIDEO_UNAVAILABLE, NOT_A_SHORT, ...
note
Optional
Error items only: what happened
commentsCount
Optional
Exact comment count (null when comments are off)