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YouTube Scraper — Videos, Shorts, Downloads, Comments & Leads

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Collect YouTube videos, Shorts, channels, comments and replies, native subtitles, downloadable files, public emails and sponsor evidence. Simple input; no user cookies.

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from $4.00 / 1,000 research results

Rating

5.0

(1)

Developer

Kelopr_bk

Actor stats

Bookmarked

Total users

Monthly active users

4.5 hours

Issues response

4 days ago

Last modified

Categories

Lead generation

Social media

Videos

Features

🧭 What would you like to collect?

mode

Optional

One dataset, one workflow. Video modes collect public metadata; downloads and native transcripts are separate operations.

Type:string

Default:videos

Options:

videosshortslivechannelscommentstranscriptsdownloadsleads

🔗 YouTube URLs, handles or search phrases

targets

Optional

Video URLs/IDs, @handles, channel URLs/IDs, playlists, or search phrases. Comments, transcripts and downloads accept videos, channels and playlists. Leads accept channels/videos OR phrases in one run. One target per entry.

Type:string[]

Max. items:1000

📦 Maximum results

maxResults

Optional

Global limit on unique saved records across all targets. In comments mode, replies count too. Duplicate and unavailable items do not use a saved-result slot.

Type:integer

Minimum:1

Maximum:5000

Default:20

📺 Include full channel profile

includeChannelDetails

Optional

Adds channel description, public links, country, joined date, audience totals and verification when available. Included in the result price. Used by video, Shorts, live, transcript and download results.

Type:boolean

Default:true

📝 Add native subtitles to video results

includeSubtitles

Optional

Optional extra operation for videos, Shorts and live recordings. Adds native transcript text, timestamped segments and TXT/SRT/VTT links when YouTube exposes them. No AI-generated transcription.

Type:boolean

Default:false

🌍 Subtitle language

subtitleLanguage

Optional

Language code such as en, es or pt-BR; use any to accept the original available track. Used for transcripts and optional subtitles.

Type:string

Default:en

💬 Comments per video

maxCommentsPerVideo

Optional

Comments mode only. Includes replies; maxResults still limits the total run.

Type:integer

Minimum:1

Maximum:5000

Default:100

↳ Include comment replies

includeReplies

Optional

Comments mode only. Follow available reply continuations and preserve parentCommentId.

Type:boolean

Default:true

↕️ Comment order

sortComments

Optional

Comments mode only; uses YouTube’s public sort menu.

Type:string

Default:top

Options:

topnewest

📥 File type

downloadType

Optional

Downloads mode only. Downloads public files to this run’s key-value store.

Type:string

Default:video

Options:

videoaudio

🖼️ Maximum video height

maxHeight

Optional

Downloads mode only. Upper resolution bound; the source may expose fewer formats.

Type:integer

Minimum:144

Maximum:2160

Default:720

💾 Maximum file size (MB)

maxFileSizeMb

Optional

Downloads mode only. A strict per-file safety limit. Transfer is also limited by the run spending ceiling.

Type:integer

Minimum:1

Maximum:500

Default:50

🤝 Creator discovery

leadStrategy

Optional

Creator leads mode only. All existing contact, sponsor, engagement and lead fields remain available.

Type:string

Default:auto

Options:

autosimilar

⚡ How much detail do you need?

enrichmentDepth

Optional

Creator leads mode only. Fast reads recent evidence; Balanced adds contact research; Deep expands historical videos and sponsor evidence.

Type:string

Default:balanced

Options:

fastbalanceddeep

🧭 How should we find creators?

scrapeType

Optional

Choose one discovery workflow. The relevant list below will be used as your starting point.

Type:string

Default:channelContacts

🔗 YouTube channels or videos

channels

Optional

Paste channel URLs, @handles, channel IDs, or video URLs. Used by the direct channel mode. At most 1000 per run.

Type:array

Max. items:1000

🔍 Keywords or niches

searchQueries

Optional

Add one focused creator niche per line. Used by keyword discovery. At most 200 per run.

Type:array

Max. items:200

🧬 Example channels

seedChannels

Optional

Add creators whose topics should be used to discover similar channels. At most 25 per run.

Type:array

Max. items:25

🧠 Topic searches per example

lookalikeQueriesPerSeed

Optional

How many focused searches to derive from each example channel. More searches reach further from the seed. Leave empty to follow the selected depth.

Type:integer

Minimum:1

Maximum:6

📌 Candidates per keyword

maxChannelsPerQuery

Optional

Maximum channel candidates collected from each keyword or derived topic before deduplication. Leave empty to follow the selected depth.

Type:integer

Minimum:1

Maximum:200

🧠 Lead memory name

leadMemoryName

Optional

Give your search a name, for example my-fitness-outreach, and reuse it on every run that belongs to it. The Actor remembers which creators it has already delivered under that name and skips their video and website enrichment after resolving their channel identity, so you can keep adding keywords without paying twice for the same creator. Leave empty for a one-off run. Note that resurrecting an old run repeats its original input and ignores later edits to the task, so this is the way to extend a search with new keywords.

Type:string

🌍 YouTube search region

region

Optional

Country used to localize search results and channel pages.

Type:string

Default:US

🎯 How exact should the region be?

regionFilter

Optional

Localized discovery uses the selected YouTube market but keeps relevant channels from any country. Exclude other countries drops channels that publicly declare a different country and keeps those with no published country (about one in five creators). Strict country match keeps only channels that publicly declare the selected country. A stricter setting examines more creators per saved lead, so large runs take longer.

Type:string

Default:localized

🎯 Which creators should be saved?

contactFilter

Optional

Keep every matching creator, or save only leads with a public contact method. "Creators with an email" keeps creators that published an address; while Validate email domains is on, an address whose domain cannot receive mail is rejected too. Rejected creators are replaced from the remaining search results.

Type:string

Default:contactableOnly

Keep one creator per primary email

deduplicateEmails

Optional

On keeps the existing behavior: skip creators sharing a primary email already delivered. Off keeps different creator channels even if they share an agency mailbox. Each saved creator is a normal paid result.

Type:boolean

Default:true

🚫 Addresses to skip

emailBlacklist

Optional

Addresses or whole domains that must never be saved as a creator's contact. One per line, either a full address (help@skool.com) or a bare domain (skool.com), which also covers its subdomains. Use this for the support desks of platforms your creators happen to use. The Actor already skips the common ones (merch shops, tip jars, course and community platforms); this field is for the rest, and for addresses that are real but useless to you.

Type:array

📈 Minimum subscribers

minSubscribers

Optional

Creators below this subscriber count are excluded. Use 0 for no minimum.

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Default:0

📉 Maximum subscribers

maxSubscribers

Optional

Creators above this subscriber count are excluded. Use 0 for no maximum.

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Default:0

👀 Minimum average recent views

minAverageViews

Optional

Creators below this average across analyzed recent videos are excluded.

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Default:0

📅 Uploaded within the last N days

activeWithinDays

Optional

Use 0 to keep creators regardless of their latest upload date.

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Maximum:3650

Default:0

🤝 Minimum Sponsor Readiness Score

minSponsorReadinessScore

Optional

Keep creators scoring at or above this value. Use 0 to disable the filter.

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Maximum:100

Default:0

🎬 Recent videos to analyze

recentVideosToScan

Optional

Used to discover contacts, calculate activity and views, and identify sponsor signals. Leave empty to follow the selected depth.

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Maximum:20

⏱️ Video analysis budget per creator

videoEnrichmentTimeoutSecs

Optional

Maximum total seconds for recent video details and the pinned comment. Partial data is retained. Values above 30 apply on Deep only; lighter depths clamp to 30.

Type:integer

Minimum:5

Maximum:90

📌 Scan the newest video's pinned comment (legacy)

scanPinnedComment

Optional

Kept for saved tasks and API callers that send true/false. Use pinnedCommentScanning instead.

Type:boolean

📌 Scan the newest video's pinned comment

pinnedCommentScanning

Optional

Creators often park the business address in a pinned comment. "Follow the selected depth" is the same as not setting it: Fast leaves it off, Balanced and Deep turn it on.

Type:string

Default:auto

🌐 Scan linked websites (legacy)

scanWebsites

Optional

Kept for saved tasks and API callers that send true/false. Use websiteScanning instead.

Type:boolean

🌐 Scan linked websites

websiteScanning

Optional

The business address is usually published on the creator's own site, not on YouTube. "Follow the selected depth" is the same as not setting it: Fast leaves it off, Balanced and Deep turn it on.

Type:string

Default:auto

📱 Scan public social and link-in-bio pages (legacy)

followSocialProfiles

Optional

Kept for saved tasks and API callers that send true/false. Use socialProfileScanning instead.

Type:boolean

📱 Scan public social and link-in-bio pages

socialProfileScanning

Optional

Linktree, Beacons and public profiles are the other place an address lives. "Follow the selected depth" is the same as not setting it: Fast leaves it off, Balanced and Deep turn it on.

Type:string

Default:auto

✅ Validate email domains (legacy)

validateEmails

Optional

Kept for saved tasks and API callers that send true/false. Use emailValidation instead.

Type:boolean

✅ Validate email domains

emailValidation

Optional

Checks the domain can receive mail. A domain check, not a mailbox check. "Follow the selected depth" is the same as not setting it: Fast leaves it off, Balanced and Deep turn it on.

Type:string

Default:auto

🔗 Linked destinations per creator

maxExternalLinks

Optional

Maximum external websites or public profiles inspected for each creator. Leave empty to follow the selected depth.

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Maximum:20

📄 Pages per linked website

maxWebsitePages

Optional

Maximum relevant pages inspected on each linked website. Leave empty to follow the selected depth.

Type:integer

Minimum:1

Maximum:10

⏱️ Website scan budget per creator

websiteScanTimeoutSecs

Optional

Maximum total seconds for linked websites and profiles. Contacts found before the deadline are retained. Values above 30 apply on Deep only; lighter depths clamp to 30.

Type:integer

Minimum:5

Maximum:60

⚡ Creators processed in parallel

maxConcurrency

Optional

Leave empty and the Actor picks a width that suits the depth you chose — 16 for Deep, 10 for Balanced, 8 for Fast. Deep waits on far more lookups per creator, so it benefits most from running wide. Set a number only to override that, for example when a custom proxy is rate-limited.

Type:integer

Minimum:1

Maximum:50

⏱️ Source requests per minute

requestsPerMinute

Optional

How fast the Actor may read from YouTube. Leave empty to follow the selected depth — 1,200 for Balanced and Deep, 900 for Fast. Measured: the source answers 950/minute with the same retry rate it gives 550, and going above that adds nothing. Lower it only if you bring a rate-limited proxy of your own.

Type:integer

Minimum:60

Maximum:3000

🔁 Maximum request attempts

maxRetries

Optional

Attempts allowed for temporary connection errors and retryable responses. Leave empty to follow the selected depth.

Type:integer

Minimum:1

Maximum:10

⌛ Request timeout in seconds

requestTimeoutSecs

Optional

Maximum total time allowed for an individual request. Leave empty to follow the selected depth.

Type:integer

Minimum:10

Maximum:90

🌐 Proxy configuration

proxyConfiguration

Optional

Apify datacenter proxy is enabled by default to reduce expensive residential fallback traffic. You can disable or replace it.

Type:object

Default:

{
  "useApifyProxy": true
}

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