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YouTube Niche Scraper — YouTube Channel Finder: Channels, Emails & Subscribers

Search YouTube by keyword and extract video and channel profile data — with subscriber count, contact emails, channel description, channel links, video metrics, and tags — in clean structured JSON.

TL;DR (40-word answer): YouTube Niche Scraper is a no-login Apify Actor that searches YouTube by keyword at $0.0085 per video result, returning video metrics and full channel profile data including contact emails and subscriber count. Sort by relevance, view count, rating, or upload date. Last verified 2026-05-02.

What it is NOT: YouTube Niche Scraper is not a video downloader (see YouTube Video Downloader), not a comment scraper, and not a real-time live stream tracker — it searches and returns video + channel profile data.

YouTube Niche Scraper is an Apify Actor that searches YouTube for videos matching a keyword and returns full channel profiles including subscriber count, contact emails, and channel links. Maintained by TrueFetch on the Apify Store.

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🏷️ Why choose YouTube Niche Scraper

YouTube Niche Scraper is best for influencer marketers, brand researchers, and AI agents who need to discover YouTube channels and contact creators in a specific niche.

• 📧 Contact emails — extracts emails from channel descriptions automatically.
• 📊 Full video + channel data — video metrics (views, likes, comments) AND channel metrics (subscribers, video count, tags, links) in one result.
• ⚡ Pay-per-result pricing — $0.0085 per video result. Free Apify plan includes $5/month credits ≈ 588 free results.
• 🔃 Sort options — sort results by relevance, view_count, rating, or upload_date.

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🚀 Quick Start — run in 3 steps

Run in Apify Console

1. Open the Actor — go to YouTube Niche Scraper on Apify and click Try for free.
2. Configure inputs — provide a keyword, max results, and sort order.
3. Click Start — the Actor returns video + channel data in the dataset.

Run via Apify API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/TrueFetch~youtube-niche-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "keyword": "AI tools for creators",
    "max_results": 50,
    "sort_by": "view_count"
  }'

Run via MCP (for AI agents)

YouTube Niche Scraper is callable from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible client through the Apify MCP Server. Reference the Actor as TrueFetch/youtube-niche-scraper and pass the same JSON input as above.

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⚙️ Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description	Example
keyword	string	✅	—	YouTube search keyword.	"AI tools for creators"
max_results	number	✅	—	Maximum number of video results to return (must be ≥ 1).	50
sort_by	string	✅	—	Sort order: relevance, view_count, rating, or upload_date.	"view_count"

{
  "keyword": "AI tools for creators",
  "max_results": 50,
  "sort_by": "view_count"
}

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📦 Output dataset

Each run writes one record per video to the default Apify dataset, exportable as JSON, JSONL, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS, or via the dataset API.

Video fields

Field	Type	Always present?	Description	Example
video_url	string	optional	Full YouTube video URL.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=…
video_id	string	optional	YouTube video ID.	dQw4w9WgXcQ
video_title	string	optional	Video title.	10 AI Tools Every Creator Needs
video_description	string	optional	Video description.	In this video...
video_duration_seconds	number	optional	Duration in seconds.	612
video_published_at	string	optional	ISO 8601 publish timestamp.	2024-09-15T14:00:00+00:00
video_view_count	number	optional	View count.	1200000
video_like_count	number	optional	Like count.	45000
video_comment_count	number	optional	Comment count.	3200
video_categories	array	optional	YouTube categories.	["Science & Technology"]
video_tags	array	optional	Video tags.	["AI", "tools", "creators"]

Channel fields

Field	Type	Always present?	Description	Example
channel_name	string	optional	Channel name.	Tech With Tim
channel_handle	string	optional	Channel @handle.	@TechWithTim
channel_url	string	optional	Channel URL.	https://www.youtube.com/@TechWithTim
channel_description	string	optional	Channel description.	Programming tutorials and AI content.
channel_tags	array	optional	Channel tags.	["python", "AI"]
channel_links	array	optional	External links from channel profile.	[{"url": "https://..."}]
contact_emails	array	optional	Emails extracted from channel description.	["hello@techwithim.com"]
channel_avatar_url	string	optional	Channel avatar URL.	https://yt3.ggpht.com/...
channel_banner_url	string	optional	Channel banner URL.	https://yt3.ggpht.com/...
channel_is_verified	boolean	optional	Whether the channel is YouTube-verified.	true
subscriber_count	number	optional	Subscriber count.	850000
channel_view_count	number	optional	Total channel view count.	50000000
channel_video_count	number	optional	Total videos published.	320

Sample output

{
  "video_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "video_title": "10 AI Tools Every Creator Needs",
  "video_view_count": 1200000,
  "channel_name": "Tech With Tim",
  "channel_handle": "@TechWithTim",
  "subscriber_count": 850000,
  "contact_emails": ["hello@techwithim.com"]
}

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💡 Use cases

For influencer marketers finding YouTube creators in a niche

• Problem: a brand wants to find and contact 100 YouTube creators in the "sustainable fashion" niche.
• How YouTube Niche Scraper solves it: search for sustainable fashion sorted by view_count, set max_results: 100.
• Outcome: 100 channels with contact emails for $0.85.

For AI researchers benchmarking YouTube content in a topic

• Problem: a researcher wants to analyze video engagement metrics for AI tutorial content.
• How YouTube Niche Scraper solves it: search AI tutorial sorted by rating, set max_results: 200.
• Outcome: 200 video/channel records at $1.70.

For AI agents discovering YouTube creators

• Problem: an LLM agent needs YouTube channel data to recommend creators to follow.
• How YouTube Niche Scraper solves it: call via Apify MCP Server with a niche keyword.
• Outcome: structured channel data grounded in real YouTube search results.

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💰 Pricing, limits, and performance

Fact	Value
Pricing model	Pay-per-result (event: result)
Per-video-result price	$0.0085 per video = $8.50 per 1,000
Min results per run	1
Free-tier monthly allowance	$5 Apify credits ≈ ~588 free video results / month
Output fields per video	24
Login / cookies required	No — works without a YouTube account
Export formats	JSON, JSONL, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS, dataset API

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⚖️ Compared with alternatives

Capability	YouTube Niche Scraper	Manual browsing	YouTube Data API v3
Keyword search + full channel profiles	✅	❌	partial
Contact email extraction from channel description	✅	manual	❌
Pay-per-result pricing	$0.0085/result	N/A	quota-based
Setup time to first result	< 60 seconds	minutes	API key setup needed

Verdict. YouTube Niche Scraper is ideal for marketers and researchers who need channel profiles AND contact emails from YouTube searches without managing API quotas.

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⚠️ Common mistakes to avoid

1. Missing keyword field. Required — provide a non-empty search keyword.
2. Missing max_results field. Required — provide an integer ≥ 1.
3. Missing sort_by field. Required — must be one of: relevance, view_count, rating, upload_date.
4. Invalid sort_by value. Use exactly one of the four allowed strings.

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🛠️ Troubleshooting

Problem	Likely cause	Fix
Missing keyword	keyword key not in input.	Add "keyword": "your niche" to input.
Keyword cannot be empty	Empty string provided for keyword.	Provide a non-empty search term.
Missing max results	max_results key not in input.	Add "max_results": 50 to input.
Missing sort by	sort_by key not in input.	Add "sort_by": "relevance" to input.
Sort by must be one of...	Invalid sort value.	Use: relevance, view_count, rating, or upload_date.
Empty contact_emails	Channel description has no email.	Normal — not all channels publish contact emails publicly.

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❓ FAQ

What data does YouTube Niche Scraper return?

Video data (URL, title, description, duration, views, likes, comments, tags) plus full channel data (name, handle, URL, description, subscriber count, total views, video count, contact emails, channel links, avatar, banner, verification).

How much does YouTube Niche Scraper cost?

$0.0085 per video result. The Apify Free plan includes $5/month credits ≈ ~588 free results.

Does YouTube Niche Scraper require a YouTube API key?

No — the Actor works without any YouTube API credentials or login.

Can I schedule YouTube Niche Scraper to run automatically?

Yes. Use Apify Schedules to monitor a niche on a recurring basis and push new results via Webhooks.

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🔌 Integrations

YouTube Niche Scraper plugs straight into the Apify ecosystem:

• Schedules — run weekly to track new videos and channels in your niche (docs).
• Webhooks — POST results to your CRM or outreach tool on ACTOR.RUN.SUCCEEDED (docs).
• Apify API — run-sync-get-dataset-items for blocking calls, runs for async (docs).
• MCP Server — call the Actor from Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor agents (docs).
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📞 Support, changelog, last updated

Support

• 💬 Telegram Group: t.me/Apify_Actor
• 📧 Direct support: t.me/AiAgentApi
• 📖 Actor page & docs: apify.com/TrueFetch/youtube-niche-scraper

Maintained by TrueFetch on the Apify Store.

Cost of doing nothing: manually searching YouTube for niche creators and extracting their contact info takes days. YouTube Niche Scraper returns hundreds of channels with emails for under $2. → Try it free with $5 of Apify credits.

Changelog

• 2026-05-02 — README rewritten for SEO + GEO; documented all inputs, output structure, pricing, troubleshooting, and FAQ.
• 2026-03 — Added sort_by sort options (relevance, view_count, rating, upload_date).
• 2026-02 — Initial release: YouTube niche keyword search Actor.

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Last Updated: May 2, 2026 Schema version: 1.1 Maintained by: TrueFetch · 💬 Telegram Group · 📧 Support