# YouTube Video & Channel Data Extractor (`victor187/youtube-video-channel-data-extractor`) Actor

Bulk-fetch view/like/comment counts, duration and metadata for YouTube videos and channels using the official YouTube Data API v3. No scraping.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/victor187/youtube-video-channel-data-extractor.md
- **Developed by:** [victor](https://apify.com/victor187) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $8.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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 examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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`).

# README

## YouTube Video & Channel Data Extractor

Bulk-fetch view counts, likes, comments, duration and channel stats for any YouTube video or channel — using the official YouTube Data API v3, not a scraper.

### Features

- **YouTube video statistics API** wrapper — views, likes, comments, duration, tags, in one call
- **YouTube channel data extractor** — subscriber count, total views, total video count
- **Bulk YouTube data** — check 50 videos in a single API call (Google's own batch limit), instead of one at a time
- Accepts any URL format: `youtube.com/watch?v=`, `youtu.be/`, Shorts, `@handle`, `/channel/UC...`, `/user/...`
- 100% official API — no scraping, no ToS risk, no CAPTCHAs, no getting your IP blocked

### Input

```json
{
  "videoUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"],
  "channelUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/@somechannel"],
  "youtubeApiKey": "your-own-google-cloud-api-key"
}
```

You need your own free Google Cloud API key with the **YouTube Data API v3** enabled (console.cloud.google.com). Free quota is 10,000 units/day (roughly 10,000 video lookups) — you are never charged by us for API usage.

### Output

```json
{
  "type": "video",
  "id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
  "title": "Video title",
  "channelTitle": "Channel name",
  "viewCount": 1500000000,
  "likeCount": 18000000,
  "commentCount": 2200000,
  "durationSeconds": 213,
  "durationDisplay": "3:33",
  "tags": ["tag1", "tag2"]
}
```

### Who this is for

- Marketers researching competitor videos or channels before a campaign
- Creators tracking their own or competitors' channel growth over time
- Anyone building a **YouTube analytics dashboard** without paying for a scraping proxy

### Pricing

Pay per use — no subscription:

- $0.01 per run
- $0.008 per video/channel looked up

### More tools from this developer

- [AI Content Repurposer for Social Media](https://apify.com/victor187/ai-content-repurposer)
- [AI Social Caption & Hashtag Generator](https://apify.com/victor187/social-caption-hashtag-generator)
- [Website Content Crawler & Markdown Extractor](https://apify.com/victor187/website-content-crawler-lite)

# Actor input Schema

## `videoUrls` (type: `array`):

Full YouTube video URLs (youtube.com/watch?v=... or youtu.be/...) or bare video IDs.

## `channelUrls` (type: `array`):

Channel URLs using /channel/UC..., /@handle, or /user/username formats. Legacy /c/customname URLs are not supported by the official API.

## `youtubeApiKey` (type: `string`):

Your own free Google Cloud API key with the 'YouTube Data API v3' enabled (console.cloud.google.com). Free quota is 10,000 units/day -- you are never charged by us for API usage.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "videoUrls": [],
  "channelUrls": []
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "videoUrls": [],
    "channelUrls": []
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("victor187/youtube-video-channel-data-extractor").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "videoUrls": [],
    "channelUrls": [],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("victor187/youtube-video-channel-data-extractor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "videoUrls": [],
  "channelUrls": []
}' |
apify call victor187/youtube-video-channel-data-extractor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,victor187/youtube-video-channel-data-extractor"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/fKSQnBmm3dkJ2r3oR/builds/vaxdJjnhdj51dklvv/openapi.json