Fast Youtube Search Video Scraper
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Fast Youtube Search Video Scraper
Search YouTube and export a clean video list (video URL/ID, title, thumbnail, views text, publish date, duration, channel metadata) using an Apify Actor.
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YouTube Search Video Scraper
Search YouTube and export a clean video list (video URL/ID, title, thumbnail, views text, publish date, duration, channel metadata) using an Apify Actor.
This actor is focused on search results (not individual watch pages, and not downloading video files).
Common use cases: keyword monitoring, content discovery, competitor research, and building video catalogs.
What this actor can do
- Accept multiple search queries (keywords).
- Extract search result video items such as:
queryvideo_id,video_urltitlethumbnail_urlview_count_text(as shown on the list page)publish_date(as shown on the list page)video_durationchannel_id,channel_username(when available from renderer)
Input
Configure these fields in the Actor’s Input tab in the Apify Console:
searchQueries (required)
A list of YouTube search queries (keywords).
Supported examples:
openaiapify actorsite:youtube.com web scraping
maxPage (optional)
Maximum number of pages to paginate per query.
Notes:
- Page 1 is the initial search response.
- Pages 2+ are fetched via continuation tokens.
type (optional)
Search result type filter:
Video(default)ShortMovie
uploadDate (optional)
Filter by upload date:
TodayThisWeekThisMonthThisYear
duration (optional)
Filter by video duration:
Under3MinutesBetween3And20MinutesOver20Minutes
sortBy (optional)
Sort order:
Relevance(default)Popularity(maps to YouTube’s “View count” sort)
country (optional)
Two-letter country code used for Apify Proxy country targeting (where requests originate from). This can affect localized results and availability.
- Default:
US - Supports any ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (two letters). Suggested values prioritize common developed-country regions.
- Examples:
US,GB,DE,JP,AU,CA
Output
Results are stored in the default dataset.
Each dataset item includes:
querytype(Video,Short,Movie)rank(1-based position in the search results for that query)channel_id(when available)channel_username(when available)video_id,video_urltitle,description,thumbnail_urlmentions[]hashtags[]view_count_text,short_view_count_textpublish_datevideo_durationyt_status(ok,not_found,error)crawled_at
Legal & ethical notice
You are responsible for ensuring your use of this actor complies with:
- YouTube’s Terms of Service
- Applicable laws and regulations (privacy, data protection, etc.)
Only scrape data you have the right to access.
