# YouTube Channel Statistics Scraper (`w3crawler/youtube-channel-statistics-scraper`) Actor

Extract comprehensive YouTube channel statistics including subscriber count, total views, video count, joined date, country, and more. Perfect for content creators, marketers, and researchers.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/w3crawler/youtube-channel-statistics-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [w3crawler](https://apify.com/w3crawler) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.99 / 1,000 channel statistics

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

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?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
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 Channel Statistics Scraper

Read public source-provided channel statistics from the YouTube About page. The actor captures channel identity, description, keywords, avatar, subscriber text/count, total view text/count, video count, join date, country, safety coverage, and provenance.

It uses public HTML only and does not require an API key, browser automation, private clients, or identity-control techniques. YouTube may omit a statistic; omitted fields remain omitted.

Input includes `channelUrls`, `maxItems`, diagnostics, bounded retry/delay/timeout controls, and optional standard Apify Proxy configuration.

```powershell
npm ci
npm test
npx --yes apify validate-schema .actor/input_schema.json
npx --yes apify run --purge --input-file qa-inputs/youtube-channel-statistics-scraper/local-validation.json
npm run validate-dataset
```

# Changelog

This Actor's version history is a separate document: https://apify.com/w3crawler/youtube-channel-statistics-scraper/changelog.md

# Actor input Schema

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

YouTube @handle, UC channel ID, or public channel URL.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum unique channel About pages to process.

## `includeDiagnostics` (type: `boolean`):

Write exact four-field diagnostics for failed pages.

## `enableProxyFallback` (type: `boolean`):

Try standard Apify Proxy after direct access fails.

## `maxRetries` (type: `integer`):

Bounded retries per public About page.

## `requestDelayMs` (type: `integer`):

Bounded delay between About page requests.

## `requestTimeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Timeout for one public About page request.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional standard Apify Proxy configuration using credential-free proxy URLs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channelUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@GoogleDevelopers"
  ],
  "maxItems": 1,
  "includeDiagnostics": true,
  "enableProxyFallback": true,
  "maxRetries": 2,
  "requestDelayMs": 250,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 60,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

## `keyValueStore` (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 = {
    "channelUrls": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/@GoogleDevelopers"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("w3crawler/youtube-channel-statistics-scraper").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 = {
    "channelUrls": ["https://www.youtube.com/@GoogleDevelopers"],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("w3crawler/youtube-channel-statistics-scraper").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 '{
  "channelUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@GoogleDevelopers"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call w3crawler/youtube-channel-statistics-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,w3crawler/youtube-channel-statistics-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

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/9rYklTlD9pch2hDzy/builds/DXd6jeNNIkTJuxd8S/openapi.json