YouTube Profile Scraper

Cheap, normalized public-profile scraping for YouTube — one clean record per handle.

What it does

Give it a list of YouTube handles (or profile URLs); it returns one normalized record per handle: profile identity, follower/engagement counts, external links, profile-picture URL (+ sha256 if downloaded), and platform-specific extras under platformData. Status is always one of ok | not_found | private | restricted | error.

Input

Field	Type	Notes
handles	array	Handles or profile URLs (required)
proxyConfiguration	proxy	Optional
maxConcurrency	integer	Parallel requests (default 8)
fetchProfilePic	boolean	Download the image (URL is always included)

Transport & cost

• Transport: direct / datacenter (no residential, no impersonation).
• Cost: free over direct egress (~$0.860/1k if forced through residential). Comparable Apify actors charge around $0.50 / 1,000.
• One /about page: channel name, subscribers, links, banner, joined date, views, country, verified.

Pricing (pay-per-result)

• Recommended: $0.45 per 1,000 results ($0.00045 / result).
• Cost to run ≈ $0.11/1k → this is ~5x markup (set to undercut the market where needed).
• Incumbent comparison: $0.50/1k.

Example output (real)

{
  "platform": "youtube",
  "inputUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@mrbeast",
  "handle": "mrbeast",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-06-03T23:25:03Z",
  "status": "ok",
  "bytesWire": 240040,
  "profile": {
    "id": "UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA",
    "username": "MrBeast",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA",
    "fullName": "MrBeast",
    "biography": "SUBSCRIBE FOR A COOKIE!\nNew MrBeast or MrBeast Gaming video every single Saturday at noon eastern time!\nAccomplishments:…",
    "externalUrls": [
      "https://instagram.com/mrbeast",
      "https://twitter.com/MrBeast",
      "https://facebook.com/mrbeast"
    ],
    "followersCount": 495000000,
    "followsCount": 0,
    "postsCount": 984,
    "isBusinessAccount": false,
    "private": false,
    "verified": true,
    "joinedRecently": false,
    "profilePicUrl": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/nxYrc_1_2f77DoBadyxMTmv7ZpRZapHR5jbuYe7PlPd5cIRJxtNNEYyOC0ZsxaDyJJzXrnJiuDE=s320-c-k-c…",
    "profilePicUrlHD": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/nxYrc_1_2f77DoBadyxMTmv7ZpRZapHR5jbuYe7PlPd5cIRJxtNNEYyOC0ZsxaDyJJzXrnJiuDE=s900-c-k-c…",
    "profilePic": {
      "sha256": "c572a8725b99f7760cad3ef32e88944eb86926c83875046cec7e1f545986e8f4",
      "storedKey": "yt/UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA.jpg",
      "path": "/nxYrc_1_2f77DoBadyxMTmv7ZpRZapHR5jbuYe7PlPd5cIRJxtNNEYyOC0ZsxaDyJJzXrnJiuDE=s320-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj"
    },
    "platformData": {
      "subscribers": 495000000,
      "bannerUrl": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/mHMO_eEMp0dPvh0ADwXhPXNYb_GnjSVsLI8biqF1CpxT8OPl7izhNQsDPD3JHhd5y5Mg9GrP=w1060-fcrop64…",
      "joinedDate": "Feb 19, 2012",
      "totalViews": 127082651788,
      "totalVideos": 984,
      "country": "United States",
      "descriptionLinks": [
        {
          "text": "Follow",
          "url": "https://instagram.com/mrbeast"
        },
        {
          "text": "Twitter",
          "url": "https://twitter.com/MrBeast"
        },
        {
          "text": "Facebook",
          "url": "https://facebook.com/mrbeast"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "posts": [],
  "signals": {
    "isActive": true,
    "hasExternalUrl": true
  }
}

Public data only. This actor gathers public profile metadata; it does not log in or access private content.