# YouTube Shorts Scraper (`webdatatools/youtube-shorts-scraper`) Actor

YouTube Shorts Scraper collects Shorts from channels, #hashtag feeds and Shorts search — video ID, URL, title, view count, channel and thumbnail per Short, with no API key or quota.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/webdatatools/youtube-shorts-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Murat Uzun](https://apify.com/webdatatools) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Videos, Marketing
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.60 / 1,000 shorts

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

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# README

### What is YouTube Shorts Scraper?

**YouTube Shorts Scraper** collects YouTube Shorts from three places — a **channel's Shorts tab**, a **#hashtag feed** and **Shorts search results** — and returns one clean row per Short: video ID, URL, title, view count, channel and thumbnail. No YouTube Data API key, no quota, no login. Run it from the Apify Console, on a schedule, or through the API and MCP server.

### What data does YouTube Shorts Scraper extract?

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `videoId`, `url` | The Short's 11-character ID and its `youtube.com/shorts/…` link |
| `title` | Title as shown on the Short card |
| `viewCount`, `viewCountText` | Views as a number (`650599`) and as YouTube shows it (`650K views`) |
| `channelName`, `channelId`, `channelHandle` | The creator (hashtag/search rows get the channel when **Include details** is on) |
| `thumbnail` | Vertical thumbnail URL |
| `source`, `sourceType` | Which channel, hashtag or search produced the row (`channel` / `hashtag` / `search`) |
| `description`, `lengthSeconds`, `keywords` | Only with **Include details** — description, length and tags, plus exact view count and channel |
| `scrapedAt` | When the row was collected |

### How to use YouTube Shorts Scraper

1. Add one or more **channels** (`@MrBeast`, a channel URL or a `UC…` ID), **hashtags** (`cooking`, with or without `#`) and/or **search queries** (`iphone tips`).
2. Set **Max Shorts per source** (default 30, up to 500).
3. Optional: turn on **Include details** for description, length, tags, exact views and the channel.
4. Run it, then download the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or read it through the API.

### Example input

```json
{
    "channels": ["@MrBeast"],
    "hashtags": ["cooking"],
    "searchQueries": ["iphone tips"],
    "maxShortsPerSource": 20,
    "includeDetails": false
}
```

### Example output

```json
{
    "videoId": "Zfw17gIWDC8",
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zfw17gIWDC8",
    "title": "iPhone Tips You NEED To Know! 🔥",
    "viewCount": 96000,
    "viewCountText": "96K views",
    "channelName": null,
    "source": "iphone tips",
    "sourceType": "search",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-28T09:40:00.000Z"
}
```

### How much does it cost to scrape YouTube Shorts?

Pay per result: **$0.001 per Short ($1 per 1,000)**, with volume discounts on paid Apify plans, plus a negligible actor-start fee. Only Shorts that land in your dataset are charged; a channel, hashtag or search that fails is recorded in the run's `ERRORS` key-value record and costs nothing. Set **Maximum cost per run** to cap spend.

### YouTube Shorts Scraper vs. the YouTube Data API

The official API has no Shorts-only feed or hashtag endpoint, and a single `search.list` call costs 100 of your 10,000 daily quota units. This Actor reads the same public pages the YouTube app loads — Shorts tab, hashtag feed and the Shorts search filter — with no key and no quota.

### Using YouTube Shorts Scraper with AI agents

The Actor is pay-per-event with limited permissions, so AI agents can call it through Apify's MCP server (`mcp.apify.com`). It accepts the field names agents tend to guess: `channel`, `channelUrl`, `url`, `hashtag`, `query`.

### FAQ

**Is scraping YouTube Shorts legal?** The Actor reads only public pages without logging in. You are responsible for how you use the data (YouTube's terms, privacy law, copyright of the videos).

**Why is `channelName` empty on hashtag or search rows?** Those feeds do not show the creator on the card. Turn on **Include details** to fill it from the video's own page data.

**Why fewer Shorts than I asked for?** A hashtag or search feed ends when YouTube stops returning new Shorts. Some channels have only a handful.

**Limits:** public Shorts only; no like/comment counts or exact publish dates (YouTube does not expose them to this data path); Include details fills most but not every Short when YouTube withholds a video's data; view counts on cards are rounded ("650K") unless **Include details** is on.

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### Support and feedback

Found a channel layout this Actor doesn't handle, or a parsing bug? Open an issue on the **Issues** tab.

# Actor input Schema

## `channels` (type: `array`):

YouTube channels to scrape Shorts from. Accepts a channel ID (UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA), a handle with or without @ (@MrBeast), or a channel URL, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast. Alias: 'channel', 'channelUrl', 'url', 'urls'.

## `hashtags` (type: `array`):

YouTube hashtags to scrape Shorts from, e.g. 'cooking' or 'iphone tips'. Do not include the # symbol. Example: \['cooking', 'dance'].

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

YouTube search terms filtered to Shorts only, e.g. 'iphone tips' or 'cooking hacks'. Example: \['iphone tips', 'cooking'].

## `maxShortsPerSource` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of Shorts to return per channel, hashtag or search query, e.g. 30. Default 30, maximum 500.

## `includeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Also fetch each Short's description, length in seconds, tags, exact view count and channel name (one extra ~9 KB request per Short). Off = faster, card data only.

## `proxyMode` (type: `string`):

'auto' (recommended) tries direct first and only switches to Apify Proxy if blocked — keeping cost at $0 when YouTube isn't blocking datacenter IPs. 'always' always uses the proxy. 'never' always tries direct.

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

Which Apify Proxy group to use when Proxy mode decides a request needs the proxy. Leave Residential proxy selected (the default).

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many sources (channels, hashtags, searches) to scrape in parallel, e.g. 3. Keep at 2-4 to avoid HTTP 429 rate limiting.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "@MrBeast"
  ],
  "hashtags": [],
  "searchQueries": [],
  "maxShortsPerSource": 30,
  "includeDetails": false,
  "proxyMode": "auto",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  },
  "maxConcurrency": 3
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `videos` (type: `string`):

All scraped videos — download as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML.

# 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 = {
    "channels": [
        "@MrBeast"
    ],
    "hashtags": [],
    "searchQueries": [],
    "maxShortsPerSource": 30,
    "includeDetails": false,
    "proxyMode": "auto",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": [
            "RESIDENTIAL"
        ]
    },
    "maxConcurrency": 3
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("webdatatools/youtube-shorts-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 = {
    "channels": ["@MrBeast"],
    "hashtags": [],
    "searchQueries": [],
    "maxShortsPerSource": 30,
    "includeDetails": False,
    "proxyMode": "auto",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": True,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    },
    "maxConcurrency": 3,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("webdatatools/youtube-shorts-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 '{
  "channels": [
    "@MrBeast"
  ],
  "hashtags": [],
  "searchQueries": [],
  "maxShortsPerSource": 30,
  "includeDetails": false,
  "proxyMode": "auto",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  },
  "maxConcurrency": 3
}' |
apify call webdatatools/youtube-shorts-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,webdatatools/youtube-shorts-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/Gv0WPIWUcBGqWi4mx/builds/BdclkyhlTM1K3Z5f8/openapi.json