YouTube Scraper 🎬 Scrape YouTube videos, shorts, and live streams at scale. Extract views, likes, channel info, thumbnails, transcripts, and more. Optimized pricing for all plans ## Features - 🔍 Search scraping — Search any term and scrape videos, shorts, or streams - 🎬 Videos, Shorts & Streams — Scrape any content type separately - 📝 Transcripts/Subtitles — Download in TXT, SRT, VTT, or JSON format - 🌍 Multi-region — Target specific countries and languages - 🔗 Direct URLs — Scrape specific videos by URL - 🎯 View filters — Filter by minimum/maximum view count - ⚡ Optimized — Fast, efficient, and cost-effective ## Output Data Each scraped video includes: | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | title | Video title | | videoId | YouTube video ID | | videoUrl | Full video URL | | contentType | video, short, or live | | views | View count | | likes | Like count | | channelName | Channel name | | channelId | Channel ID | | channelUrl | Channel URL | | subscribers | Channel subscriber count | | publishedDate | Publish date | | thumbnail | Thumbnail URL | | isMembersOnly | Members-only content flag | | subtitles | Transcript text (if enabled) | | subtitlesLanguage | Transcript language code | | searchTerm | Original search term | | scrapedAt | Scrape timestamp | ## Example Output json { "title": "How to Build a Web Scraper in 10 Minutes", "videoId": "dQw4w9WgXcQ", "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ", "contentType": "video", "views": 1250000, "likes": 45000, "channelName": "Tech Tutorials", "channelId": "UC1234567890", "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1234567890", "subscribers": 500000, "publishedDate": "2 months ago", "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ/maxresdefault.jpg", "isMembersOnly": false, "searchTerm": "web scraping tutorial", "scrapedAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00.000Z" } ## Input Parameters ### Search Configuration | Parameter | Type | Default | Description | |-----------|------|---------|-------------| | searchTerms | array | [] | List of search terms | | maxVideosPerSearch | integer | 10 | Max videos per search (0 to disable) | | maxShortsPerSearch | integer | 0 | Max shorts per search (0 to disable) | | maxStreamsPerSearch | integer | 0 | Max streams per search (0 to disable) | ### Direct URLs | Parameter | Type | Default | Description | |-----------|------|---------|-------------| | directUrls | array | [] | Direct YouTube URLs to scrape | ### Transcript Options | Parameter | Type | Default | Description | |-----------|------|---------|-------------| | downloadSubtitles | boolean | false | Download transcripts | | subtitleLanguage | string | en | Preferred language | | subtitleFormat | string | txt | Format: txt, srt, vtt, json | ### Filters | Parameter | Type | Default | Description | |-----------|------|---------|-------------| | minViewCount | integer | 0 | Minimum views (0 = no minimum) | | maxViewCount | integer | 0 | Maximum views (0 = no maximum) | ### Localization | Parameter | Type | Default | Description | |-----------|------|---------|-------------| | regionCode | string | US | YouTube region | | interfaceLanguage | string | en | Interface language | ### Performance | Parameter | Type | Default | Description | |-----------|------|---------|-------------| | delayBetweenRequests | integer | 500 | Delay in ms between requests | | deduplicateResults | boolean | true | Skip duplicate videos | ### Proxy | Parameter | Type | Default | Description | |-----------|------|---------|-------------| | proxyConfiguration | object | {"useApifyProxy": true} | Proxy settings | ## Example Input json { "searchTerms": ["web scraping tutorial", "python automation"], "maxVideosPerSearch": 20, "maxShortsPerSearch": 5, "downloadSubtitles": true, "subtitleLanguage": "en", "subtitleFormat": "txt", "minViewCount": 1000, "regionCode": "US", "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ## Use Cases - Market Research — Analyze trending content in your niche - Competitor Analysis — Track competitor video performance - Content Ideas — Find popular topics and formats - Lead Generation — Find channels and creators to reach out to - Data Analysis — Build datasets for ML/AI training - Transcript Mining — Extract text content for analysis ## Integrations Export data to: - JSON, CSV, Excel - Google Sheets - Webhooks - Zapier, Make, n8n - Any API endpoint ## Tips 1. Use Apify Proxy — Recommended for reliable scraping at scale 2. Start small — Test with a few videos before large scrapes 3. Filter by views — Use minViewCount to get only popular content 4. Deduplicate — Keep deduplicateResults enabled to avoid duplicates across search terms ## Pricing $0.0025 - $0.004 per video scraped = $2.5 - $4 per 1,000 videos You only pay for successfully scraped videos with complete metadata. ## Support Having issues? Open an issue for this Actor or contact me at https://x.com/Im_BluePhantom.