YouTube Movies Trending Scraper

Overview

This actor scrapes trending movie trailers from YouTube's trending page. It extracts structured data about each video and its channel, outputting it as JSON for analysis or integration.

Key Features

• Scrapes video details: title, description, length, URL, and thumbnail.
• Captures channel information: name, URL, and verification status.
• Collects performance metrics like view count and publishing timestamps.
• Outputs clean JSON data ready for datasets or APIs.

How to Use

Run the actor on Apify, optionally with a proxyConfiguration object for better reliability. Schedule runs to track trends over time. The results are saved to a dataset in your Apify storage.

Input

The actor accepts an optional proxyConfiguration object. No other parameters are required for basic operation.

Example input:

{
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

Output

The actor outputs an array of movie trailer objects. Each includes:

{
  "scrapedAt": "2025-01-26T04:50:22.280Z",
  "trendingMusics": [
    {
      "title": "Marvel Television's Daredevil: Born Again | Official Trailer | Disney+",
      "description": "\"It’s not entirely unpleasant seeing you again.\"...",
      "lengthText": "2:07",
      "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xALolZzhSM",
      "ownerName": "Marvel Entertainment",
      "ownerUrl": "https://www.youtube.com//@marvel",
      "ownerBadge": "Verified",
      "publishedTimeText": "10 days ago",
      "viewCountText": "14,066,219 views",
      "videoThumbnailUrl": "https://i.ytimg.com/an_webp/7xALolZzhSM/mqdefault_6s.webp...",
      "avatarUrl": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/P_qIGe_-Jt5V4JT_UtIuURsq9RBRDIZ88tvFJx1AzACWzsuRIrrOfb6jDH2OnoukFdS06AN5nQ=s68-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj"
    }
  ]
}

Data can be downloaded from the Storage tab in JSON, JSONL, Excel, CSV, HTML, or XML formats.

Notes

• The actor respects YouTube's rate limits and terms of service.
• Results may vary based on regional availability of YouTube's trending page.
• Useful for tracking trailer trends, analyzing marketing, monitoring releases, or gathering data for content strategy.