YouTube User / Channel Scraper

Scrapes public data from YouTube channels. Provide channel URLs or IDs, and the actor returns structured profile information.

Overview

This actor extracts key details from YouTube channel pages. It accepts multiple inputs and outputs a JSON dataset containing profile metadata, statistics, and links.

Key Features

• Scrapes channel details: title, avatar, description, joinDate, country.
• Extracts channel statistics: subscriberCount, viewCount, videoCount.
• Identifies channel status: verified, hasBusinessEmail.
• Returns channel identifiers and URLs: channelId, indexUrl, channelUrl.
• Parses external links listed in the channel description.
• Supports batch processing with multiple inputs.

How to Use

1. Input: In the actor input field, provide YouTube channel URLs or IDs.
   • URL format: https://www.youtube.com/@username or https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC...
   • ID format: @username or UC... (the channel ID).
   • For multiple channels, separate entries with a comma: @user1, @user2, UC1234567890
2. Run: Click Save & Start to launch the actor.
3. Output: Wait for the run to finish. The results will be available for download in the dataset, typically as a JSON file.

Input / Output

Input: A list of YouTube channel URLs or identifiers (handles like @username or channel IDs like UC...).

Output: A JSON array where each object contains the scraped data for one channel.

[
  {
    "channelId": "UCCGlMU06q-ZfdqEA3C4dSeA",
    "avatar": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/...avatar.jpg",
    "title": "TREND_LOFI",
    "verified": 1,
    "hasBusinessEmail": 0,
    "joinDate": "Sep 27, 2023",
    "country": "Taiwan",
    "viewCount": 12872836,
    "videoCount": 210,
    "subscriberCount": 24400,
    "description": "Channel description text.",
    "links": [
      { "title": "Instagram", "link": "instagram.com/user" }
    ],
    "indexUrl": "http://www.youtube.com/@TREND_LOFI-cw1zl",
    "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCGlMU06q-ZfdqEA3C4dSeA"
  }
]

Related Actors

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* Tiktok Video: Tiktok Videos Watermark Free Scraper
* Twitter Tweet: Twitter Tweets Scraper

Maintenance

This actor is regularly updated for improved stability and performance.