YouTube Channel Profile Scraper Extract detailed information from YouTube channel "About" pages efficiently and reliably. Perfect for creator research, competitor analysis, and channel verification. ## 🚀 Features - Extract channel information from YouTube "About" pages - Support for multiple channels in a single run - Clean and structured JSON output - Handle non-existing or invalid channels gracefully - Automatic rate limiting and retry mechanism ## 📋 Input The actor accepts the following input parameter: | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | username | string | YouTube channel username/handle to scrape (without @ symbol) | ### Input Example json { "username": "MrBeast" } ## 📊 Output The actor outputs a JSON array containing detailed information for each channel: | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | title | string | Channel name | | handle | string | Channel handle/username | | description | string | Channel description/about text | | location | string | Channel location (if available) | | joinDate | string | Date when the channel was created | | totalViews | number | Total channel views | | subscribers | number | Number of subscribers | | links | array | Array of related links | | email | string | Business email (if available) | ### Output Example json [ { "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@mrbeast", "handle": "@MrBeast", "handle_md5": "dd748d5dfc88b91ea388429c3c685874", "banner_img": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/5KWiriZZ_KEoEdSMFTJKj2M6vR_XSiRZeQ-ix0cvG3TGZuGoi8sfAjrSiZAP0GzXBkmF8ZGytw=w2560-fcrop64=1,00005a57ffffa5a8-k-c0xffffffff-no-nd-rj", "profile_image": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/nxYrc_1_2f77DoBadyxMTmv7ZpRZapHR5jbuYe7PlPd5cIRJxtNNEYyOC0ZsxaDyJJzXrnJiuDE=s160-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj", "name": "MrBeast", "subscribers": 450000000, "Description": "SUBSCRIBE FOR A COOKIE!\nNew MrBeast or MrBeast Gaming video every single Saturday at noon eastern time!\nAccomplishments:\n- Raised $20,000,000 To Plant 20,000,000 Trees\n- Removed 30,000,000 pounds of trash from the ocean\n- Helped 2,000 people walk again\n- Helped 1,000 blind people see\n- Helped 1,000 deaf people hear\n- Built wells in Africa\n- Built and gave away 100 houses\n- Adopted every dog in a shelter (twice)\n- Given millions to charity\n- Started my own snack company Feastables\n- Started my own software company Viewstats\n- Started Lunchly, a tasty, better-for-you lunch option\n- Gave away a private island (twice)\n- Gave away 1 million meals\n- I counted to 100k\n- Ran a marathon in the world's largest shoes\n- Survived 50 hours in Antarctica\n- Recreated Squid Game in real life\n- Created the largest competition show with 1000 people (Beast Games)\n- Gave $5,000,000 to one person\n- Passed T-Series to become most subscribed YouTube channel \ud83e\udd79\nyou get it, I appreciate all of you so much :)\n", "videos_count": 918, "created_date": "2012-02-19T00:00:00.000Z", "views": 99949105530, "Details": { "location": "United States" }, "Links": [ "teamwater.org", "instagram.com/mrbeast", "twitter.com/MrBeast", "facebook.com/mrbeast" ], "identifier": "UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA", "id": "UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA", "has_podcast": false, "top_videos": [ { "Image_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3RmOvxilbPM/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEnCNACELwBSFryq4qpAxkIARUAAIhCGAHYAQHiAQoIGBACGAY4AUAB&rs=AOn4CLAdm-Ll6WLOBIUbD23US6bw4vx52A", "title": "100 People Vs World\u2019s Biggest Trap! 30 minutes", "video_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RmOvxilbPM", "views": 25127051, "posted_time": "21 hours ago" }, { "Image_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Oo9EbArcQ1c/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEnCNACELwBSFryq4qpAxkIARUAAIhCGAHYAQHiAQoIGBACGAY4AUAB&rs=AOn4CLB4l9fseWrOtJayye_0Zll0EXFNIw", "title": "I Saved 1,000 Animals From Dying 17 minutes", "video_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo9EbArcQ1c", "views": 94358641, "posted_time": "2 weeks ago" } ], "timestamp": "2025-11-09T14:04:06.554Z" } ] ## 💡 Usage Tips 1. Single Channel: Process one YouTube channel per run 2. Rate Limits: The actor handles YouTube's rate limits automatically 3. Error Handling: Invalid or non-existent channels are handled gracefully 4. Timeout: Default timeout is 300 seconds per request ## 📈 Use Cases - Influencer Marketing Research - Competitor Analysis - Channel Verification - Creator Database Building - Social Media Analytics - Business Contact Discovery