YouTube Niche Research: Check a Topic First
Search the topic you are thinking of building a channel on and see who ranks, how old their videos are and what views they got, before you commit.
What this run is set to
The settings saved on this example. Every one of them is editable once you open it on Apify — these are a starting point, not a limit.
| Setting | Value | What it does |
|---|---|---|
Search queries | AI tools for small business, B2B SaaS explained, cloud cost optimization tutorial | Keywords to search YouTube for, one per line, for example "lofi hip hop" or "python tutorial". |
Max videos per query / channel | 120 | Maximum videos per search query and per channel. |
Pricing
$0.000135 per video = $0.135 per 1,000
| You are charged for | When | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Video returned | Charged per video returned in the dataset (empty searches not charged). | $0.000135 |
Pay-per-event pricing: you are billed per result, not per subscription. Billing is handled by Apify on your own account. These are the live Apify store prices, in effect since 2026-08-04, and they are what you are actually charged.
What you get
A structured dataset — each result includes fields like:
channelIdchannelNamelengthTextmodepublishedTimeTextthumbnailtitleurlvideoIdviewCountTextExport every run as JSON, CSV or Excel, or send it to your app, a database, Google Sheets, or an AI agent.
More use cases for YouTube Scraper
- Try
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Built on YouTube Scraper — every input, output field, price and the full how-to are on the tool page.
Where this tool sits
- Categories
- YouTube & Creator Tools
- Platforms
- YouTube