YouTube Scrapers & Data Tools
11 ready-to-run YouTube data tools. Scrape YouTube videos, channels, playlists, comments, transcripts and the trending feed, download videos, monitor new uploads, cut viral clips and upload back to your channel. No code — run them on the Apify cloud and export the results.
YouTube tools
YouTube & Creator ToolsYouTube Scraper
Search YouTube or scrape a channel: title, channel, views, publish date, length and thumbnail. No API key or quota. $0.135 per 1,000 videos.
YouTube & Creator ToolsYouTube Channel Scraper
Scrape videos from any YouTube channel, no login or API key. Rows carry titles, views, dates, duration, thumbnails.
YouTube & Creator ToolsYouTube Channel Monitor — New Upload Tracker
Watch YouTube channels and get only their new uploads: title, URL, publish date, views, thumbnail. $0.01 per new video.
YouTube & Creator ToolsYouTube Playlist Scraper
Export every video in a YouTube playlist. Get title, watch URL, views, age, runtime and thumbnail. No API key or OAuth. $0.40 per 1,000 videos.
YouTube & Creator ToolsYouTube Comments Scraper
Scrape YouTube comments with no login or key. Get text, likes, reply counts, author handle, verified badge and timestamp. $0.40 per 1,000.
YouTube & Creator ToolsYouTube Transcript Scraper
YouTube transcripts from links or a keyword search: text, timed segments, SRT, VTT and video details. No API key. $0.80 per 1,000.
YouTube & Creator ToolsYouTube Trending Scraper
Get the most-viewed YouTube videos for any topic, no login or key. Rows carry views, titles, channels, duration, thumbnails. $0.40 per 1,000 videos.
YouTube & Creator ToolsYouTube Video & Audio Downloader
Download YouTube videos as MP4 up to 8K, audio as MP3 or subtitles as .srt. No login or API key. You pay per megabyte delivered.
YouTube & Creator ToolsYouTube Video Uploader
Upload videos to your YouTube channel from a URL with OAuth. Set title, tags, category, thumbnail, privacy and publish time. $0.05 per upload.
YouTube & Creator ToolsYouTube Channel Email Scraper
Find the business emails creators publish in their YouTube channel description, plus their linked site's contact pages. $1.50 per 1,000 channels.
YouTube & Creator ToolsAI Viral Clip Cutter — Long Video to Shorts
Turn a long podcast or interview into ranked vertical clips. AI scores each moment and captions follow every word. $0.20 per clip row, samples included.
YouTube scraper pricing
What each tool costs per result — pay-per-result on your own Apify account, with no subscription:
| Tool | Price |
|---|---|
| YouTube Scraper | $0.000135 per video ($0.135 / 1,000) |
| YouTube Channel Scraper | $0.0004 per video ($0.4 / 1,000) |
| YouTube Channel Monitor — New Upload Tracker | $0.01 per new video detected ($10 / 1,000) |
| YouTube Playlist Scraper | $0.0004 per video ($0.4 / 1,000) |
| YouTube Comments Scraper | $0.0004 per comment ($0.4 / 1,000) |
| YouTube Transcript Scraper | $0.0008 per transcript ($0.8 / 1,000) |
| YouTube Trending Scraper | $0.0004 per video ($0.4 / 1,000) |
| YouTube Video & Audio Downloader | $0.005 per megabyte downloaded ($5 / 1,000) |
| YouTube Video Uploader | $0.05 per video uploaded ($50 / 1,000) |
| YouTube Channel Email Scraper | $0.0015 per resolved YouTube channel ($1.5 / 1,000) |
| AI Viral Clip Cutter — Long Video to Shorts | $0.2 per clip ($200 / 1,000) |
Popular YouTube use cases
YouTube Keyword Research: See Who Already Ranks
Type a search term and get the videos YouTube shows for it, with views, channel and upload age, so you can tell a crowded keyword from an open one.
Best YouTube Video Titles for Any Keyword
See the titles already ranking for your keyword, the views each one pulled and who posted it. Then copy the patterns that clearly work.
Extract Every YouTube Video URL From a Channel
Turn a channel into a clean list of watch URLs and titles, ready to feed a transcript job or an indexing pipeline. It returns metadata, not transcripts.
YouTube Channel Export: Every Video With Views
Export a channel's videos as a spreadsheet-ready dataset with titles, views, length and links, then work out which ones are worth reusing elsewhere.
YouTube Content Ideas From a Channel's Videos
Pull a channel's back catalogue with view counts to see which topics actually landed. Video metadata only, so no comments come back with it.
Brand Mentions on YouTube: Search Every Video
Search your brand or product name and collect the videos talking about it, with channel, views and upload age. Titles and metadata, not the spoken words.
Find YouTube Influencers in Any Niche
Search a niche and get the creators posting in it, with per-video view counts and channel names. Subscriber counts are not included, view counts are.
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.
Winning Product Research on YouTube Search
Search product and gadget queries and see which videos pulled real views, with channels and links. A quick read on demand before you order stock.
YouTube News Channels: Build a Video Dataset
Give it several news channel URLs and it returns their recent uploads in one dataset, with titles, view counts and upload age for media research.
YouTube Competitor Analysis for Creators
List the channels you are up against and pull their recent uploads with view counts, so you can see what they ship and how often before planning yours.
YouTube Creators List for Sponsorship Outreach
Search your category and collect the creators making videos in it, with view counts and channel names, to build an outreach list worth sending.
YouTube Podcast Episodes List for Any Channel
Index a podcast channel's episodes from YouTube: title, watch URL, length, views and upload age. The spine of an episode archive or a search index.
Find YouTube Channels by Niche and Topic
Search a topic and see which channels post about it, how many views they pull and how recently. Good for reading a niche before it fills up.
Get All Videos From a YouTube Channel
Paste a channel URL or @handle and get its whole video list back: titles, view counts, upload age, length, thumbnails and watch links.
Monitor a YouTube Channel for New Uploads
Point it at a channel and re-run it on a schedule. Each run brings back the newest videos with titles, view counts and how long ago they went up.
Compare YouTube Channels Side by Side
Put two or more channel URLs in and get one table of their recent videos, views and upload timing. Beats opening five tabs and squinting.
YouTube Product Review Videos for Any Product
Search a product name and get the review videos back: who made each one, the view count and the watch link. Swap the query for whatever you are checking.