# YouTube Video Statistics Scraper 📊 (`easyapi/youtube-video-statistics-scraper`) Actor

Extract comprehensive YouTube video statistics and metadata instantly! Get views, likes, comments, descriptions, tags, thumbnails, and more. Perfect for content creators, marketers, and researchers tracking video performance metrics. 🎥📊✨

- **URL**: https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-video-statistics-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [EasyApi](https://apify.com/easyapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, SEO tools
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 50 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 2 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## YouTube Video Statistics Scraper 📊

### 🎯 Purpose

This actor helps you extract comprehensive statistics and metadata from YouTube videos. It's perfect for content creators, marketers, and researchers who need detailed insights about YouTube videos.

### ✨ Features

- 🎥 Extracts complete video metadata
- 📈 Gets real-time view counts, likes, and comments
- 👤 Retrieves channel information
- 🏷️ Collects video tags and categories
- 🖼️ Provides all thumbnail URLs
- 📝 Captures full video descriptions
- ⏰ Includes publishing timestamps
- 🌍 Supports multiple video URLs processing

### 🔢 Output Data

For each YouTube video URL, the actor extracts:

- Channel ID and title
- Video title and description
- View count, likes, and comments
- Publishing date and time
- All available thumbnail versions
- Video tags and category
- Default language setting

### 💡 Use Cases

- 📊 Track video performance metrics
- 🔍 Competitive analysis
- 📈 Content strategy research
- 🎯 Audience engagement monitoring
- 📱 Social media marketing insights

### 💪 Benefits

- Fast and reliable data extraction
- Clean, structured JSON output
- Supports batch processing of multiple videos
- Regular updates to maintain compatibility
- Respects YouTube's terms of service

### 🔧 Input Configuration

Simply provide:

1. List of YouTube video URLs
2. Optional maximum items limit
3. Optional proxy configuration

### 📋 Output Format

Results are stored in JSON format, containing all video statistics and metadata. Each video generates a detailed record with engagement metrics, metadata, and thumbnail information.

### 🚀 Getting Started

1. Input your YouTube video URL(s)
2. Set optional parameters if needed
3. Run the actor and get structured data

### 📝 Note

The actor uses public data only and respects YouTube's terms of service.

#### Input Example

A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

```json
{
    "youtubeVideoUrls": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV23VDFWC3o"
    ]
}
```

#### Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the **Storage** tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:

And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

```json
[
    {
        "youtubeVideoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV23VDFWC3o",
        "channelId": "UCCrGfO9A8eLdSsB4bWbMhTg",
        "channelTitle": "Boys Playtime",
        "videoTitle": "6 Dinosaur Punch Box | T-Rex Mosasaurus Velociraptor Blue",
        "views": "933,276",
        "likes": "2,093",
        "comments": "0",
        "publishedAt": "2024-04-01T09:00:24Z",
        "description": "6 Dinosaur Punch Box | T-Rex Mosasaurus Velociraptor Blue\n\nSubscribe to Boy's Playtime for more SURPRISES!\nhttps://www.youtube.com/c/BoysPlaytime\n\n#dinosaurs #tyrannosaurus #mosasaurus",
        "thumbnails": [
            {
                "type": "default",
                "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HV23VDFWC3o/default.jpg"
            },
            {
                "type": "medium",
                "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HV23VDFWC3o/mqdefault.jpg"
            },
            {
                "type": "high",
                "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HV23VDFWC3o/hqdefault.jpg"
            },
            {
                "type": "standard",
                "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HV23VDFWC3o/sddefault.jpg"
            },
            {
                "type": "maxres",
                "url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HV23VDFWC3o/maxresdefault.jpg"
            }
        ],
        "tags": [
            "dinosaurs",
            "dinos",
            "jurassic world",
            "tyrannosaurus",
            "rex",
            "indominus",
            "mosasaurus",
            "Dilophosaurus",
            "Velociraptor",
            "jurassic world Squishy",
            "punch box",
            "dinosaur box",
            "공룡",
            "펀치 박스",
            "서프라아즈 박스",
            "공룡 박스",
            "티라노사우루스",
            "모사사우루스"
        ],
        "category": "Entertainment",
        "defaultLanguage": "0"
    },
    ...
]
```

### Related Actors

- 🎥 [YouTube Channel Statistics Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-channel-statistics-scraper) - Extract comprehensive YouTube channel statistics including subscriber count, views, and video count.
- 📺 [YouTube Comments Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-comments-scraper) - Scrape YouTube video comments efficiently with pagination support and comprehensive comment data.
- 🎥 [YouTube Video Metadata Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-video-metadata-scraper) - Extract rich metadata from YouTube videos including title, views, likes, and descriptions.
- 🎯 [YouTube Tags Extractor](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-tags-extractor) - Extract and analyze tags from any YouTube video URL for SEO optimization.
- 📝 [YouTube Description Extractor](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-description-extractor) - Extract complete descriptions from YouTube videos automatically.
- 🎥 [YouTube Channel ID Extractor](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-channel-id-extractor) - Convert YouTube channel URLs to channel IDs effortlessly.
- 🎮 [YouTube Gaming Trends Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-gaming-trends-scraper) - Scrape trending gaming videos from YouTube Gaming section.
- 🎬 [YouTube Movies Trending Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-movies-trending-scraper) - Scrape trending movie trailers from YouTube's trending page.
- 📱 [YouTube Channel Shorts Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-channel-shorts-scraper) - Scrape YouTube Shorts from any channel with comprehensive video details.
- 🔍 [Youtube Search Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-search-scraper) - Fetch search results based on keywords without logging into YouTube.
- 🎯 [YouTube Hashtag Generator](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-hashtag-generator) - Generate relevant, trending hashtags in 65+ languages for YouTube content.
- 🎯 [YouTube Hashtag Extractor](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-hashtag-extractor) - Extract hashtags from YouTube videos automatically.
- 🌍 [YouTube Region Restriction Checker](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-region-restriction-checker) - Check YouTube video regional restrictions across 170+ countries.
- 📺 [YouTube Trending Videos/Shorts Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-trending-videos-shorts-scraper) - Extract trending videos and shorts from YouTube's trending page.
- 📧 [YouTube Email Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-email-scraper) - Find content creators matching your keywords and specific email domains.
- 🔍 [YouTube Subtitle Search Crawler](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-subtitle-search-crawler) - Discover videos by searching through their subtitles with advanced filtering.

# Actor input Schema

## `youtubeVideoUrls` (type: `array`):

List of YouTube video URLs to process

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings for the actor

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "youtubeVideoUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV23VDFWC3o"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("easyapi/youtube-video-statistics-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("easyapi/youtube-video-statistics-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call easyapi/youtube-video-statistics-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,easyapi/youtube-video-statistics-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Jqb9SgS0MfEVWyGKi/builds/FWx2milN6BztTuNrw/openapi.json