YouTube Channel Scraper — Subscribers, Emails, Links & Search

YouTube Channel Scraper — subscribers, emails, links & channel search

Get the About page data of any YouTube channel: subscribers, total views, number of videos, country, join date, description, links (Instagram, X, websites...), emails found in the description and whether the channel has a business email set on YouTube. Or find channels by keyword, filtered by subscriber range and contact availability.

Built for influencer discovery and outreach: "fitness recipes" + 10k–500k subscribers + only with email = a ready list of micro-creators to contact.

Why this one

• Channel search with filters: subscriber range applied before opening each channel, so you only pay for channels that match.
• Contact data: emails written in the description, external links with real URLs (not YouTube redirects), and a hasBusinessEmail flag.
• Exact numbers: subscribers, totalViews and videos as integers, plus the original text.
• Any input format: @handles, channel IDs, or any channel URL (/videos, /about, /c/, /user/).
• No API key, no quota.

Input

Find creators to contact:

{
  "searchQueries": ["fitness recipes", "home workout"],
  "maxChannelsPerSearch": 100,
  "minSubscribers": 10000,
  "maxSubscribers": 500000,
  "onlyWithEmail": true
}

Enrich a list of channels:

{ "channels": ["@mkbhd", "https://www.youtube.com/@manualdomundo", "UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA"] }

Output (one item per channel)

Field	Description
channelId, title, handle, url	identity
subscribers, subscribersText, totalViews, videos	size
country, joinedDate, isVerified, keywords, isFamilySafe	profile
description, emails, hasBusinessEmail, links	contact
avatar, banner, rssUrl, search	media, feed and the keyword that found it

Example output

One real item from a test run (long texts and lists shortened):

{
  "type": "channel",
  "channelId": "UCBKhdILeDie8iLkap216g7g",
  "title": "In Depth Tech Reviews",
  "handle": "@IDTR",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@IDTR",
  "subscribers": 203000,
  "subscribersText": "203K subscribers",
  "totalViews": 45225666,
  "videos": 820,
  "country": "United Arab Emirates",
  "joinedDate": "Nov 4, 2018",
  "description": "In-depth reviews for everything tech, software updates, Google apps  updates, smartphone reviews, camera comparisons, virtual assistants comparisons & tips.\n...",
  "emails": [
    "indepthtechreviews@gmail.com"
  ],
  "hasBusinessEmail": true,
  "links": [
    {
      "title": "Facebook",
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/In-Depth-Tech-Reviews-254187101927126"
    },
    {
      "title": "Twitter",
      "url": "https://twitter.com/IDTechReviews"
    },
    {
      "title": "Reddit",
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/user/emadhussien"
    }
  ],
  "isVerified": true,
  "keywords": "Tech Reviews iPhone \"Google Pixel\" Apple Microsoft \"Gadget Reviews\" \"Smart Light Reviews\" \"Virtual Assistants\" \"Google Assistant\" Siri Bixby Samsung \"Smart P...",
  "isFamilySafe": true,
  "avatar": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/ytc/AIdro_lkDwB9R7r1qQ2N6bXW5d6wuBXcI-0hfqf3aObC7l1UFw=s900-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
  "banner": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/U0_vMBiTejUasW2ie3TuiK32d8IrhPL4HAy2POVlHYw1ZHZJj7FeNUm3zgpbTRPj3HcfsTirvLw=w2560-fcrop64=1,00005a57ffffa5a8-k-c0xffffffff-...",
  "rssUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCBKhdILeDie8iLkap216g7g",
  "search": "tech review"
}

Notes

• The business email itself is hidden by YouTube behind login and captcha; hasBusinessEmail tells you it exists. Emails written in the description are returned in emails.
• YouTube's channel search runs out after a few hundred channels per keyword; use several related keywords for bigger lists.

Need performance metrics?

The YouTube Influencer Audit adds median views of recent videos, like rate, views per subscriber, upload frequency and days since the last upload, with filters to keep only active creators that still get views.

Feedback

Found a bug, a site change, or need an extra field? Open an issue in the Issues tab: every issue is read and answered. If this actor saved you time, a review helps other people find it.

How much does it cost?

You pay only for results delivered, at a fixed price per item. Apify platform usage is included in that price, so there are no compute costs on top. Errors and items that couldn't be found are free.

What you get	Price	Example
Channel	$0.002 each	1,000 channels = $2.00

The Apify Free plan includes $5 of monthly credit, enough for about 2,500 channels per month at no cost. You can also set a maximum spend per run.

On paid Apify plans it gets cheaper automatically: 10% off on Starter, 20% on Scale and 30% on Business.