The NanoScrape Youtube Channel Scraper is an Apify actor that extracts public social media posts and profiles from Youtube Channel. It returns 14 fields per result including title, channel_name, channel_handle, channel_subscribers, published_at, priced at $0.8/1k result, with no API key or monthly subscription required.
Scrape videos from any public YouTube channel: title, view count, duration, thumbnail, published date, plus channel name, handle, and subscriber count. Accepts @handle, full URL, or /channel/UCxxx. Detects Shorts. RSS fallback. Pay-per-result.
| Field | Type | Example | Group |
|---|---|---|---|
channel_id | string | (populated when data available) | Core |
channel_name | string | (populated when data available) | Core |
channel_url | string | (populated when data available) | Core |
video_id | string | (populated when data available) | Core |
title | string | (populated when data available) | Core |
thumbnail_url | string | (populated when data available) | Core |
video_url | string | (populated when data available) | Core |
duration | string | (populated when data available) | Employment |
scraped_at | string | (populated when data available) | Metadata |
channel_handle | string | (populated when data available) | Other |
channel_subscribers | string | (populated when data available) | Other |
published_at | string | (populated when data available) | Other |
view_count | integer | null | (populated when data available) | Other |
is_short | boolean | (populated when data available) | Other |
{
"channelUrls": [
"https://www.youtube.com/@example_channel"
],
"maxVideos": 50
}Priced at $0.0008 per result. 10 results ≈ $0.01, 100 ≈ $0.08, 1,000 ≈ $0.80. The first runs land inside Apify's $5/mo free-tier credit — pay only for what you extract, no monthly subscription.
Click Open on Apify above to run youtube-channel-scraper in your browser - no code, no install. In the Apify console you get:
To run this actor from your own code you need an Apify API token. Get one in about a minute:
Free tier: Apify credits your account with $5 of platform usage every month, no credit card required. Enough to test any actor meaningfully - at $0.001 per result on typical scrapers, that is roughly 5,000 results for free every month.
Run this actor from any language via the Apify REST API. Replace YOUR_TOKEN with your API token and adapt the input JSON to your needs.
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/santamaria-automations~youtube-channel-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{}'// npm install apify-client
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('santamaria-automations/youtube-channel-scraper').call({});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);# pip install apify-client
from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient('YOUR_TOKEN')
run = client.actor('santamaria-automations/youtube-channel-scraper').call(run_input={})
items = list(client.dataset(run['defaultDatasetId']).iterate_items())
print(items)// dotnet add package Apify.Client
using Apify.Client;
var client = new ApifyClient("YOUR_TOKEN");
var run = await client.Actor("santamaria-automations/youtube-channel-scraper").CallAsync(new { });
var items = await client.Dataset(run.DefaultDatasetId).ListItemsAsync();// Maven: com.apify:apify-client
import com.apify.client.ApifyClient;
ApifyClient client = new ApifyClient("YOUR_TOKEN");
ActorRun run = client.actor("santamaria-automations/youtube-channel-scraper").call(Map.of());
List<Map<String,Object>> items = client.dataset(run.getDefaultDatasetId()).listItems();This actor is available on the Apify MCP server, so you can drive it from any MCP-compatible AI client - Claude Desktop, Claude.ai, Cursor, VS Code, LangChain, LlamaIndex, or a custom agent - without writing any code.
https://mcp.apify.com?tools=santamaria-automations/youtube-channel-scraperExample prompt once connected:
"Use <code>youtube-channel-scraper</code> to run a scrape on my target list and give me the results as a table."
Clients that support dynamic tool discovery (Claude.ai, VS Code) receive the full input schema automatically via add-actor.
Trigger this actor from your favorite automation tool. Every platform below can call the Apify API in a few clicks - no code required.
@apify/n8n-nodes-apify).santamaria-automations/youtube-channel-scraper.https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/santamaria-automations~youtube-channel-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN.application/json.https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/santamaria-automations~youtube-channel-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN, method POST, body raw JSON.https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/santamaria-automations~youtube-channel-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN.steps.http.$return_value in subsequent steps.https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/santamaria-automations~youtube-channel-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN, body type JSON.$0.80 / 1,000 result, billed per result on Apify. Apify's $5/month free tier covers the first runs. No monthly subscription — you only pay for what you extract.
14 fields per result. Full field catalog is listed in the 'What you can scrape' table above — includes core identifiers, descriptive text, dates, and any category-specific data.
Scraping publicly available data is generally permitted in most jurisdictions, but GDPR applies to any personal data you collect. Review your local rules and consult a lawyer for commercial use.
Every run pulls live data at execution time. Set up a schedule (daily/hourly/weekly cron) in the Apify console to keep your dataset current automatically.