YouTube Search Scraper

hipersoft/youtube-search-scraper

Search YouTube by keyword and export the results: video title, URL, channel, view count, published date, duration, description snippet and thumbnail. Sort by relevance, date, views or rating. One clean row per video as JSON, CSV or Excel.

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Total users

Monthly users

Total runs

Per result scraped

$0.0015

Last rebuilt

Oct 26, 2026

Overview

Run any YouTube search and export the results as clean, structured data. Add one or more keywords, choose how to sort, and get one row per video — title, URL, channel, view count, published date, duration, a description snippet and thumbnail. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel, or pull straight from the API.

Perfect for keyword and topic research, competitor and trend analysis, content discovery, influencer sourcing, SEO, and building video datasets for dashboards or LLMs.

What you get

One flat, ready-to-use record per video result:

Field	Description
`query`	The search keyword that produced the row
`videoId` / `url`	The video and its watch link
`title`	Video title
`channelName` / `channelId` / `channelUrl`	The uploading channel
`viewCount` / `viewCountText`	Views (number + label)
`publishedText`	When it was published (e.g. "4 years ago")
`durationText` / `durationSeconds`	Length
`description`	Description snippet from the results page
`thumbnail`	Thumbnail image URL
`collectedAt`	When the row was scraped

How to use

1. Add keywords

{
  "searchQueries": ["lofi hip hop", "python tutorial"],
  "sort": "views",
  "maxItems": 200
}

2. Sort & limit

Sort results by — Relevance (YouTube default), Upload date, View count, or Rating.
Max results — cap the total across all keywords (0 = no limit; the scraper pages deep into the results).

Example output

{
  "query": "python tutorial",
  "videoId": "rfscVS0vtbw",
  "title": "Learn Python - Full Course for Beginners",
  "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfscVS0vtbw",
  "channelName": "freeCodeCamp.org",
  "viewCount": 49309271,
  "publishedText": "6 years ago",
  "durationText": "4:26:52",
  "durationSeconds": 16012,
  "description": "This course will give you a full introduction into all of the core concepts…",
  "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rfscVS0vtbw/hq720.jpg",
  "collectedAt": "2026-09-20T06:00:00.000Z"
}

Common use cases

Keyword & topic research — see what ranks for a term and how it's framed.
Competitor & trend analysis — track the top videos and channels in a niche.
Content discovery — build watchlists and content ideas at scale.
Influencer sourcing — find channels making videos on your topic.
Datasets — build clean, structured result sets for analysis or model training.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need any login, account or key? No. Just add keywords and run.

How many results can I get? Set Max results to whatever you need (0 = no limit) — the scraper pages deep into each search.

Can I sort by newest or most viewed? Yes — use the Sort option (relevance, upload date, view count, rating).

Can I run several searches at once? Yes — add multiple keywords and the results are combined.

What format is the data? A flat table you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or fetch from the Apify API.

Related scrapers

Building a YouTube toolkit? Pair this with our YouTube channel scraper, YouTube comments scraper and YouTube video downloader — all with the same clean, one-row-per-item output.

Input

Field	Type	Description
`searchQueries` Search keywords	array	One or more search terms to run on YouTube — e.g. 'lofi hip hop', 'python tutorial', 'iphone 17 review'. Each keyword runs its own search and the results are combined.
`sort` Sort results by	string · relevance, date, views, rating	Relevance (YouTube default), upload date, view count, or rating. Default: `"relevance"`
`maxItems` Max results	integer	Maximum number of results to collect across all keywords (0 = no limit). Default: `100`

API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/hipersoft~youtube-search-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "lofi hip hop"
  ]
}'

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("hipersoft/youtube-search-scraper").call(run_input={
    "searchQueries": [
        "lofi hip hop"
    ]
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN' });
const run = await client.actor('hipersoft/youtube-search-scraper').call({
  "searchQueries": [
    "lofi hip hop"
  ]
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Pricing

Event	Price	Paid plans from
Result scraped Charged for each YouTube search result returned.	$0.0015	$0.0008

You pay only for what the run returns. Set a maximum cost per run and it stops cleanly at that limit.

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