YouTube Scraper

Overview

Extract video details from YouTube, including title, description, published date, channel name, channel URL, view count, subscribers, etc. This tool extracts comprehensive metadata and insights from YouTube videos, enabling users to gain detailed and accurate insights.

How to Use

1. Log in to your ScrapeHero Cloud account.
2. Navigate to the YouTube Scraper app in the ScrapeHero App Store.
3. Click on "Create New Project".
4. Provide the YouTube search URLs or search keywords you want to extract data for.
5. Select the Type, Upload date filter and sort options from the filters.
6. Specify number of data records you want to gather from the project.
7. Click "Gather Data" to begin the extraction process.
8. Once complete, download your data in your preferred format (CSV, JSON, or Excel) or connect any of the available integrations to get seamless access to the scraped data.
9. To retrieve additional fields, enable the is_enhanced option.

Data Schema

The YouTube video listing Scraper app provides the following data fields:

Field Name	Description	Data Type
title	Title of video	TextField
video_id	Video ID	TextField
published_date	Date published	TextField
video_length	Video duration	TextField
video_thumbnail	Video thumbnail	TextField
youtube_handle	Channel Username	TextField
channel_name	Name of channel	TextField
channel_url	Channel URL	TextField
view_count	Video view count	TextField
channel_id	Channel ID	TextField
channel_thumbnail	Channel thumbnail	TextField
description*	Video description	TextField
description_hashtags*	Hashtags in the description	JSONField
description_links*	Links in the description	JSONField
like_count*	Video likes count	TextField
subscribers*	Channel subscribers count	TextField
category*	Video category	TextField
chapters*	Video chapters	JSONField
social_links*	Social media links in the description	JSONField
video_url	Video URL	TextField
input_url	Input URL	TextField

* Marked data points are available only if the is_enhanced option is enabled.

Sample Data Record

Here's an example of a typical data record returned by this scraper:

This scraper uses 5 data credits per data record. Each request for additional fields requires 5 extra credits. Learn more about data credits.

{
  "category": "News & Politics",
  "channel_id": "UClhHB0_iXbn8Cc0x5YzcvIg",
  "channel_name": "Khabargaon",
  "channel_thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/9_TNMaPBNDsxoeqplhzqvNVY7m7zCADhlq-g-yQquD3AEG53RNjntW9XBste_GugoOn1AvmIBQ=s68-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
  "channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/@Khabargaon",
  "chapters": [],
  "description": "Deep inside the Amazon rainforest, missionary Daniel Everett tried to teach Christianity to the mysterious Pirahã tribe. But one simple question from the tribe completely shattered his mission and changed his beliefs forever. This is the unbelievable story of faith, truth, and human perception.\n\n#Piraha #DanielEverett #AmazonTribe \n\nKhabargaon is a modern-day digital platform that helps you travel through current affairs, explainers, ground reports, interviews and unique video shows. Stay tuned for more and more!\n\nKhabargaon holds the copyright to this video. Use by others is not allowed without written consent. For permission, email digital@khabargaon.com\n\nWebsite: https://khabargaon.com/\n\nSubscribe to our channel and turn on notifications to get the latest: https://www.youtube.com/@Khabargaon\n\nConnect us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/khabargaon\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/khabargaon\nTwitter: https://x.com/khabar_gaon\nWhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Vatc88NLSmbj4E6Rmi3C",
  "description_hashtags": [
    "#Piraha",
    "#DanielEverett",
    "#AmazonTribe"
  ],
  "description_links": [
    "https://khabargaon.com/",
    "https://www.youtube.com/@Khabargaon",
    "https://www.facebook.com/khabargaon",
    "https://www.instagram.com/khabargaon",
    "https://x.com/khabar_gaon",
    "https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Vatc88NLSmbj4E6Rmi3C"
  ],
  "input_url": "https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=amazon+rainforest&sp=CAMSBAgCEAk%253D",
  "like_count": "16",
  "published_date": "2026-05-12",
  "social_links": {
    "facebook": [
      "https://facebook.com/khabargaon"
    ],
    "instagram": [
      "https://instagram.com/khabargaon"
    ],
    "twitter": [
      "https://x.com/khabar_gaon"
    ]
  },
  "subscribers": "1.03m subscribers",
  "title": "Piraha Tribe धर्म और भगवान को क्यों नहीं मानता? Alif Laila",
  "video_id": "h48EkiveYXA",
  "video_length": "1 minute, 15 seconds",
  "video_thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/h48EkiveYXA/oar2.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEYCJUDENAFSFqQAgHyq4qpAwcIARUAAIhC&rs=AOn4CLBT9htEOi5mjxSIsU7cRpRGqBK36Q&usqp=CCk",
  "video_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h48EkiveYXA",
  "view_count": "947",
  "youtube_handle": "@Khabargaon"
}

Features

• Comprehensive Data Extraction from YouTube.
• Real-time scraping of up-to-date information.
• Bulk scraping capabilities for multiple keywords and listing URLs for different video listings.
• Data export in multiple formats (CSV, JSON, Excel).
• Enable enhanced extraction to retrieve additional data points.

Support

If you encounter any issues or have questions, please contact our support team at cloud-support@scrapehero.com or browse our help center at https://app.scrapehero.com/docs/.