YouTube Channel Search Scraper

Find public YouTube channels from keywords or reusable search URLs. Export channel identity, public metrics, profile details, and first-match discovery evidence.

liveasyncunknown~30s typical

social mediamarketinglead generationyoutubechannelsearch

$0.00069

per result + $0.005 call

plus $0.001 platform fee per run

Actor charges $0.00055 per result; Cracked adds 25% plus a $0.005 call fee

Bring your own Apify Store key: provider portion drops to $0.

Provider Upstream docs

$Set up https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/SKILL.md, then use Cracked to run apify /maximedupre/youtube-channel-search-scraper for me.

Input

Field	Type	Description
discoveryMode*	string (both \| videoResults \| channelFilter)	Choose whether to find channels from video results, channel-only search, or both.
searchTerms	array	Topics, products, or types of creators to search for on YouTube. Add up to 500 terms. default ["coffee roasting"]
searchTermsFiles	array	Upload up to 20 TXT or CSV files with search terms. Direct terms and file terms can total up to 500.
searchUrls	array	Public YouTube /results URLs for searches you want to run again.
maxChannelsPerSearchTerm	integer	Stop after saving this many channels for each search term or search URL. Channels left out by filters do not count. Leave it empty to return all available channels until the source is exhausted.
maxTotalResults	integer	Stop after saving this many channels in the whole run. Channels left out by filters do not count. Leave it empty to return all available channels until every source is exhausted.
minSubscribers	integer	Save only channels at or above this public subscriber count. Channels with no public count are not saved.
maxSubscribers	integer	Save only channels at or below this public subscriber count. It works with the minimum. Channels with no public count are not saved.
minVideos	integer	Save only channels at or above this public video count. Channels with no public video count are not saved.
verifiedOnly	boolean	Save only channels that YouTube marks as verified. default false
excludedChannels	array	YouTube channel URLs to leave out. You can use forms like https://www.youtube.com/@Google or https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK8sQmJBp8GCxrOtXWBpyEA. Matching uses the channel identity, not only the URL text.
languageHint	string	A two-letter YouTube language hint, such as en. default "en"
countryHint	string	A two-letter YouTube country hint, such as US. default "US"

Call it

curl

curl https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ck_live_..." -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"provider":"apify","endpoint":"/maximedupre/youtube-channel-search-scraper","input":{"discoveryMode":"both","searchTerms":["coffee roasting"],"maxChannelsPerSearchTerm":3,"maxTotalResults":3},"wait":false}'

poll

curl "https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/v1/runs/<runId>?wait=30" -H "Authorization: Bearer ck_live_..."

cli

npx cracked-ai run -p apify -e /maximedupre/youtube-channel-search-scraper -i '{"discoveryMode":"both","searchTerms":["coffee roasting"],"maxChannelsPerSearchTerm":3,"maxTotalResults":3}' -w 120

mcp

run_tool({ provider: "apify", endpoint: "/maximedupre/youtube-channel-search-scraper", input: {"discoveryMode":"both","searchTerms":["coffee roasting"],"maxChannelsPerSearchTerm":3,"maxTotalResults":3}, wait: false })

Try it

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