YouTube Shorts Scraper
Extract YouTube Shorts data including views, likes, comments, and channel info. Essential for short-form video content research.
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Overview
The YouTube Shorts Scraper tracks the short-form battleground: Shorts titles, view counts, like and comment counts, durations, posting dates, channel metadata, and hashtag usage. Video teams use it to find breakout formats, benchmark publishing cadence, and spot rising channels in a niche early. Channel Shorts tabs and hashtag feeds scroll automatically on Apify's cloud, capturing catalogs no manual audit could finish. Export to Excel or JSON to rank concepts by views-per-subscriber, brief editors with proven patterns, and document what the algorithm currently rewards. Track how Shorts views convert into subscriber growth to judge real channel impact.
Key Features
Use Cases
Short-form video trend analysis
Competitor content research
Channel performance tracking
Viral Shorts identification
Content strategy optimization
Input Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start URLs | Array | Optional | The initial URLs to start extracting data for YouTube Shorts Scraper. |
| Max Items | Integer | Optional | Maximum number of items to return. |
Sample Output
[
{
"url": "https://example.com/data",
"title": "Sample Extracted Record",
"extracted_at": "2026-05-20T14:30:00Z"
}
]How to Use
- 1
Sign up for free: Create a free ParseFlow account to access professional extraction tools.
- 2
Set your parameters: Paste the target URLs into the YouTube Shorts Scraper configuration.
- 3
Download your data: Click Start, wait a few minutes, and download your dataset as Excel or JSON.
API Example
curl -X POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/streamers/youtube-shorts-scraper/runs \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN' \
-d '{"startUrls": [{"url": "https://example.com"}]}'Pricing Structure
Pay-per-result model starting at $2.40 per 1,000 shorts. Check the pricing tab for subscription-tier discounts.
Limitations
- Data extraction speed depends on the target website's rate limits.
- Extremely massive runs may require a premium proxy pool.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the YouTube Shorts Scraper legal to use?
Can I export the data to Excel?
Do I need to know how to code to use this?
Extracted Data Details
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