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ViewStats YouTube Analytics Scraper

Pull rich YouTube channel analytics from ViewStats in seconds. Give it a list of channel handles or URLs (or a keyword to search), and get back subscriber counts, lifetime views, video counts, global and country rankings, period growth with revenue estimates, daily and monthly averages, longs vs shorts splits, the featured video, similar channels, and a full historical time series. Accurate, low cost, and quick to run.

Why this scraper

• Fast and accurate: clean, structured channel data with no setup.
• Low cost and free-plan friendly, so you can start without a paid subscription.
• More fields than the typical alternative: rankings, week/month/quarter/year/all-time growth, revenue ranges, upload frequency, longs vs shorts, featured video, similar channels, and a daily or monthly time series.
• Two ways in: a list of channels (handles or URLs), or a keyword search that resolves matching channels for you.
• Reliable: keeps working across site updates.
• Pay only for what you collect: profile detail, similar channels, and the time series are optional toggles.

Data you get

Sample shape, values are illustrative placeholders, not from a live channel.

How to use

Search a single channel and get everything:

{
"mode":"channels",
"channels":["@MrBeast"],
"includeProfileDetails":true
}

Several channels by handle and URL, core fields only (cheapest):

{
"mode":"channels",
"channels":["@MrBeast","https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd","tseries"],
"includeProfileDetails":false,
"maxItems":3
}

Keyword search, resolve the top matches:

{
"mode":"search",
"searchTerms":["tech reviews","mrbeast"],
"maxChannelsPerSearch":10
}

Add similar channels and a daily time series:

{
"mode":"channels",
"channels":["@MrBeast"],
"includeProfileDetails":true,
"includeSimilarChannels":true,
"includeStatsTimeSeries":true,
"statsRange":"365",
"statsGroupBy":"daily"
}

Input parameters

Send results into your apps (MCP connectors)

Optionally pipe the scraped results into the apps you already use, via Model Context Protocol (MCP) connectors. This is an extra delivery step after the scrape — the Apify dataset is never changed.

What gets written to the connector: a condensed, human-readable summary of each record — not the full JSON. Each item becomes one entry with a title and its key fields flattened to plain text. The complete record always stays in the Apify dataset.

1. Authorize a connector once under Apify → Settings → Integrations (Notion, Linear, Airtable, or Apify).
2. Select it in the "Pipe results into your apps" input field. (If the picker is empty, you haven't authorized a connector yet.)
3. For Notion, also set notionParentPageUrl to the page where items should be created.

The connection is mediated by Apify's MCP proxy, so this actor never sees your third-party credentials. Leave the field empty to skip.

Output example

Sample shape, values are illustrative placeholders, not from a live channel.

{
"channelId":"UC00000000000000000000",
"handle":"samplecreator",
"displayName":"Sample Creator",
"url":"https://www.viewstats.com/@samplecreator/channelytics",
"youtubeUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/@samplecreator",
"verified":true,
"country":"US",
"subscriberCount":1000000,
"viewCount":500000000,
"videoCount":250,
"globalSubscribersRanking":1500,
"globalViewsRanking":1800,
"countrySubscriberRanking":300,
"categorySubscriberRanking":120,
"viewstatsRanking":2000,
"estimatedRevenueLowUsdMonthly":10000,
"estimatedRevenueHighUsdMonthly":30000,
"uploadFrequencyPerMonth":8,
"avatarUrl":"https://yt3.ggpht.com/0000000000000000=s800-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
"description":"Sample channel description text appears here.",
"dateCreated":"2015-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
"growth":{
"weekly":{"views":20000000,"subscribers":50000,"estimatedRevenueLowUsd":2000,"estimatedRevenueHighUsd":6000},
"monthly":{"views":90000000,"subscribers":200000,"estimatedRevenueLowUsd":10000,"estimatedRevenueHighUsd":30000}
},
"averages":{
"daily":{"viewsAverage":3000000,"subsAverage":7000,"estimatedRevenueLowUsd":1000,"estimatedRevenueHighUsd":3000},
"uploadFrequency":8
},
"similarChannels":[
{"channel":{"handle":"anothercreator","displayName":"Another Creator"},"subscriberCount":900000,"viewCount":400000000,"videoCount":200,"similarity":0.82}
],
"scrapedAt":"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}

Plan and proxy notes

Any Apify plan, including the free plan, can run this actor. Residential proxy is supported as an optional fallback and is bounded by the residential request budget, so you stay in control of cost. For the lowest cost, keep includeProfileDetails off when you only need the core counts, and enable the time series only when you need history.