YouTube Profile Scraper

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Cheap, normalized public-profile scraping for YouTube — one clean record per handle.

What it does

Give it a list of YouTube handles (or profile URLs); it returns one normalized record per handle: profile identity, follower/engagement counts, external links, profile-picture URL (+ sha256 if downloaded), and platform-specific extras under platformData. Status is always one of ok | not_found | private | restricted | error.

Input

Transport & cost

• Transport: direct / datacenter (no residential, no impersonation).
• Cost: free over direct egress (~$0.860/1k if forced through residential). Comparable Apify actors charge around $0.50 / 1,000.
• One /about page: channel name, subscribers, links, banner, joined date, views, country, verified.

Pricing (pay-per-result)

• Recommended: $0.45 per 1,000 results ($0.00045 / result).
• Cost to run ≈ $0.11/1k → this is ~5x markup (set to undercut the market where needed).
• Incumbent comparison: $0.50/1k.

Example output (real)

{
"platform":"youtube",
"inputUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/@mrbeast",
"handle":"mrbeast",
"scrapedAt":"2026-06-03T23:25:03Z",
"status":"ok",
"bytesWire":240040,
"profile":{
"id":"UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA",
"username":"MrBeast",
"url":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA",
"fullName":"MrBeast",
"biography":"SUBSCRIBE FOR A COOKIE!\nNew MrBeast or MrBeast Gaming video every single Saturday at noon eastern time!\nAccomplishments:…",
"externalUrls":[
"https://instagram.com/mrbeast",
"https://twitter.com/MrBeast",
"https://facebook.com/mrbeast"
],
"followersCount":495000000,
"followsCount":0,
"postsCount":984,
"isBusinessAccount":false,
"private":false,
"verified":true,
"joinedRecently":false,
"profilePicUrl":"https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/nxYrc_1_2f77DoBadyxMTmv7ZpRZapHR5jbuYe7PlPd5cIRJxtNNEYyOC0ZsxaDyJJzXrnJiuDE=s320-c-k-c…",
"profilePicUrlHD":"https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/nxYrc_1_2f77DoBadyxMTmv7ZpRZapHR5jbuYe7PlPd5cIRJxtNNEYyOC0ZsxaDyJJzXrnJiuDE=s900-c-k-c…",
"profilePic":{
"sha256":"c572a8725b99f7760cad3ef32e88944eb86926c83875046cec7e1f545986e8f4",
"storedKey":"yt/UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA.jpg",
"path":"/nxYrc_1_2f77DoBadyxMTmv7ZpRZapHR5jbuYe7PlPd5cIRJxtNNEYyOC0ZsxaDyJJzXrnJiuDE=s320-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj"
},
"platformData":{
"subscribers":495000000,
"bannerUrl":"https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/mHMO_eEMp0dPvh0ADwXhPXNYb_GnjSVsLI8biqF1CpxT8OPl7izhNQsDPD3JHhd5y5Mg9GrP=w1060-fcrop64…",
"joinedDate":"Feb 19, 2012",
"totalViews":127082651788,
"totalVideos":984,
"country":"United States",
"descriptionLinks":[
{
"text":"Follow",
"url":"https://instagram.com/mrbeast"
},
{
"text":"Twitter",
"url":"https://twitter.com/MrBeast"
},
{
"text":"Facebook",
"url":"https://facebook.com/mrbeast"
}
]
}
},
"posts":[],
"signals":{
"isActive":true,
"hasExternalUrl":true
}
}

Public data only. This actor gathers public profile metadata; it does not log in or access private content.