YouTube Email Scraper (Profile, Website, Email)

🎯 Extract comprehensive contact information from YouTube channels including profile data, website links, and business emails for legitimate outreach and partnerships

What This Tool Does

This Actor automatically discovers YouTube channels and extracts their publicly available business contact information. It searches through channel descriptions, video descriptions, and linked external websites to find legitimate business emails for partnership opportunities and professional outreach.

📧 What Emails Can Be Extracted?

✅ Available to Extract:

• Business emails displayed in channel information
• Contact emails from channel descriptions
• Emails from creators' linked websites
• All publicly available social media profiles

❌ Cannot Extract:

• Emails behind the "View email address" button (requires login)
• Protected or private contact information
• Any emails requiring human verification

💡 Tip: Most professional creators display their business email publicly for partnership inquiries!

Key Features

✨ Smart Channel Discovery

• Search by keywords to find relevant channels
• Process direct YouTube channel URLs
• Combine both methods for maximum results

📊 Rich Data Extraction

• Business email addresses
• Full channel descriptions
• Subscriber counts
• External website links
• Social media profiles (Instagram, Twitter, Discord, etc.)
• Channel statistics and location

🚀 Quality Assurance

• Validated email addresses only
• Automatic spam filtering
• Clean, ready-to-use results

Quick Start

Example 1: Search by Keywords

{
  "inputMode": "keywordSearch",
  "searchKeywords": ["AI automation", "tech review"],
  "maxChannelsPerKeyword": 50,
  "maxResults": 100,
  "locale": "en-US"
}

Example 2: Direct Channel URLs

{
  "inputMode": "directUrls",
  "channelUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd",
    "https://www.youtube.com/@LinusTechTips"
  ],
  "locale": "en-US"
}

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Default
inputMode	string	Choose "directUrls" or "keywordSearch"	"directUrls"
channelUrls	array	Direct YouTube channel URLs to process	[]
searchKeywords	array	Keywords to find relevant channels	[]
maxChannelsPerKeyword	number	Channels to find per keyword (1-200)	50
maxResults	number	Total maximum results (1-500)	100
locale	string	Browser locale for fingerprinting (content always in English)	"en-US"

Supported Locales

• en-US - English (United States) - New York
• en-GB - English (United Kingdom) - London
• zh-TW - Chinese (Traditional) - Taipei
• zh-CN - Chinese (Simplified) - Shanghai
• ja-JP - Japanese - Tokyo
• ko-KR - Korean - Seoul
• de-DE - German - Berlin
• fr-FR - French - Paris
• es-ES - Spanish - Madrid
• pt-BR - Portuguese (Brazil) - São Paulo
• ru-RU - Russian - Moscow
• it-IT - Italian - Rome

Note: The locale setting adjusts browser fingerprinting (timezone and geolocation) for anti-detection purposes. YouTube content is always fetched in English to ensure consistent data extraction.

Use Cases

• 📢 Influencer Marketing: Find YouTubers in your niche
• 🤝 Business Development: Connect with content creators
• 📈 Lead Generation: Build targeted email lists
• 🎯 Market Research: Analyze competitor collaborations

Performance

• 🔍 Smart Search: Finds dozens to hundreds of channels per keyword
• ⚡ Fast Processing: Batch processes multiple channels efficiently
• 🌐 Website Scraping: Automatically checks creators' websites for additional emails
• 📊 Scalable: Process up to 500 channels in a single run

Output Example

You'll receive detailed information for each channel:

{
  "channelName": "Marques Brownlee",
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd",
  "subscriberCount": "20.20M",
  "emails": ["business@mkbhd.com", "nbusiness@mkbhd.com"],
  "channelDescription": "Full channel description...",
  "websites": ["https://MKBHD.com"],
  "socialMedia": {
    "instagram": "https://instagram.com/mkbhd",
    "twitter": "https://twitter.com/MKBHD"
  },
  "location": "United States"
}

Best Practices

1. Start Small: Test with a few channels or keywords first
2. Be Specific: Use targeted keywords for better results (e.g., "tech review" instead of just "tech")
3. Combine Keywords: Use multiple related keywords for comprehensive coverage
4. Check Results: Review the output to ensure quality matches

Requirements

• Apify account (free tier works)
• No API keys needed
• Works worldwide

Support

For issues or feature requests, please contact the developer or open an issue on the Apify platform.