Content marketers
Creator audits
Favorable to scraping
Collect approved videos from a creator shortlist, compare title patterns, and review visible engagement before planning collaborations or topic briefs.
Social Media$50Free
YouTube Channel Scraper for CSV Export
This YouTube channel scraper exports metadata from a list of YouTube watch URLs into a structured CSV. Import the workflow into UScraper, replace the sample video URLs, and collect video title, author/channel, watch URL, publish time, view count, duration, and account handle without building against the YouTube Data API.
Output
CSV file
Columns
7
Input
Video URLs
Source
Watch pages
API key
Not required
At a glance
Export YouTube channel video metadata to CSV
Turn watch URLs into rows
Use a known list of YouTube video URLs and export the metadata analysts usually copy by hand: title, channel name, handle, views, publish label, duration, and canonical watch link.
Multi-URL loop included
The Navigate block contains sample watch URLs and the workflow continues through each input, appending rows into one CSV instead of creating separate files.
Local desktop execution
Your target video list and CSV remain in the desktop workflow unless you add your own upload, sync, or sharing step.
Useful for creator research
Feed the export into spreadsheets, BI tools, enrichment scripts, or content audit workflows without manually opening every video.
Who this is for
YouTube channel data use cases
SEO and growth teams
Video metadata checks
Favorable to scraping
Export YouTube video metadata for ranking pages, embedded videos, or competitor channels, then join the CSV with transcript or SERP research.
Agencies and analysts
Reporting batches
Favorable to scraping
Build repeatable YouTube channel to CSV runs for client-approved URL lists while keeping the workflow local and reviewable.
For deeper YouTube workflows, pair this template with the YouTube Channel Scraper Free, YouTube Video List Scraper, and YouTube Transcript Scraper. Browse more options in the UScraper template library or install the local desktop app from the download page.
How to use
Run the YouTube channel scraper workflow
2
Replace the video URLs
The Navigate block ships with three sample YouTube watch URLs. Replace them with the approved channel or campaign videos you want to analyze.
3
Confirm the export path
Structured Export writes youtube-channel-scraper.csv with headers and append mode. Change the save folder before running client-specific batches.
4
Run the loop
UScraper navigates to a watch URL, waits for page load, waits for the YouTube watch container, pauses briefly, exports the row, and continues to the next URL.
5
Open and review the CSV
Spot-check a few watch URLs, confirm titles and handles match the page, then load the file into Excel, Sheets, a database import, or your reporting workflow.
Output preview
What the CSV export includes
The sample rows below mirror the bundled export shape. YouTube may render publish time as a relative label, an absolute date, or a premiered/streamed label depending on the video and region.
| title | author | url | publish_time | view_count | length | account |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product launch walkthrough and demo | Example Studio | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123 | 2 weeks ago | 18K views | 4:41 | ExampleStudio |
| Creator interview: growth strategy | Growth Ops Weekly | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=def456 | Jan 12, 2026 | 94K views | 0:43 | growthops |
| How we built the channel content plan | Automation Lab | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghi789 | Premiered May 4, 2026 | 7.8K views | 3:51 | automationlab |
youtube-channel-scraper.csvColumn
title
Video title from Open Graph metadata, page headings, or the document title fallback.
Column
author
Channel or author name shown in the YouTube watch metadata area.
Column
url
Canonical watch URL with extra query parameters removed.
Column
publish_time
Relative age, absolute date, or streamed/premiered label when visible.
Column
view_count
Visible view count text such as 18K views.
Column
length
Duration from YouTube player metadata, page metadata, or visible player timing.
Column
account
Channel handle or account identifier parsed from the channel URL.
Headers included - one row per supplied YouTube watch URL
Local template vs APIs and hosted scrapers
UScraper template
Local CSVAPI or cloud actor
Cloud or quotaRuntime
Runs in your desktop browser session
Good for reviewed URL lists, audits, and no-code metadata exports.
Runs on vendor infrastructure or official endpoints
Better for approved high-volume systems and application backends.
Output
CSV saved to your chosen folder
Ready for spreadsheet QA and reporting.
API response, dashboard, or cloud export
Often requires keys, credits, quotas, or account configuration.
Privacy
Video lists stay local
Useful for sensitive creator, campaign, and competitor research.
Targets pass through another service
May need vendor, client, and data-handling review.
Frequently asked questions
Automating YouTube can conflict with YouTube terms, robots directives, copyright rules, privacy laws, or local restrictions even when pages are public. Keep runs modest, do not bypass login or verification, avoid republishing protected content, and get legal review before using exported rows commercially.
Before you run
Limits and maintenance notes
Operational guardrails for YouTube metadata exports
Rate limits
Avoid aggressive repeated URL batches
YouTube may show login, CAPTCHA, consent, or bot-verification prompts depending on IP, traffic volume, browser profile, and region. Start with a small batch and add more wait time if pages load slowly.
Layout drift
Watch page metadata can change
The template reads a mix of page metadata, visible text, and player data. If titles, publish labels, durations, or handles return blanks, update the Structured Export columns before using the file in reporting.
Policy
Use the right access path for production data
For sanctioned quota-backed access, compare the YouTube Data API videos.list endpoint before relying on desktop scraping for production datasets.
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$50Free
What's Included
- Template JSON file ready to import
- Pre-configured scraping nodes
- Works with UScraper desktop app
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