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You can also import a CSV file or Google Sheet with a list of URLs."},"maxResults":{"type":"integer","default":0,"maximum":999999,"minimum":0,"description":"Limit the number of regular videos (not streams, not shorts) you want to get from one channel. If you use several urls on the input you will get this number for each channel."},"sortVideosBy":{"enum":["NEWEST","POPULAR","OLDEST"],"type":"string","description":"Maps to the sorting buttons on the top of the channel's 'Videos', 'Shorts' and 'Live' pages."},"oldestPostDate":{"type":"string","pattern":"^(\\d{4})-(0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(0[1-9]|[12]\\d|3[01])(T[0-2]\\d:[0-5]\\d(:[0-5]\\d)?(\\.\\d+)?Z?)?$|^(\\d+)\\s*(minute|hour|day|week|month|year)s?$","description":"Only posts uploaded after or on this date will be scraped. Alternatively, specify how old the scraped videos should be in days. Putting 1 day will get you only today's posts, 2 days - yesterday's and today's, and so on. 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Results are delivered as a dataset from the Apify actor run.","failureModes":["Channel URL or handle not found / invalid — actor returns empty dataset","Channel is private or terminated — no data returned","Rate limiting or blocking by YouTube — partial or failed scrape","Actor run timeout for very large channels with thousands of videos","Invalid input format (e.g. wrong URL structure) — actor errors out"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when you need YouTube channel data at scale or without being constrained by YouTube Data API quotas and daily limits. Ideal for bulk channel scraping, competitive intelligence, influencer research, or any workflow requiring channel stats across many creators. Prefer this over the official YouTube Data API when quota exhaustion is a concern or when you need to scrape many channels in one workflow.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-09-15T12:53:08.102Z","isFirstParty":false}