YouTube Search Scraper(by keywords)

What is YouTube Search Scraper?

YouTube Search Scraper is an automated video data extraction tool designed to search YouTube by keywords and filter criteria, then retrieve detailed video information. With CoreClaw, you can extract structured video data with zero coding required, enabling content analysis, competitive research, market research, and SEO optimization.

• ✅ Precise Search - Search YouTube videos by keywords with customizable search terms
• ✅ Advanced Filtering - Support four major filter categories: upload date, content type, duration, and features
• ✅ Smart Pagination - Automatically paginate through search results for efficient video collection
• ✅ Comprehensive Data - Extract 20+ video fields including title, ID, thumbnail, view count, channel info, comment count, and more
• ✅ Batch Collection - Support collecting detailed data from multiple videos at once
• ✅ Flexible Export - Support both JSON and CSV export formats

What Data Can You Extract from YouTube?

How to Scrape YouTube Search Scraper?

CoreClaw YouTube Search Scraper handles search requests, filter application, result pagination, video ID collection, and detailed data retrieval in the background. Get your data in just a few minutes with these simple steps:

1. Create a free CoreClaw account using your email
2. Open the YouTube Search Scraper dashboard
3. Enter your search keyword
4. Set filter criteria (select at least one: upload date, content type, duration, or features)
5. Set the number of videos to collect (optional, default is 20)
6. Click "Start" and let our cloud servers handle the search and scraping
7. Download your dataset in JSON or CSV format

➡️ Input

Parameter Description

Filter Options

Upload Date (upload_date)

• None - No restriction
• Last hour - Last hour
• Today - Today
• This week - This week
• This month - This month
• This year - This year

Content Type (type)

• None - No restriction
• Video - Video
• Channel - Channel
• Playlist - Playlist
• Movie - Movie

Video Duration (duration)

• None - No restriction
• Under 4 minutes - Under 4 minutes
• 4 - 20 minutes - 4-20 minutes
• Over 20 minutes - Over 20 minutes

Features (features)

• None - No restriction
• Live - Live stream
• 4K - 4K quality
• HD - High definition
• Subtitles/CC - Subtitles/Closed captions
• Creative Commons - Creative Commons licensed
• 360-degree - 360-degree video
• VR180 - VR180 video
• 3D - 3D video
• HDR - HDR video
• Location - Location tagged
• Purchased - Purchased content

Usage Examples

Example 1: Basic Search + Duration Filter

• Search keyword: OpenAI
• Duration filter: Under 4 minutes
• Video count: 20
• Result: Short OpenAI-related videos sorted by publish date

Example 2: Multi-Dimensional Precision Filtering

• Search keyword: Machine learning
• Upload date: This week
• Content type: Video (videos only)
• Duration filter: 4 - 20 minutes
• Features: HD
• Video count: 50
• Result: 4-20 minute HD machine learning videos published this week

Example 3: News & Updates Quick Filter

• Search keyword: Tech news
• Upload date: Today
• Content type: Video
• Duration filter: Under 4 minutes
• Video count: 30
• Result: Short tech news videos published today

Example 4: Educational Course Video Search

• Search keyword: Python tutorial
• Upload date: This year
• Content type: Video
• Features: Subtitles/CC
• Duration filter: Over 20 minutes
• Video count: 25
• Result: Long-form Python tutorial videos with subtitles published this year

Example 5: Creative Content Discovery

• Search keyword: vlog
• Upload date: This month
• Features: 4K or 360-degree
• Video count: 40
• Result: 4K or 360-degree vlog videos published this month

⬅️ Output

For your convenience, output results are displayed in table and tab format. You can download results in either JSON or CSV format.

Output Description

Each video will output the following data:

Basic Information

• title - Video title
• id - Video ID
• VideoUrl - Video URL
• thumbnailUrl - Video thumbnail URL
• viewCount - Video view count
• date - Video upload date

Engagement Data

• likes - Video like count
• commentsCount - Video comment count

Channel Information

• channelName - Channel name
• channelUrl - Channel URL
• numberOfSubscribers - Channel subscriber count

Video Attributes

• duration - Video duration
• location - Video language or region information
• Description - Video description
• descriptionLinks - List of URLs extracted from description
• subtitles - Whether subtitles are available (true/false)
• isMonetized - Whether monetized (true/false)
• commentsTurnedOff - Whether comments are disabled (true/false)

Debug Information

• input - Normalized search keyword and filter criteria signature
• error - Error message when data collection fails
• error_code - Error code when data collection fails

Sample Data:

{
  "title": "OpenAI Launches New Features",
  "id": "abc123xyz89",
  "VideoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123xyz89",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/abc123xyz89/maxresdefault.jpg",
  "viewCount": "125,432 views",
  "date": "Apr 24, 2026",
  "likes": "3.2K",
  "location": "zh_CN",
  "channelName": "OpenAI",
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@OpenAI",
  "numberOfSubscribers": "4.1M subscribers",
  "duration": "0:03:48",
  "commentsCount": "428",
  "Description": "A brief overview of OpenAI's latest feature release.",
  "descriptionLinks": [
    "https://openai.com/"
  ],
  "subtitles": true,
  "isMonetized": false,
  "commentsTurnedOff": false,
  "input": "OpenAI---['This week', 'Video', 'Under 4 minutes', 'HD']",
  "error": null,
  "error_code": null
}

FAQ

Do I need to provide filter criteria?

Yes, in addition to the search keyword, you must provide at least one filter criterion. Supported filter criteria include:

• Upload date (upload_date)
• Content type (type)
• Video duration (duration)
• Features (features)

How do I combine multiple filter criteria?

You can use multiple filter criteria together, and the tool will apply all filters simultaneously. For example: videos published this week, video type, 4-20 minutes duration, HD quality, with keyword "machine learning".

What content types are supported?

Five content types are supported:

• Video - Video (most common)
• Channel - Channel
• Playlist - Playlist
• Movie - Movie
• None - No restriction

How should I choose the duration filter?

Select based on your video content characteristics:

• Under 4 minutes - Suitable for short videos, news clips, quick tutorials
• 4 - 20 minutes - Suitable for tutorials, reviews, analysis videos
• Over 20 minutes - Suitable for in-depth courses, long-form analysis, complete tutorials

What's the purpose of the features filter?

Using the Subtitles/CC filter helps you find videos suitable for translation and analysis.

How many videos can I collect at most?

Start with the default value of 20 for initial testing to confirm results meet your expectations, then increase the number as needed.

Can I scrape links from video descriptions?

Yes. The tool automatically extracts all URLs from video descriptions and stores them in the descriptionLinks field.

How can I use this data for competitive analysis?

Content Strategy Analysis

• Video publication frequency
• Content type distribution
• Video duration preferences
• Popular topic trends

Performance Analysis

• View count comparison
• Engagement rate comparison (likes/comments)
• Subscriber growth analysis
• Monetization rate analysis

Optimization Recommendations

• Learn from high-performing video titles and descriptions
• Optimize video publication timing
• Study hashtag usage strategies
• Improve content quality