YouTube Influencer Discovery Scraper — Find Creators, Emails & Engagement

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Documentation only. This repository is the usage guide for the hosted YouTube Influencer Discovery Scraper Apify Actor. There is no source code here — the Actor runs on the Apify platform. Everything below shows you how to call it from the Console, CLI, API, JavaScript and Python.

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Find YouTube influencers by niche and get the data outreach teams actually need — subscriber count, average views, engagement rate, business email, handle and social links for every creator. Search by keyword / niche (or pass channels directly to enrich), filter by subscriber tier and email-only, and export a scored, contactable shortlist to JSON, CSV or Excel. No login, no cookies and no Google API key.

The key differentiator: engagement rate is computed for you. The Actor samples each channel's recent uploads, calculates average and median views, then derives an engagement rate (avg views ÷ subscribers) — the metric that separates real reach from vanity subscriber counts. One run surfaces dozens of contactable creators per niche, each ranked by real engagement, ready for influencer-marketing campaigns and sponsorship vetting.

What you get / Output fields

One row per creator — scored and contact-enriched.

Field	Type	Description
channelId	string	YouTube UC… channel identifier.
channelTitle	string	Channel / creator display name.
handle	string	@handle of the channel, if any.
channelUrl	string	Canonical channel URL.
subscriberCount	number	Approximate subscriber count as a number.
subscriberCountText	string	Raw subscriber text (e.g. 1.2M subscribers).
avgRecentViews	number	Average views across the sampled recent videos.
medianRecentViews	number	Median views across the sampled recent videos.
videosAnalyzed	number	Number of recent videos used for the stats.
engagementRatePct	number	avgRecentViews ÷ subscribers, as a percentage.
latestVideoPublished	string	Relative publish text of the most recent video.
email	string	First contact email found in the channel description.
emails	array	All contact emails found in the channel description.
socialLinks	array	Social/profile URLs found in the channel description.
keywords	array	Channel keywords / tags.
description	string	Full channel description.
avatar	string	Channel avatar image URL.
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp when the row was collected.

Use cases

• Influencer outreach lists — build a contactable shortlist of creators in a niche, scored by engagement, ready to push into your CRM.
• Micro-influencer campaigns — maxSubscribers: 100000 + minSubscribers: 5000 finds affordable, high-engagement creators the big tools miss.
• Sponsorship vetting — compare engagement rate, not just subscriber count, before paying for a placement.
• Agency prospecting — find creators to represent, or brands/creators to pitch your services to.
• Competitive creator mapping — see who is active in your category and how they actually perform.
• CRM enrichment — feed a list of channels into channels to backfill emails, subscribers and engagement.
• Regional discovery — target creators in a specific country by setting region for the search context.

Quick start

1. Apify Console (no code)

1. Open the Actor: apify.com/logiover/youtube-influencer-discovery-scraper.
2. Click Try for free. Enter one or more niches in Niche keywords (e.g. personal finance, home barista) and/or paste specific Channels — or leave everything empty to discover Tech Review creators by default.
3. Optionally set a subscriber tier and Only channels with an email. Click Start, then Export to JSON / CSV / Excel.

2. Apify CLI

npm i -g apify-cli
apify login
apify call logiover/youtube-influencer-discovery-scraper --input '{
  "searchQueries": ["home workout", "healthy recipes"],
  "minSubscribers": 5000,
  "maxSubscribers": 100000,
  "requireEmail": true
}'

3. API (curl)

curl -X POST \
  "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/logiover~youtube-influencer-discovery-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"searchQueries":["personal finance","tech reviews"],"maxChannelsPerQuery":40,"maxResults":200}'

4. JavaScript (apify-client)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('logiover/youtube-influencer-discovery-scraper').call({
  searchQueries: ['home workout', 'healthy recipes'],
  minSubscribers: 5000,
  maxSubscribers: 100000,
  requireEmail: true,
  maxChannelsPerQuery: 50,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(`Got ${items.length} creators`);

5. Python (apify-client)

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient(token="YOUR_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("logiover/youtube-influencer-discovery-scraper").call(run_input={
    "searchQueries": ["home workout", "healthy recipes"],
    "minSubscribers": 5000,
    "maxSubscribers": 100000,
    "requireEmail": True,
})

items = list(client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items())
print(f"Got {len(items)} creators")

More runnable snippets: examples/cli.md · examples/api-curl.md · examples/javascript.md · examples/python.md

Input

Give at least one searchQueries keyword or one entry in channels. Everything else is optional; with everything empty the Actor discovers Tech Review creators by default.

Field	Type	Default	Description
searchQueries	array of strings	—	Niche keywords to discover creators in. Each runs a channel search.
niche	string (dropdown)	tech reviews	Preset niche used only when searchQueries is empty (20 options).
channels	array of strings	—	Enrich specific channels directly — @handles, URLs or UC… IDs. Combined with discovery results.
region	string (dropdown)	US	Country context for the search results (20 options).
language	string (dropdown)	en	Interface/content language (15 options).
sortBy	string (dropdown)	relevance	relevance, subscribers_desc, subscribers_asc, engagement_desc or avgViews_desc.
maxChannelsPerQuery	integer	30	How many channels to discover per keyword.
recentVideosForStats	integer	12	How many recent videos to average for avg views & engagement rate.
minSubscribers	integer	0	Keep only channels with at least this many subs. 0 = no minimum.
maxSubscribers	integer	0	Keep only channels up to this many subs (great for micro-influencers). 0 = no maximum.
requireEmail	boolean	false	Keep only channels that expose a contact email in their description.
maxResults	integer	100	Global cap on channels saved. 0 = unlimited.
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify Proxy	Proxy settings.

Tip: engagement beats reach. A creator with 20k subs and 40% engagement often converts better (and costs far less) than one with 2M subs and 3%. Combine maxSubscribers + requireEmail: true to build an affordable, contactable shortlist in one run.

Output

A trimmed sample record (numeric metrics are returned as strings):

{
  "channelId": "UCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "channelTitle": "Home Barista Corner",
  "handle": "@homebaristacorner",
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@homebaristacorner",
  "subscriberCount": "6650",
  "avgRecentViews": "3949",
  "medianRecentViews": "3600",
  "videosAnalyzed": "12",
  "engagementRatePct": "59.38",
  "email": "homebaristacorner@gmail.com",
  "emails": ["homebaristacorner@gmail.com"],
  "socialLinks": ["https://instagram.com/homebaristacorner"],
  "keywords": ["coffee", "espresso", "home barista"],
  "latestVideoPublished": "3 days ago",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-06T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Integrations & automation

• Schedules — refresh your creator shortlist weekly as new channels grow into your target tier.
• Webhooks — POST new creators to your CRM or outreach tool when a run completes.
• Google Sheets — auto-sync each dataset into a spreadsheet.
• Zapier / Make / n8n / Pipedream — push creators into HubSpot, Airtable, Notion or an email sequencer.
• Cloud storage — export datasets to Amazon S3, Google Drive or Dropbox.
• Pipeline chaining — feed the discovered channel list into an email finder or a bulk email verifier for an end-to-end outreach pipeline.

Export formats

CSV · JSON · JSONL · Excel (XLSX) · XML — download from the dataset in the Console or via the Apify API.

FAQ

Do I need a YouTube API key to find influencers?

No — no key, no login and no quota. The Actor reads public channel data directly and computes the engagement metrics itself. You only need an Apify account.

How is engagement rate calculated?

Average views across the most recent recentVideosForStats videos, divided by subscriber count, expressed as a percentage — a widely used reach proxy that is far more meaningful than raw subscriber count.

Can I find micro-influencers?

Yes. Set maxSubscribers (and optionally minSubscribers) to target a specific tier — which is exactly where the best-value creators usually sit.

Why do some channels have no email?

Emails are parsed from the public channel description. Creators who only expose their address behind YouTube's CAPTCHA-gated "View email address" button can't be read — that's expected. Use requireEmail: true to keep only contactable creators.

Can I just enrich a list of channels I already have?

Yes. Paste them into channels as handles, URLs or UC… IDs, and they are enriched alongside any keyword discovery.

How do I find YouTube micro-influencers in a niche with emails?

Enter your niche in searchQueries, set maxSubscribers to cap the tier and requireEmail: true — the Actor returns only contactable micro-creators with their business email and engagement rate.

How do I compare creators by engagement instead of subscribers?

Set sortBy: "engagement_desc" (or avgViews_desc) so the output is ranked by real reach, letting you vet placements before you pay.

Is this a YouTube influencer email scraper too?

Yes. It parses the business email and social links from each creator's public channel description, so you get a ready contactable outreach list — no separate email step required.

How do I export the results to CSV or JSON?

Run the Actor, then download your results as CSV, Excel or JSON from the dataset, or pull them via the Apify API. Every creator row includes emails, subscribers and engagement rate.

Is scraping YouTube creator data legal?

The Actor collects only public channel data. Use it in line with YouTube's Terms and applicable privacy/marketing laws (GDPR, CAN-SPAM) for outreach.

Related actors

• YouTube Creator Email Finder — deep two-layer email extraction for a channel list.
• YouTube Channel Scraper — extract every video of a channel with views and stats.

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