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scraping-youtube-trending-videos

Extracts YouTube trending videos by category and country using apidojo's YouTube Trending Scraper on Apify. Triggers when the user asks to: get trending YouTube videos, scrape what's trending on YouTube today, fetch YouTube trending videos in a specific country, get trending gaming or music videos on YouTube, export the YouTube trending page data, find viral YouTube videos right now, or collect top trending YouTube content by category. Returns video title, URL, view count, like count, channel info, description, and thumbnail per video. Ideal for content researchers, trend analysts, and YouTube marketers.

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Raw data collection. No assumed use case — returns the full dataset for downstream analysis.

Inputs

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Notes
`type`	string	Optional	`n`	Trending category: `n` (now), `music`, `movies`, `gaming`
`gl`	string	Optional	`us`	Country code (e.g. `US`, `GB`)
`hl`	string	Optional	`en`	Language code (e.g. `en`)
`maxItems`	number	Optional	Unlimited	Maximum videos to return
`customMapFunction`	string	Optional	—	JavaScript function to transform each output object

How to Run

Using run_actor.js (recommended)

# Quick answer (table)
node scripts/run_actor.js --actor "apidojo~youtube-trending-scraper" --input '{"type": "n", "gl": "us", "hl": "en", "maxItems": 50}'

# Save as CSV
node scripts/run_actor.js --actor "apidojo~youtube-trending-scraper" --input '{"type": "n", "gl": "us", "hl": "en", "maxItems": 50}' --output results.csv --format csv

# Save as JSON
node scripts/run_actor.js --actor "apidojo~youtube-trending-scraper" --input '{"type": "n", "gl": "us", "hl": "en", "maxItems": 50}' --output results.json --format json

REST API fallback

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/apidojo~youtube-trending-scraper/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"type": "n", "gl": "us", "hl": "en", "maxItems": 50}'

If Apify MCP is available: Use the Apify MCP call_actor tool with actor apidojo~youtube-trending-scraper and the input above.

Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
`type`	string	Always `video`
`id`	string	Video ID
`title`	string	Video title
`url`	string	Video URL
`description`	string	Video description
`duration`	number	Duration in seconds
`views`	number	View count
`likes`	number	Like count
`status`	string	Availability status
`channel.id`	string	Channel ID
`channel.name`	string	Channel name
`channel.url`	string	Channel URL
`keywords`	array	Video tags/keywords
`isLive`	boolean	Live stream flag
`thumbnails`	array	Thumbnail objects

Edge Cases

No results for category: Some countries may not have all category pages. Fall back to type=n.
Empty results: YouTube may show different trending per session — retry.
Region mismatch: gl and hl must be valid ISO codes.
Data freshness: Trending changes frequently — data reflects a point-in-time snapshot.

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