Key Takeaway
Scrape YouTube Video URLs extracts structured professional data from any LinkedIn profile URL — including headline, experience, education, skills, and certifications — at 1 credit per run. It is part of SyncGTM's 75+ enrichment library and is available via CLI and MCP.
What is Scrape YouTube Video URLs Action?
Scrape YouTube Video URLs is a research action that retrieves video URLs from YouTube search results or channel pages. Given a search query or channel URL, it returns a list of matching video URLs with metadata. This action is the foundation for video research workflows — first collect the URLs, then use other actions like Extract YouTube Transcript to analyze the content.
The action returns structured data including video URLs, titles, view counts, publication dates, and thumbnail URLs. Marketing teams can use it to monitor competitor YouTube channels, find industry content for analysis, or build datasets of videos on specific topics. Combined with transcript extraction, this creates a powerful pipeline for turning YouTube content into actionable intelligence at scale.
This action uses waterfall enrichment to query multiple premium data providers in sequence, delivering higher match rates than single-source alternatives. Learn more about how waterfall enrichment works.
How it works
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Provide a YouTube search query or channel URL.
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SyncGTM scrapes YouTube search results or channel video listings to collect video URLs.
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The action returns a list of videos with URL, title, view count, date, and thumbnail.
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Use the results as input for transcript extraction, content analysis, or competitive research.
Use cases
Content Research Pipeline
Search YouTube for videos on specific topics and extract their URLs. Feed the URLs into the Extract YouTube Transcript action to build a content research pipeline.
Competitor Channel Monitoring
Scrape video URLs from competitor YouTube channels. Track what content they are publishing, how often, and which videos get the most engagement.
Industry Trend Analysis
Search for videos on industry topics and analyze the results. Identify trending topics, popular formats, and content gaps you can fill.
Input
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| search_query | string | Yes | A YouTube search query or channel URL to scrape video URLs from. |
Output
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| videos_found | number | Total number of videos found. |
| videos | array | List of videos with url, title, view_count, published_date, and thumbnail_url. |
| query | string | The search query or channel URL that was used. |
Related enrichments
Scrape YouTube Videos By Channels
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Scrape YouTube Videos By Query
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Extract YouTube Transcript
Extract the full text transcript from any YouTube video URL.
Extract B2B Customers
Identify a company's B2B customers from public sources like case studies and reviews.
Get Meta Ads Using Search Terms
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