Key Takeaway
Scrape YouTube Videos By Channels 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 Videos By Channels Action?
Scrape YouTube Videos By Channels is a research action that retrieves all recent videos from specific YouTube channels. Given one or more channel URLs or channel names, it returns a structured list of their latest uploads with full metadata. This is ideal for competitive monitoring, content analysis, and tracking thought leaders or industry influencers who publish video content.
Unlike the general video URL scraper which works with search queries, this action focuses on specific channels. It returns videos in chronological order with titles, URLs, view counts, publication dates, descriptions, and duration. Marketing teams can use it to monitor competitor content cadence, track industry influencer output, or build comprehensive video libraries from trusted sources for analysis and repurposing.
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 one or more YouTube channel URLs or channel names.
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SyncGTM scrapes the channel pages to retrieve their most recent video uploads.
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The action returns a list of videos with URL, title, description, view count, date, and duration.
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Use the results for competitor monitoring, content analysis, or as input for transcript extraction.
Use cases
Competitor Content Monitoring
Track competitor YouTube channels to understand their content strategy, publishing cadence, and which topics resonate with their audience based on view counts and engagement.
Influencer Tracking
Monitor industry influencers and thought leaders who publish on YouTube. Stay ahead of trending topics and identify partnership or sponsorship opportunities.
Content Benchmarking
Compare your YouTube content performance against competitors. Analyze their video frequency, topics, lengths, and engagement to inform your own content strategy.
Video Library Building
Build curated video libraries from multiple channels. Aggregate content from trusted sources for team training, market research, or content repurposing projects.
Input
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| channel_urls | string | Yes | One or more YouTube channel URLs separated by commas (e.g., https://youtube.com/@channel1, https://youtube.com/@channel2). |
Output
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| channels_scraped | number | Number of channels successfully scraped. |
| total_videos | number | Total number of videos retrieved across all channels. |
| results | array | List of channel results, each containing channel_name and videos array. |
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