YouTube Channel ID Extractor

Extract YouTube channel IDs effortlessly! Converts channel URLs to channel IDs, supporting @handle and traditional URL formats. Perfect for YouTube API integration, analytics, and channel management.

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Features

Channel ID extraction — extracts the unique UCxxxxxx channel ID from any YouTube channel URL
Multiple URL formats — supports @handle, /channel/UCxxx, /user/username, bare usernames
Rich metadata — subscriber count, video count, total views, joined date, country, description, keywords
Avatar & banner — extracts high-resolution avatar and banner images
Batch processing — process up to 1000 channel URLs in a single run
Deduplication — skips already-seen channel IDs

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
`channelUrls`	array	(required)	List of YouTube channel URLs
`maxItems`	integer	`50`	Maximum number of channels to process
`proxyConfiguration`	object	—	Apify proxy config

Example INPUT.json

{
    "channelUrls": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast",
        "https://www.youtube.com/@PewDiePie",
        "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA"
    ],
    "maxItems": 50
}

Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
`channelId`	string	Unique YouTube channel ID (UCxxxxxxxxx)
`channelName`	string	Channel display name
`channelHandle`	string	@handle username
`canonicalUrl`	string	Canonical channel URL
`subscriberCount`	string	Subscriber count (e.g. "485M subscriber")
`videoCount`	string	Total video count
`viewCount`	string	Total view count
`description`	string	Channel description
`isVerified`	boolean	Whether channel is verified
`country`	string	Channel's country
`joinedDate`	string	Date channel was created
`keywords`	string	Channel keywords/tags
`avatar`	string	Avatar image URL
`bannerUrl`	string	Banner image URL
`scrapedAt`	string	ISO timestamp of scrape

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