# YouTube Hashtag Generator 🎯 (`easyapi/youtube-hashtag-generator`) Actor

Transform your YouTube content strategy with AI-powered hashtag generation! This actor analyzes your keywords and generates relevant, trending hashtags in 65+ languages, helping boost your video visibility and engagement. Perfect for content creators and social media marketers. 🎯

- **URL**: https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-hashtag-generator.md
- **Developed by:** [EasyApi](https://apify.com/easyapi) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, Social media
- **Stats:** 11 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

## YouTube Hashtag Generator 🎯

Generate relevant and trending hashtags for your YouTube content to boost visibility and engagement! 🚀

### What does YouTube Hashtag Generator do? 

This actor helps content creators find the most relevant hashtags for their YouTube videos by:

- 🔍 Generating targeted hashtags based on your keywords
- 🌍 Supporting 65+ languages for global content optimization
- 📊 Providing both individual hashtags and ready-to-use hashtag strings
- ⚡ Fast processing with real-time results
- 🎯 Helping improve your content discoverability

### Features

- **Multi-language Support**: Generate hashtags in 65+ languages including English, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and more
- **Flexible Output**: Get results in both array format and ready-to-copy text string
- **Bulk Processing**: Process multiple keywords in one run
- **Clean Data**: Well-structured JSON output for easy integration
- **Rate Limiting**: Built-in delays and proxy support for reliable operation

### Output Format

The actor provides results in JSON format with the following structure for each keyword:
- `keyword`: Your input keyword
- `language`: Selected language code
- `hashtagArray`: Array of generated hashtags
- `hashtagText`: Ready-to-use hashtag string

### Use Cases

- 📹 YouTube content optimization
- 🎥 Social media marketing
- 📱 Cross-platform content strategy
- 📊 Hashtag research and analysis
- 🎯 Content discovery improvement

### Cost of Usage

This actor is optimized for both speed and efficiency.

### Tips for Best Results

1. Use specific keywords related to your content
2. Try different languages to reach diverse audiences
3. Combine multiple relevant hashtags from the results
4. Update your hashtags regularly to stay relevant


#### Input Example
  
A full explanation of an input example in JSON.  
```json
{
    "keywords": [
        "tesla"
    ],
    "language": "EN"
}
````

#### Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the **Storage** tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:

And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

```json
[
    {
        "keyword": "tesla",
        "language": "EN",
        "hashtagArray": [
            "#teslarobot",
            "#tesla",
            "#teslamodely",
            "#teslastock",
            "#teslaphone",
            "#teslacybertruck",
            "#teslarobotaxi",
            "#teslalovesong",
            "#teslamodel3",
            "#teslabot",
            "#teslaoptimus",
            "#teslaroadster",
            "#teslaexplosion",
            "#teslawhatyougive"
        ],
        "hashtagText": "#teslarobot #tesla #teslamodely #teslastock #teslaphone #teslacybertruck #teslarobotaxi #teslalovesong #teslamodel3 #teslabot #teslaoptimus #teslaroadster #teslaexplosion #teslawhatyougive"
    }
]
```

### Related Actors

- 🎯 [YouTube Tags Extractor](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-tags-extractor) - Extract and analyze tags from any YouTube video URL for SEO optimization
- 🎯 [YouTube Hashtag Extractor](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-hashtag-extractor) - Automatically extract hashtags from YouTube videos in organized formats
- 📝 [YouTube Description Extractor](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-description-extractor) - Extract complete descriptions from YouTube videos for content analysis
- 📊 [YouTube Video Statistics Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-video-statistics-scraper) - Get comprehensive video statistics including views, likes, and metadata
- 📊 [YouTube Channel Statistics Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-channel-statistics-scraper) - Extract detailed channel statistics and performance metrics
- 🎥 [YouTube Video Data Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-video-data-scraper) - Fetch comprehensive metadata for YouTube videos
- 🔍 [YouTube Search Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-search-scraper) - Extract search results from YouTube without logging in
- 📺 [YouTube Comments Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-comments-scraper) - Scrape video comments with pagination support
- 🎥 [YouTube Channel ID Extractor](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-channel-id-extractor) - Convert YouTube channel URLs to channel IDs
- 🌍 [YouTube Region Restriction Checker](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-region-restriction-checker) - Check video availability across 170+ countries
- 📺 [YouTube Trending Videos/Shorts Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-trending-videos-shorts-scraper) - Extract trending videos and shorts from YouTube
- 🎮 [YouTube Gaming Trends Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-gaming-trends-scraper) - Scrape trending gaming videos from YouTube Gaming section
- 🎬 [YouTube Movies Trending Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-movies-trending-scraper) - Extract trending movie trailers and content
- 📱 [YouTube Channel Shorts Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/youtube-channel-shorts-scraper) - Scrape Shorts videos from any YouTube channel
- 🔍 [Keyword Suggestions Scraper](https://apify.com/easyapi/keyword-suggestions-scraper) - Get keyword suggestions from multiple platforms including YouTube
- 🔍 [Keyword Discovery Tool](https://apify.com/easyapi/keyword-discovery-tool) - Discover new keyword ideas and search insights for content optimization

# Actor input Schema

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

List of keywords to generate hashtags for

## `language` (type: `string`):

Language code for hashtag generation

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings for the actor

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "keywords": [
    "fashion"
  ],
  "language": "EN",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("easyapi/youtube-hashtag-generator").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("easyapi/youtube-hashtag-generator").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call easyapi/youtube-hashtag-generator --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=easyapi/youtube-hashtag-generator",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "YouTube Hashtag Generator 🎯",
        "description": "Transform your YouTube content strategy with AI-powered hashtag generation! This actor analyzes your keywords and generates relevant, trending hashtags in 65+ languages, helping boost your video visibility and engagement. Perfect for content creators and social media marketers. 🎯",
        "version": "0.0",
        "x-build-id": "DHsABecn5FXCdtPjG"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
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                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
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                "requestBody": {
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                },
                "parameters": [
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                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/easyapi~youtube-hashtag-generator/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-easyapi-youtube-hashtag-generator",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
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                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
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                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
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                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/easyapi~youtube-hashtag-generator/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-easyapi-youtube-hashtag-generator",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "keywords",
                    "language"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "keywords": {
                        "title": "Keywords",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "List of keywords to generate hashtags for",
                        "default": [
                            "fashion"
                        ],
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "language": {
                        "title": "Language",
                        "enum": [
                            "AF",
                            "SQ",
                            "AR",
                            "HY",
                            "EU",
                            "BN",
                            "BG",
                            "CA",
                            "KM",
                            "ZH",
                            "HR",
                            "CS",
                            "DA",
                            "NL",
                            "EN",
                            "ET",
                            "FJ",
                            "FI",
                            "FR",
                            "KA",
                            "DE",
                            "EL",
                            "GU",
                            "HE",
                            "HI",
                            "HU",
                            "IS",
                            "ID",
                            "GA",
                            "IT",
                            "JA",
                            "JW",
                            "KO",
                            "LA",
                            "LV",
                            "LT",
                            "MK",
                            "MS",
                            "ML",
                            "MT",
                            "MI",
                            "MR",
                            "MN",
                            "NE",
                            "NO",
                            "FA",
                            "PL",
                            "PT",
                            "PA",
                            "QU",
                            "RO",
                            "RU",
                            "SM",
                            "SR",
                            "SK",
                            "SL",
                            "ES",
                            "SW",
                            "SV",
                            "TA",
                            "TT",
                            "TE",
                            "TH",
                            "BO",
                            "TO",
                            "TR",
                            "UK",
                            "UR",
                            "UZ",
                            "VI",
                            "CY",
                            "XH"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Language code for hashtag generation",
                        "default": "EN"
                    },
                    "proxyConfiguration": {
                        "title": "Proxy Configuration",
                        "type": "object",
                        "description": "Proxy settings for the actor",
                        "default": {
                            "useApifyProxy": false
                        }
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
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                                "type": "string",
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                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
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                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
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                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
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                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
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                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
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                                        "example": 0
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                                    "computeUnits": {
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                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
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                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
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                            "defaultDatasetId": {
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}
```
