# Youtube Free Playlist Scraper (`scrapesmith/youtube-free-playlist-scraper`) Actor

⚡ Free Fast YouTube Playlist Scraper – Extract all videos from any Playlist with titles, views, likes, comments, publish dates, thumbnails & subscriber count. No proxies needed. Get thousands of channel videos in minutes, 100% free.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapesmith/youtube-free-playlist-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrape Smith](https://apify.com/scrapesmith) (community)
- **Categories:** Videos, Automation
- **Stats:** 68 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 3 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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?

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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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — 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 Playlist Scraper - Fast Data Extraction Tool 2025

🚀 **The fastest YouTube playlist scraping solution: Extract 1000 videos in under 15 minutes for just $0.50**

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### ⚡ Key Features & Benefits

#### 📋 Playlist-Focused YouTube Data Extraction

- ⏱️ Extract **all videos from any YouTube playlist**
- 📊 Capture playlist details including **title, description, and video count**
- 🎵 Collect video stats across entire playlists in minutes
- 📝 Supports both public and unlisted playlists

#### 📦 Complete Playlist Video Data

- 📝 Video titles, descriptions, and duration
- 👀 Views, 👍 likes, 💬 comment count
- 📅 Publish dates and thumbnails
- 🔢 Video position within playlist
- 👤 Channel information for each video

### 💵 YouTube Playlist Scraper Pricing 2025

| 🎵 YouTube Videos | 💰 Cost | ⏱️ Processing Time |
| ----------------- | ------- | ------------------ |
| 100 videos        | $0.05  | < 2 minutes        |
| 500 videos        | $0.25  | < 8 minutes        |
| 1000 videos       | $0.50  | < 15 minutes       |
| 5000 videos       | $2.50  | < 60 minutes       |
| 10000 videos      | $5.00  | < 2 hours          |

***

### 🎯 Perfect For

- 📊 **Music Industry Analysis** - Track playlist trends and performance
- 🎓 **Educational Content** - Extract course playlists and learning materials
- 📈 **Marketing Research** - Analyze competitor playlists and strategies
- 🎬 **Content Creators** - Monitor playlist performance and optimization
- 📚 **Academic Research** - Study video collections and categorization

***

### 🔧 Simple Setup

1. **Add Playlist URLs** - Paste any YouTube playlist links
2. **Set Video Limits** - Choose how many videos per playlist (default: 10)
3. **Configure Max Videos** - Set total extraction limit (default: 5000)
4. **Run & Extract** - Get structured data in minutes

***

### 📊 Data Output

Each video record includes:

- Video title, description, duration
- View count, like count, comment count
- Upload date and thumbnail URLs
- Channel name and channel URL
- Playlist position and context
- Video availability status

***

### 🔒 Support & Reliability

- 📜 Detailed logs and error tracking
- 🔄 Auto error recovery and retry logic
- 📈 Performance monitoring included
- 🌍 24/7 availability on Apify platform
- 💾 Structured JSON/CSV output formats

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### ✅ Compliance & Ethics

- 📜 Respects YouTube terms of service
- 📊 Rate limit compliance built-in
- 🌐 Public playlist data only
- 🔒 No personal or private data extraction
- ⚖️ Ethical scraping practices

***

### 🚀 Performance Highlights

- **Speed**: Process 1000+ videos in under 15 minutes
- **Accuracy**: 99%+ data extraction success rate
- **Cost-Effective**: Starting at $0.05 per 100 videos
- **Scalable**: Handle playlists from 10 to 10,000+ videos
- **Reliable**: Built-in error handling and retries

***

✨ **Start extracting YouTube playlist data today: $0.50 per 1000 videos, no proxy costs, results in under 15 minutes!**

🔑 *Keywords: YouTube playlist scraper, YouTube playlist data extractor, YouTube playlist analytics tool 2025*

# Actor input Schema

## `playlistUrls` (type: `array`):

List of YouTube playlist URLs to scrape

## `videosPerPlaylist` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of videos to extract from each playlist

## `maxVideos` (type: `integer`):

Maximum total number of videos to scrape across all playlists

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "playlistUrls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy"
  ],
  "videosPerPlaylist": 10,
  "maxVideos": 5000
}
```

# 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("scrapesmith/youtube-free-playlist-scraper").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("scrapesmith/youtube-free-playlist-scraper").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 scrapesmith/youtube-free-playlist-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/CtKuv5shh9VrB8WRs/builds/u7nFlAmA6yskVjJje/openapi.json