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Best YouTube scraper on Apify - July 2026 Audit
Audited 2026-07-24 · metadata scan (live platform signals, no marketing copy) · methodology
Winner today: YouTube Scraper at 95/100. This page is regenerated from a fresh audit on the date above. Rankings move when actors improve or rot. Do not trust a listicle older than its data: rerun this audit yourself with the command at the bottom.
The ranking
Candidates are the top results for "youtube scraper" on the Apify store at audit time, scored on measured signals: 30-day reliability, maintenance freshness, permission posture, pricing transparency, publisher health, and more. All criteria.
The receipts
YouTube Scraper - 95/100
- Pricing Transparency: 100 - Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT.
- Marketplace 30-Day Reliability: 98 - 1858601 succeeded / 1896091 total runs in last 30 days (98.0% success rate). Failed: 29193, Timed out: 5012, Aborted: 3285.
- Rot Check: 100 - Last modified 1 days ago (2026-07-23).
- Listing Freshness: 100 - Last modified 1 days ago.
- Pricing Transparency: 100 - Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT.
- Marketplace 30-Day Reliability: 99 - 94832 succeeded / 95847 total runs in last 30 days (98.9% success rate). Failed: 667, Timed out: 30, Aborted: 318.
- Rot Check: 100 - Last modified 1 days ago (2026-07-23).
- Listing Freshness: 100 - Last modified 1 days ago.
Youtube Video Downloader - No Platform Costs! No Proxy Costs! - 93/100
- Pricing Transparency: 100 - Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT.
- Marketplace 30-Day Reliability: 88 - 31275 succeeded / 35692 total runs in last 30 days (87.6% success rate). Failed: 309, Timed out: 2474, Aborted: 1634.
- Rot Check: 100 - Last modified 0 days ago (2026-07-24).
- Listing Freshness: 100 - Last modified 0 days ago.
YouTube Shorts Scraper - 93/100
- Pricing Transparency: 100 - Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT.
- Marketplace 30-Day Reliability: 99 - 189376 succeeded / 191765 total runs in last 30 days (98.8% success rate). Failed: 559, Timed out: 338, Aborted: 1492.
- Rot Check: 100 - Last modified 1 days ago (2026-07-23).
- Listing Freshness: 100 - Last modified 1 days ago.
Youtube Transcript Scraper - 88/100
- Pricing Transparency: 100 - Pricing model: PAY_PER_EVENT.
- Marketplace 30-Day Reliability: 100 - 366379 succeeded / 367523 total runs in last 30 days (99.7% success rate). Failed: 1015, Timed out: 105, Aborted: 24.
- Rot Check: 93 - Last modified 141 days ago (2026-03-05).
- Listing Freshness: 70 - Last modified 141 days ago.
Rerun this audit yourself
Every score above is reproducible right now. No account needed for the free metadata mode:
curl -X POST https://audit-tools.ai/api/evaluations \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"targets": ["streamers/youtube-scraper","epctex/youtube-video-downloader","streamers/youtube-comments-scraper","streamers/youtube-shorts-scraper","pintostudio/youtube-transcript-scraper"], "mode": "metadata"}'
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