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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

#ActorAudit scoreUsers (30d)PricingApify
1 YouTube Scraper
streamers/youtube-scraper
95/100 9118 Pay per event Store listing
2 YouTube Comments Scraper
streamers/youtube-comments-scraper
95/100 1673 Pay per event Store listing
3 Youtube Video Downloader - No Platform Costs! No Proxy Costs!
epctex/youtube-video-downloader
93/100 335 Pay per event Store listing
4 YouTube Shorts Scraper
streamers/youtube-shorts-scraper
93/100 1558 Pay per event Store listing
5 Youtube Transcript Scraper
pintostudio/youtube-transcript-scraper
88/100 3034 Pay per event Store listing

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

YouTube Comments Scraper - 95/100

Youtube Video Downloader - No Platform Costs! No Proxy Costs! - 93/100

YouTube Shorts Scraper - 93/100

Youtube Transcript Scraper - 88/100

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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