YouTube Hashtag Video & Shorts Ranking Scraper

What it returns

40 fields from the published dataset schema. Export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read the dataset through the Apify API.

• hashtag
• position
• type
• videoId
• title
• url
• channelName
• viewCount
• publishedAt
• hashtagUrl
• hashtagTitle
• videoCountText
• videoCount
• channelCountText
• channelCount
• recordType
• success
• channelId
• channelUrl
• channelHandle
• channelAvatarUrl
• channelSubscriberCountText
• channelSubscriberCount
• viewCountText
• likeCountText
• likeCount
• commentCountText
• commentCount
• publishedTimeText
• durationText

Not in the schema among the core YouTube fields: transcript. The field matrix shows which other tools return them.

How it differs from the other YouTube Actors

Every field it publishes also appears in at least one of the other 16 catalogue Actors for YouTube with a schema, so pick on price, input options and the fields below.

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Input

Example input

Built from the input form's published example values and defaults.

{
  "hashtags": [
    "programming"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerHashtag": 2,
  "contentType": "videos",
  "market": "US",
  "language": "auto",
  "includeVideoDetails": false,
  "sortBy": "default"
}

Run it from code or an AI agent

The same run through the Apify API, with the example input. You need an Apify API token; the run is billed to your account at the Store price.

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run_input = {
    "hashtags": [
        "programming"
    ],
    "maxResultsPerHashtag": 2,
    "contentType": "videos",
    "market": "US",
    "language": "auto",
    "includeVideoDetails": False,
    "sortBy": "default"
}

run = client.actor("dataspryva/youtube-hashtag-video-and-shorts-ranking-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
if run is None:
    raise RuntimeError("The Actor run was not found.")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: "<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>" });
const input = {
    "hashtags": [
        "programming"
    ],
    "maxResultsPerHashtag": 2,
    "contentType": "videos",
    "market": "US",
    "language": "auto",
    "includeVideoDetails": false,
    "sortBy": "default"
};

const run = await client.actor("dataspryva/youtube-hashtag-video-and-shorts-ranking-scraper").call(input);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/dataspryva~youtube-hashtag-video-and-shorts-ranking-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items"   -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN"   -H "Content-Type: application/json"   -d '{"hashtags":["programming"],"maxResultsPerHashtag":2,"contentType":"videos","market":"US","language":"auto","includeVideoDetails":false,"sortBy":"default"}'

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=dataspryva/youtube-hashtag-video-and-shorts-ranking-scraper",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

What a run costs

The result rate falls on higher Apify plans. Each figure is the published per-result rate times the number of results.

• Every run also has a start event, charged per GB of memory (minimum one): $0.10 on Free, $0.03 on Business. At its default memory of 4 GB a run starts at $0.40 on Free. Fewer, larger runs keep this small.
• The Free plan includes $5 of monthly usage (Apify pricing, checked 2026-11-11); at the Free rate that covers at most about 5,050 results, less start events and platform usage.
• Worked example: 10,000 results in one run on the Free plan cost $10.30 ($9.90 for results + $0.40 start), plus Apify platform usage (compute), billed separately by Apify.
• Pay per event. Platform usage (compute) is billed by Apify on top of the event prices. Compare other tools in the cost estimator.

Where it fits among YouTube routes

It ranks 5 of 17 catalogue Actors for YouTube on the published formula (fields, price, reliability, freshness). Its line is highlighted on the map.

What people use it for

YouTube hashtag records include video and Shorts positions, titles, URLs, channels, views and durations, alongside the hashtag's video and channel totals. Comparing which videos rank under specific tags is its focus, while the catalogue's search, channel and trending tools organize discovery around different feeds.

Supply hashtags as bare tags, tags with a hash sign or full YouTube hashtag URLs.

• Compare position, title and channelName across hashtags to identify videos appearing in several tag feeds.
• Use type, viewCount and durationSeconds to compare the videos and Shorts collected under a hashtag.
• Track videoCount and channelCount across saved collections using hashtag and scrapedAt.
• Hashtag ranking analysis
• Video discovery

Tips

• Set contentType to regular videos, Shorts or both to scope the cards returned.
• Use maxResultsPerHashtag to cap records after sorting and filtering, allowing for fewer results when YouTube's ranked sample is smaller.

Other catalogue Actors for YouTube

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Questions people ask

Sources

• YouTube Hashtag Video & Shorts Ranking Scraper on Apify Store
• Published build with input and output schema (JSON)
• YouTube Data API v3 documentation