YouTube trending feed scraper in n8n
Get video lists for YouTube's Gaming, Music, News, Movies and Trending sections in any of 31 regional markets, with views, duration and channel details; rows from a fallback search are labeled.
What this workflow does
Import it and n8n runs the YouTube Trending Feed Extractor by Category & Market Actor on Apify every day at 08:00 with the starter input below. Each row comes back with source, title, channel, chart views and 66 more; repeats with the same url are dropped. A Google Sheets append is included and stays off until you add your sheet. The only credential it needs is your Apify API token.
Read from the workflow file, built for YouTube Trending Feed Extractor by Category & Market version 1.0.2. Updated 2026-11-14.How the rows travel
6 nodes, in the order n8n runs them. The yellow stop is the call to the Apify Actor; the dashed stop is optional.
- Daily trigger Schedule trigger
- Configure input Code
- Run Apify Actor HTTP Request
- Normalize + dedupe Code
- Rows ready No operation
- Google Sheets (optional) Google Sheets, off until you switch it on
Input
The Configure input node holds the starter input. Change it there; every setting the Actor accepts is listed below.
{
"maxItems": 25,
"maxItemsPerChart": 3,
"includeVideoDetails": false,
"maxConcurrency": 3,
"mode": "charts"
}| Setting | Type | Required | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mode | string | Yes | charts | What to read. 'charts' uses YouTube's official music, trailer and podcast charts. 'hubs' uses YouTube's category pages such as Gaming trending, News, Sports, Learning and Courses. One of: charts, hubs. |
| charts | array | No | ["trendingVideos"] | One or more YouTube charts. Trending music videos is the official replacement for the retired general Trending page. 7 choices. |
| categories | array | No | ["gaming"] | One or more category pages. Gaming trending and Gaming live return up to 50 videos. News reads the selected news sections. One of: gaming, gamingLive, news, sports, learning, courses. |
| newsSections | array | No | ["top"] | Which News tabs to read. 'Top stories' is the main /news page; the other sections are direct news-destination feeds. Available sections vary by country. 8 choices. |
| countries | array | No | ["US"] | One or more markets. The 68 YouTube Charts markets are supported; 'global' is supported only for charts that publish a global ranking (top videos, top songs, top artists, Shorts… 69 choices. |
| period | string | No | daily | Daily or weekly ranking. Weekly-only charts automatically use weekly. Current-only charts such as Trending music videos and Trending movie trailers ignore this setting. One of: daily, weekly. |
| date | string | No | – | Historical chart date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Leave empty for the latest chart. Supported by Top music videos, Top songs, Top artists and Shorts songs; current-only charts ignore it. |
| maxItems | integer | No | 100 | Total data rows to return across all charts, categories and countries. |
| maxItemsPerChart | integer | No | 100 | Rows to take from each chart/country or category/country combination. Source ceilings still apply. |
| includeVideoDetails | boolean | No | true | Fetch exact lifetime views, likes, upload dates and descriptions for every video. YouTube category, tags, Shorts eligibility and family-safe flags are filled when YouTube's player… |
| maxConcurrency | integer | No | 5 | How many exact-detail requests may run in parallel. |
| onlyNew | boolean | No | false | Skip rows already emitted by a previous run with the same monitor name. |
| monitorName | string | No | default | Separate only-new histories by monitor name. |
What each row holds
Every field the Actor returns stays in the row (70 in its dataset schema). Normalize + dedupe trims text, drops empty fields, removes repeats with the same url and adds _source and _scrapedAt. The main fields:
| Field | What it is |
|---|---|
| sourceName | Source |
| title | Title |
| channelName | Channel |
| chartViewCount | Chart Views |
| viewCount | Lifetime Views |
| countryCode | Country |
| chartType | Chart |
| url | URL |
| status | Status |
What the first run costs
With the starter input (maxItems = 25) a first run costs about $0.42 on the Apify Free plan: $0.40 to start the run at 4 GB of memory and $0.02 for the results, plus platform usage.
The Actor lists $0.99 per 1,000 results; its catalogue page breaks the price down by Apify plan. The Apify Free plan includes $5 of usage a month.
The Actor behind it
YouTube Trending Feed Extractor by Category & Market: Get video lists for YouTube's Gaming, Music, News, Movies and Trending sections in any of 31 regional markets, with views, duration and channel details; rows from a fallback search are labeled.
The same job from an AI agent
The matching agent skill gives Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents the same Actor, input and fields. Install it in one line:
npx skills add https://scraperfinder.com --skill youtube-trending-feed-extractor-by-category-and-market The youTube trending feed scraper skill, with manual install and run steps
Questions people ask
How do I import this workflow into n8n?
Copy https://scraperfinder.com/n8n/youtube-trending-feed-extractor-by-category-and-market.json. In n8n, open a new workflow, click the three-dot menu, choose Import from URL and paste it. Or download the JSON file and use Import from File; both give the same 6 nodes.
Do I need an Apify account?
Yes. The workflow calls the YouTube Trending Feed Extractor by Category & Market Actor through the Apify API with your own token, and each run is billed to your Apify account. The Free plan includes $5 of usage a month.
What does a run cost?
With the starter input (maxItems = 25) a first run costs about $0.42 on the Apify Free plan: $0.40 to start the run at 4 GB of memory and $0.02 for the results, plus platform usage. The Actor's Store page shows the current price.
Can I change what it collects?
Yes: edit the input object in the Configure input node. The Actor takes 13 settings; the table on this page lists each one with its default. Raise maxItems once the first rows look right.
Does it work without Google Sheets?
Yes. The rows wait in the Rows ready node, so you can connect any other node there: a database, Airtable, a webhook or an email. The Google Sheets node is only one option.