YouTube Growth Scraper

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Analyze YouTube channel growth velocity, average and median views, trend percentages, View-to-Subscriber Ratio, consistency scores, and fair market sponsorship valuations without API keys.

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About YouTube Growth Scraper

Analyze YouTube channel growth velocity, average and median views, trend percentages, View-to-Subscriber Ratio, consistency scores, and fair market sponsorship valuations without API keys.

Core Capabilities

Exact Trend Velocity & Momentum

Calculates normalized trend percentage comparing recent uploads to older uploads to detect whether a channel is accelerating in hyper-growth or cooling off

Fair Market Sponsorship Valuation

Estimates 60-second video sponsorship integration pricing ranges using calibrated $15-$35 CPM benchmarks or custom niche parameters.

Strict 4-Layer Shorts Exclusion

Filters out algorithmic short-form videos up to 3 minutes long, scheduled premieres, and live placeholders to prevent distortion of long-form metrics.

Multi-Channel Batching & Auto-Dedup

Analyze up to 500 creator channels in a single run with automatic URL deduplication and support for @handles, channel URLs, and bare UC IDs.

Audience Consistency & Health Scoring

Measures View-to-Subscriber Ratio (VSR) and statistical predictability (Consistency Score 1-100) to distinguish reliable creators from viral lottery channels.

Usage Examples

Templates & workflows

3 Templates

Creator Vetting & Growth Dossier

Extract consolidated growth intelligence dossiers including average views, median views, trend velocity, consistency, and sponsorship rates for target creators.

Input Configurationjson

{
  "channels": "@matthew_berman, @ThePrimeTimeagen",
  "customCpmLow": 15,
  "customCpmHigh": 35,
  "groupByChannel": true,
  "maxVideosToAnalyze": 6
}

High-Value Niche Sponsorship Valuation

Calibrate sponsorship pricing estimates for premium B2B tech and gadget verticals using custom $30-$75 CPM rates.

Input Configurationjson

{
  "channels": "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd",
  "customCpmLow": 30,
  "customCpmHigh": 75,
  "groupByChannel": true,
  "maxVideosToAnalyze": 8
}

Flat Video Row Export for Spreadsheets

Export individual video performance rows enriched with channel-level growth intelligence metrics for direct import into Google Sheets or Excel.

Input Configurationjson

{
  "channels": "@matthew_berman",
  "groupByChannel": false,
  "maxVideosToAnalyze": 6
}

README

YouTube Growth Scraper: Creator Performance, Trend Velocity & Sponsorship Intelligence Engine

YouTube Growth Scraper is a professional, 100% free channel analytics and influencer vetting tool that analyzes recent long-form video uploads to compute true average views, median reach, trend growth velocity, View-to-Subscriber Ratio (VSR %), audience consistency scores, and fair market sponsorship CPM valuations—with zero API keys, no Google Cloud project setup, and no daily quota caps.

Evaluate up to 500 YouTube channels per run to instantly identify whether a creator is surging in hyper-growth or cooling off, calculate realistic 60-second sponsorship pricing ranges, and filter out algorithmic Shorts inflation into clean spreadsheets, interactive visual cards, or downloadable Excel, CSV, and JSON formats.

⚡ Why Choose This Scraper Over the Official API?
🎯 Who Is This For? (Popular Use Cases)
🚀 Top Features & What Data You Get
📐 Growth Formulas & Sponsorship Pricing Walkthrough
📊 Flat Video Rows vs. Grouped Channel Dossier Modes
⚙️ How to Configure Your Job (Step-by-Step)
📥 Supported Channel Link & Handle Formats
📋 Complete Data Contract (Grouped Dossier & Flat Video Rows)
💡 Real Production Data Examples
🤝 Companion Tools & Ecosystem Pairing
❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

⚡ Why Choose This Scraper Over the Official API?

Feature / Capability	Official YouTube Data API v3	Standard Paid Influencer SaaS	BrowserMesh YouTube Growth Scraper (Free)
API Keys & Setup	Mandatory Google Cloud project, OAuth credentials, credit card billing	Expensive API tokens & monthly subscriptions ($150–$500/mo)	100% Free & zero API keys required
Daily Quota Limits	Severe 10,000 units/day cap (vetting 100 channels exhausts daily quota)	200 to 500 channel lookup limits per month	Batch process up to 500 channels per run with zero quota caps
Cost & Billing	Expensive cloud overages after free tier	Recurring monthly subscription fees	$0.00 (Completely Free Forever)
Trend Growth Math	Missing (returns raw views only; requires manual math)	Black-box proprietary algorithms	Open, exact math: relative trend %, velocity direction, and growth stage
Median Views Indicator	Not provided (only provides lifetime total views)	Often omitted or charged extra	Accurate median views neutralizing viral outlier videos
Sponsorship CPM Valuation	None	Generalized or inaccurate models	Calibrated $15–$35 CPM defaults + custom niche CPM ranges ($1–$500)
Shorts Auto-Exclusion	Naive duration filters fail on 3-minute Shorts	Frequently mixes Shorts views with long-form videos	Strict 4-layer barrier excluding all Shorts, premieres, and live placeholders
Audience Predictability	None	Limited	Statistical Consistency Score (1–100) based on coefficient of variation
Export Formats	Raw nested JSON payloads only	CSV exports locked behind premium plans	Instant export to Excel, CSV, JSON, and visual Cards View

🎯 Who Is This For? (Popular Use Cases)

Influencer Marketing & Brand Partnerships: Vet prospective creators before signing five-figure brand deals. Compare average views to subscriber count, check 30-day activity, and calculate fair 60-second sponsorship pricing ranges.
Talent Agencies & Creator Managers: Benchmark your talent roster against vertical competitors, monitor upload cadences, and arm your sales team with verified median reach metrics to negotiate premium sponsorship rates.
YouTube Creators & Video Strategists: Audit your own channel's growth trajectory. Discover whether your newest uploads are outperforming your previous baseline and pinpoint audience fatigue before it impacts subscriber growth.
M&A Investors & Media Buyers: Perform rapid due diligence on YouTube channel acquisitions. Surface dead subscriber bases, algorithmic declining channels, and high-consistency breakout opportunities.
Competitive Intelligence Analysts: Track entire niches (AI tools, SaaS, gaming, finance, lifestyle) across hundreds of channels to observe shifting audience attention in real time.

🚀 Top Features & What Data You Get

1. True Recent Performance (Average & Median Views)

Measuring a creator by their total lifetime views or subscriber count is misleading. Our engine analyzes the creator's most recent long-form uploads to compute:

Average Views: True baseline reach per video across the selected sample.
Median Views: The middle view count neutralizing viral outliers and underperforming experiments.

2. Trend Momentum & Velocity Percentage

Evaluates whether a channel is accelerating or declining by comparing the mean views of the most recent half of videos against the older half:

Growth Stages: Classifies creators as hyper_growth ($\ge +50%$), growing ($+5%$ to $+50%$), steady ($-5%$ to $+5%$), cooling ($-5%$ to $-35%$), or dying ($< -35%$).
Direction: Instant categorical indicator (improving, stable, or declining).

3. Fair Market Sponsorship Pricing Calculator

Computes accurate brand integration pricing ranges based on universal creator economy Cost-Per-Mille (CPM per 1,000 views) standards:

Default Baseline: Low = $15 CPM, High = $35 CPM.
Custom Niche Benchmarking: Set custom CPM values (e.g., $30–$85 for B2B tech/finance, $15–$25 for gaming) to match your exact market vertical.

4. View-to-Subscriber Ratio (VSR %) & Audience Health

Measures the ratio of recent average views relative to total channel subscribers:

viral_breakout ($\ge 50%$): Channel routinely generates more views per upload than its subscriber base.
healthy ($15% - 50%$): Highly engaged, loyal audience with strong algorithmic retention.
average ($5% - 15%$): Sustainable industry standard for active YouTube channels.
low_engagement ($1% - 5%$): Underperforming relative to subscriber base.
dead_subscribers ($< 1%$): Inactive audience, bought subscribers, or severe algorithmic decline.

5. Statistical Consistency Score (1 to 100)

Calculates statistical predictability using the inverted coefficient of variation ($\sigma / \mu$). High scores (80–100) indicate rock-solid predictable views per upload, while low scores (< 40) alert buyers that a channel relies on sporadic viral lottery hits.

6. Creator Activity Status & Upload Cadence

Automatically determines whether a channel is actively uploading:

Status Tiers: active ($\le 30$ days), intermittent (31–60 days), inactive (61–180 days), or dormant (> 180 days).
Upload Cadence: Approximate posting schedule (e.g., "Daily", "Every 2-3 days", "Weekly", "Bi-weekly").

7. Strict 4-Layer Shorts & Premiere Exclusion Barrier

YouTube Shorts rely on passive swiping feeds with inflated views and earn significantly lower sponsorship value. Our scraper deploys a 4-layer defense barrier:

Targets dedicated long-form /videos feeds exclusively.
Filters out vertical Shorts content models and swiping feed payloads.
Rejects navigation endpoints starting with /shorts/ (including 3-minute Shorts).
Excludes upcoming scheduled premieres, live stream placeholders, and members-only hidden view videos.

8. Multi-Channel Batching & Automatic Deduplication

Process up to 500 creator channels in a single run. Duplicated handles or mixed URL formats are automatically normalized and deduplicated, saving compute and providing clean datasets.

📐 Growth Formulas & Sponsorship Pricing Walkthrough

Metric	Mathematical Formula	Purpose in Creator Vetting
Average Views ($\mu$)	$\mu = \frac{1}{N} \sum_{i=1}^N V_i$	Establishes the expected view delivery for upcoming uploads.
Median Views ($M$)	Middle value of ascending sorted view array	Eliminates distortion caused by one viral video skewing the entire average.
Trend Percentage	$\text{Trend} = \left(\frac{\mu_{\text{recent}} - \mu_{\text{older}}}{\mu_{\text{older}}}\right) \times 100$	Detects whether channel velocity is accelerating or cooling off.
VSR %	$\text{VSR} = \left(\frac{\mu}{\text{Subscribers}}\right) \times 100$	Identifies high-engagement breakout channels vs. dead subscriber bases.
Consistency Score	$100 \times (1 - \min(\sigma / \mu, 1.0))$	Rates predictability from 1 to 100 for sponsorship safety.
Sponsorship Low	$\text{round}((\mu / 1000) \times \text{CPM}_{\text{low}})$	Fair market low-end rate for a 60-second video integration.
Sponsorship High	$\text{round}((\mu / 1000) \times \text{CPM}_{\text{high}})$	Premium rate for exclusive integrations or high-purchase-intent niches.

📊 Flat Video Rows vs. Grouped Channel Dossier Modes

You can tailor the output structure to your exact analytical workflow:

Grouped Channel Dossier Mode (groupByChannel: true, Default): Yields 1 comprehensive summary record per channel containing all 8 growth intelligence metrics, sponsorship pricing, cadence ratings, top/lowest performing video objects, and the complete embedded list of analyzed videos. Ideal for channel-level vetting, CRM enrichment, and executive dashboards.
Flat Video Rows Mode (groupByChannel: false): Yields individual records for each analyzed video with the channel's growth intelligence attached to every row. Perfect for tabular analysis in Google Sheets, Excel, or SQL databases.

⚙️ How to Configure Your Job (Step-by-Step)

Step 1: Input Channels

Paste creator @handles, full channel URLs, custom links, or bare channel IDs into the channels field. Separate multiple entries with commas or newlines. Up to 500 channels per run.

Step 2: Choose Sample Size & Format

Sample Size (maxVideosToAnalyze): Choose how many recent uploads to inspect (default: 6, min: 2, max: 30). A sample of 6 to 8 videos captures recent algorithmic momentum accurately.
Group Output (groupByChannel): Leave enabled (true) for channel dossiers or toggle off (false) for flat video rows.

Step 3: (Optional) Calibrate CPM Benchmarks

Enter custom customCpmLow and customCpmHigh numbers to match your industry vertical:

Finance, Tech & B2B SaaS: $30 Low / $70+ High.
Gaming & Entertainment: $15 Low / $25 High.
Lifestyle & DTC Brands: $20 Low / $40 High.

Terminal / Code

{
  "channels": "@matthew_berman, @ThePrimeTimeagen, https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd",
  "maxVideosToAnalyze": 6,
  "groupByChannel": true,
  "customCpmLow": 20,
  "customCpmHigh": 40
}

📥 Supported Channel Link & Handle Formats

Standard Handles: @matthew_berman, @ThePrimeTimeagen
Full Channel Handle URLs: https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd, youtube.com/@mkbhd/videos
Canonical Channel IDs: UCawZsQWqfGSbCI5yjkdVkTA, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUyeluBRhGPCW4rPe_UvBZQ
Vanity / Custom Links: https://www.youtube.com/c/CreatorName, https://www.youtube.com/user/LegacyUser

📋 Complete Data Contract (Grouped Dossier & Flat Video Rows)

1. Grouped Channel Dossier Contract (39 Fields — `groupByChannel: true`)

#	Field Name	Type	UI Sniffer Heuristic	Plain English Description
1	`channelId`	String	String	Canonical 24-character YouTube Channel ID (`UC...`).
2	`channelName`	String	`title` (Card Title)	Display name of the creator or YouTube channel.
3	`channelUrl`	String	`url` (Primary Link)	Direct URL to the creator's channel videos tab.
4	`channelHandle`	String	String	Channel handle starting with `@` (e.g. `@matthew_berman`).
5	`avatarUrl`	String	`image_url` (Avatar)	High-resolution channel profile avatar image URL.
6	`isVerified`	Boolean	`boolean` (Badge)	`true` if channel possesses official verification badge.
7	`subCount`	String	String	Raw formatted subscriber count string (e.g. `"642K subscribers"`).
8	`subscriberNumber`	Number	`number` (Metric)	Parsed numeric subscriber count (e.g. `642000`).
9	`analyzedVideos`	Number	`number` (Metric)	Exact count of recent long-form videos analyzed (`2` to `30`).
10	`totalViews`	String	String	Formatted total views across analyzed videos (e.g. `"1.1M"`).
11	`totalViewsNumeric`	Number	`number` (Metric)	Raw numerical total views across analyzed videos (e.g. `1114000`).
12	`avgViews`	String	String	Formatted average views per video (e.g. `"185.7K"`).
13	`avgViewsNumeric`	Number	`number` (Hero Metric)	Raw numeric average views per upload (e.g. `185667`).
14	`medianViews`	String	String	Formatted median views among analyzed videos (e.g. `"135K"`).
15	`medianViewsNumeric`	Number	`number` (Hero Metric)	Raw numeric median views (e.g. `135000`).
16	`trendPercent`	String	String (`badge`)	Formatted trend percentage comparing recent vs older uploads (e.g. `"+21.5%"`).
17	`trendPercentNumeric`	Number	`number` (Velocity)	Raw floating point trend percentage (e.g. `21.48`).
18	`trendDirection`	String	String (`status`)	Direction of growth: `'improving'`, `'declining'`, or `'stable'`.
19	`growthStage`	String	String (`category`)	Classification: `'hyper_growth'`, `'growing'`, `'steady'`, `'cooling'`, or `'dying'`.
20	`viewToSubRatio`	String	String	Formatted View-to-Subscriber Ratio (VSR) percentage (e.g. `"28.9%"`).
21	`viewToSubRatioNumeric`	Number	`number`	Raw numerical VSR percentage (`(avgViews / subs) * 100`).
22	`vsrRating`	String	String	VSR health rating: `'viral_breakout'`, `'healthy'`, `'average'`, `'low_engagement'`, or `'dead_subscribers'`.
23	`consistencyScore`	Number	`number` (1-100)	Predictability rating (1–100) based on inverted coefficient of variation.
24	`estimatedSponsorshipLowUsd`	Number	`number` (USD)	Estimated 60-second sponsorship integration rate at low CPM benchmark.
25	`estimatedSponsorshipHighUsd`	Number	`number` (USD)	Estimated 60-second sponsorship integration rate at high CPM benchmark.
26	`estimatedSponsorshipRange`	String	String	Formatted sponsorship pricing range (e.g. `"$2,785 - $6,498"`).
27	`lastVideoUploadDate`	String	`date`	Formatted date of the most recent long-form upload (e.g. `"24 Oct 2026"`).
28	`daysSinceLastUpload`	Number	`number`	Number of elapsed days since the creator's last long-form upload.
29	`isActive`	Boolean	`boolean` (Badge)	`true` if channel has uploaded within the last 30 days.
30	`activityStatus`	String	String (`status`)	Activity cadence: `'active'`, `'intermittent'`, `'inactive'`, or `'dormant'`.
31	`uploadFrequencyDays`	Number	`number`	Approximate average days between uploads across the analyzed sample.
32	`uploadCadence`	String	String	Plain-language upload schedule (e.g. `"Every 2-3 days"`, `"Weekly"`).
33	`topRecentVideo`	Object	`object`	Highest-viewed video in sample (`{ id, title, views, viewsNumeric, url }`).
34	`lowestRecentVideo`	Object	`object`	Lowest-viewed video in sample (`{ id, title, views, viewsNumeric, url }`).
35	`mostWatchedVideo`	Object	`object`	Creator's all-time most-viewed long-form video (`{ id, title, views, viewsNumeric, url }`).
36	`recentVideos`	Array	`array` (Nested)	Full list of analyzed video objects (present in grouped mode).
37	`status`	String	String (`status`)	Channel status: `'ok'`, `'unavailable'`, `'missing_fields'`, `'no_valid_videos'`, `'insufficient_videos'`.
38	`lastScrapedDate`	String	`date`	Date of scrape execution (e.g. `"26 Oct 2026"`).
39	`scrapedAt`	String	`date`	Full ISO-8601 execution timestamp.

2. Additional Flat Video Row Properties (5 Fields — groupByChannel: false)

When running in Flat Video Rows mode (groupByChannel: false), each record represents an individual video enriched with channel-level metrics and includes the following 5 dedicated video fields:

#	Field Name	Type	UI Sniffer Heuristic	Plain English Description
40	`video_id`	String	`id`	Standard 11-character YouTube video ID of the individual upload row.
41	`video_title`	String	`title`	Title of the individual video upload row.
42	`video_url`	String	`url`	Direct YouTube watch URL (`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...`).
43	`video_views`	String	String	Formatted view count string for the specific video upload.
44	`video_duration`	String	String	Video playback duration formatted as `MM:SS` or `HH:MM:SS`.

💡 Real Production Data Examples

Example 1: High-Growth Creator Dossier (`groupByChannel: true`)

Terminal / Code

{
  "channelId": "UCawZsQWqfGSbCI5yjkdVkTA",
  "channelName": "Matthew Berman",
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCawZsQWqfGSbCI5yjkdVkTA",
  "channelHandle": "@matthew_berman",
  "avatarUrl": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/1X83USLZjNCWy21jOEP9rhsLujx6airwI-ANVsBhWMoErFuUkbx6-tDBjM-OAaIwxDv8MoUlHUk=s160-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
  "isVerified": true,
  "subCount": "642K subscribers",
  "subscriberNumber": 642000,
  "analyzedVideos": 6,
  "totalViews": "1.1M",
  "totalViewsNumeric": 1117000,
  "avgViews": "186.2K",
  "avgViewsNumeric": 186167,
  "medianViews": "135.5K",
  "medianViewsNumeric": 135500,
  "trendPercent": "+22.1%",
  "trendPercentNumeric": 22.07,
  "trendDirection": "improving",
  "growthStage": "growing",
  "viewToSubRatio": "29.0%",
  "viewToSubRatioNumeric": 29,
  "vsrRating": "healthy",
  "consistencyScore": 38,
  "estimatedSponsorshipLowUsd": 2793,
  "estimatedSponsorshipHighUsd": 6516,
  "estimatedSponsorshipRange": "$2,793 - $6,516",
  "lastVideoUploadDate": "24 Oct 2026",
  "daysSinceLastUpload": 2,
  "isActive": true,
  "activityStatus": "active",
  "uploadFrequencyDays": 2.4,
  "uploadCadence": "Every 2-3 days",
  "topRecentVideo": {
    "id": "3gXLmy7DK_4",
    "title": "Sam Altman: RSI, AI Consciousness, OpenAI's New Hardware, Compute, and more!",
    "views": "405 thousand views",
    "viewsNumeric": 405000,
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gXLmy7DK_4"
  },
  "lowestRecentVideo": {
    "id": "fHY0sjAejcA",
    "title": "Who is local AI really for?",
    "views": "66 thousand views",
    "viewsNumeric": 66000,
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHY0sjAejcA"
  },
  "mostWatchedVideo": {
    "id": "DlnJlG1SOZo",
    "title": "Rabbit R1: The First Personal AI AGENT Device NO ONE Saw Coming (Look Out, Apple)",
    "views": "1.2M views",
    "viewsNumeric": 1200000,
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlnJlG1SOZo"
  },
  "recentVideos": [
    {
      "id": "5sEVvu4mQ8g",
      "title": "They actually did it... (Kimi K3.1)",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sEVvu4mQ8g",
      "views": "143 thousand views",
      "viewsNumeric": 143000,
      "publishedDate": "24 Oct 2026",
      "daysAgo": 2,
      "duration": "25:51"
    },
    {
      "id": "fHY0sjAejcA",
      "title": "Who is local AI really for?",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHY0sjAejcA",
      "views": "66 thousand views",
      "viewsNumeric": 66000,
      "publishedDate": "23 Oct 2026",
      "daysAgo": 3,
      "duration": "32:20"
    },
    {
      "id": "3gXLmy7DK_4",
      "title": "Sam Altman: RSI, AI Consciousness, OpenAI's New Hardware, Compute, and more!",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gXLmy7DK_4",
      "views": "405 thousand views",
      "viewsNumeric": 405000,
      "publishedDate": "21 Oct 2026",
      "daysAgo": 5,
      "duration": "45:08"
    },
    {
      "id": "M8iqahFogtA",
      "title": "Google just went FRONTIER (Gemini 4 Argon)",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8iqahFogtA",
      "views": "111 thousand views",
      "viewsNumeric": 111000,
      "publishedDate": "14 Oct 2026",
      "daysAgo": 12,
      "duration": "12:15"
    },
    {
      "id": "rpLrkJ5NNEI",
      "title": "Meta just dropped something insane... (Muse Wonder)",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpLrkJ5NNEI",
      "views": "252 thousand views",
      "viewsNumeric": 252000,
      "publishedDate": "12 Oct 2026",
      "daysAgo": 14,
      "duration": "24:16"
    },
    {
      "id": "rJ3c1y8uW78",
      "title": "OpenAI: o3, Autonomous Agents, and the Future of Reasoning",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ3c1y8uW78",
      "views": "140 thousand views",
      "viewsNumeric": 140000,
      "publishedDate": "12 Oct 2026",
      "daysAgo": 14,
      "duration": "29:08"
    }
  ],
  "status": "ok",
  "lastScrapedDate": "26 Oct 2026",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-26T18:26:23.077Z"
}

Example 2: Flat Video Performance Row (`groupByChannel: false`)

Terminal / Code

{
  "channelId": "UCUyeluBRhGPCW4rPe_UvBZQ",
  "channelName": "The PrimeTime",
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUyeluBRhGPCW4rPe_UvBZQ",
  "channelHandle": "@ThePrimeTimeagen",
  "avatarUrl": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/Eu_xR4JfLlrruwj1lrmfDiOpe8GARBs8M0hgQ6NsGhQ0qC8S-po9HEHw1W21sPN2BHO6EHXrSwM=s160-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
  "isVerified": true,
  "subCount": "1.17M subscribers",
  "subscriberNumber": 1170000,
  "analyzedVideos": 6,
  "totalViews": "2.1M",
  "totalViewsNumeric": 2132000,
  "avgViews": "355.3K",
  "avgViewsNumeric": 355333,
  "medianViews": "337.5K",
  "medianViewsNumeric": 337500,
  "trendPercent": "+23.5%",
  "trendPercentNumeric": 23.48,
  "trendDirection": "improving",
  "growthStage": "growing",
  "viewToSubRatio": "30.4%",
  "viewToSubRatioNumeric": 30.37,
  "vsrRating": "healthy",
  "consistencyScore": 46,
  "estimatedSponsorshipLowUsd": 5330,
  "estimatedSponsorshipHighUsd": 12437,
  "estimatedSponsorshipRange": "$5,330 - $12,437",
  "lastVideoUploadDate": "25 Oct 2026",
  "daysSinceLastUpload": 1,
  "isActive": true,
  "activityStatus": "active",
  "uploadFrequencyDays": 2,
  "uploadCadence": "Every 2-3 days",
  "topRecentVideo": {
    "id": "9OahTki4cPA",
    "title": "OpenCode got hacked",
    "views": "682 thousand views",
    "viewsNumeric": 682000,
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OahTki4cPA"
  },
  "lowestRecentVideo": {
    "id": "Bye5avxGMKM",
    "title": "Programming Laws Tier list | TheStandup",
    "views": "115 thousand views",
    "viewsNumeric": 115000,
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bye5avxGMKM"
  },
  "mostWatchedVideo": {
    "id": "JWKadu0ks20",
    "title": "NASAs Coding Requirements Are Insane",
    "views": "2M views",
    "viewsNumeric": 2000000,
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWKadu0ks20"
  },
  "recentVideos": [
    {
      "id": "Bye5avxGMKM",
      "title": "Programming Laws Tier list | TheStandup",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bye5avxGMKM",
      "views": "115 thousand views",
      "viewsNumeric": 115000,
      "publishedDate": "25 Oct 2026",
      "daysAgo": 1,
      "duration": "50:36"
    }
  ],
  "video_id": "Bye5avxGMKM",
  "video_title": "Programming Laws Tier list | TheStandup",
  "video_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bye5avxGMKM",
  "video_views": "115 thousand views",
  "video_duration": "50:36",
  "status": "ok",
  "lastScrapedDate": "26 Oct 2026",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-26T18:26:24.168Z"
}

🤝 Companion Tools & Ecosystem Pairing

Pair YouTube Growth Scraper with other BrowserMesh scrapers for complete end-to-end creator economy intelligence:

Companion Scraper	Marketplace Slug	Strategic Integration Workflow
YouTube Channel Scraper	`youtube-channel-scraper`	Extract complete back-catalogs, about tab descriptions, links, business emails, and full channel tabs.
YouTube Video Details Scraper	`youtube-video-details-scraper`	Extract deep video metadata, 4K video streams, chapters, keyword tags, and sponsor disclosure cards.
YouTube Trending Scraper	`youtube-trending-scraper`	Monitor viral charts (#1 to #100) across 50+ countries for trending videos, top songs, and audio tracks.
YouTube Comments Scraper	`youtube-comments-scraper`	Extract viewer comment sentiment, sponsor integration feedback, and audience community engagement.
YouTube Transcript Scraper	`youtube-transcript-scraper`	Download timestamped video subtitles and full transcripts to analyze verbal sponsor mentions.
YouTube Search Results Scraper	`youtube-search-results-scraper`	Discover which creators rank #1 on YouTube search for targeted brand keywords and product queries.
YouTube Playlist Scraper	`youtube-playlist-scraper`	Extract full course playlists, podcast series, and custom video compilations with total duration math.
All-in-One YouTube Downloader	`all-in-one-youtube-downloader`	Download high-resolution videos, audio tracks, and thumbnails for local analysis and compliance archiving.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What is the YouTube Growth Scraper and how does it work?

The YouTube Growth Scraper analyzes a creator's most recent long-form uploads in chronological order to compute statistical performance metrics: average views, median reach, trend momentum percentage, consistency scores, and fair market sponsorship valuations. It connects directly via YouTube's public web protocol with zero API keys.

Why is median views more useful than average views for vetting sponsorships?

Average views can be easily skewed by a single viral video that achieved 10x normal views due to external algorithmic push. Median views represent the true midpoint of recent performance, giving brand sponsors a realistic estimate of expected reach for an upcoming video integration.

How does the trend percentage calculation work?

The tool splits the analyzed video batch into the recent half and the older half. It computes the mean of each half and calculates the relative percentage change: $((\mu_{\text{recent}} - \mu_{\text{older}}) / \mu_{\text{older}}) \times 100$. A positive percentage indicates accelerating growth, while a negative percentage highlights cooling viewership.

Are YouTube Shorts included in the growth math?

No. YouTube Shorts are strictly excluded. Shorts rely on passive, algorithmic swiping feeds with inflated impressions and significantly lower commercial sponsorship value. Mixing Shorts into long-form averages would corrupt sponsorship rate calculations. The tool uses a 4-layer barrier that automatically filters out all Shorts (including videos up to 3 minutes long).

What is the View-to-Subscriber Ratio (VSR %)?

VSR measures how many views a creator averages relative to their total subscriber count. A VSR over 50% indicates viral algorithmic favor, 15%–50% indicates a healthy and loyal audience, 5%–15% is the average industry baseline, 1%–5% reflects lower engagement, and under 1% signals a dormant or inactive subscriber base.

Can I set custom CPM pricing for my specific industry niche?

Yes. While the default benchmarks are $15 (Low) and $35 (High), you can configure customCpmLow and customCpmHigh to match your specific vertical (e.g., $30–$85 for B2B SaaS/Fintech or $15–$25 for Gaming).

How many channels can I analyze in one run?

You can batch process up to 500 YouTube channels per run. Simply enter handles or channel URLs separated by commas or newlines. Duplicate entries are automatically normalized and deduplicated before execution.

How does this automation workflow operate?

This workflow executes natively within your local or peer BrowserMesh node using real Chromium browser automation. It navigates dynamically rendered single-page applications, executes interaction logic, avoids cloud proxy fees, and extracts clean structured datasets directly to your local machine with complete security and privacy.

Why run this workflow with BrowserMesh instead of traditional cloud scrapers?

Unlike legacy cloud scraping APIs that impose expensive per-request markups and risk IP bans, BrowserMesh routes execution through authentic residential environments. You pay zero cloud data transfer fees, experience full anti-bot stealth emulation, and retain 100% ownership of your extracted datasets without vendor lock-in.

Install & Info

Current Versionv1.0.0

AuthorBrowserMesh

Releaseda day ago

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Compatibility

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Web

Linux

Android

Resources & Links

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Sample Output

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3 records · 39 nested fields · real execution preview

channelId

channelName

channelUrl

channelHandle

avatarUrl

isVerified

subCount

subscriberNumber

analyzedVideos

totalViews

totalViewsNumeric

avgViews

avgViewsNumeric

medianViews

medianViewsNumeric

trendPercent

trendPercentNumeric

trendDirection

growthStage

viewToSubRatio

viewToSubRatioNumeric

vsrRating

consistencyScore

estimatedSponsorshipLowUsd

estimatedSponsorshipHighUsd

estimatedSponsorshipRange

lastVideoUploadDate

daysSinceLastUpload

isActive

activityStatus

uploadFrequencyDays

uploadCadence

topRecentVideo

lowestRecentVideo

mostWatchedVideo

recentVideos

status

lastScrapedDate

scrapedAt

UCawZsQWqfGSbCI5yjkdVkTA

Matthew Berman

www.youtube.com/channel/UCawZsQWqfGSbCI5yjkdVkTA

@matthew_berman

yt3.googleusercontent.com/1X83USLZjNCWy21jOEP9rhsLujx6airwI-ANVsBhWMoErFuUkbx6-tDBjM-OAaIwxDv8MoUlHUk=s160-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj

true

642K subscribers

642000

1.1M

1117000

186.2K

186167

135.5K

135500

+22.1%

22.07

improving

growing

29.0%

healthy

2793

6516

$2,793 - $6,516

24 Oct 2026

true

active

2.4

Every 2-3 days

id	3gXLmy7DK_4
title	Sam Altman: RSI, AI Consciousness, OpenAI's New Hardware, Compute, and more!
views	405 thousand views
viewsNumeric	405000
url	www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gXLmy7DK_4

id	fHY0sjAejcA
title	Who is local AI really for?
views	66 thousand views
viewsNumeric	66000
url	www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHY0sjAejcA

id	DlnJlG1SOZo
title	Rabbit R1: The First Personal AI AGENT Device NO ONE Saw Coming (Look Out, Apple)
views	1.2M views
viewsNumeric	1200000
url	www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlnJlG1SOZo

#1	{"id":"5sEVvu4mQ8g","title":"They actually did it... (Kimi K3.1)","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sEVvu4mQ8g","views":"143 thousand views","viewsNumeric":143000,"publishedDate":"24 Oct 2026","daysAgo":2,"duration":"25:51"}
#2	{"id":"fHY0sjAejcA","title":"Who is local AI really for?","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHY0sjAejcA","views":"66 thousand views","viewsNumeric":66000,"publishedDate":"23 Oct 2026","daysAgo":3,"duration":"32:20"}
#3	{"id":"3gXLmy7DK_4","title":"Sam Altman: RSI, AI Consciousness, OpenAI's New Hardware, Compute, and more!","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gXLmy7DK_4","views":"405 thousand views","viewsNumeric":405000,"publishedDate":"21 Oct 2026","daysAgo":5,"duration":"45:08"}
#4	{"id":"M8iqahFogtA","title":"Google just went FRONTIER (Gemini 4 Argon)","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8iqahFogtA","views":"111 thousand views","viewsNumeric":111000,"publishedDate":"14 Oct 2026","daysAgo":12,"duration":"12:15"}
#5	{"id":"rpLrkJ5NNEI","title":"Meta just dropped something insane... (Muse Wonder)","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpLrkJ5NNEI","views":"252 thousand views","viewsNumeric":252000,"publishedDate":"12 Oct 2026","daysAgo":14,"duration":"24:16"}
#6	{"id":"rJ3c1y8uW78","title":"OpenAI: o3, Autonomous Agents, and the Future of Reasoning","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ3c1y8uW78","views":"140 thousand views","viewsNumeric":140000,"publishedDate":"12 Oct 2026","daysAgo":14,"duration":"29:08"}

26 Oct 2026

2026-10-26 06:26:23 PM

UCUyeluBRhGPCW4rPe_UvBZQ

The PrimeTime

www.youtube.com/channel/UCUyeluBRhGPCW4rPe_UvBZQ

@ThePrimeTimeagen

yt3.googleusercontent.com/Eu_xR4JfLlrruwj1lrmfDiOpe8GARBs8M0hgQ6NsGhQ0qC8S-po9HEHw1W21sPN2BHO6EHXrSwM=s160-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj

true

1.17M subscribers

1170000

2.1M

2132000

355.3K

355333

337.5K

337500

+23.5%

23.48

improving

growing

30.4%

30.37

healthy

5330

12437

$5,330 - $12,437

25 Oct 2026

true

active

Every 2-3 days

id	9OahTki4cPA
title	OpenCode got hacked
views	682 thousand views
viewsNumeric	682000
url	www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OahTki4cPA

id	Bye5avxGMKM
title	Programming Laws Tier list \| TheStandup
views	115 thousand views
viewsNumeric	115000
url	www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bye5avxGMKM

id	JWKadu0ks20
title	NASAs Coding Requirements Are Insane
views	2M views
viewsNumeric	2000000
url	www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWKadu0ks20

#1	{"id":"Bye5avxGMKM","title":"Programming Laws Tier list \| TheStandup","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bye5avxGMKM","views":"115 thousand views","viewsNumeric":115000,"publishedDate":"25 Oct 2026","daysAgo":1,"duration":"50:36"}
#2	{"id":"9OahTki4cPA","title":"OpenCode got hacked","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OahTki4cPA","views":"682 thousand views","viewsNumeric":682000,"publishedDate":"24 Oct 2026","daysAgo":2,"duration":"12:52"}
#3	{"id":"O905JwSgoi4","title":"There Is No Way This Is Real","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O905JwSgoi4","views":"381 thousand views","viewsNumeric":381000,"publishedDate":"22 Oct 2026","daysAgo":4,"duration":"8:32"}
#4	{"id":"y2C0Zpnl6p0","title":"Programmers vs Dream's Fake Manhunts \| TheStandup","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2C0Zpnl6p0","views":"169 thousand views","viewsNumeric":169000,"publishedDate":"21 Oct 2026","daysAgo":5,"duration":"1:04:35"}
#5	{"id":"5WyoCv68Sok","title":"The Real Reason","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WyoCv68Sok","views":"294 thousand views","viewsNumeric":294000,"publishedDate":"20 Oct 2026","daysAgo":6,"duration":"13:05"}
#6	{"id":"ASY_H2nLG8g","title":"Anthropic says No More","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASY_H2nLG8g","views":"491 thousand views","viewsNumeric":491000,"publishedDate":"15 Oct 2026","daysAgo":11,"duration":"10:37"}

26 Oct 2026

2026-10-26 06:26:24 PM

—

@definitely_not_a_real_channel_xyz_9999_fake

www.youtube.com/@definitely_not_a_real_channel_xyz_9999_fake/videos

@definitely_not_a_real_channel_xyz_9999_fake

—

false

—

stable

insufficient_videos

0.0%

average

Unknown

—

false

dormant

—

Unknown

—

Empty array

unavailable

26 Oct 2026

2026-10-26 06:07:41 PM

3 records

39 fields (nested)

Sample preview

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
keyword	string	Yes	Search term or product keyword
marketplace	string	Yes	Amazon marketplace domain (e.g., amazon.com)
maxPages	number	No	Max pages to process (default: 1)
sortBy	select	No	Sort by: price_asc, price_desc, rating
minRating	number	No	Minimum product rating (1-5)

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Core Capabilities

Exact Trend Velocity & Momentum

Calculates normalized trend percentage comparing recent uploads to older uploads to detect whether a channel is accelerating in hyper-growth or cooling off

Fair Market Sponsorship Valuation

Estimates 60-second video sponsorship integration pricing ranges using calibrated $15-$35 CPM benchmarks or custom niche parameters.

Strict 4-Layer Shorts Exclusion

Filters out algorithmic short-form videos up to 3 minutes long, scheduled premieres, and live placeholders to prevent distortion of long-form metrics.

Multi-Channel Batching & Auto-Dedup

Analyze up to 500 creator channels in a single run with automatic URL deduplication and support for @handles, channel URLs, and bare UC IDs.

Audience Consistency & Health Scoring

Measures View-to-Subscriber Ratio (VSR) and statistical predictability (Consistency Score 1-100) to distinguish reliable creators from viral lottery channels.

README

YouTube Growth Scraper: Creator Performance, Trend Velocity & Sponsorship Intelligence Engine

YouTube Growth Scraper is a professional, 100% free channel analytics and influencer vetting tool that analyzes recent long-form video uploads to compute true average views, median reach, trend growth velocity, View-to-Subscriber Ratio (VSR %), audience consistency scores, and fair market sponsorship CPM valuations—with zero API keys, no Google Cloud project setup, and no daily quota caps.

⚡ Why Choose This Scraper Over the Official API?
🎯 Who Is This For? (Popular Use Cases)
🚀 Top Features & What Data You Get
📐 Growth Formulas & Sponsorship Pricing Walkthrough
📊 Flat Video Rows vs. Grouped Channel Dossier Modes
⚙️ How to Configure Your Job (Step-by-Step)
📥 Supported Channel Link & Handle Formats
📋 Complete Data Contract (Grouped Dossier & Flat Video Rows)
💡 Real Production Data Examples
🤝 Companion Tools & Ecosystem Pairing
❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

⚡ Why Choose This Scraper Over the Official API?

Feature / Capability	Official YouTube Data API v3	Standard Paid Influencer SaaS	BrowserMesh YouTube Growth Scraper (Free)
API Keys & Setup	Mandatory Google Cloud project, OAuth credentials, credit card billing	Expensive API tokens & monthly subscriptions ($150–$500/mo)	100% Free & zero API keys required
Daily Quota Limits	Severe 10,000 units/day cap (vetting 100 channels exhausts daily quota)	200 to 500 channel lookup limits per month	Batch process up to 500 channels per run with zero quota caps
Cost & Billing	Expensive cloud overages after free tier	Recurring monthly subscription fees	$0.00 (Completely Free Forever)
Trend Growth Math	Missing (returns raw views only; requires manual math)	Black-box proprietary algorithms	Open, exact math: relative trend %, velocity direction, and growth stage
Median Views Indicator	Not provided (only provides lifetime total views)	Often omitted or charged extra	Accurate median views neutralizing viral outlier videos
Sponsorship CPM Valuation	None	Generalized or inaccurate models	Calibrated $15–$35 CPM defaults + custom niche CPM ranges ($1–$500)
Shorts Auto-Exclusion	Naive duration filters fail on 3-minute Shorts	Frequently mixes Shorts views with long-form videos	Strict 4-layer barrier excluding all Shorts, premieres, and live placeholders
Audience Predictability	None	Limited	Statistical Consistency Score (1–100) based on coefficient of variation
Export Formats	Raw nested JSON payloads only	CSV exports locked behind premium plans	Instant export to Excel, CSV, JSON, and visual Cards View

🎯 Who Is This For? (Popular Use Cases)

Influencer Marketing & Brand Partnerships: Vet prospective creators before signing five-figure brand deals. Compare average views to subscriber count, check 30-day activity, and calculate fair 60-second sponsorship pricing ranges.
Talent Agencies & Creator Managers: Benchmark your talent roster against vertical competitors, monitor upload cadences, and arm your sales team with verified median reach metrics to negotiate premium sponsorship rates.
YouTube Creators & Video Strategists: Audit your own channel's growth trajectory. Discover whether your newest uploads are outperforming your previous baseline and pinpoint audience fatigue before it impacts subscriber growth.
M&A Investors & Media Buyers: Perform rapid due diligence on YouTube channel acquisitions. Surface dead subscriber bases, algorithmic declining channels, and high-consistency breakout opportunities.
Competitive Intelligence Analysts: Track entire niches (AI tools, SaaS, gaming, finance, lifestyle) across hundreds of channels to observe shifting audience attention in real time.

🚀 Top Features & What Data You Get

1. True Recent Performance (Average & Median Views)

Measuring a creator by their total lifetime views or subscriber count is misleading. Our engine analyzes the creator's most recent long-form uploads to compute:

Average Views: True baseline reach per video across the selected sample.
Median Views: The middle view count neutralizing viral outliers and underperforming experiments.

2. Trend Momentum & Velocity Percentage

Evaluates whether a channel is accelerating or declining by comparing the mean views of the most recent half of videos against the older half:

Growth Stages: Classifies creators as hyper_growth ($\ge +50%$), growing ($+5%$ to $+50%$), steady ($-5%$ to $+5%$), cooling ($-5%$ to $-35%$), or dying ($< -35%$).
Direction: Instant categorical indicator (improving, stable, or declining).

3. Fair Market Sponsorship Pricing Calculator

Computes accurate brand integration pricing ranges based on universal creator economy Cost-Per-Mille (CPM per 1,000 views) standards:

Default Baseline: Low = $15 CPM, High = $35 CPM.
Custom Niche Benchmarking: Set custom CPM values (e.g., $30–$85 for B2B tech/finance, $15–$25 for gaming) to match your exact market vertical.

4. View-to-Subscriber Ratio (VSR %) & Audience Health

Measures the ratio of recent average views relative to total channel subscribers:

viral_breakout ($\ge 50%$): Channel routinely generates more views per upload than its subscriber base.
healthy ($15% - 50%$): Highly engaged, loyal audience with strong algorithmic retention.
average ($5% - 15%$): Sustainable industry standard for active YouTube channels.
low_engagement ($1% - 5%$): Underperforming relative to subscriber base.
dead_subscribers ($< 1%$): Inactive audience, bought subscribers, or severe algorithmic decline.

5. Statistical Consistency Score (1 to 100)

6. Creator Activity Status & Upload Cadence

Automatically determines whether a channel is actively uploading:

Status Tiers: active ($\le 30$ days), intermittent (31–60 days), inactive (61–180 days), or dormant (> 180 days).
Upload Cadence: Approximate posting schedule (e.g., "Daily", "Every 2-3 days", "Weekly", "Bi-weekly").

7. Strict 4-Layer Shorts & Premiere Exclusion Barrier

YouTube Shorts rely on passive swiping feeds with inflated views and earn significantly lower sponsorship value. Our scraper deploys a 4-layer defense barrier:

Targets dedicated long-form /videos feeds exclusively.
Filters out vertical Shorts content models and swiping feed payloads.
Rejects navigation endpoints starting with /shorts/ (including 3-minute Shorts).
Excludes upcoming scheduled premieres, live stream placeholders, and members-only hidden view videos.

8. Multi-Channel Batching & Automatic Deduplication

Process up to 500 creator channels in a single run. Duplicated handles or mixed URL formats are automatically normalized and deduplicated, saving compute and providing clean datasets.

📐 Growth Formulas & Sponsorship Pricing Walkthrough

Metric	Mathematical Formula	Purpose in Creator Vetting
Average Views ($\mu$)	$\mu = \frac{1}{N} \sum_{i=1}^N V_i$	Establishes the expected view delivery for upcoming uploads.
Median Views ($M$)	Middle value of ascending sorted view array	Eliminates distortion caused by one viral video skewing the entire average.
Trend Percentage	$\text{Trend} = \left(\frac{\mu_{\text{recent}} - \mu_{\text{older}}}{\mu_{\text{older}}}\right) \times 100$	Detects whether channel velocity is accelerating or cooling off.
VSR %	$\text{VSR} = \left(\frac{\mu}{\text{Subscribers}}\right) \times 100$	Identifies high-engagement breakout channels vs. dead subscriber bases.
Consistency Score	$100 \times (1 - \min(\sigma / \mu, 1.0))$	Rates predictability from 1 to 100 for sponsorship safety.
Sponsorship Low	$\text{round}((\mu / 1000) \times \text{CPM}_{\text{low}})$	Fair market low-end rate for a 60-second video integration.
Sponsorship High	$\text{round}((\mu / 1000) \times \text{CPM}_{\text{high}})$	Premium rate for exclusive integrations or high-purchase-intent niches.

📊 Flat Video Rows vs. Grouped Channel Dossier Modes

You can tailor the output structure to your exact analytical workflow:

Grouped Channel Dossier Mode (groupByChannel: true, Default): Yields 1 comprehensive summary record per channel containing all 8 growth intelligence metrics, sponsorship pricing, cadence ratings, top/lowest performing video objects, and the complete embedded list of analyzed videos. Ideal for channel-level vetting, CRM enrichment, and executive dashboards.
Flat Video Rows Mode (groupByChannel: false): Yields individual records for each analyzed video with the channel's growth intelligence attached to every row. Perfect for tabular analysis in Google Sheets, Excel, or SQL databases.

⚙️ How to Configure Your Job (Step-by-Step)

Step 1: Input Channels

Paste creator @handles, full channel URLs, custom links, or bare channel IDs into the channels field. Separate multiple entries with commas or newlines. Up to 500 channels per run.

Step 2: Choose Sample Size & Format

Sample Size (maxVideosToAnalyze): Choose how many recent uploads to inspect (default: 6, min: 2, max: 30). A sample of 6 to 8 videos captures recent algorithmic momentum accurately.
Group Output (groupByChannel): Leave enabled (true) for channel dossiers or toggle off (false) for flat video rows.

Step 3: (Optional) Calibrate CPM Benchmarks

Enter custom customCpmLow and customCpmHigh numbers to match your industry vertical:

Finance, Tech & B2B SaaS: $30 Low / $70+ High.
Gaming & Entertainment: $15 Low / $25 High.
Lifestyle & DTC Brands: $20 Low / $40 High.

Terminal / Code

{
  "channels": "@matthew_berman, @ThePrimeTimeagen, https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd",
  "maxVideosToAnalyze": 6,
  "groupByChannel": true,
  "customCpmLow": 20,
  "customCpmHigh": 40
}

📥 Supported Channel Link & Handle Formats

Standard Handles: @matthew_berman, @ThePrimeTimeagen
Full Channel Handle URLs: https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd, youtube.com/@mkbhd/videos
Canonical Channel IDs: UCawZsQWqfGSbCI5yjkdVkTA, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUyeluBRhGPCW4rPe_UvBZQ
Vanity / Custom Links: https://www.youtube.com/c/CreatorName, https://www.youtube.com/user/LegacyUser

📋 Complete Data Contract (Grouped Dossier & Flat Video Rows)

1. Grouped Channel Dossier Contract (39 Fields — `groupByChannel: true`)

#	Field Name	Type	UI Sniffer Heuristic	Plain English Description
1	`channelId`	String	String	Canonical 24-character YouTube Channel ID (`UC...`).
2	`channelName`	String	`title` (Card Title)	Display name of the creator or YouTube channel.
3	`channelUrl`	String	`url` (Primary Link)	Direct URL to the creator's channel videos tab.
4	`channelHandle`	String	String	Channel handle starting with `@` (e.g. `@matthew_berman`).
5	`avatarUrl`	String	`image_url` (Avatar)	High-resolution channel profile avatar image URL.
6	`isVerified`	Boolean	`boolean` (Badge)	`true` if channel possesses official verification badge.
7	`subCount`	String	String	Raw formatted subscriber count string (e.g. `"642K subscribers"`).
8	`subscriberNumber`	Number	`number` (Metric)	Parsed numeric subscriber count (e.g. `642000`).
9	`analyzedVideos`	Number	`number` (Metric)	Exact count of recent long-form videos analyzed (`2` to `30`).
10	`totalViews`	String	String	Formatted total views across analyzed videos (e.g. `"1.1M"`).
11	`totalViewsNumeric`	Number	`number` (Metric)	Raw numerical total views across analyzed videos (e.g. `1114000`).
12	`avgViews`	String	String	Formatted average views per video (e.g. `"185.7K"`).
13	`avgViewsNumeric`	Number	`number` (Hero Metric)	Raw numeric average views per upload (e.g. `185667`).
14	`medianViews`	String	String	Formatted median views among analyzed videos (e.g. `"135K"`).
15	`medianViewsNumeric`	Number	`number` (Hero Metric)	Raw numeric median views (e.g. `135000`).
16	`trendPercent`	String	String (`badge`)	Formatted trend percentage comparing recent vs older uploads (e.g. `"+21.5%"`).
17	`trendPercentNumeric`	Number	`number` (Velocity)	Raw floating point trend percentage (e.g. `21.48`).
18	`trendDirection`	String	String (`status`)	Direction of growth: `'improving'`, `'declining'`, or `'stable'`.
19	`growthStage`	String	String (`category`)	Classification: `'hyper_growth'`, `'growing'`, `'steady'`, `'cooling'`, or `'dying'`.
20	`viewToSubRatio`	String	String	Formatted View-to-Subscriber Ratio (VSR) percentage (e.g. `"28.9%"`).
21	`viewToSubRatioNumeric`	Number	`number`	Raw numerical VSR percentage (`(avgViews / subs) * 100`).
22	`vsrRating`	String	String	VSR health rating: `'viral_breakout'`, `'healthy'`, `'average'`, `'low_engagement'`, or `'dead_subscribers'`.
23	`consistencyScore`	Number	`number` (1-100)	Predictability rating (1–100) based on inverted coefficient of variation.
24	`estimatedSponsorshipLowUsd`	Number	`number` (USD)	Estimated 60-second sponsorship integration rate at low CPM benchmark.
25	`estimatedSponsorshipHighUsd`	Number	`number` (USD)	Estimated 60-second sponsorship integration rate at high CPM benchmark.
26	`estimatedSponsorshipRange`	String	String	Formatted sponsorship pricing range (e.g. `"$2,785 - $6,498"`).
27	`lastVideoUploadDate`	String	`date`	Formatted date of the most recent long-form upload (e.g. `"24 Oct 2026"`).
28	`daysSinceLastUpload`	Number	`number`	Number of elapsed days since the creator's last long-form upload.
29	`isActive`	Boolean	`boolean` (Badge)	`true` if channel has uploaded within the last 30 days.
30	`activityStatus`	String	String (`status`)	Activity cadence: `'active'`, `'intermittent'`, `'inactive'`, or `'dormant'`.
31	`uploadFrequencyDays`	Number	`number`	Approximate average days between uploads across the analyzed sample.
32	`uploadCadence`	String	String	Plain-language upload schedule (e.g. `"Every 2-3 days"`, `"Weekly"`).
33	`topRecentVideo`	Object	`object`	Highest-viewed video in sample (`{ id, title, views, viewsNumeric, url }`).
34	`lowestRecentVideo`	Object	`object`	Lowest-viewed video in sample (`{ id, title, views, viewsNumeric, url }`).
35	`mostWatchedVideo`	Object	`object`	Creator's all-time most-viewed long-form video (`{ id, title, views, viewsNumeric, url }`).
36	`recentVideos`	Array	`array` (Nested)	Full list of analyzed video objects (present in grouped mode).
37	`status`	String	String (`status`)	Channel status: `'ok'`, `'unavailable'`, `'missing_fields'`, `'no_valid_videos'`, `'insufficient_videos'`.
38	`lastScrapedDate`	String	`date`	Date of scrape execution (e.g. `"26 Oct 2026"`).
39	`scrapedAt`	String	`date`	Full ISO-8601 execution timestamp.

2. Additional Flat Video Row Properties (5 Fields — groupByChannel: false)

When running in Flat Video Rows mode (groupByChannel: false), each record represents an individual video enriched with channel-level metrics and includes the following 5 dedicated video fields:

#	Field Name	Type	UI Sniffer Heuristic	Plain English Description
40	`video_id`	String	`id`	Standard 11-character YouTube video ID of the individual upload row.
41	`video_title`	String	`title`	Title of the individual video upload row.
42	`video_url`	String	`url`	Direct YouTube watch URL (`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...`).
43	`video_views`	String	String	Formatted view count string for the specific video upload.
44	`video_duration`	String	String	Video playback duration formatted as `MM:SS` or `HH:MM:SS`.

💡 Real Production Data Examples

Example 1: High-Growth Creator Dossier (`groupByChannel: true`)

Terminal / Code

{
  "channelId": "UCawZsQWqfGSbCI5yjkdVkTA",
  "channelName": "Matthew Berman",
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCawZsQWqfGSbCI5yjkdVkTA",
  "channelHandle": "@matthew_berman",
  "avatarUrl": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/1X83USLZjNCWy21jOEP9rhsLujx6airwI-ANVsBhWMoErFuUkbx6-tDBjM-OAaIwxDv8MoUlHUk=s160-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
  "isVerified": true,
  "subCount": "642K subscribers",
  "subscriberNumber": 642000,
  "analyzedVideos": 6,
  "totalViews": "1.1M",
  "totalViewsNumeric": 1117000,
  "avgViews": "186.2K",
  "avgViewsNumeric": 186167,
  "medianViews": "135.5K",
  "medianViewsNumeric": 135500,
  "trendPercent": "+22.1%",
  "trendPercentNumeric": 22.07,
  "trendDirection": "improving",
  "growthStage": "growing",
  "viewToSubRatio": "29.0%",
  "viewToSubRatioNumeric": 29,
  "vsrRating": "healthy",
  "consistencyScore": 38,
  "estimatedSponsorshipLowUsd": 2793,
  "estimatedSponsorshipHighUsd": 6516,
  "estimatedSponsorshipRange": "$2,793 - $6,516",
  "lastVideoUploadDate": "24 Oct 2026",
  "daysSinceLastUpload": 2,
  "isActive": true,
  "activityStatus": "active",
  "uploadFrequencyDays": 2.4,
  "uploadCadence": "Every 2-3 days",
  "topRecentVideo": {
    "id": "3gXLmy7DK_4",
    "title": "Sam Altman: RSI, AI Consciousness, OpenAI's New Hardware, Compute, and more!",
    "views": "405 thousand views",
    "viewsNumeric": 405000,
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gXLmy7DK_4"
  },
  "lowestRecentVideo": {
    "id": "fHY0sjAejcA",
    "title": "Who is local AI really for?",
    "views": "66 thousand views",
    "viewsNumeric": 66000,
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHY0sjAejcA"
  },
  "mostWatchedVideo": {
    "id": "DlnJlG1SOZo",
    "title": "Rabbit R1: The First Personal AI AGENT Device NO ONE Saw Coming (Look Out, Apple)",
    "views": "1.2M views",
    "viewsNumeric": 1200000,
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlnJlG1SOZo"
  },
  "recentVideos": [
    {
      "id": "5sEVvu4mQ8g",
      "title": "They actually did it... (Kimi K3.1)",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sEVvu4mQ8g",
      "views": "143 thousand views",
      "viewsNumeric": 143000,
      "publishedDate": "24 Oct 2026",
      "daysAgo": 2,
      "duration": "25:51"
    },
    {
      "id": "fHY0sjAejcA",
      "title": "Who is local AI really for?",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHY0sjAejcA",
      "views": "66 thousand views",
      "viewsNumeric": 66000,
      "publishedDate": "23 Oct 2026",
      "daysAgo": 3,
      "duration": "32:20"
    },
    {
      "id": "3gXLmy7DK_4",
      "title": "Sam Altman: RSI, AI Consciousness, OpenAI's New Hardware, Compute, and more!",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gXLmy7DK_4",
      "views": "405 thousand views",
      "viewsNumeric": 405000,
      "publishedDate": "21 Oct 2026",
      "daysAgo": 5,
      "duration": "45:08"
    },
    {
      "id": "M8iqahFogtA",
      "title": "Google just went FRONTIER (Gemini 4 Argon)",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8iqahFogtA",
      "views": "111 thousand views",
      "viewsNumeric": 111000,
      "publishedDate": "14 Oct 2026",
      "daysAgo": 12,
      "duration": "12:15"
    },
    {
      "id": "rpLrkJ5NNEI",
      "title": "Meta just dropped something insane... (Muse Wonder)",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpLrkJ5NNEI",
      "views": "252 thousand views",
      "viewsNumeric": 252000,
      "publishedDate": "12 Oct 2026",
      "daysAgo": 14,
      "duration": "24:16"
    },
    {
      "id": "rJ3c1y8uW78",
      "title": "OpenAI: o3, Autonomous Agents, and the Future of Reasoning",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ3c1y8uW78",
      "views": "140 thousand views",
      "viewsNumeric": 140000,
      "publishedDate": "12 Oct 2026",
      "daysAgo": 14,
      "duration": "29:08"
    }
  ],
  "status": "ok",
  "lastScrapedDate": "26 Oct 2026",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-26T18:26:23.077Z"
}

Example 2: Flat Video Performance Row (`groupByChannel: false`)

Terminal / Code

{
  "channelId": "UCUyeluBRhGPCW4rPe_UvBZQ",
  "channelName": "The PrimeTime",
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUyeluBRhGPCW4rPe_UvBZQ",
  "channelHandle": "@ThePrimeTimeagen",
  "avatarUrl": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/Eu_xR4JfLlrruwj1lrmfDiOpe8GARBs8M0hgQ6NsGhQ0qC8S-po9HEHw1W21sPN2BHO6EHXrSwM=s160-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
  "isVerified": true,
  "subCount": "1.17M subscribers",
  "subscriberNumber": 1170000,
  "analyzedVideos": 6,
  "totalViews": "2.1M",
  "totalViewsNumeric": 2132000,
  "avgViews": "355.3K",
  "avgViewsNumeric": 355333,
  "medianViews": "337.5K",
  "medianViewsNumeric": 337500,
  "trendPercent": "+23.5%",
  "trendPercentNumeric": 23.48,
  "trendDirection": "improving",
  "growthStage": "growing",
  "viewToSubRatio": "30.4%",
  "viewToSubRatioNumeric": 30.37,
  "vsrRating": "healthy",
  "consistencyScore": 46,
  "estimatedSponsorshipLowUsd": 5330,
  "estimatedSponsorshipHighUsd": 12437,
  "estimatedSponsorshipRange": "$5,330 - $12,437",
  "lastVideoUploadDate": "25 Oct 2026",
  "daysSinceLastUpload": 1,
  "isActive": true,
  "activityStatus": "active",
  "uploadFrequencyDays": 2,
  "uploadCadence": "Every 2-3 days",
  "topRecentVideo": {
    "id": "9OahTki4cPA",
    "title": "OpenCode got hacked",
    "views": "682 thousand views",
    "viewsNumeric": 682000,
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OahTki4cPA"
  },
  "lowestRecentVideo": {
    "id": "Bye5avxGMKM",
    "title": "Programming Laws Tier list | TheStandup",
    "views": "115 thousand views",
    "viewsNumeric": 115000,
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bye5avxGMKM"
  },
  "mostWatchedVideo": {
    "id": "JWKadu0ks20",
    "title": "NASAs Coding Requirements Are Insane",
    "views": "2M views",
    "viewsNumeric": 2000000,
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWKadu0ks20"
  },
  "recentVideos": [
    {
      "id": "Bye5avxGMKM",
      "title": "Programming Laws Tier list | TheStandup",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bye5avxGMKM",
      "views": "115 thousand views",
      "viewsNumeric": 115000,
      "publishedDate": "25 Oct 2026",
      "daysAgo": 1,
      "duration": "50:36"
    }
  ],
  "video_id": "Bye5avxGMKM",
  "video_title": "Programming Laws Tier list | TheStandup",
  "video_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bye5avxGMKM",
  "video_views": "115 thousand views",
  "video_duration": "50:36",
  "status": "ok",
  "lastScrapedDate": "26 Oct 2026",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-26T18:26:24.168Z"
}

🤝 Companion Tools & Ecosystem Pairing

Pair YouTube Growth Scraper with other BrowserMesh scrapers for complete end-to-end creator economy intelligence:

Companion Scraper	Marketplace Slug	Strategic Integration Workflow
YouTube Channel Scraper	`youtube-channel-scraper`	Extract complete back-catalogs, about tab descriptions, links, business emails, and full channel tabs.
YouTube Video Details Scraper	`youtube-video-details-scraper`	Extract deep video metadata, 4K video streams, chapters, keyword tags, and sponsor disclosure cards.
YouTube Trending Scraper	`youtube-trending-scraper`	Monitor viral charts (#1 to #100) across 50+ countries for trending videos, top songs, and audio tracks.
YouTube Comments Scraper	`youtube-comments-scraper`	Extract viewer comment sentiment, sponsor integration feedback, and audience community engagement.
YouTube Transcript Scraper	`youtube-transcript-scraper`	Download timestamped video subtitles and full transcripts to analyze verbal sponsor mentions.
YouTube Search Results Scraper	`youtube-search-results-scraper`	Discover which creators rank #1 on YouTube search for targeted brand keywords and product queries.
YouTube Playlist Scraper	`youtube-playlist-scraper`	Extract full course playlists, podcast series, and custom video compilations with total duration math.
All-in-One YouTube Downloader	`all-in-one-youtube-downloader`	Download high-resolution videos, audio tracks, and thumbnails for local analysis and compliance archiving.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What is the YouTube Growth Scraper and how does it work?

Why is median views more useful than average views for vetting sponsorships?

How does the trend percentage calculation work?

Are YouTube Shorts included in the growth math?

What is the View-to-Subscriber Ratio (VSR %)?

Can I set custom CPM pricing for my specific industry niche?

How many channels can I analyze in one run?

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

keyword

string

Yes

Search term or product keyword

marketplace

string

Yes

Amazon marketplace domain (e.g., amazon.com)

maxPages

number

Max pages to process (default: 1)

sortBy

select

Sort by: price_asc, price_desc, rating

minRating

number

Minimum product rating (1-5)

YouTube Growth Scraper

About YouTube Growth Scraper

Core Capabilities

Exact Trend Velocity & Momentum

Fair Market Sponsorship Valuation

Strict 4-Layer Shorts Exclusion

Multi-Channel Batching & Auto-Dedup

Audience Consistency & Health Scoring

Usage Examples

Creator Vetting & Growth Dossier

High-Value Niche Sponsorship Valuation

Flat Video Row Export for Spreadsheets

README

📑 Quick Navigation Table of Contents

⚡ Why Choose This Scraper Over the Official API?

🎯 Who Is This For? (Popular Use Cases)

🚀 Top Features & What Data You Get

1. True Recent Performance (Average & Median Views)

2. Trend Momentum & Velocity Percentage

3. Fair Market Sponsorship Pricing Calculator

4. View-to-Subscriber Ratio (VSR %) & Audience Health

5. Statistical Consistency Score (1 to 100)

6. Creator Activity Status & Upload Cadence

7. Strict 4-Layer Shorts & Premiere Exclusion Barrier

8. Multi-Channel Batching & Automatic Deduplication

📐 Growth Formulas & Sponsorship Pricing Walkthrough

📊 Flat Video Rows vs. Grouped Channel Dossier Modes

⚙️ How to Configure Your Job (Step-by-Step)

Step 1: Input Channels

Step 2: Choose Sample Size & Format

Step 3: (Optional) Calibrate CPM Benchmarks

📥 Supported Channel Link & Handle Formats

📋 Complete Data Contract (Grouped Dossier & Flat Video Rows)

1. Grouped Channel Dossier Contract (39 Fields — groupByChannel: true)

💡 Real Production Data Examples

Example 1: High-Growth Creator Dossier (groupByChannel: true)

Example 2: Flat Video Performance Row (groupByChannel: false)

🤝 Companion Tools & Ecosystem Pairing

❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What is the YouTube Growth Scraper and how does it work?

How does the trend percentage calculation work?

Are YouTube Shorts included in the growth math?

What is the View-to-Subscriber Ratio (VSR %)?

Can I set custom CPM pricing for my specific industry niche?

How many channels can I analyze in one run?

How does this automation workflow operate?

Why run this workflow with BrowserMesh instead of traditional cloud scrapers?

Install & Info

Compatibility

Resources & Links

Live Execution Preview

Input Parameters

Recommended Automation & SEO Tools

Broken Link Checker & 404 Analyzer

Website Hosting & CDN Detector

Technical SEO & Visual Site Auditor

Need help getting started?

YouTube Growth Scraper

About YouTube Growth Scraper

Core Capabilities

Exact Trend Velocity & Momentum

Fair Market Sponsorship Valuation

Strict 4-Layer Shorts Exclusion

Multi-Channel Batching & Auto-Dedup

Audience Consistency & Health Scoring

Usage Examples

Creator Vetting & Growth Dossier

High-Value Niche Sponsorship Valuation

Flat Video Row Export for Spreadsheets

README

📑 Quick Navigation Table of Contents

⚡ Why Choose This Scraper Over the Official API?

🎯 Who Is This For? (Popular Use Cases)

🚀 Top Features & What Data You Get

1. True Recent Performance (Average & Median Views)

2. Trend Momentum & Velocity Percentage

3. Fair Market Sponsorship Pricing Calculator

4. View-to-Subscriber Ratio (VSR %) & Audience Health

5. Statistical Consistency Score (1 to 100)

6. Creator Activity Status & Upload Cadence

1. Grouped Channel Dossier Contract (39 Fields — `groupByChannel: true`)

Example 1: High-Growth Creator Dossier (`groupByChannel: true`)

Example 2: Flat Video Performance Row (`groupByChannel: false`)

1. Grouped Channel Dossier Contract (39 Fields — `groupByChannel: true`)

Example 1: High-Growth Creator Dossier (`groupByChannel: true`)

Example 2: Flat Video Performance Row (`groupByChannel: false`)