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YouTube Videos API for Academic Researchers

Collect large-scale social media data for academic research, sentiment analysis, and behavioral studies.

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https://api.socialkit.dev/youtube/videos?url=youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
AI Summary
+transcript

Video discusses upcoming social media trends including AI-generated content...

• Full transcript available
Engagement
+15 metrics
94%
Rate
8.2
Score
• Views, likes, comments...
Topics
+keywords
AI ContentTrendsMarketing...
• Sentiment, entities...
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3 Simple Steps to Analyze Social Media Videos

Start extracting insights from Social Media Videos in minutes, and save days of development.

01

Get Your Access Key

Sign up and get your API key instantly - no sales calls, no complex onboarding.

02

Send Your First Request

Call our Social Media API with any YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram URL.

03

Extract Insights at Scale

Get video summaries, transcripts, engagement metrics, and more.

Integrate with Your Favorite No-Code Platform

Use Zapier, Make, n8n or any other no-code platform using our native connection or by using the access token.

How It Works

Step-by-step workflow to get started

1

Define research questions and data needs

2

Collect transcripts, comments, and engagement data

3

Export to CSV for analysis in R or Python

4

Run statistical analysis and NLP models

5

Publish reproducible research with clear methodology

Why Teams Choose Us

We solve real problems faced by teams every day

Common Challenges

  • Accessing large-scale social media datasets
  • Ensuring research reproducibility
  • IRB approval for ethical data collection
  • Processing unstructured social media content

How We Help

Access structured social media data at scale for academic research. Collect transcripts, engagement metrics, and comments with timestamped data perfect for longitudinal studies and reproducible research.

Popular Use Cases

See how teams are using this API in production

Channel Auditing

Extract all videos from a channel to audit content performance, publishing frequency, and engagement trends.

Marketing teams audit competitor channels monthly to track content strategy changes and identify high-performing video formats.

Content Database Building

Build searchable databases of YouTube content by extracting videos from multiple channels and playlists.

Researchers extract videos from educational YouTube channels to build indexed databases of course content.

Playlist Analysis

Extract all videos from curated playlists to analyze topics, engagement, and content strategy.

Content creators analyze popular playlists in their niche to understand what video sequences drive the most watch time.

Automation Workflows

Monitor channels for new video uploads and trigger automated workflows when new content is detected.

Agencies set up automated monitoring of client and competitor channels, triggering alerts and reports on new uploads.

Features Built for YouTube Videos API Researchers

Specialized capabilities designed specifically for researchers workflows and use cases.

Channel & Playlist Support

Extract videos from any public YouTube channel URL or playlist URL with a single API call.

Engagement Metrics

Get views, likes, and comment counts for every video to identify top-performing content in a channel.

Rich Metadata

Access video titles, descriptions, publication dates, durations, thumbnails, and channel information.

Flexible Limits

Control how many videos to extract per request (up to 100) to match your research or automation needs.

Fast Extraction

Get complete video lists in seconds without manual browsing or pagination.

Channel Auditing

Audit any channel's entire content history to understand publishing patterns and performance trends.

Our Social Media APIs

Comprehensive social media analysis APIs for YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook content.

YouTube Summarizer API

AI-powered video summaries from YouTube URLs

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YouTube Transcript API

Extract accurate transcripts from YouTube videos

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YouTube Stats API

Comprehensive YouTube video analytics

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YouTube Comments API

Extract and analyze comments from YouTube videos

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YouTube Shorts Summarizer API

AI-powered summaries from YouTube Shorts

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YouTube Shorts Transcript API

Extract transcripts from YouTube Shorts

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YouTube Shorts Stats API

YouTube Shorts metadata extraction API

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YouTube Shorts Comments API

Extract comments from YouTube Shorts

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YouTube Channel Stats API

Comprehensive YouTube channel analytics and subscriber metrics

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YouTube Search API

Search YouTube videos by keyword and discover trending content

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YouTube Videos API

Extract videos from any YouTube channel or playlist with stats

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TikTok Stats API

Comprehensive TikTok video and creator analytics

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TikTok Comments API

Extract and analyze TikTok comments at scale

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TikTok Summarizer API

AI-powered video summaries from TikTok URLs

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TikTok Transcript API

Extract accurate transcripts from TikTok videos

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TikTok Channel Stats API

Comprehensive TikTok channel analytics

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TikTok Search API

Search TikTok videos by keyword and discover trends

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Instagram Stats API

Comprehensive Instagram video and reel analytics

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Instagram Channel Stats API

Instagram profile statistics and follower metrics

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Instagram Summarizer API

AI-powered video summaries from Instagram URLs

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Instagram Transcript API

Extract accurate transcripts from Instagram videos

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Facebook Summarizer API

AI-powered video summaries from Facebook videos

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Facebook Transcript API

Extract accurate transcripts from Facebook videos

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Facebook Stats API

Comprehensive Facebook video analytics

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Facebook Page Stats API

Facebook page statistics and follower metrics

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Video Transcript API

Extract transcripts from any video file (MP4, WebM, MOV). 1 credit = 1 min.

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Video Summarizer API

AI-powered summaries from any video file. 1 credit = 1 min.

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https://api.socialkit.dev/youtube/videos?url=youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
AI Summary
+transcript

Video discusses upcoming social media trends including AI-generated content...

• Full transcript available
Engagement
+15 metrics
94%
Rate
8.2
Score
• Views, likes, comments...
Topics
+keywords
AI ContentTrendsMarketing...
• Sentiment, entities...