Social Media Scraping

How to Find Emails of YouTube Creators (Without Breaking the Rules)

@adrian_horning_
3 mins read
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If you're trying to find a YouTube creator's email for outreach or research, you’ll quickly hit some limits. YouTube makes it tough to get contact info in bulk. But with the right tools or APIs, you can collect emails from public sources, no CAPTCHA-solving or login hacking required.

Here are three proven ways to do it:

1. Use a Paid Tool Like Influencers.Club

influencers.club is a premium database of influencers across platform, including YouTube. Their platform is easy to use, and gives you verified emails in bulk with a nice UI, no coding required.

2. Use an API Like Scrape Creators (Best for Public Bio Emails)

If you're technical and don't want to spend as much as Influencers.club will charge, consider using an API to scrape the email directly in their bio, description, or "about" section. These emails are visible without logging in and can be pulled via an API.

Scrape Creators gives you access to this public data quickly and cheaply.

For example, if you wanted to get the email for the Triggernometry YouTube channel, here's what you'd do:

Make a GET request to https://api.scrapecreators.com/v1/youtube/channel?handle=triggerpod

*Remember to add your API key as a x-api-key header

And among other things, it will return

 "email": "triggernometrypod@gmail.com"

Some creators don’t list their email directly in their bio, but they link to a personal website, Linktree, or other social media. These often contain contact info.

This is where YouTube Channel Email Contact Finder on RapidAPI comes in clutch. It scrapes publicly available data only, and is surprisingly good at finding emails from linked sources (like websites or other social accounts).

No login. No CAPTCHA solving. Just smart scraping.

What About the “View Email Address” Button on YouTube?

You’ve probably seen the “View Email Address” button on the About tab of a YouTube channel. It does give access to email, but:

  • You need to be logged in
  • You can only access 10 emails/day per account
  • You must solve a CAPTCHA

Sadly these limitations make this method completely unusable.

It’s not worth the headache (or legal risk).

Summary

ToolPriceWhat it GetsProsCons
Scrape Creators✅ Free plan (100 reqs) Pay as you go after Emails in bio/descriptionFast, API-based, scalable, no login neededOnly finds emails that are publicly visible in bio
RapidAPI – YouTube Email FinderPaid (subscription) Medium most expensiveEmails from linked sites or socialsGets emails from Linktree, websites, etc.May miss accounts with no links
Influencers.ClubExpensive subscriptionFull contact database with verified emailsNo coding, nice UI, agency-readyPricey, less flexible or customizable
Manual (“View Email” Button)Free (manual)Email hidden behind CAPTCHA/loginFree, accurate10/day limit, requires login, not scalable

Final Recommendation

If you want to build a real list of YouTube influencers:

  • Start with Scrape Creators to grab emails directly from bios
  • Use the RapidAPI tool to catch additional emails from linked websites and social media
  • Consider Influencers.club if budget isn’t an issue and you want it all done for you

Frequently Asked Questions

You can collect publicly available data like emails listed in bios. But scraping data behind CAPTCHAs or login walls violate YouTube’s terms of service.
With Scrape Creators: thousands per day. With YouTube's own UI: just 10 per account per day.
You'll need to get the links to their other social profiles/websites/link in bio tools to see if they list their email there.

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