What is the best free YouTube competitor analysis tool?

harvist.xyz is a free YouTube competitor analysis tool that scrapes any YouTube channel's data — subscribers, views, video catalog, and content themes — and saves structured profiles to your Notion database. Analyze multiple channels side-by-side with AI-generated insights.

How do I scrape YouTube channel data into Notion?

Paste any YouTube channel URL into Harvist, and it automatically scrapes the channel name, subscriber count, total views, video count, join date, and recent videos. AI then analyzes content themes and notable videos, saving everything as a structured entry in your Notion database.

Can I track multiple YouTube channels at once?

Yes. Run the YouTube Channel template for each channel you want to track. Each channel gets its own structured entry in your Notion database with subscriber count, views, content themes, and AI analysis. Re-running updates existing entries with the latest data.

How does the YouTube channel analyzer compare to Social Blade?

Social Blade shows public stats on its website. Harvist goes further: it scrapes channel data, runs AI analysis on content themes and notable videos, and saves everything to your Notion database as structured, searchable data. You own the data and can build custom views, filters, and dashboards in Notion.

What YouTube channel data does Harvist extract?

Harvist extracts channel name, description, subscriber count, total views, total videos, join date, profile image, and up to 30 recent videos with view counts and durations. AI then identifies content themes, summarizes the channel, and selects notable videos.

How many recent videos does Harvist analyze?

Harvist fetches up to 30 of the channel's most recent videos for AI analysis. The AI uses these to identify content themes and select notable videos, and up to 6 are embedded as playable videos in the Notion page.

Data Extraction 2 credits / URL

Scrape YouTube Channel Data to Notion

Scrape any YouTube channel to extract subscriber count, video catalog, and channel details. AI analyzes content themes and identifies notable videos, then saves a structured profile to your Notion database.

Ready to harvest your data?

Free plan includes 25 credits/month — 2 credits per URL

How It Works

1Connect Notion

Connect your Notion workspace to Harvist. We'll create a channel database with columns for subscriber count, themes, and more.

2Paste the channel URL

Copy the URL of any YouTube channel you want to scrape (e.g. youtube.com/@channelname).

3Run the template

Click 'Run' and Harvist will scrape channel data, fetch recent videos, and run AI analysis on content themes.

4Check Notion

Your channel profile with AI-generated summary, content themes, notable videos, and embedded video players is now in Notion.

What You Get in Notion

Harvist creates a Notion database with these columns, automatically populated with AI-extracted data:

Property	Type	Description
Channel Name	title	YouTube channel name
Handle	text	YouTube channel handle (e.g. @Apify)
Subscribers	number	Number of subscribers
Total Videos	number	Total number of published videos
Total Views	number	Total channel view count
Joined	date	Channel creation date
Location	text	Channel location
Verified	select	Channel verification status
Topics	multi-select	AI-identified content topics and themes
Channel URL	url	YouTube channel URL
Extracted At	date	Timestamp of extraction

Upsert key: Channel URL— if an entry with the same channel url exists, it will be updated instead of duplicated.

Who Uses This

Marketers tracking competitor YouTube channels

Content creators researching channels in their niche

Agencies building client channel databases

Researchers monitoring YouTube trends by channel

Pricing

Each run costs 2 creditsper URL. The free plan includes monthly credits — no credit card required. Upgrade anytime for more credits.

Frequently Asked Questions

Free Notion Template Available

Get a free Notion template designed for this workflow. Duplicate it to your workspace, then use Harvist to fill it automatically.

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