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# How to find YouTube influencers in your niche

You know the topic, not the creators. Search by keyword and get channels with emails and recent performance.

**Short answer**

Use **Search queries** in the YouTube Channel Email Finder with niche keywords, keep only recent videos, and turn on channel contacts. You get the videos ranking for your topic and a contact row for every channel behind them.

## A real use case

A language-learning app wants creators who review apps. They search “learn spanish app review” and “duolingo alternative” for videos from the last 180 days and get 70 channels with subscribers and emails.

## Step by step

1. **Write 2 to 5 searches** your buyers would type.
2. **Limit to recent videos** with “Only videos newer than”.
3. **Turn on channel contacts**.
4. **Run**, then rank channels by views on the matching videos.

### Input (paste into the JSON tab)

```
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "learn spanish app review",
    "duolingo alternative"
  ],
  "maxResultsPerSource": 50,
  "newerThanDays": 180,
  "includeChannelContacts": true
}
```

### What you get back

```
[
  {
    "resultType": "channel",
    "channelName": "Spanish With Pablo",
    "channelSubscribers": 96000,
    "channelEmail": "pablo@spanishwithpablo.com"
  },
  {
    "resultType": "video",
    "title": "I tried 5 Spanish apps for 30 days",
    "views": 184000,
    "channelName": "Spanish With Pablo",
    "publishedAt": "2026-08-14"
  }
]
```

Trimmed example. Names and numbers are illustrative; your run returns real data with more fields.

## Tips

- Views on the matching video matter more than subscriber count.
- Set content type to Shorts if you want Shorts creators only.

## What it costs

$1.50 per 1,000 videos; contact rows are free. 100 videos cost about **$0.15**.

Plus a small per-run start fee. Apify's free plan includes monthly credit, enough to test. Check the listing for current pricing.

## FAQ

**Can I sort search by views?**

Yes. Set search sort order to views.

## Related

- [**YouTube Shorts & Channel Email Finder**](/youtube-channel-email-finder/) Channel emails, plus views, likes, tags and dates. $1.50 / 1,000 videos.
- [How to find a YouTube channel's email](/how-to/find-youtube-channel-email/)
- [How to scrape YouTube Shorts views and likes](/how-to/scrape-youtube-shorts-data/)
- [All How To guides](/how-to/)

## Try it on your own data

Paste the input above, run it, and see your results in a couple of minutes.
[Open YouTube Shorts & Channel Email Finder](https://apify.com/scrape-lads/youtube-scraper?utm_source=scrapelads&utm_medium=site&utm_campaign=how-to-find-youtube-influencers-by-niche&utm_content=youtube-scraper)