How to scrape YouTube Sponsorship Tracker
Find which YouTubers a brand sponsors, or every sponsor in a channel or niche. This YouTube sponsorship tracker returns one row per video and sponsor: brand, domain, promo code, tracked link, ad timestamp, evidence and confidence. No login, no API key.
Open YouTube Sponsorship Tracker: Brand Deals, Promo Codes $2/1K on Apify
Find out which YouTubers a brand sponsors, or which brands sponsor a channel or a niche. Every row is one video and one sponsor, with the brand, its domain, the promo code, the tracked link and its UTM/coupon parameters, the timestamp of the ad read, the description lines that prove it and a confidence score. No login, no YouTube API key, no daily quota. $2 per 1,000 sponsorships found.
- In short: YouTube Sponsorship Tracker (Apify actor
transparent_meteorite/youtube-sponsorship-tracker) reads public YouTube pages and detects sponsor reads in video descriptions, chapters and the paid-promotion flag. It returns one flat row per (video, sponsor brand). - Who it is for:
- brand and influencer marketing teams checking where competitors spend
- agencies building creator shortlists from proven sponsor history
- creators and managers looking for brands that already buy YouTube ads in their niche
- analysts tracking sponsor share of voice over time
- Input: brand names, channels, niche keywords, or pasted video / channel / search URLs. Empty input runs a NordVPN sample.
- Output: sponsorBrand, sponsorDomain, promoCode, trackedLink, linkParams, sponsorTimestamp, evidence, confidence, plus video and channel stats.
- Detection: deterministic rules, no AI model. Same input, same answer.
- Pricing: pay per sponsorship row, $0.002 on the free plan down to $0.0012 on Gold and higher.
- Access: Apify Console, REST API, JavaScript/Python clients, schedules, webhooks, Apify MCP server
- Login, cookies or YouTube API key needed: no
- Also known as: YouTube sponsor finder, YouTube brand deal tracker, influencer sponsorship database, YouTube ad read tracker, competitor sponsorship monitor
What it outputs
Example input
{ "brands": ["NordVPN"], "maxVideos": 10 }Sample output
{
"videoId": "7NCClf7aa_c",
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NCClf7aa_c",
"title": "Understanding Fabric Weight",
"channelName": "Bernadette Banner",
"channelId": "UCSHtaUm-FjUps090S7crO4Q",
"channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@bernadettebanner",
"channelSubscribers": 2000000,
"views": 170873,
"publishedAt": "2026-10-11T07:00:10-07:00",
"durationSec": 2300,
"sponsorBrand": "NordVPN",
"sponsorDomain": "nordvpn.com",
"promoCode": null,
"trackedLink": "https://nordvpn.com/bernadette",
"linkParams": null,
"sponsorTimestamp": "1:14",
"sponsorTimestampSec": 74,
"sponsorUrlAtTimestamp": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NCClf7aa_c&t=74s",
"isPaidPromotionFlag": false,
"hasAdDisclosure": false,
"isAffiliateReview": false,
"signals": ["creatorVanityLink", "thanksForSponsoring", "brandOfferMention", "sponsorChapter"],
"evidence": "Get an exclusive NordVPN deal + 4 months extra here https://nordvpn.com/bernadette ... | Thanks to NordVPN for sponsoring this video!",
"confidence": 0.99,
"sponsorsInVideo": 2,
"matchedBrand": "NordVPN",
"fromSource": "brand",
"fromInput": "NordVPN",
"scrapedAt": "2026-10-13T23:59:00.000Z"
}Sample taken from the actor's README; values shown as placeholders there are placeholders.
FAQ
Do I need a YouTube API key?
No. The actor reads the same public pages a logged-out browser sees.
Does it use AI?
No. Detection is deterministic rules, so results are repeatable and cheap.
Can I get only new sponsorships every week?
Yes. Turn on onlyNew; delivered video + brand pairs are remembered in a named key-value store and not charged again.
Does it find the creator's email?
No. It returns the channel URL and handle; contact details are out of scope.
Do I need a proxy?
No for normal runs. If YouTube rate-limits the IP, the run switches to Apify residential proxy by itself (turn autoProxyFallback off to prevent this).
Where do I run it?
On Apify: https://apify.com/transparent_meteorite/youtube-sponsorship-tracker. Check the Pricing tab there for current prices.
Try YouTube Sponsorship Tracker: Brand Deals, Promo Codes $2/1K on Apify