AI Training Data Collection

YouTube Video & Metadata at Petabyte Scale

We help AI labs and data teams collect YouTube video, audio and structured metadata for model training. Choose 1–40 Gbps unmetered proxies to run your own pipeline, or let us deliver curated datasets straight to your cloud storage.

YouTube data collection pipeline
1–40 GbpsDedicated bandwidth per client, unmetered traffic
PB-scaleVideo, audio and metadata delivered to your bucket
99.9%Proxy uptime with automatic failover
What We Collect

Everything you need from YouTube, ready for training

From raw video streams to clean, structured metadata — collected at scale, deduplicated and organized to your specification.

Video & Audio Streams

Full-resolution video (up to 4K/8K), audio-only tracks, and selected formats. Delivered as original containers or transcoded to your target codec.

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Structured Metadata

Title, description, tags, channel, publish date, duration, view/like counts, category, language and more — normalized to JSONL or Parquet.

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Subtitles & Transcripts

Auto-generated and manual captions in all available languages, with timestamps aligned to the video for speech and multimodal training.

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Comments & Engagement

Top-level comments, replies, like counts and reply threads, useful for conversational, sentiment and ranking datasets.

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Thumbnails & Frames

All thumbnail resolutions plus optional keyframe extraction at custom intervals for vision-language pretraining.

Custom Targeting

Collect by keyword, channel list, playlist, topic, language, region, upload window or engagement thresholds. You define the scope.

Two Ways to Work With Us

Bring your own pipeline, or let us handle delivery

Both options are built for sustained, high-volume collection without rate limits or bandwidth caps.

Self-managed

High-Bandwidth Proxies

Dedicated 1–40 Gbps unmetered proxy capacity for your own collection stack.

  • Unmetered traffic — no per-GB charges, ever
  • Scale from 1 Gbps to 40 Gbps per client
  • HTTP(S) and SOCKS5, compatible with yt-dlp and custom crawlers
  • Rotating IP pools with automatic health checks and failover
  • Multiple regions for geo-specific content
  • 24/7 technical support and dedicated account manager
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Fully managed

Cloud Storage Delivery

Tell us what you need. We collect, process and deliver directly to your storage.

  • Delivered to your S3, GCS, Azure Blob or private object storage
  • Video, audio, subtitles and metadata in your preferred layout
  • Deduplication, integrity checksums and manifest files included
  • Optional transcoding, frame extraction and format conversion
  • Incremental updates for continuously growing datasets
  • Priced per delivered PB — no infrastructure on your side
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Metadata Schema

Clean, consistent fields for every video

Every record is validated and normalized. Custom fields and schemas are available on request.

FieldTypeDescription
video_idstringUnique YouTube video identifier
title / descriptionstringOriginal title and full description text
channel_id / channel_namestringUploader channel identifiers and subscriber count snapshot
published_atdatetimeUpload timestamp (UTC, ISO 8601)
duration_secintegerVideo length in seconds
view_count / like_count / comment_countintegerEngagement metrics at collection time
tags / categoryarray / stringCreator tags and YouTube category
languagestringDetected primary language (BCP-47)
formatsarrayAvailable resolutions, codecs, bitrates and file sizes
subtitlesobjectAvailable caption tracks by language, manual vs. auto-generated
thumbnailsarrayThumbnail URLs and local paths for all resolutions
file_path / sha256stringLocation of delivered media in your bucket and integrity checksum
How It Works

From requirements to delivered dataset

STEP 01

Define Scope

Share your target: keywords, channels, languages, regions, time range, formats and estimated volume.

STEP 02

Sample & Validate

We deliver a free sample batch with metadata so you can verify quality, schema and format before committing.

STEP 03

Collect at Scale

Collection runs on dedicated 1–40 Gbps capacity, with progress dashboards and daily reports.

STEP 04

Deliver & Verify

Data lands in your cloud storage with manifests and checksums. Incremental updates available on schedule.

Pricing

Simple, volume-friendly pricing

Pay for bandwidth or pay for delivered data — whichever fits your pipeline. Volume discounts available on both.

Managed Dataset Delivery
Per PBdelivered

Priced by delivered volume and processing scope. Contact us for a quote.

  • Video, audio, subtitles and metadata included
  • Delivered to S3 / GCS / Azure / private storage
  • Deduplication, checksums and manifests
  • Optional transcoding and frame extraction
Free sample batchIncluded
Multi-PB projectsTiered discount
Ongoing incremental deliveryCustom terms
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All prices in USD. Custom enterprise agreements, annual contracts and hybrid plans (proxies + delivery) are available — contact sales for details.

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Tell us about your dataset

Share your target scope and volume. We'll respond with a sample plan, timeline and quote — typically within one business day.