How to Automate YouTube Trend Research in Seconds Using Maxun

02.03.2026 · Karishma

Content Research at Scale

Manually tracking what's trending across dozens of search queries isn’t just tedious — it’s prone to human error and outdated by the time you’re finished. At Maxun, we believe data extraction should be as fast as your ideas.

That’s why we’ve streamlined the process into a simple, two-step workflow:

  • Select & Run: Head to our dashboard, select Extract video search results from YouTube Auto Robot, enter your target keyword, and hit run. Your results appear instantly on the dashboard.
  • Scale with Ease: For the "high-code" engineers, once your robot is configured in the UI, you can trigger it programmatically via our SDK to automate your research at scale.

Whether you're looking for a quick insight or building a massive data pipeline, you can start discovering topics in seconds.

Discover & Configure via the Maxun Dashboard

  1. Select Your Template: Head to the Maxun Dashboard and select the Extract video search results from YouTube Auto Robot.
  2. Input Your Keyword: Enter the topic you want to track. In this example we will track latest "AI Agents" videos.
  3. Set Limit: Choose exactly how many results you want to extract. In this example, we will set limit to 100.
  4. Run & Review: Hit "Run" and watch the structured data (Titles, Views, URLs) populate directly on your dashboard in real-time.

Watch the whole workflow in action:

Scaling via the Maxun SDK

Once you have configured your robot and keywords in the UI, you can trigger that same robot programmatically.

The following snippet demonstrates how to run the Extract video search results from YouTube Auto Robot via code.


import 'dotenv/config';
import { Extract } from 'maxun-sdk';

async function main() {
  // get your robot id from robot settings in maxun dashboard
  const robotId = "abc123"

  const extractor = new Extract({
    apiKey: process.env.MAXUN_API_KEY!,
    baseUrl: process.env.MAXUN_BASE_URL
  });

  const robot = await extractor.getRobot(robotId);
  const result = await robot.run();
  const { data } = result;

  console.log("Result:", data);
}

main();

Why Use Maxun for YouTube Research?

FeatureBenefit
Instant StructuringGet Titles, Views, and URLs without custom CSS selectors.
Bypass ComplexityWe handle the rendering; you handle the insights.
Hybrid WorkflowStart in the UI for quick tests, move to SDK for production.

Turning Data Into Strategy

By automating your extraction, you can perform high-level analysis that manual browsing misses:

  • Keyword Velocity: Identify which sub-topics are gaining views fastest over a 7-day period.
  • Creator Benchmarking: Track which channels are dominating the "Recommended" and "Search" sections for your niche.
  • Content Gaps: Find high-view videos with low-quality production to identify where your brand can improve.

Start Automating Today

Stop clicking and start analyzing.

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