Auto-Track YouTube Stats & Channel Data in Notion Database

Who it's for

YouTube creators, content marketers, and anyone who wants to automatically enrich YouTube links added to a Notion database.

What it does

Automatically extracts important video and channel data — including title, views, likes, comments, thumbnail, channel name, subscribers, and a custom viral score — whenever a new YouTube URL is added to Notion.

How it works

1. A Notion Trigger fires when a new page is added to your database.
2. The workflow extracts the YouTube video ID from the provided URL.
3. A YouTube API request retrieves video details (title, views, likes, comments, thumbnail).
4. A second YouTube API request retrieves channel information (name and subscriber count).
5. Both sets of data are cleaned and formatted.
6. The enriched data is written back to the same Notion page.

Requirements

• YouTube Data API (OAuth2 recommended)
• Notion integration connected to your workspace
• This Notion template (includes all required fields):
  https://lunar-curler-d17.notion.site/2a71d9a77486807a9006d048aa512d16?v=2a71d9a7748680eda620000ca9c112a4

Setup steps

1. Duplicate the Notion template linked above.
2. Connect your Notion credentials in n8n.
3. Create and connect a YouTube OAuth2 credential.
4. Assign your credential to the YouTube API nodes.
5. Test once with a manual execution.