YouTube Shorts Results API

These are the YouTube "shorts" video results. SerpApi renders these under the shorts_results array with each section including its position_on_page.


The individual shorts results contain a title, link, thumbnail, views_original, views, and video_id.

API Examples

Shorts results overview

Shorts results overview

JSON Example

{
  ...
  "shorts_results": [
    {
      "position_on_page": 2,
      "shorts": [
        {
          "title": "Worlds Most Expensive Shoe's!",
          "link": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oksqyhq_5xU",
          "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oksqyhq_5xU/oar2.jpg",
          "views_original": "2M views",
          "views": 2000000,
          "video_id": "oksqyhq_5xU"
        },
        {
          "title": "Rating shoes I see at school",
          "link": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ArFK_ZIl-CA",
          "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ArFK_ZIl-CA/oar2.jpg",
          "views_original": "452K views",
          "views": 452000,
          "video_id": "ArFK_ZIl-CA"
        },
        {
          "title": "Champs Has The Best Basketball Shoe Selection For RETAIL!",
          "link": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XPNyfjDzLvI",
          "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XPNyfjDzLvI/oar2.jpg",
          "views_original": "400K views",
          "views": 400000,
          "video_id": "XPNyfjDzLvI"
        },
        ...
      ],
    },
    {
      "position_on_page": 8,
      "shorts": [
        {
          "title": "How to get a FIRE Sneaker Collection for SUPER CHEAP!!! (without buying fakes)",
          "link": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3Y9967gJo4Q",
          "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3Y9967gJo4Q/oar2.jpg",
          "views_original": "822K views",
          "views": 822000,
          "video_id": "3Y9967gJo4Q"
        },
        {
          "title": "Best Sneakers For Summer 2023✅",
          "link": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uJ91fZPPNgo",
          "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uJ91fZPPNgo/oar2.jpg",
          "views_original": "303K views"
          "views": 303000,
          "video_id": "uJ91fZPPNgo"
        },
        {
          "title": "WHAT STORES HAVE THE BEST SNEAKERS SITTING? #shoes #sneakerheads #sneakerhead",
          "link": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zqqki8G2UW4",
          "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Zqqki8G2UW4/oar2.jpg",
          "views_original": "827K views",
          "views": 827000,
          "video_id": "Zqqki8G2UW4"
        },
        ...
      ]
    },
  ],
  ...