# youtubescraperapi, free: Video search API

> Our YouTube search API takes a search query and returns the ranked organic results as clean JSON: video IDs, titles, channel names, view counts, and thumbnails, with paid placements split out into a separate ads array so you never mistake an ad for a real ranking.

youtubescraperapi's Free plan for the video search API costs $0.00 per 1,000 searches. We check each provider's docs for 6 fields. youtubescraperapi's docs list 5: Length, Channel, Views, Snippet, Thumbnail.
We haven't run youtubescraperapi through [our video search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 711 plans for video search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.316 or less per 1,000 searches. [185 video search API plans on our price sheet are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt) [Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/scrappa/free/llms.txt) has a free plan with 500 calls a month. Scrappa is the best video search API in our benchmark.
[TranscriptYT's $3 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptyt/3-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 searches, with no charge per call. You get as many searches as TranscriptYT's rate limit allows. [SerpBase's $3 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/serpbase/3-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 searches a month: $3.00.
[TranscriptYT's $45 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptyt/45-pack/llms.txt) covers any number of searches, and costs more up front than TranscriptYT's $3 monthly plan.
[Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/scrappa/25-pack/llms.txt), [TranscriptYT](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptyt/3-monthly/llms.txt) and [SerpScraper.dev](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/serpscraper-dev/79-monthly/llms.txt) are the best video search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubescraperapi/free
- [Best YouTube search API: video search providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-video-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://youtubescraperapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.youtubescraperapi.com/api/v1/youtube/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://youtubescraperapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://youtubescraperapi.com/youtube-search-scraper?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: youtubescraperapi (https://youtubescraperapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## In the answer

- Completeness: 83%
- Length: ✓
- Channel: ✓
- Views: ✓
- Snippet: ✓
- Thumbnail: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 searches: $0.00
- Per: call
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: YouTube Transcript Scraper API (GET /youtube/transcript) · YouTube Suggest (GET /youtube/suggest) · YouTube Comment Scraper API (GET /youtube/comments) · YouTube Channel Scraper API (GET /youtube/channel) · YouTube Video Scraper API (GET /youtube/video) · YouTube Playlist Scraper API (GET /youtube/playlist) · YouTube Email Scraper API (GET /youtube/email) · YouTube Shorts Scraper API (GET /youtube/shorts)

## Not found

- $ per 1,000 calls that find nothing: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Our YouTube search API takes a search query and returns the ranked organic results as clean JSON: video IDs, titles, channel names, view counts, and thumbnails, with paid placements split out into a separate ads array so you never mistake an ad for a real ranking.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Its Terms of Service: "We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the API in line with these terms. Data you retrieve may be subject to the rights of the underlying source." "You agree not to use the service for unlawful, infringing, deceptive, or abusive purposes, or to access data you are not permitted to access." "You agree not to resell raw access or attempt to circumvent plan limits."

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 requests
- Enough for: 1,000 calls

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 10
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 2.60 s

## The call

- You send: search_query
- Method: GET
- Path: /youtube/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone of legal age to form a binding contract

## The 17 fields the plan's answer can hold

query, returned results count, video result position, video result title, video result link, video result ID, video result channel, video result channel URL, video result channel thumbnail, video result channel verified, video result view count text, video result published time, video result duration, video result snippet, video result thumbnail, video result rich thumbnail, ads

## youtubescraperapi's plans (5)

- [youtubescraperapi, free](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubescraperapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [youtubescraperapi, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubescraperapi/top-up/llms.txt): $0.90 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [youtubescraperapi, $19 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubescraperapi/19-monthly/llms.txt): $0.704 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [youtubescraperapi, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubescraperapi/49-monthly/llms.txt): $0.598 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [youtubescraperapi, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubescraperapi/contact-us/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 83% complete, live

## youtubescraperapi's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /youtube/search`: [youtubescraperapi, free](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubescraperapi/free/llms.txt)

## youtubescraperapi's APIs (4)

- [youtubescraperapi Search autocomplete API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/youtubescraperapi/free/llms.txt)
- [youtubescraperapi Video search API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubescraperapi/free/llms.txt)
- [youtubescraperapi YouTube channel video API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/youtubescraperapi/free/llms.txt)
- [youtubescraperapi YouTube channel API pricing, 5 plans, GET /youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/youtubescraperapi/free-get-youtube-channel/llms.txt)
- [youtubescraperapi YouTube channel API pricing, 5 plans, GET /youtube/email](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/youtubescraperapi/free-get-youtube-email/llms.txt)

## youtubescraperapi: video search API alternatives

[youtubescraperapi alternatives: other video search API providers by price](https://datacircle.dev/youtubescraperapi-alternatives.txt)

We list youtubescraperapi's cheapest paid plan first. Next we list other providers' plans closest to youtubescraperapi in price per 1,000 searches. Each plan in the list gives live data.

- [youtubescraperapi, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubescraperapi/contact-us/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [SerpBase, $10 pack, Starter, POST /google/videos/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/serpbase/10-pack/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [FlashData, top-up from $10, Pay as you go, POST /v1/queries/realtime, YouTube Search API (Realtime)](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/flashdata/top-up-from-10-pay-as-you-go-post-v1-queries-realtime-youtube-search-api-realtime/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Serper, $1,250 pack](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/serper/1250-pack/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [Autom, $1,250 pack, Premium, GET /v1/brave/videos](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/autom/1250-pack-premium-get-v1-brave-videos/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 83% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-10.

- https://youtubescraperapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://youtubescraperapi.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://youtubescraperapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://youtubescraperapi.com/privacy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://youtubescraperapi.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing
- https://youtubescraperapi.com/youtube-search-scraper?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=video-search-api-pricing