# ContentAPI, free: YouTube channel API

> Get YouTube channel metadata and recent videos.

ContentAPI's YouTube channel API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 channels. ContentAPI's docs list 4 of the 11 key fields we check: Bio, Photo, Followers, Posts.
We haven't run ContentAPI through [our YouTube channel API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 389 plans for YouTube channel APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.667 per 1,000 channels or less.
[Serpent API's top-up from $500](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/serpent-api/top-up-from-500/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 channels: $0.01.
[YouTube Data API (Google)](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/youtube-data-api-google/free/llms.txt), [Litescrape](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) and [lobstr.io](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/lobstr-io/500-monthly-team-post-v1-runs-youtube-channel-scraper/llms.txt) are the best YouTube channel API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/contentapi/free
- [YouTube channel API: the 13 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
- Get it: https://getcontentapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.getcontentapi.com/api/v1/youtube/channel`
- API key: with the plan, on https://getcontentapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://getcontentapi.com/llms-full.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Sold by: ContentAPI (https://getcontentapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-06

## In the answer

- Completeness: 36%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Posts: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: GET /youtube/transcript · GET /youtube/metadata · GET /youtube/languages · GET /youtube/playlist · GET /web/extract · GET /web/metadata · GET /web/search · GET /twitter/tweet · GET /twitter/thread · GET /reddit/post · POST /batch

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get YouTube channel metadata and recent videos.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Your use of the API is subject to usage limits based on your subscription plan. You agree to: Not exceed your plan's rate limits or request quotas, Not attempt to circumvent usage limits or abuse the Service, Not use the API to violate the terms of service of content platforms (e.g., YouTube), Not resell, redistribute, or white-label the API without written permission, Implement appropriate caching to minimize redundant requests. [...] You may not use the Service to: Violate any applicable laws or regulations, Infringe upon intellectual property rights of others, Scrape, download, or redistribute copyrighted content in violation of copyright law, Transmit malware, viruses, or any destructive code, Attempt to gain unauthorized access to our systems, Interfere with or disrupt the integrity of the Service, Engage in any activity that could harm minors, Send spam or unsolicited commercial communications

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 5,000 requests a month
- Enough for: 5,000 calls a month
- Expires: don't roll over to the next month

## Rate limit

- Per day: 500
- Per second: 0.17
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: handle
- Method: GET
- Path: /youtube/channel

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 12 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, credits used, credits remaining, channel ID, name, handle, bio, subscribers, videos count, profile picture, banner image, latest videos

## ContentAPI's plans (3)

- [ContentAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/contentapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 36% complete
- [ContentAPI, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/contentapi/49-monthly/llms.txt): $0.49 per 1,000, 36% complete
- [ContentAPI, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/contentapi/contact-us/llms.txt): 36% complete

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

- `GET /youtube/channel`: [ContentAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/contentapi/free/llms.txt)

## ContentAPI's APIs (3)

- [ContentAPI: web scraping API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/contentapi/free/llms.txt)
- [ContentAPI: YouTube channel API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/contentapi/free/llms.txt)
- [ContentAPI: web search API pricing, 2 plans, GET /web/search, Web Search](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/contentapi/49-monthly-pro-get-web-search-web-search/llms.txt)
- [ContentAPI: web search API pricing, 2 plans, GET /web/search, Web Search, full](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/contentapi/49-monthly-pro-get-web-search-web-search-full/llms.txt)

## ContentAPI: YouTube channel API alternatives

- [Upscrape, $49 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/upscrape/49-pack/llms.txt): $0.49 per 1,000, 27% complete, live
- [Crawlora, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/crawlora/199-monthly/llms.txt): $0.497 per 1,000, 64% complete
- [Mindcase, $19.99 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/mindcase/19-99-pack/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $500 monthly, Team, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel Scraper](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/lobstr-io/500-monthly-team-post-v1-runs-youtube-channel-scraper/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 82% 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 2026-11-06.

- https://getcontentapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://getcontentapi.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://getcontentapi.com/llms-full.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://getcontentapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://getcontentapi.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing