# CreatorCrawl, free: YouTube channel API

> Fetch a YouTube channel, subscriber count, total views, country, join date, and description.

CreatorCrawl's YouTube channel API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 channels. It returns 10 of the 11 key fields we check: Bio, Photo, Links, Location, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts, Likes, Views.
We rank 242 plans by price. [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 our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/creatorcrawl/free
- [Best YouTube channel API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
- Get it: https://creatorcrawl.com/#pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.creatorcrawl.com/youtube/channel`
- API key: with the plan, on https://creatorcrawl.com/#pricing
- Its API docs: https://api.creatorcrawl.com/docs#tag/youtube/GET/youtube/channel
- Sold by: CreatorCrawl (https://creatorcrawl.com)
- Checked: 2026-11-01

## In the answer

- Completeness: 91%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Links: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Following: ✓
- Posts: ✓
- Likes: ✓
- Views: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 90 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Fetch a YouTube channel, subscriber count, total views, country, join date, and description.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may use CreatorCrawl to: Build applications that display or analyze publicly available TikTok data, Conduct market research and competitive analysis, Power AI agents and automation workflows, Academic and journalistic research [...] You may not use CreatorCrawl to: Violate any applicable law or regulation, Scrape data for the purpose of harassing, stalking, or targeting individuals, Resell raw API access as your own service, Attempt to circumvent rate limits, credit systems, or access controls, Overload the service with requests intended to degrade performance, Access non-public or private TikTok data [...] You are responsible for how you use the data retrieved through our API, If you store TikTok data, you must comply with applicable data protection laws (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 50 credits
- Enough for: 50 calls, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: no limit
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: one of channelId, handle or url
- Method: GET
- Path: /youtube/channel

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone at least 16 years old

## The 26 fields the plan's answer can hold

channel ID, handle, name, bio, channel URL, profile picture, verified, verified type, subscribers, following, videos count, likes count, views count, website, private account, business account, category, language, region, location, joined, platform, next cursor, has more, total results, fetched at

## CreatorCrawl's plans (4)

- [CreatorCrawl, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/creatorcrawl/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 91% complete, live
- [CreatorCrawl, $29 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/creatorcrawl/29-pack/llms.txt): $5.80 per 1,000, 91% complete, live
- [CreatorCrawl, $99 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/creatorcrawl/99-pack/llms.txt): $4.95 per 1,000, 91% complete, live
- [CreatorCrawl, $299 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/creatorcrawl/299-pack/llms.txt): $2.99 per 1,000, 91% complete, live

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

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

## CreatorCrawl's APIs (18)

- [CreatorCrawl: Facebook Ad Library API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/creatorcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [CreatorCrawl: Facebook Marketplace listing API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-marketplace-listing-apis/creatorcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [CreatorCrawl: Facebook Marketplace search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-marketplace-search-apis/creatorcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [CreatorCrawl: Facebook page API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-page-apis/creatorcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [CreatorCrawl: Facebook post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-post-apis/creatorcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [CreatorCrawl: Instagram post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/creatorcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [CreatorCrawl: Instagram profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/creatorcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [CreatorCrawl: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/creatorcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [CreatorCrawl: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/creatorcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [CreatorCrawl: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/creatorcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [CreatorCrawl: LinkedIn Ad Library API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-ad-apis/creatorcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [CreatorCrawl: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/creatorcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [CreatorCrawl: TikTok profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/creatorcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [CreatorCrawl: TikTok video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/creatorcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [CreatorCrawl: X post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/creatorcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [CreatorCrawl: X profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/creatorcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [CreatorCrawl: YouTube channel API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/creatorcrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [CreatorCrawl: YouTube channel video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/creatorcrawl/free/llms.txt)

## CreatorCrawl: YouTube channel API alternatives

- [HasData, $59 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/hasdata/59-monthly/llms.txt): $2.95 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [Captapi, $72 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/captapi/72-yearly/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [ProLevelMax, top-up, Pay per use, POST /v1/run, YouTube channel description](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/prolevelmax/top-up-pay-per-use-post-v1-run-youtube-channel-description/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $15 monthly, Pro monthly, POST /youtube/v1/channel_about](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/reefapi/15-monthly-pro-monthly-post-youtube-v1-channel-about/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 55% 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 2026-11-01.

- https://api.creatorcrawl.com/docs
- https://api.creatorcrawl.com/openapi.json
- https://creatorcrawl.com
- https://creatorcrawl.com/alternatives/rapidapi
- https://creatorcrawl.com/legal/terms-of-service
- https://creatorcrawl.com/llms.txt
- https://creatorcrawl.com/platforms/linkedin
- https://creatorcrawl.com/platforms/youtube
- https://creatorcrawl.com/scrapers/linkedin-api-pricing
- https://creatorcrawl.com/scrapers/linkedin-scraper