# Degenscan, free: YouTube channel API

> YouTube channel growth: subscribers/views per day from our daily snapshots, 7d/30d change

Degenscan's Free trial (X-Free-Trial header) plan for the YouTube channel API costs $0.00 per 1,000 channels. We check each provider's docs for 11 fields. Degenscan's docs list 3: Followers, Posts, Views.
In [our YouTube channel API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt), the best plan from Degenscan scores 56.3 out of 100. Degenscan ranks 26th of 41 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 488 plans for YouTube channel APIs by price. Half the plans cost $2.00 or less per 1,000 channels. [See the best free YouTube channel API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
[Poix's top-up from $5](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/poix/top-up-from-5-pay-as-you-go-post-batch-channels/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 channels: $0.002. [Zapi's Rp49,000 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/zapi/rp49000-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 channels a month: about $2.72.
[Socialinsider's $199 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialinsider/199-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of channels. Socialinsider's $199 monthly plan costs more up front than Poix's top-up from $5.
[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 [TrueScrape](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/truescrape/500-pack/llms.txt) are the best YouTube channel API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/degenscan/free
- [YouTube channel API in 2026: the best of 40+ compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
- Get it: https://intel.degenscan.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://intel.degenscan.io/v1/youtube/growth`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://intel.degenscan.io/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Sold by: Degenscan (https://intel.degenscan.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## In the answer

- Completeness: 27%
- Followers: ✓
- Posts: ✓
- Views: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 74 other Degenscan calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: YouTube channel growth: subscribers/views per day from our daily snapshots, 7d/30d change

## Data

- Freshness: 1 day
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 requests a day
- Enough for: 100 calls a day

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.13 s

## The call

- You send: channel
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/youtube/growth

## About the plan

- Plan: Free trial (X-Free-Trial header)
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 8 fields the plan's answer can hold

channel ID, name, subscribers, views count, videos count, daily statistics, follower growth, follower growth percent

## Degenscan's plans (11)

- [Degenscan, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/degenscan/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 27% complete, 1 day
- [Degenscan, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/degenscan/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 27% complete, 1 day
- [Degenscan, $5 pack, US$6 of usage for 5 USDC](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/degenscan/5-pack-us-6-of-usage-for-5-usdc/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 27% complete, 1 day
- [Degenscan, $5 pack, 1,000 calls](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/degenscan/5-pack-1000-calls/llms.txt): $5.00 per 1,000, 27% complete, 1 day
- [Degenscan, $20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/degenscan/20-pack/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 27% complete, 1 day
- [Degenscan, $40 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/degenscan/40-pack/llms.txt): $4.00 per 1,000, 27% complete, 1 day
- [Degenscan, $100 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/degenscan/100-pack/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 27% complete, 1 day
- [Degenscan, $300 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/degenscan/300-pack/llms.txt): $3.00 per 1,000, 27% complete, 1 day
- [Degenscan, $9 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/degenscan/9-monthly/llms.txt): $4.50 per 1,000, 27% complete, 1 day
- [Degenscan, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/degenscan/29-monthly/llms.txt): $2.90 per 1,000, 27% complete, 1 day
- [Degenscan, $199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/degenscan/199-monthly/llms.txt): $0.995 per 1,000, 27% complete, 1 day

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

- `GET /v1/youtube/growth`: [Degenscan, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/degenscan/free/llms.txt)

## Degenscan's APIs (3)

- [Degenscan: news API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/news-apis/degenscan/free/llms.txt)
- [Degenscan: YouTube channel API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/degenscan/free/llms.txt)
- [Degenscan: YouTube channel video API pricing, 11 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/degenscan/free/llms.txt)

## Degenscan: YouTube channel API alternatives

- [HasData, $1,190 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/hasdata/1190-yearly/llms.txt): $0.992 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [ScrapeCreators, $497 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scrapecreators/497-pack/llms.txt): $0.994 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [Scrapall, $499 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scrapall/499-pack/llms.txt): $0.998 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [Scraper Api, $999 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scraper-api/999-pack/llms.txt): $0.999 per 1,000, 45% 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://degenscan.io/terms.html?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://github.com/tradewr333-lgtm/degenscan-intel?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://intel.degenscan.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://intel.degenscan.io/.well-known/x402?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://intel.degenscan.io/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://intel.degenscan.io/skill.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://intel.degenscan.io/v1/keys/packs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://intel.degenscan.io/v1/plans?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://intel.degenscan.io/v1/youtube/growth?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing