# Exepal, pay as you go: YouTube channel API

> YouTube channel lookup: subscribers, video count, description, verified, avg views/likes/comments, view rate, upload cadence and recent videos

Exepal's x402 plan for the YouTube channel API costs $20.00 per 1,000 channels. Exepal's docs list 5 of the 11 fields on our checklist: Bio, Links, Verified, Followers, Posts.
We haven't run Exepal through [our YouTube channel API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt) yet.
Half of the 440 plans we rank by price cost $1.99 per 1,000 channels or less. This plan costs less per 1,000 channels than 13% of the 440 plans.
[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.
[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/exepal/pay-as-you-go
- [YouTube channel API: the 13 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
- Get it: https://api.exepal.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.exepal.com/v1/social/youtube`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://exepal.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing#social-profile
- Sold by: Exepal (https://exepal.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 45%
- Bio: ✓
- Links: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Posts: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 channels: $20.00
- Per: call
- Billing: pay as you go

## Charges

- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: YouTube channel lookup: subscribers, video count, description, verified, avg views/likes/comments, view rate, upload cadence and recent videos

## Data

- Freshness: 72 hours
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You must not use Exepal to break the law, infringe others' rights, send spam, harass people, collect personal data unlawfully, attack or overload websites or our infrastructure, or resell raw access to the API as a competing service. You are responsible for how you use results, including data about third parties, and for complying with the terms of the websites and platforms you ask our tools to read.

## Plan

- Pay: per call

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: handle. Optional: maxAgeHours
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/social/youtube

## About the plan

- Plan: x402
- Who can get it: anyone with a USDC wallet on Base

## The 30 fields the plan's answer can hold

handle, videos count, average views, view rate, name, bio, verified, business account, category, website, subscribers, engagement rate, average likes, average comments, posting cadence, last post date, days since last post, follower tier, posts analysed, recent posts, follower history, follower growth, follower growth percent, growth period days, growth period start, serving source, fetched at, max age hours, platform, channel URL

## Exepal's plans (4)

- [Exepal, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/exepal/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $20.00 per 1,000, 45% complete, 72 hours
- [Exepal, $5 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/exepal/5-pack/llms.txt): $20.00 per 1,000, 45% complete, 72 hours
- [Exepal, $20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/exepal/20-pack/llms.txt): $20.00 per 1,000, 45% complete, 72 hours
- [Exepal, $50 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/exepal/50-pack/llms.txt): $20.00 per 1,000, 45% complete, 72 hours

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

- `POST /v1/social/youtube`: [Exepal, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/exepal/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)

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- [Exepal: Bluesky profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-profile-apis/exepal/free/llms.txt)
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- [Exepal: domain WHOIS API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/exepal/free/llms.txt)
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- [Exepal: phone validation API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/validate-phone-apis/exepal/free/llms.txt)
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- [Exepal: TikTok profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/exepal/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
- [Exepal: YouTube channel API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/exepal/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)
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## Exepal: YouTube channel API alternatives

- [KeyAPI, $59 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/keyapi/59-monthly/llms.txt): $17.70 per 1,000, 36% complete, live
- [ChannelCrawler, $900 pack, Growth, POST /v1/channels/search, Channel Discovery](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/channelcrawler/900-pack-growth-post-v1-channels-search-channel-discovery/llms.txt): $18.00 per 1,000, 36% complete, 1 day
- [Janney AI, $299 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/janney-ai/299-monthly/llms.txt): $19.933 per 1,000, 91% complete, live
- [Influencers.club, $667 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/influencers-club/667-monthly/llms.txt): $20.01 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 2026-11-07.

- https://api.exepal.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://api.exepal.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://exepal.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://exepal.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://exepal.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://exepal.com/tools/social-profile-lookup?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing