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InsightSocial pricing and alternatives: YouTube channel API, GET /v1/youtube/channel

InsightSocial's sitellms.txtBest YouTube channel API in 2026

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64% complete: 7 of the 11 key fields we checkSee the 11 fields
$0.00per 1,000 channelsWe rank 127 plans by price. Litescrape's top-up from $10 is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 channels: $0.15.YouTube Data API (Google), Litescrape and HasData are the best YouTube channel API providers in our benchmark.
Plan: Free one of InsightSocial's 10 plans
Call: GET /v1/youtube/channel one of InsightSocial's 3 calls for this API
API: YouTube channel API one of InsightSocial's 28 APIs

About this item

  • Freshness. We don't know how fresh this plan's data is.
  • 7 of the 11 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Contact, Verified, Followers, Posts, Views.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 500 credits a month, enough for 50 calls. Monthly credits reset at the start of each calendar month and don't roll over.
  • One call. You call GET /v1/youtube/channel. You send one of channelId, handle or url. You can also send hl, forUsername, contact_email and dry_run. The call returns the channel's details.
  • Who can get it: anyone with a Google account. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

InsightSocial: YouTube channel API alternatives

The table starts with InsightSocial's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 channels closest to InsightSocial's.

InsightSocial, $95.88 yearly, Pro, GET /v1/youtube/channelSocialKit, $49 packEnsembleData, $100 monthly, Wood, GET /youtube/channel/detailed-info, Channel Detailed Info, fulllobstr.io, $1,000 monthly, Business, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel Scraper, fullSocialCrawl, £15 pack, Starter, GET /v1/youtube/channel
$ per 1,000 channels$7.99$6.533$6.667$7.50$8.001
Completeness64%55%55%82%73%
Billingyearlypay firstmonthlymonthlypay first
Pay$95.88$49$100$1,000£15
Enough for1,000 calls a month7,500 calls500 calls a dayabout 133,333 results a month2,500 calls
Freshnessunknownunknownlivelivelive
Who can get itanyoneanyoneanyoneprofessionals, not consumersanyone 18 or over

Every YouTube channel API provider we score, ranked

Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-29.

  1. insightsocial.app/docs/api-reference/youtube/channel.md
  2. insightsocial.app/docs/caching
  3. insightsocial.app/docs/credits.md
  4. insightsocial.app/docs/endpoint-pricing
  5. insightsocial.app/docs/rate-limits.md
  6. insightsocial.app/pricing
  7. insightsocial.app/privacy-policy
  8. insightsocial.app/social-media-api/linkedin
  9. insightsocial.app/social-media-api/youtube/channel

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Bio
  • Photo
  • Links, not in the answer
  • Contact
  • Location, not in the answer
  • Verified
  • Followers
  • Following, not in the answer
  • Posts
  • Likes, not in the answer
  • Views
Price
$ per 1,000 channels$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Repeat freenever
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 230 other calls
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchReturns a YouTube channel's public profile: subscriber count on author.followers (rounded above 1,000), video and view totals, description, banner and avatar URLs, and author.ext.public_email.
Data
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou are responsible for using InsightSocial in compliance with the terms of service of each platform or site you scrape, and with applicable law (including data protection laws such as GDPR and CCPA where they apply to you) [...] You agree not to use the Service to harvest personal data for harassment, stalking, mass unsolicited contact, or any unlawful purpose.
Plan
Pay$0
You get500 credits a month
Enough for50 calls a month
Expiresmonthly credits reset at the start of each calendar month and don't roll over
Rate limit
Per second1
Concurrent10
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendone of channelId, handle or url. Optional: hl, forUsername, contact_email, dry_run
MethodGET
Path/v1/youtube/channel
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone with a Google account
The 16 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, credits remaining, credits used, channel ID, username, name, profile picture, bio, verified, subscribers, subscribers approximate, videos count, views count, channel URL, email, joined

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