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

InsightSocial's sitellms.txtBest YouTube channel API in 2026

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73% complete: 8 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/about 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.
  • 8 of the 11 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Contact, Location, Verified, Followers, Posts, Views.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 500 credits a month, enough for 2 calls. Monthly credits reset at the start of each calendar month and don't roll over.
  • One call. You call GET /v1/youtube/channel/about. You send one of channelId, handle or url. You can also send 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/channel/aboutSocialKit, $30 packlobstr.io, $20 monthly, Starter, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel Scraper, fullSocialCrawl, £15 pack, Starter, GET /v1/youtube/profile/fullStableSocial, pay as you go
$ per 1,000 channels$199.75$20.00$30.00$40.005$60.00
Completeness73%55%82%73%73%
Billingyearlypay firstmonthlypay firstpay as you go
Pay$95.88$30$20£15per call
Enough for40 calls a month1,500 callsabout 666 results a month500 callsas many as you pay for
Freshnessunknownunknownlivelivelive
Who can get itanyoneanyoneprofessionals, not consumersanyone 18 or overanyone 18 or over who can form a binding contract with Merit, not in a jurisdiction where use is prohibited, paying by x402 or MPP from a wallet

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-about.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-about

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
  • 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 the address behind a channel's View email address control on author.ext.public_email, its listed country, and the profile: id, handle, name, avatar, bio, URL, subscribers, join date, views.
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 for2 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: contact_email, dry_run
MethodGET
Path/v1/youtube/channel/about
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone with a Google account
The 17 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, country

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