# KeyAPI, free: YouTube channel API

> Get detailed information about a YouTube channel, including channel description, view count, subscriber count, join date, social links, etc.

KeyAPI's YouTube channel API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 channels. It returns 4 of the 11 key fields we check: Bio, Photo, Followers, Posts.
We rank 173 plans by price. [Litescrape's top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 channels: $0.15.
[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/keyapi/free
- [Best YouTube channel API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
- Get it: https://keyapi.ai/#pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.keyapi.ai/v1/youtube/get_channel_description`
- API key: with the plan, on https://keyapi.ai/#pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.keyapi.ai/en/youtube/get_channel_description
- Sold by: KeyAPI (https://www.keyapi.ai)
- Checked: 2026-10-30

## In the answer

- Completeness: 36%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Posts: ✓

## Price

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

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get detailed information about a YouTube channel, including channel description, view count, subscriber count, join date, social links, etc.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: Your use of data retrieved through KeyAPI remains subject to the terms and privacy policies of the respective platforms.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 50 credits
- Enough for: about 16 calls, once
- Expires: 3 days

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: channel_id. Optional: language_code, country_code, need_format
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/youtube/get_channel_description

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 6 fields the plan's answer can hold

request ID, name, bio, subscribers, videos count, banner image

## KeyAPI's plans (5)

- [KeyAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/keyapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 36% complete, live
- [KeyAPI, $59 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/keyapi/59-monthly/llms.txt): $17.70 per 1,000, 36% complete, live
- [KeyAPI, $189 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/keyapi/189-monthly/llms.txt): $11.34 per 1,000, 36% complete, live
- [KeyAPI, $439 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/keyapi/439-monthly/llms.txt): $7.317 per 1,000, 36% complete, live
- [KeyAPI, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/keyapi/contact-us/llms.txt): 36% complete, live

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

- `GET /v1/youtube/get_channel_description`: [KeyAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/keyapi/free/llms.txt)

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## KeyAPI: YouTube channel API alternatives

- [EnsembleData, $100 monthly, Wood, GET /youtube/channel/detailed-info, Channel Detailed Info, full](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/ensembledata/100-monthly-wood-get-youtube-channel-detailed-info-channel-detailed-info-full/llms.txt): $6.667 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [DataSpider, $14.90 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/dataspider/14-90-pack/llms.txt): $7.45 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $500 monthly, Team, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel Scraper, full](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/lobstr-io/500-monthly-team-post-v1-runs-youtube-channel-scraper-full/llms.txt): $7.50 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [SocialCrawl, £15 pack, Starter, GET /v1/youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialcrawl/15-pack-starter-get-v1-youtube-channel/llms.txt): $8.001 per 1,000, 73% 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 2026-10-30.

- https://docs.keyapi.ai/en/youtube.openapi.json
- https://docs.keyapi.ai/llms.txt
- https://keyapi.ai
- https://www.keyapi.ai/apis/linkedin
- https://www.keyapi.ai/apis/youtube
- https://www.keyapi.ai/privacy-policy