# Litescrape, free, 5 free calls: YouTube channel API

> Get a YouTube channel's profile, videos, Shorts, playlists and posts.

Litescrape's YouTube channel API on its 5 free calls plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 channels. It returns 8 of the 11 key fields we check: Bio, Photo, Links, Location, Verified, Followers, Posts, Views.
We rank 127 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 [HasData](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/hasdata/249-monthly/llms.txt) are the best YouTube channel API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/litescrape/free-5-free-calls
- [Best YouTube channel API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
- Get it: https://litescrape.com/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.litescrape.com/api/youtube/channel`
- API key: with the plan, on https://litescrape.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://litescrape.com/docs/youtube-channel
- Sold by: Litescrape (https://www.litescrape.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 73%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Links: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Posts: ✓
- Views: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 187 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get a YouTube channel's profile, videos, Shorts, playlists and posts.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You must use the Service lawfully and in accordance with these Terms and any third-party terms that apply to you. You must not misuse the Service, including by interfering with its operation, circumventing its limits, or using data obtained through it to harm, harass, or unlawfully track individuals. [...] Nothing in these Terms grants you rights in third-party data.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 5 requests
- Enough for: 5 calls, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 25
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 1.27 s

## The call

- You send: channel_id. Optional: search_query, tab, sort, about, hl, gl, next_page_token
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/youtube/channel

## About the plan

- Plan: 5 free calls
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 20 fields the plan's answer can hold

name, channel ID, channel URL, username, RSS URL, bio, keywords, profile picture, profile picture sizes, banner image, verified, subscribers text, subscribers, videos count text, videos count, country, joined, views count text, views count, external links

## Litescrape's plans (3)

- [Litescrape, free, 5 free calls](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/litescrape/free-5-free-calls/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 73% complete
- [Litescrape, free, Verified-email bonus](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/litescrape/free-verified-email-bonus/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 73% complete
- [Litescrape, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $0.15 per 1,000, 73% complete

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

- `GET /api/youtube/channel`: [Litescrape, free, 5 free calls](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/litescrape/free-5-free-calls/llms.txt)

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## Litescrape: YouTube channel API alternatives

- [Supadata, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/supadata/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [FetchLayer, $900 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/fetchlayer/900-monthly/llms.txt): $0.017 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $22,000 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scrapingdog/22000-monthly/llms.txt): $0.149 per 1,000, 55% complete
- [Scrappa, $1,000 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scrappa/1000-pack/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 64% complete
- [SocialCrawl, £299 pack, Pro, POST /v1/youtube/channels](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialcrawl/299-pack-pro-post-v1-youtube-channels/llms.txt): $0.266 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 2026-10-29.

- https://litescrape.com/api/openapi.json
- https://litescrape.com/apis/google-search
- https://litescrape.com/docs/youtube-channel
- https://litescrape.com/pricing
- https://litescrape.com/terms
- https://www.litescrape.com