# Monocrawl, free, GET /v1/youtube/channel: YouTube channel API

> Channel profile: title, handle, subscriber/view/video counts, avatar, banner and the uploads playlist id.

Monocrawl's YouTube channel API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 channels. It returns 5 of the 11 key fields we check: Bio, Location, Followers, Posts, Views.
We rank 266 plans by price. [Serpent API's top-up from $500](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/serpent-api/top-up-from-500/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 channels: $0.01.
[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/monocrawl/free-get-v1-youtube-channel
- [Best YouTube channel API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.monocrawl.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://www.monocrawl.com/v1/youtube/channel`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.monocrawl.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/endpoints/youtube/channel?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Sold by: Monocrawl (https://www.monocrawl.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-02

## In the answer

- Completeness: 45%
- Bio: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Posts: ✓
- Views: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 650 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Channel profile: title, handle, subscriber/view/video counts, avatar, banner and the uploads playlist id.

## Data

- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: Customer responsibilities, its Public data page: "Establish and document a lawful purpose and data-protection basis for your own collection, enrichment, storage, combination, disclosure and decision-making. [...] Use proportionate retention and security, avoid collecting unnecessary personal information, and do not republish a raw response merely because it was technically retrievable. Respect platform terms and third-party intellectual-property or contractual restrictions that apply to you. Do not attempt to turn public endpoints into access to private, deleted, paywalled or access-controlled material."

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 150 credits
- Enough for: 150 calls, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per day: 300
- Per second: 10
- Concurrent: 50
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: one of channelId, handle, forUsername or url. Optional: hl
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/youtube/channel

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone with a verified, non-disposable email

## The 18 fields the plan's answer can hold

channel ID, handle, name, channel URL, bio, country, subscribers, hidden subscriber count, views count, videos count, uploads playlist ID, success, credits used, credits remaining, request ID, from cache, fetched at, platform

## Monocrawl's plans (13)

- [Monocrawl, free, GET /v1/youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/monocrawl/free-get-v1-youtube-channel/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Monocrawl, $19 pack, 5,000 credits, GET /v1/youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/monocrawl/19-pack-5000-credits-get-v1-youtube-channel/llms.txt): $3.80 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Monocrawl, $59 pack, 20,000 credits, GET /v1/youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/monocrawl/59-pack-20000-credits-get-v1-youtube-channel/llms.txt): $2.95 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Monocrawl, $199 pack, 75,000 credits, GET /v1/youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/monocrawl/199-pack-75000-credits-get-v1-youtube-channel/llms.txt): $2.653 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Monocrawl, $29 monthly, Starter, GET /v1/youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/monocrawl/29-monthly-starter-get-v1-youtube-channel/llms.txt): $2.90 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Monocrawl, $99 monthly, Pro, GET /v1/youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/monocrawl/99-monthly-pro-get-v1-youtube-channel/llms.txt): $2.475 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Monocrawl, $299 monthly, Growth, GET /v1/youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/monocrawl/299-monthly-growth-get-v1-youtube-channel/llms.txt): $2.215 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Monocrawl, $799 monthly, Business, GET /v1/youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/monocrawl/799-monthly-business-get-v1-youtube-channel/llms.txt): $1.998 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Monocrawl, $276 yearly, Starter (annual), GET /v1/youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/monocrawl/276-yearly-starter-annual-get-v1-youtube-channel/llms.txt): $2.30 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Monocrawl, $948 yearly, Pro (annual), GET /v1/youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/monocrawl/948-yearly-pro-annual-get-v1-youtube-channel/llms.txt): $1.975 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Monocrawl, $2,868 yearly, Growth (annual), GET /v1/youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/monocrawl/2868-yearly-growth-annual-get-v1-youtube-channel/llms.txt): $1.77 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Monocrawl, $7,668 yearly, Business (annual), GET /v1/youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/monocrawl/7668-yearly-business-annual-get-v1-youtube-channel/llms.txt): $1.597 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Monocrawl, contact us, Custom volume, GET /v1/youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/monocrawl/contact-us-custom-volume-get-v1-youtube-channel/llms.txt): 45% complete

## Monocrawl's calls for this API (4)

- `GET /v1/youtube/channel`: [Monocrawl, free, GET /v1/youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/monocrawl/free-get-v1-youtube-channel/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/youtube/profile`: [Monocrawl, free, GET /v1/youtube/profile](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/monocrawl/free-get-v1-youtube-profile/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/youtube/channels`: [Monocrawl, free, GET /v1/youtube/channels](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/monocrawl/free-get-v1-youtube-channels/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/youtube/profile/full`: [Monocrawl, free, GET /v1/youtube/profile/full](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/monocrawl/free-get-v1-youtube-profile-full/llms.txt)

## Monocrawl's APIs (49)

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- [Monocrawl: GitHub user repository API pricing, 13 plans](https://datacircle.dev/github-user-repository-apis/monocrawl/free/llms.txt)
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- [Monocrawl: LinkedIn post comment API pricing, 13 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-comment-apis/monocrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [Monocrawl: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 13 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/monocrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [Monocrawl: LinkedIn post reaction API pricing, 13 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-reaction-apis/monocrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [Monocrawl: LinkedIn post repost API pricing, 13 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-repost-apis/monocrawl/free/llms.txt)
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- [Monocrawl: Pinterest pin API pricing, 13 plans](https://datacircle.dev/pinterest-pin-apis/monocrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [Monocrawl: Pinterest search API pricing, 13 plans](https://datacircle.dev/pinterest-search-apis/monocrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [Monocrawl: Pinterest user board API pricing, 13 plans](https://datacircle.dev/pinterest-user-board-apis/monocrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [Monocrawl: Reddit post API pricing, 13 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/monocrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [Monocrawl: Reddit profile API pricing, 13 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/monocrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [Monocrawl: Snapchat profile API pricing, 13 plans](https://datacircle.dev/snapchat-profile-apis/monocrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [Monocrawl: Telegram channel API pricing, 13 plans](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/monocrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [Monocrawl: Telegram channel post API pricing, 13 plans](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-post-apis/monocrawl/free/llms.txt)
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- [Monocrawl: Threads profile API pricing, 13 plans](https://datacircle.dev/threads-profile-apis/monocrawl/free/llms.txt)
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- [Monocrawl: Truth Social profile API pricing, 13 plans](https://datacircle.dev/truth-social-profile-apis/monocrawl/free/llms.txt)
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- [Monocrawl: Twitch profile API pricing, 13 plans](https://datacircle.dev/twitch-profile-apis/monocrawl/free/llms.txt)
- [Monocrawl: Twitch video API pricing, 13 plans](https://datacircle.dev/twitch-video-apis/monocrawl/free/llms.txt)
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- [Monocrawl: Instagram profile API pricing, 13 plans, GET /v1/instagram/profile](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/monocrawl/free-get-v1-instagram-profile/llms.txt)
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## Monocrawl: YouTube channel API alternatives

- [Anysite, $300 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/anysite/300-monthly/llms.txt): $1.579 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $192 yearly, Starter, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel Scraper](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/lobstr-io/192-yearly-starter-post-v1-runs-youtube-channel-scraper/llms.txt): $1.60 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [Novada, $20 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/novada/20-monthly/llms.txt): $1.60 per 1,000, 36% complete
- [Social Fetch, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/social-fetch/29-monthly/llms.txt): $1.611 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 2026-11-02.

- https://www.monocrawl.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/credits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/endpoint-pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/endpoints/linkedin/profile?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/endpoints/youtube/channel?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://www.monocrawl.com/docs/rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://www.monocrawl.com/legal/public-data?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://www.monocrawl.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://www.monocrawl.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing