# Openhandle, free: YouTube channel API

> Return one public YouTube channel. Use @handle or the UC channel ID.

Openhandle's Free plan for the YouTube channel API costs $0.00 per 1,000 channels. Openhandle's docs list 6 of the 11 fields on our checklist: Bio, Photo, Location, Followers, Posts, Views.
We haven't run Openhandle through [our YouTube channel API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 440 plans for YouTube channel APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.99 per 1,000 channels or less. [See the best free YouTube channel API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
[Poix's top-up from $5](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/poix/top-up-from-5-pay-as-you-go-post-batch-channels/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 channels: $0.002.
[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 the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/openhandle/free
- [YouTube channel API: the 13 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
- Get it: https://openhandle.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.openhandle.dev/v1/youtube/profiles/{identifier}`
- API key: with the plan, on https://openhandle.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://openhandle.dev/docs/api-reference/youtube-profile-get?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Sold by: Openhandle (https://openhandle.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 55%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Posts: ✓
- Views: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 120 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Return one public YouTube channel. Use @handle or the UC channel ID.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree to use the Service only for lawful purposes, and not to: harass, stalk, or surveil private persons, or build tools whose purpose is to target private persons, use retrieved data for unsolicited mass communication, try to access private content, other customers' data, or the Service's internals, circumvent rate limits, metering, request caps, or spend caps, resell raw, unmodified access to the API without our written agreement, use the Service in violation of law that applies to you, including data protection law in your jurisdiction. [...] Rights in platform content stay with the platforms and their users. We grant no rights in retrieved content beyond delivering it to you.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 requests
- Enough for: 100 calls, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 2
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: identifier. Optional: freshness
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/youtube/profiles/{identifier}

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone who verifies an email address

## The 22 fields the plan's answer can hold

platform, fetched at, serving source, channel ID, name, username, handle, bio, description, profile picture, banner image, country, joined, subscribers, video count, views count, total views, keywords, links, family safe, subscriber count, videos count

## Openhandle's plans (4)

- [Openhandle, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 55% complete
- [Openhandle, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/openhandle/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 55% complete
- [Openhandle, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/openhandle/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $2.50 per 1,000, 55% complete
- [Openhandle, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/openhandle/contact-us/llms.txt): 55% complete

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

- `GET /v1/youtube/profiles/{identifier}`: [Openhandle, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt)

## Openhandle's APIs (11)

- [Openhandle: Instagram post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt)
- [Openhandle: Instagram profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt)
- [Openhandle: Reddit post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt)
- [Openhandle: Reddit profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt)
- [Openhandle: TikTok profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt)
- [Openhandle: TikTok video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt)
- [Openhandle: X post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt)
- [Openhandle: X profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt)
- [Openhandle: video search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt)
- [Openhandle: YouTube channel API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt)
- [Openhandle: YouTube channel video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/openhandle/free/llms.txt)

## Openhandle: YouTube channel API alternatives

- [lobstr.io, $20 monthly, Starter, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel Scraper](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/lobstr-io/20-monthly-starter-post-v1-runs-youtube-channel-scraper/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [Stophy, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/stophy/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 82% complete
- [ReefAPI, $50 monthly, Ultra monthly, POST /youtube/v1/channel_about](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/reefapi/50-monthly-ultra-monthly-post-youtube-v1-channel-about/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [Anakin, $100 monthly, Scale](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/anakin/100-monthly-scale/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 18% complete

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-07.

- https://api.openhandle.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://openhandle.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://openhandle.dev/docs/api-reference/youtube-profile-get?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://openhandle.dev/docs/rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://openhandle.dev/legal/terms-of-service?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://openhandle.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing