# Poix, free, GET /channels: YouTube channel API

> Get details for channels by their IDs, handle, or username.

Poix's Free plan for the YouTube channel API costs $0.00 per 1,000 channels. Poix's docs list 6 of the 11 fields on our checklist: Bio, Photo, Location, Followers, Posts, Views.
We haven't run Poix 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 (/batch/channels)](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/poix/free-get-channels
- [YouTube channel API: the 13 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
- Get it: https://poix.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.poix.io/channels`
- API key: with the plan, on https://poix.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.poix.io/api-reference/channels/get-channels-details?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Sold by: Poix (https://poix.io?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: Get search results · Get search suggestions · Get popular videos · Get related videos · Get batch videos · Get batch channels · Get videos details · Get playlist items · Get video captions · Get comment threads · Get comment replies · Get audio files list · Get video files list · Get captions files list · Get thumbnails files list

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get details for channels by their IDs, handle, or username.

## Data

- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: Poix grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license to access and use the Services for your personal, non-commercial use. You agree to use the Services in a manner that is lawful, ethical, and in accordance with these Terms. You shall not: Use the Services for any unlawful purpose or to violate any laws in your jurisdiction, Engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the Services, Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion of the Services or any other systems or networks connected to the Services, Use any robot, spider, crawler, scraper, or other automated means to access the Services, Harvest or collect email addresses or other contact information of other users from the Services, Impersonate or attempt to impersonate Poix, a Poix employee, another user, or any other person or entity. You agree to be bound by YouTube's Terms of Service.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: $1
- Enough for: about 7,692 calls

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: no limit

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: one of ids, forHandle or forUsername. Optional: hl, fields
- Method: GET
- Path: /channels

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone at least 13 years old with a Google or GitHub account (under 18 needs a parent or guardian's permission)

## The 24 fields the plan's answer can hold

channel ID, name, bio, keywords, featured video, country, handle, joined, views count, subscribers, hidden subscriber count, videos count, topic IDs, topic categories, uploads playlist ID, likes playlist ID, privacy status, is linked, long uploads status, made for kids, banner image, profile picture, profile picture sizes, total results

## Poix's plans (3)

- [Poix, free, GET /channels](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/poix/free-get-channels/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 55% complete
- [Poix, top-up from $5, Pay-as-you-go, GET /channels](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/poix/top-up-from-5-pay-as-you-go-get-channels/llms.txt): $0.13 per 1,000, 55% complete
- [Poix, contact us, Custom, GET /channels](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/poix/contact-us-custom-get-channels/llms.txt): 55% complete

## Poix's calls for this API (2)

- `POST /batch/channels`: [Poix, free, POST /batch/channels](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/poix/free-post-batch-channels/llms.txt)
- `GET /channels`: [Poix, free, GET /channels](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/poix/free-get-channels/llms.txt)

## Poix's APIs (3)

- [Poix: search autocomplete API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/poix/free/llms.txt)
- [Poix: video search API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/poix/free/llms.txt)
- [Poix: YouTube channel API pricing, 3 plans, GET /channels](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/poix/free-get-channels/llms.txt)

## Poix: YouTube channel API alternatives

- [YTAPI, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/ytapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 45% complete, 30 days
- [Scrapingdog, $180,000 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scrapingdog/180000-yearly/llms.txt): $0.129 per 1,000, 55% complete
- [Chartmetric, $350 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/chartmetric/350-monthly/llms.txt): $0.135 per 1,000, 27% complete
- [Parseium, $99 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/parseium/99-monthly/llms.txt): $0.141 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [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

## 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.poix.io/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://docs.poix.io/api-reference/channels/get-channels-details.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://docs.poix.io/api-reference/errors?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://docs.poix.io/dashboard/tokens?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://docs.poix.io/limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://docs.poix.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://poix.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://poix.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://poix.io/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing