# Qovia, free: YouTube channel API

> Channel profile with name, @handle, subscribers, video count (rounded the way YouTube shows them), description, keywords, avatar, banner and link.

Qovia's YouTube channel API on its Trial 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 242 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/qovia/free
- [Best YouTube channel API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
- Get it: https://qovia.ai/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.qovia.ai/v1/raw/youtube/channel`
- API key: with the plan, on https://qovia.ai/pricing
- Its API docs: https://qovia.ai/docs/api-reference/raw.youtube.channel
- Sold by: Qovia (https://qovia.ai)
- Checked: 2026-11-01

## In the answer

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

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 142 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Channel profile with name, @handle, subscribers, video count (rounded the way YouTube shows them), description, keywords, avatar, banner and link.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Users are responsible for downstream use under applicable law and the source platforms' rules.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 50 requests
- Enough for: 50 calls, once

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: channel_id
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/raw/youtube/channel

## About the plan

- Plan: Trial
- Who can get it: anyone with an account (new accounts get 50 trial calls)

## The 14 fields the plan's answer can hold

channel ID, channel URL, handle, name, bio, keywords, profile picture, banner image, subscribers, videos count, request ID, amount charged, credits remaining, fetched at

## Qovia's plans (2)

- [Qovia, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/qovia/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 36% complete, live
- [Qovia, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/qovia/top-up/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 36% complete, live

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

- `GET /v1/raw/youtube/channel`: [Qovia, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/qovia/free/llms.txt)

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- [Qovia: Bilibili user video API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/bilibili-user-video-apis/qovia/free/llms.txt)
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- [Qovia: Weibo user post API pricing, 3 plans](https://datacircle.dev/weibo-user-post-apis/qovia/free/llms.txt)
- [Qovia: X post API pricing, 2 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/qovia/free/llms.txt)
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## Qovia: YouTube channel API alternatives

- [lobstr.io, $100 monthly, Pro, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel Scraper](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/lobstr-io/100-monthly-pro-post-v1-runs-youtube-channel-scraper/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [FetchLayer, $250 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/fetchlayer/250-monthly/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [Decodo, $19 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/decodo/19-monthly/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $450 quarterly, Enterprise quarterly, POST /youtube/v1/channel_about](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/reefapi/450-quarterly-enterprise-quarterly-post-youtube-v1-channel-about/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 55% 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 2026-11-01.

- https://qovia.ai
- https://qovia.ai/docs
- https://qovia.ai/docs/api-reference/raw.youtube.channel
- https://qovia.ai/pricing
- https://qovia.ai/terms