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ReefAPI pricing and alternatives: YouTube channel API, POST /youtube/v1/channel_about

ReefAPI's sitellms.txtBest YouTube channel API in 2026

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55% complete: 6 of the 11 key fields we checkSee the 11 fields
$0.00per 1,000 channelsWe rank 141 plans by price. Litescrape's top-up from $10 is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 channels: $0.15.YouTube Data API (Google), Litescrape and HasData are the best YouTube channel API providers in our benchmark.
Plan: Free one of ReefAPI's 11 plans
Call: POST /youtube/v1/channel_about one of ReefAPI's 2 calls for this API
API: YouTube channel API one of ReefAPI's 25 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the channel from YouTube when you call the API.
  • 6 of the 11 key fields we check. Bio, Links, Location, Followers, Posts, Views.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 1,000 credits, enough for 500 calls. Calls stop once your credits run out. Credits never expire.
  • One call. You send channel_id to POST /youtube/v1/channel_about. The call returns the channel's details.
  • Anyone can get it. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

ReefAPI: YouTube channel API alternatives

The table starts with ReefAPI's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 channels closest to ReefAPI's. Each plan in the table gives live data.

ReefAPI, $1,200 yearly, Enterprise yearly, POST /youtube/v1/channel_aboutHasData, $2,490 yearlylobstr.io, $960 yearly, Pro, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel ScraperFetchLayer, $400 monthlySocialCrawl, £15 pack, Starter, POST /v1/youtube/channels
$ per 1,000 channels$0.667$0.692$0.80$0.80$0.80
Completeness55%55%82%73%73%
Billingyearlyyearlyyearlymonthlypay first
Pay$1,200$2,490$960$400£15
Enough for150,000 calls a month300,000 calls a month100,000 results a month500,000 calls a month25,000 results
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyoneanyoneprofessionals, not consumersanyone at least 18 years old (or the age of legal majority in their jurisdiction, if higher)anyone 18 or over

Every YouTube channel API provider we score, ranked

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.

  1. reefapi.com
  2. reefapi.com/_next/static/chunks/app/pricing/page-560e08c02e869119.js
  3. reefapi.com/docs
  4. reefapi.com/docs/youtube
  5. reefapi.com/docs/youtube.md
  6. reefapi.com/pricing
  7. reefapi.com/refunds
  8. reefapi.com/terms

Product details

The key fields this plan's answer can hold, then each filled column in its row on the sheet.

  • Bio
  • Photo, not in the answer
  • Links
  • Contact, not in the answer
  • Location
  • Verified, not in the answer
  • Followers
  • Following, not in the answer
  • Posts
  • Likes, not in the answer
  • Views
Price
$ per 1,000 channels$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 584 other calls
Overage
Units caphard
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchfull channel About panel: total views, joined date, country, links, description
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou are solely responsible for how you use the data you retrieve and for ensuring your use complies with all applicable laws, third-party terms, and the rights of others (including data-protection, intellectual-property, and anti-spam laws) in your jurisdiction and your users'. You will not use the Service to break the law, infringe rights, send spam, or build a competing bulk-redistribution product. [...] Don't attempt to circumvent authentication, rate limits, or credit metering, don't probe, scan, or stress the Service except your own account within posted limits. [...] Where a source requires attribution, we surface it in the response meta, honor it.
Plan
Pay$0
You get1,000 credits
Enough for500 calls
Expiresnever
Rate limit
Per second10
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendchannel_id
MethodPOST
Path/youtube/v1/channel_about
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone
The 9 fields the plan's answer can hold

channel ID, bio, country, joined, views count, videos count, subscribers, canonical URL, external links

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