# Scraper Api, free: YouTube channel API

> Get a YouTube channel's details by channelId, handle or url.

Scraper Api's YouTube channel API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 channels. Scraper Api's docs list 5 of the 11 key fields we check: Links, Contact, Location, Followers, Views.
We haven't run Scraper Api through [our YouTube channel API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 389 plans for YouTube channel APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.667 per 1,000 channels or less.
[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 the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scraper-api/free
- [YouTube channel API: the 13 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
- Get it: https://scraper-api.com/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing#pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.scraper-api.com/v1/youtube/channel`
- API key: with the plan, on https://scraper-api.com/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing#pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.scraper-api.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Sold by: Scraper Api (https://scraper-api.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-06

## In the answer

- Completeness: 45%
- Links: ✓
- Contact: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Views: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 148 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Get a YouTube channel's details by channelId, handle or url.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: The customer is solely responsible for the lawful use of the API and the retrieved data and warrants compliance with applicable law, including data-protection and the third-party platforms' terms. Prohibited in particular are: circumventing credit metering or rate controls, reselling raw access, using the data to harass, de-anonymise or harm individuals, and any unlawful, infringing or abusive purpose.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits
- Enough for: 100 calls

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

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

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 17 fields the plan's answer can hold

channel ID, handle, name, avatar, description, subscribers, subscribers text, video count text, views count text, joined text, tags, email, store, Twitter link, Instagram link, links, country

## Scraper Api's plans (5)

- [Scraper Api, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scraper-api/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [Scraper Api, $49 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scraper-api/49-pack/llms.txt): $1.96 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [Scraper Api, $99 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scraper-api/99-pack/llms.txt): $1.98 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [Scraper Api, $199 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scraper-api/199-pack/llms.txt): $1.99 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [Scraper Api, $999 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scraper-api/999-pack/llms.txt): $0.999 per 1,000, 45% complete, live

## Scraper Api's calls for this API (1)

- `GET /v1/youtube/channel`: [Scraper Api, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scraper-api/free/llms.txt)

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- [Scraper Api: YouTube channel API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scraper-api/free/llms.txt)
- [Scraper Api: YouTube channel video API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/scraper-api/free/llms.txt)

## Scraper Api: YouTube channel API alternatives

- [Anysite, $1,199 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/anysite/1199-monthly/llms.txt): $0.999 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [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
- [Thordata, $30 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/thordata/30-pack/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [TrueScrape, $100 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/truescrape/100-pack/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 45% 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 2026-11-06.

- https://docs.scraper-api.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://scraper-api.com/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing#pricing
- https://scraper-api.com/llms-full.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://scraper-api.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://scraper-api.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing