# ScrapeWhale, free: YouTube channel API

> Channel title, description, country, join date, subscriber count, lifetime view count, video count, external links (socials, website), avatar, and banner.

ScrapeWhale's YouTube channel API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 channels. ScrapeWhale's docs list 5 of the 11 fields on our checklist: Links, Location, Followers, Posts, Views.
We haven't run ScrapeWhale through [our YouTube channel API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 400 plans for YouTube channel APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.817 per 1,000 channels or less. [See the best free YouTube channel API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
[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/scrapewhale/free
- [YouTube channel API: the 13 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
- Get it: https://scrapewhale.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://scrapewhale.dev/api/v1/social/youtube/channel`
- API key: with the plan, on https://scrapewhale.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://scrapewhale.dev/apis/youtube-scraper?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Sold by: ScrapeWhale (https://scrapewhale.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

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

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 44 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Channel title, description, country, join date, subscriber count, lifetime view count, video count, external links (socials, website), avatar, and banner.

## Data

- Freshness: 24 hours
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 10 credits
- Enough for: 10 calls

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

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

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone who signs up for an account, no credit card

## The 10 fields the plan's answer can hold

title, description, country, joined date, subscribers, views count, videos count, external links, avatar, banner

## ScrapeWhale's plans (4)

- [ScrapeWhale, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 45% complete, 24 hours
- [ScrapeWhale, $9.90 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scrapewhale/9-90-pack/llms.txt): $9.90 per 1,000, 45% complete, 24 hours
- [ScrapeWhale, $19.90 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scrapewhale/19-90-pack/llms.txt): $9.046 per 1,000, 45% complete, 24 hours
- [ScrapeWhale, $49.90 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scrapewhale/49-90-pack/llms.txt): $8.317 per 1,000, 45% complete, 24 hours

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

- `GET /api/v1/social/youtube/channel`: [ScrapeWhale, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)

## ScrapeWhale's APIs (19)

- [ScrapeWhale: domain authority API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/domain-authority-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: Facebook Ad Library API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: Facebook page API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-page-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: Google Ads Transparency API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-ad-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: Google AI Overview scraper API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/google-ai-overview-scraper-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: SERP API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: company enrichment API pricing, 4 plans, GET /api/v1/maps/place](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/scrapewhale/free-get-api-v1-maps-place/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: company enrichment API pricing, 4 plans, GET /api/v1/brand](https://datacircle.dev/company-enrichment-apis/scrapewhale/free-get-api-v1-brand/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: Local business search API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/local-business-search-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: Instagram profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: domain WHOIS API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/domain-whois-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: web scraping API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: TikTok profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: TikTok Shop product API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-shop-product-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: X post API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: X profile API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: YouTube channel API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)
- [ScrapeWhale: YouTube channel video API pricing, 4 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/scrapewhale/free/llms.txt)

## ScrapeWhale: YouTube channel API alternatives

- [lobstr.io, $1,000 monthly, Business, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel Scraper, full](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/lobstr-io/1000-monthly-business-post-v1-runs-youtube-channel-scraper-full/llms.txt): $7.50 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [DataSpider, $7.90 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/dataspider/7-90-pack/llms.txt): $7.90 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [SocialCrawl, £15 pack, Starter, POST /v1/prism/profiles](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialcrawl/15-pack-starter-post-v1-prism-profiles/llms.txt): $8.001 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [Spidra, $10 pack, 1,200 credit top-up, POST /batch/scrape](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/spidra/10-pack-1200-credit-top-up-post-batch-scrape/llms.txt): $8.333 per 1,000, 73% 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 2026-11-07.

- https://scrapewhale.dev/apis?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://scrapewhale.dev/apis/linkedin-scraper?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://scrapewhale.dev/apis/youtube-scraper?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://scrapewhale.dev/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://scrapewhale.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://scrapewhale.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://scrapewhale.dev/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing