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SocialCrawl pricing and alternatives: YouTube channel API, POST /v1/youtube/channels

SocialCrawl's sitellms.txtBest YouTube channel API in 2026

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73% complete: 8 of the 11 key fields we checkSee the 11 fields
$0.00per 1,000 channelsWe rank 127 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 SocialCrawl's 5 plans
Call: POST /v1/youtube/channels one of SocialCrawl's 4 calls for this API
API: YouTube channel API one of SocialCrawl's 32 APIs

About this item

  • Live. You get the channel from YouTube when you call.
  • 8 of the 11 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Contact, Location, Verified, Followers, Posts, Views.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 100 credits once, enough for 1,000 results. Credits never expire.
  • One call. You send ids to POST /v1/youtube/channels. You can also send hl and include_localizations. The call returns the details of each channel you send.
  • Who can get it: anyone 18 or over. Keep data: no limit. Use data: with conditions.

SocialCrawl: YouTube channel API alternatives

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

SocialCrawl, £299 pack, Pro, POST /v1/youtube/channelslobstr.io, $4,800 yearly, Team, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel ScraperFetchLayer, $500 monthlyHasData, $2,490 yearlyTikHub, top-up from $15,000
$ per 1,000 channels$0.266$0.40$0.50$0.692$0.833
Completeness73%82%73%55%73%
Billingpay firstyearlymonthlyyearlypay first
Pay£299$4,800$500$2,490$15,000
Enough for1,500,000 results1,000,000 results a month1,000,000 calls a month300,000 calls a month18,000,000 calls
Freshnesslivelivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyone 18 or overprofessionals, not consumersanyone at least 18 years old (or the age of legal majority in their jurisdiction, if higher)anyoneanyone 18 or over (or of legal age where they live), for lawful internal business purposes, not in a US-embargoed country or on a US restricted-party list, onboarded by TikHub on request with the company's name, address and contact

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. socialcrawl.dev/docs/caching.md
  2. socialcrawl.dev/docs/credits.md
  3. socialcrawl.dev/docs/endpoint-pricing.md
  4. socialcrawl.dev/docs/rate-limits.md
  5. socialcrawl.dev/legal/terms-and-conditions
  6. socialcrawl.dev/llms.txt
  7. socialcrawl.dev/openapi/youtube.json
  8. socialcrawl.dev/platforms/linkedin
  9. socialcrawl.dev/platforms/linkedin.md
  10. socialcrawl.dev/platforms/youtube/channels
  11. socialcrawl.dev/platforms/youtube/channels.md
  12. socialcrawl.dev/pricing

Product details

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

  • Bio
  • Photo
  • Links, not in the answer
  • Contact
  • Location
  • Verified
  • Followers
  • Following, not in the answer
  • Posts
  • Likes, not in the answer
  • Views
Price
$ per 1,000 channels$0.00
Perresult
Billingfree
Charges
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 677 other calls
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchFetches full details for up to 1000 YouTube channels by id in a single POST request.
Data
Freshnesslive
Keep datano limit
Use dataYou may use the Service for lawful purposes that comply with these Terms, applicable laws, and the terms of service of the social media platforms from which data is retrieved. [...] You must not: Resell raw data: You may not redistribute, resell, or sublicense raw Platform Data retrieved through the Service without adding meaningful transformation, analysis, or value. You must not operate a service that merely proxies or mirrors SocialCrawl responses. Violate platform terms: You must not use the Service in a manner that violates the terms of service of any social media platform from which data is retrieved. Harass or harm: You must not use the Service to stalk, harass, doxx, or otherwise harm any individual. Surveillance and identification of individuals: You must not use the Service or Platform Data to (a) perform facial recognition, biometric identification, or biometric verification of any individual, or build or enrich any facial-recognition or biometric database, (b) conduct surveillance, tracking, or behavioural monitoring of identified or identifiable individuals, including for law-enforcement, intelligence, or employment-vetting purposes, (c) re-identify individuals from aggregated, pseudonymised, or anonymised data, (d) profile individuals based on special categories of personal data (such as health, religion, political opinions, or sexual orientation), or (e) compile databases of individuals' personal data for sale or licensing as such. Circumvent restrictions: You must not attempt to bypass any usage limits, access controls, or security measures of the Service. Reverse engineer: You must not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of the Service or its underlying infrastructure. Overload the Service: You must not engage in activity designed to degrade, disrupt, or place an unreasonable burden on the Service or its infrastructure. Illegal activity: You must not use the Service for any purpose that violates applicable law, including but not limited to data protection legislation, intellectual property law, or export control regulations. Automated abuse: You must not use automated systems to create accounts, generate API Keys, or consume Credits in a manner intended to exploit the Service. [...] You are solely responsible for: Ensuring your use of Platform Data complies with all applicable laws, including data protection and privacy legislation (such as the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018). Respecting the intellectual property rights of content creators whose data is accessed through the Service. [...] Complying with the terms of service of the social media platforms from which data originates. [...] Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access and use the Service for your internal business or personal purposes. You retain ownership of any data, applications, or materials that you create using Platform Data retrieved through the Service, subject to: The intellectual property rights of the original content creators on social media platforms. Any applicable terms of service of the social media platforms from which the data originates. The restrictions set out in Section 7 (Acceptable Use Policy) of these Terms.
Plan
Pay$0
You get100 credits
Enough for1,000 results, once
Expiresnever
Rate limit
Per second10
Concurrent50
Batch1,000
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendids. Optional: hl, include_localizations
MethodPOST
Path/v1/youtube/channels
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone 18 or over
The 22 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, credits consumed, credits remaining, request ID, from cache, replayed, channel ID, username, name, bio, profile picture, banner image, subscribers, videos count, views count, country, joined, verified, email, contact email, followers approximate, localizations

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