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SocialKit pricing and alternatives: YouTube channel API

SocialKit'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 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 SocialKit's 12 plans
Call: GET /youtube/channel-stats SocialKit's only call for this API
API: YouTube channel API one of SocialKit's 12 APIs

About this item

  • Freshness. We don't know how fresh this plan's data is.
  • 6 of the 11 key fields we check. Bio, Photo, Links, Verified, Followers, Posts.
  • Nothing to pay. You get 20 credits a month, enough for 10 calls. Calls stop once your credits run out. Unused credits do not roll over.
  • One call. You send url to GET /youtube/channel-stats. The call returns the channel's details.
  • Anyone can get it. Keep data: no API terms. Use data: no API terms.

SocialKit: YouTube channel API alternatives

The table starts with SocialKit's cheapest paid plan. Next come plans from other providers with the price per 1,000 channels closest to SocialKit's.

SocialKit, $1,764 yearlyDataBlue, $699 monthlyFetchLayer, top-upSociaVault, $399 packlobstr.io, $20 monthly, Starter, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel Scraper
$ per 1,000 channels$1.96$1.928$1.99$1.995$2.00
Completeness55%73%73%73%82%
Billingyearlymonthlypay firstpay firstmonthly
Pay$1,764$699any amount$399$20
Enough for75,000 calls a month362,500 calls a monthas many as you pay for200,000 calls10,000 results a month
Freshnessunknownlivelivelivelive
Who can get itanyoneanyone at least 16 years old and legally able to enter into the Terms of Serviceanyone at least 18 years old (or the age of legal majority in their jurisdiction, if higher)anyoneprofessionals, not consumers

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. api.socialkit.dev/openapi.json
  2. docs.socialkit.dev/api-reference
  3. docs.socialkit.dev/api-reference/youtube-channel-stats-api
  4. docs.socialkit.dev/rate-limits
  5. socialkit.dev/linkedin-apis/profile
  6. socialkit.dev/pricing
  7. socialkit.dev/terms

Product details

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

  • Bio
  • Photo
  • Links
  • Contact, not in the answer
  • Location, not in the answer
  • Verified
  • Followers
  • Following, not in the answer
  • Posts
  • Likes, not in the answer
  • Views, not in the answer
Price
$ per 1,000 channels$0.00
Percall
Billingfree
Charges
Start fee$0.00
Also pays forfrom the same budget: 46 other calls
Overage
Units caphard
Not found
$ per 1,000$0.00
In their words
Their pitchThe YouTube Channel Stats API retrieves comprehensive statistics and profile information from YouTube channels, including subscriber counts, verification status, profile images, and more.
Data
Keep datano API terms
Use datano API terms
Plan
Pay$0
You get20 credits a month
Enough for10 calls a month
Expiresdo not roll over
Rate limit
Per second0.67
Concurrentn/a
Batch1
Speed
Answerin the call
The call
You sendurl
MethodGET
Path/youtube/channel-stats
About the plan
PlanFree
Who can get itanyone
The 10 fields the plan's answer can hold

channel URL, handle, name, bio, verified, profile picture, subscribers, videos count, website, banner image

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