# SocialKit, free: YouTube channel API

> The YouTube Channel Stats API retrieves comprehensive statistics and profile information from YouTube channels, including subscriber counts, verification status, profile images, and more.

SocialKit's YouTube channel API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 channels. It returns 6 of the 11 key fields we check: Bio, Photo, Links, Verified, Followers, Posts.
We rank 129 plans by price. [Litescrape's top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 channels: $0.15.
[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 [HasData](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/hasdata/249-monthly/llms.txt) are the best YouTube channel API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialkit/free
- [Best YouTube channel API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.socialkit.dev/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.socialkit.dev/youtube/channel-stats`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.socialkit.dev/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.socialkit.dev/api-reference/youtube-channel-stats-api
- Sold by: SocialKit (https://www.socialkit.dev)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 55%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Links: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Posts: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Start fee: $0.00
- Also pays for: from the same budget: 46 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: The YouTube Channel Stats API retrieves comprehensive statistics and profile information from YouTube channels, including subscriber counts, verification status, profile images, and more.

## Data

- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 20 credits a month
- Enough for: 10 calls a month
- Expires: do not roll over

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.67
- Concurrent: n/a
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url
- Method: GET
- Path: /youtube/channel-stats

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

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

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

## SocialKit's plans (12)

- [SocialKit, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 55% complete
- [SocialKit, $30 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialkit/30-pack/llms.txt): $20.00 per 1,000, 55% complete
- [SocialKit, $49 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialkit/49-pack/llms.txt): $6.533 per 1,000, 55% complete
- [SocialKit, $249 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialkit/249-pack/llms.txt): $3.32 per 1,000, 55% complete
- [SocialKit, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialkit/29-monthly/llms.txt): $4.833 per 1,000, 55% complete
- [SocialKit, $39 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialkit/39-monthly/llms.txt): $4.333 per 1,000, 55% complete
- [SocialKit, $95 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialkit/95-monthly/llms.txt): $3.80 per 1,000, 55% complete
- [SocialKit, $210 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialkit/210-monthly/llms.txt): $2.80 per 1,000, 55% complete
- [SocialKit, $243.60 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialkit/243-60-yearly/llms.txt): $3.383 per 1,000, 55% complete
- [SocialKit, $327.60 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialkit/327-60-yearly/llms.txt): $3.033 per 1,000, 55% complete
- [SocialKit, $798 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialkit/798-yearly/llms.txt): $2.66 per 1,000, 55% complete
- [SocialKit, $1,764 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialkit/1764-yearly/llms.txt): $1.96 per 1,000, 55% complete

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

- `GET /youtube/channel-stats`: [SocialKit, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)

## SocialKit's APIs (12)

- [SocialKit: Instagram post API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: Instagram profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: TikTok profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: TikTok video API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: X post API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: X profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: YouTube channel API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: YouTube channel video API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)

## SocialKit: YouTube channel API alternatives

- [DataBlue, $699 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/datablue/699-monthly/llms.txt): $1.928 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [FetchLayer, top-up](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/fetchlayer/top-up/llms.txt): $1.99 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [SociaVault, $399 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/sociavault/399-pack/llms.txt): $1.995 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $20 monthly, Starter, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel Scraper](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/lobstr-io/20-monthly-starter-post-v1-runs-youtube-channel-scraper/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 82% 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 2026-10-29.

- https://api.socialkit.dev/openapi.json
- https://docs.socialkit.dev/api-reference
- https://docs.socialkit.dev/api-reference/youtube-channel-stats-api
- https://docs.socialkit.dev/rate-limits
- https://www.socialkit.dev/linkedin-apis/profile
- https://www.socialkit.dev/pricing
- https://www.socialkit.dev/terms