# Stophy, free: YouTube channel API

> A YouTube channel link: @handle, /channel/, /c/ or /user/, with an optional tab.

Stophy's Free plan for the YouTube channel API costs $0.00 per 1,000 channels. Stophy's docs list 9 of the 11 fields on our checklist: Bio, Photo, Links, Location, Verified, Followers, Following, Posts, Views.
We haven't run Stophy through [our YouTube channel API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 440 plans for YouTube channel APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.99 per 1,000 channels or less. [See the best free YouTube channel API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
[Poix's top-up from $5](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/poix/top-up-from-5-pay-as-you-go-post-batch-channels/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 channels: $0.002.
[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/stophy/free
- [YouTube channel API: the 13 best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
- Get it: https://stophy.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.stophy.dev/v1/scrape`
- API key: with the plan, on https://stophy.dev/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.stophy.dev/sources/video?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing#youtube-channel
- Sold by: Stophy (https://stophy.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

- Completeness: 82%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Links: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Following: ✓
- Posts: ✓
- Views: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 110 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: A YouTube channel link: @handle, /channel/, /c/ or /user/, with an optional tab.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree not to use Stophy to violate any law or regulation, infringe the rights of any third party, transmit malicious code, abuse or overload our infrastructure, or use the service in any way that creates legal liability for Stophy or other users. You are solely responsible for ensuring your use of Stophy and its outputs complies with applicable laws and any applicable third-party terms in your jurisdiction.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 5,000 credits
- Enough for: 5,000 calls, once
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 10
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url, formats[].type "json", formats[].parser "youtube-channel". Optional: formats[].options.tab, formats[].options.sort, formats[].options.cursor, maxAge, timeout, location, proxy, storeInCache
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/scrape

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone who signs up, no card

## The 19 fields the plan's answer can hold

channel ID, channel URL, handle, name, bio, profile picture, verified, subscribers, following, videos count, website, location, category, banner image, joined, views count, latest videos, next cursor, credits used

## Stophy's plans (6)

- [Stophy, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 82% complete
- [Stophy, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/stophy/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): $2.00 per 1,000, 82% complete
- [Stophy, top-up from $100](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/stophy/top-up-from-100/llms.txt): $1.50 per 1,000, 82% complete
- [Stophy, top-up from $500](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/stophy/top-up-from-500/llms.txt): $1.20 per 1,000, 82% complete
- [Stophy, top-up from $2,000](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/stophy/top-up-from-2000/llms.txt): $0.90 per 1,000, 82% complete
- [Stophy, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/stophy/contact-us/llms.txt): 82% complete

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

- `POST /v1/scrape`: [Stophy, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/stophy/free/llms.txt)

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## 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://api.stophy.dev/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://api.stophy.dev/v1/parsers?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://docs.stophy.dev/billing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
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- https://stophy.dev?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
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