# Supadata, free: YouTube channel API

> Use this API endpoint to fetch metadata from a YouTube channel including name, description, subscriber count, and more.

Supadata's YouTube channel API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 channels. It returns 5 of the 11 key fields we check: Bio, Photo, Followers, Posts, Views.
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/supadata/free
- [Best YouTube channel API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
- Get it: https://supadata.ai/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.supadata.ai/v1/youtube/channel`
- API key: with the plan, on https://supadata.ai/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.supadata.ai/youtube/channel
- Sold by: Supadata (https://supadata.ai)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 45%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Posts: ✓
- Views: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: YouTube Video · YouTube Playlist · YouTube Playlist Videos · YouTube Channel Videos · YouTube Search · YouTube Transcript · Transcript · Metadata · Extract · Web Scrape · Web Map

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Use this API endpoint to fetch metadata from a YouTube channel including name, description, subscriber count, and more.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to call the API in accordance with these Terms. Resale, sub-licensing or white-labelling requires prior written consent. [...] The original data creators retain all intellectual-property rights. No ownership or other IP rights are transferred to you. You are solely responsible for ensuring that your use of the API and any data obtained complies with (i) all applicable laws and regulations, including data-protection rules, export controls and sanctions, and (ii) the terms of service of any platform to which the data relates. You must not use the API to: Violate laws, regulations or third-party rights, Process personal data without a valid legal basis, Interfere with platform integrity (e.g. denial-of-service, excessive traffic), Engage in fraudulent, deceptive, harmful or unethical conduct, Attempt to reverse-engineer or gain unauthorised access to the API or underlying systems.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits a month
- Enough for: 100 calls a month
- Expires: credits do not roll over to the next month

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: id
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/youtube/channel

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone legally competent, with authority to bind any entity they use the API for

## The 9 fields the plan's answer can hold

channel ID, name, handle, bio, subscribers, videos count, views count, profile picture, banner image

## Supadata's plans (7)

- [Supadata, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/supadata/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Supadata, $17 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/supadata/17-monthly/llms.txt): $5.667 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Supadata, $47 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/supadata/47-monthly/llms.txt): $1.567 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Supadata, $297 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/supadata/297-monthly/llms.txt): $0.99 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Supadata, $897 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/supadata/897-monthly/llms.txt): $0.897 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Supadata, $60 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/supadata/60-yearly/llms.txt): $16.667 per 1,000, 45% complete
- [Supadata, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/supadata/contact-us/llms.txt): 45% complete

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

- `GET /v1/youtube/channel`: [Supadata, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/supadata/free/llms.txt)

## Supadata's APIs (4)

- [Supadata: web scraping API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/supadata/free/llms.txt)
- [Supadata: SERP API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/supadata/free/llms.txt)
- [Supadata: YouTube channel API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/supadata/free/llms.txt)
- [Supadata: YouTube channel video API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/supadata/17-monthly/llms.txt)

## Supadata: YouTube channel API alternatives

- [SocialCrawl, £15 pack, Starter, POST /v1/youtube/channels](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialcrawl/15-pack-starter-post-v1-youtube-channels/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [HasData, $1,660 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/hasdata/1660-monthly/llms.txt): $0.83 per 1,000, 55% complete, live
- [Scrapingdog, $400 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scrapingdog/400-yearly/llms.txt): $0.833 per 1,000, 55% complete
- [TikHub, top-up from $10,000](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/tikhub/top-up-from-10000/llms.txt): $0.87 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 2026-10-29.

- https://docs.supadata.ai
- https://docs.supadata.ai/api-reference/v1-openapi.json
- https://docs.supadata.ai/youtube/channel
- https://supadata.ai
- https://supadata.ai/legal/terms
- https://supadata.ai/pricing