# TrueScrape, free: YouTube channel API

> Public details for a YouTube channel: subscribers, video count, description, links.

TrueScrape'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: Photo, Links, Verified, Followers, Posts.
We haven't run TrueScrape through [our YouTube channel API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 340 plans for YouTube channel APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.92 per 1,000 channels or less.
[Serpent API's top-up from $500](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/serpent-api/top-up-from-500/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 channels: $0.01.
[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/truescrape/free
- [YouTube channel API: 13 providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
- Get it: https://truescrape.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.truescrape.com/v1/youtube/channel`
- API key: with the plan, on https://truescrape.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://truescrape.com/docs/playground?op=youtube-channel&utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Sold by: TrueScrape (https://truescrape.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 45%
- Photo: ✓
- Links: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Posts: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 258 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Public details for a YouTube channel: subscribers, video count, description, links.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may not: Build or train biometric identification systems. [...] Surveil, track or profile individuals. [...] Harass, stalk, dox or intimidate. [...] Re-identify or de-anonymise. [...] Resell personal data. You may build a product on this API. You may not operate a people-search, background-check or dossier service on it, or sell the personal information of the individuals in a response as a product in itself. [...] Discriminate unlawfully. [...] Target children. [...] Attack anyone.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 credits
- Enough for: 1,000 calls

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: handle. Optional: cache_max_age
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/youtube/channel

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 12 fields the plan's answer can hold

channel ID, username, name, description, profile picture, channel URL, verified, subscribers, videos count, total views, joined, website

## TrueScrape's plans (5)

- [TrueScrape, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [TrueScrape, $25 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/truescrape/25-pack/llms.txt): $1.25 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [TrueScrape, $100 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/truescrape/100-pack/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [TrueScrape, $500 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/truescrape/500-pack/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [TrueScrape, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/truescrape/contact-us/llms.txt): 45% complete, live

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

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

## TrueScrape's APIs (29)

- [TrueScrape: Bluesky post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-post-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Bluesky profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/bluesky-profile-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Facebook page API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-page-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Facebook post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-post-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: GitHub profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/github-profile-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Instagram post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Instagram profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: LinkedIn Ad Library API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-ad-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Reddit post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-post-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Reddit profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/reddit-profile-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Snapchat profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/snapchat-profile-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Telegram channel API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Telegram channel post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/telegram-channel-post-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Threads post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/threads-post-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Threads profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/threads-profile-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: TikTok profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: TikTok video API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Truth Social post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/truth-social-post-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Truth Social profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/truth-social-profile-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Twitch profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/twitch-profile-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: Twitch video API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/twitch-video-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: X post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: X profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: YouTube channel API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)
- [TrueScrape: YouTube channel video API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/truescrape/free/llms.txt)

## TrueScrape: YouTube channel API alternatives

- [lobstr.io, $960 yearly, Pro, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel Scraper](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/lobstr-io/960-yearly-pro-post-v1-runs-youtube-channel-scraper/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [FetchLayer, $400 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/fetchlayer/400-monthly/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [Omkar Cloud, $16 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/omkar-cloud/16-monthly/llms.txt): $0.80 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [ScrapingDaddy, $400 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scrapingdaddy/400-monthly/llms.txt): $0.80 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 2026-11-05.

- https://truescrape.com/docs/api/linkedin?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://truescrape.com/legal/acceptable-use?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://truescrape.com/legal/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://truescrape.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://truescrape.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://truescrape.com/pricing.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing