# UnifAPI, top-up, Pay-as-you-go: YouTube channel API

> Return a YouTube channel's profile by its `UC…` channel ID, including title, handle, description, subscriber count, banner art, topic keywords, and external links.

UnifAPI's YouTube channel API on its Pay-as-you-go plan. It costs $1.00 per 1,000 channels. It returns 8 of the 11 key fields we check: Bio, Photo, Links, Location, Verified, Followers, Posts, Views.
Half of the 198 plans we rank by price cost $1.993 per 1,000 channels or less. This plan is cheaper than 71% of the 198 plans.
[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 our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go
- [Best YouTube channel API in 2026: pricing compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
- Get it: https://unifapi.com/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.unifapi.com/youtube/channels/{channel_id}`
- API key: with the plan, on https://unifapi.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.unifapi.com/api/youtube/channels/channel_id/get
- Sold by: UnifAPI (https://unifapi.com)
- Checked: 2026-11-01

## In the answer

- Completeness: 73%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Links: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Verified: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Posts: ✓
- Views: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 channels: $1.00
- Per: call
- Billing: pay first

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 324 other calls

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Return a YouTube channel's profile by its `UC…` channel ID, including title, handle, description, subscriber count, banner art, topic keywords, and external links.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree not to use our services for any unlawful purpose or in any way that could damage, disable, or impair the service. Prohibited activities include but are not limited to: Violating any applicable laws or regulations, Infringing on intellectual property rights, Transmitting malicious code or harmful content, Attempting to gain unauthorized access to systems, Interfering with or disrupting the service. [...] You may not use our services to: [...] Send unsolicited bulk messages (spam) [...] Circumvent any access controls or usage limits [...]. Public data has different legal postures depending on jurisdiction and platform. We provide the technical access, you're responsible for downstream use.

## Plan

- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 1
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: channel_id
- Method: GET
- Path: /youtube/channels/{channel_id}

## About the plan

- Plan: Pay-as-you-go
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 14 fields the plan's answer can hold

channel ID, name, handle, bio, profile picture, banner image, subscribers, videos count, views count, country, keywords, external links, verified, joined

## UnifAPI's plans (3)

- [UnifAPI, top-up, Pay-as-you-go](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 73% complete
- [UnifAPI, top-up, Starter top-up](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/unifapi/top-up-starter-top-up/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 73% complete
- [UnifAPI, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/unifapi/contact-us/llms.txt): 73% complete

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

- `GET /youtube/channels/{channel_id}`: [UnifAPI, top-up, Pay-as-you-go](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/unifapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go/llms.txt)

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## UnifAPI: YouTube channel API alternatives

- [lobstr.io, $100 monthly, Pro, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel Scraper](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/lobstr-io/100-monthly-pro-post-v1-runs-youtube-channel-scraper/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [Scrappa, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scrappa/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 64% complete
- [FetchLayer, $250 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/fetchlayer/250-monthly/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 73% complete, live
- [Decodo, $19 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/decodo/19-monthly/llms.txt): $1.00 per 1,000, 64% 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 2026-11-01.

- https://api.unifapi.com/openapi.json
- https://docs.unifapi.com/api/youtube/channels/channel_id/get
- https://docs.unifapi.com/rate-limits
- https://unifapi.com/apis/linkedin
- https://unifapi.com/apis/youtube/channels/channel_id/get
- https://unifapi.com/legal/acceptable-use-policy
- https://unifapi.com/legal/terms-of-service
- https://unifapi.com/pricing
- https://unifapi.com/pricing.md