# Upriver, contact us, GET /v1/creators/{creator_id}: YouTube channel API

> Lookup a creator profile by Upriver creator ID.

Upriver's YouTube channel API on its Contact us plan. It returns 4 of the 11 key fields we check: Photo, Contact, Location, Followers.
We haven't run Upriver through [our YouTube channel API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt) yet.
Upriver gives this plan's price on request. We rank 311 plans for YouTube channel APIs by price. Half the plans cost $1.80 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 our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/upriver/contact-us-get-v1-creators-creator-id
- [YouTube channel API: 13 providers compared on price and data](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
- Get it: https://docs.upriver.ai?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.upriver.ai/v1/creators/{creator_id}`
- API key: with the plan, on https://docs.upriver.ai?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.upriver.ai/api-reference/creators/creator-profile-by-id?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Sold by: Upriver (https://upriver.ai?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-04

## In the answer

- Completeness: 36%
- Photo: ✓
- Contact: ✓
- Location: ✓
- Followers: ✓

## Price

- Billing: contact

## In their words

- Their pitch: Lookup a creator profile by Upriver creator ID.

## Data

- Keep data: 1 hour
- Use data: Upriver grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use the API solely for your internal business purposes in accordance with these Terms. [...] You may not: Use the API for illegal or harmful purposes. [...] Attempt to reverse-engineer, copy, or resell our Services or content. Share your account, keys, or credentials. Interfere with service performance or security. Exceed usage limits or abuse rate limits. Use the API in a way that violates privacy, data protection, or other laws.

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: creator_id. Optional: include
- Method: GET
- Path: /v1/creators/{creator_id}

## About the plan

- Plan: Contact us
- Who can get it: businesses only

## The 29 fields the plan's answer can hold

platform, handle, channel URL, channel ID, name, profile picture, subscribers, subscribers text, follower bucket, labels, creator ID, associated creators, average views per video, average likes, average comments, average engagement rate, engagement benchmark, uploads per week, average video duration, share of videos over 8 minutes, creator summary, audience description, audience gender, audience age, audience countries, audience languages, brand safety, contact email, location

## Upriver's plans (1)

- [Upriver, contact us, GET /v1/creators/{creator_id}](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/upriver/contact-us-get-v1-creators-creator-id/llms.txt): 36% complete

## Upriver's calls (3)

- `POST /v1/creators/batch`: [Upriver, contact us, POST /v1/creators/batch](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/upriver/contact-us-post-v1-creators-batch/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/creators/{creator_id}`: [Upriver, contact us, GET /v1/creators/{creator_id}](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/upriver/contact-us-get-v1-creators-creator-id/llms.txt)
- `GET /v1/creators`: [Upriver, contact us, GET /v1/creators](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/upriver/contact-us-get-v1-creators/llms.txt)

## Upriver's APIs (4)

- [Upriver: Instagram profile API pricing, 1 plan, POST /v1/creators/batch](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/upriver/contact-us-post-v1-creators-batch/llms.txt)
- [Upriver: Instagram profile API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/creators/{creator_id}](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/upriver/contact-us-get-v1-creators-creator-id/llms.txt)
- [Upriver: Instagram profile API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/creators](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/upriver/contact-us-get-v1-creators/llms.txt)
- [Upriver: TikTok profile API pricing, 1 plan, POST /v1/creators/batch](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/upriver/contact-us-post-v1-creators-batch/llms.txt)
- [Upriver: TikTok profile API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/creators/{creator_id}](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/upriver/contact-us-get-v1-creators-creator-id/llms.txt)
- [Upriver: TikTok profile API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/creators](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/upriver/contact-us-get-v1-creators/llms.txt)
- [Upriver: X profile API pricing, 1 plan, POST /v1/creators/batch](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/upriver/contact-us-post-v1-creators-batch/llms.txt)
- [Upriver: X profile API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/creators/{creator_id}](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/upriver/contact-us-get-v1-creators-creator-id/llms.txt)
- [Upriver: X profile API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/creators](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/upriver/contact-us-get-v1-creators/llms.txt)
- [Upriver: YouTube channel API pricing, 1 plan, GET /v1/creators/{creator_id}](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/upriver/contact-us-get-v1-creators-creator-id/llms.txt)

## Upriver: YouTube channel API alternatives

- [Modash, $10,000 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/modash/10000-yearly/llms.txt): 73% complete, live
- [1Lookup, contact us, Custom enterprise, POST /social-profile-check](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/1lookup/contact-us-custom-enterprise-post-social-profile-check/llms.txt): 36% complete
- [KeyAPI, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/keyapi/contact-us/llms.txt): 36% complete, live
- [Novada, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/novada/contact-us/llms.txt): 36% complete
- [Scrape Everything, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/scrape-everything/contact-us/llms.txt): 36% 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 2026-11-04.

- https://docs.upriver.ai?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://docs.upriver.ai/api-reference/creators/creator-profile-by-id?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://docs.upriver.ai/api-reference/creators/search?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://docs.upriver.ai/changelog?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://docs.upriver.ai/mcp-server?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://upriver.ai?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://upriver.ai/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing