# youtubescraperapi, free, GET /youtube/channel: YouTube channel API

> Our YouTube channel scraper turns any handle, channel ID, or URL into structured JSON: subscriber count, video count, description, avatar, and the channel's videos in one request, then pages deeper with a simple cursor.

youtubescraperapi's Free plan for the YouTube channel API costs $0.00 per 1,000 channels. We check each provider's docs for 11 fields. youtubescraperapi's docs list 4: Bio, Photo, Followers, Posts.
We haven't run youtubescraperapi through [our YouTube channel API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 556 plans for YouTube channel APIs by price. Half the plans cost $2.207 or less per 1,000 channels. [135 YouTube channel API plans on our price sheet are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt) [YouTube Data API's free plan](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/youtube-data-api-google/free/llms.txt) scores highest of the free plans in our benchmark, at 90.9 out of 100.
[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. [Zapi's Rp49,000 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/zapi/rp49000-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 channels a month: about $2.72.
[Socialinsider's $199 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialinsider/199-monthly/llms.txt) covers any number of channels, and costs more up front than Poix's top-up from $5.
[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 [TrueScrape](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/truescrape/500-pack/llms.txt) are the best YouTube channel API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/youtubescraperapi/free-get-youtube-channel
- [YouTube channel API in 2026: the best of 40+ compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-api.txt)
- Get it: https://youtubescraperapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.youtubescraperapi.com/api/v1/youtube/channel`
- API key: with the plan, on https://youtubescraperapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://youtubescraperapi.com/youtube-channel-scraper?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- Sold by: youtubescraperapi (https://youtubescraperapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-10

## In the answer

- Completeness: 36%
- Bio: ✓
- Photo: ✓
- Followers: ✓
- Posts: ✓

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: YouTube Transcript Scraper API (GET /youtube/transcript) · YouTube Search Scraper API (GET /youtube/search) · YouTube Suggest (GET /youtube/suggest) · YouTube Comment Scraper API (GET /youtube/comments) · YouTube Video Scraper API (GET /youtube/video) · YouTube Playlist Scraper API (GET /youtube/playlist) · YouTube Email Scraper API (GET /youtube/email) · YouTube Shorts Scraper API (GET /youtube/shorts)

## Not found

- $ per 1,000 calls that find nothing: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Our YouTube channel scraper turns any handle, channel ID, or URL into structured JSON: subscriber count, video count, description, avatar, and the channel's videos in one request, then pages deeper with a simple cursor.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: Its Terms of Service: "We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the API in line with these terms. Data you retrieve may be subject to the rights of the underlying source." "You agree not to use the service for unlawful, infringing, deceptive, or abusive purposes, or to access data you are not permitted to access." "You agree not to resell raw access or attempt to circumvent plan limits."

## Plan

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

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 10
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 2.60 s

## The call

- You send: one of channel or page_token. Optional: tab, country
- Method: GET
- Path: /youtube/channel

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone of legal age to form a binding contract

## The 8 fields the plan's answer can hold

channel ID, name, handle, vanity URL, bio, subscribers, videos count, profile picture

## youtubescraperapi's plans (5)

- [youtubescraperapi, free, GET /youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/youtubescraperapi/free-get-youtube-channel/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 36% complete, live
- [youtubescraperapi, top-up, Pay as you go, GET /youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/youtubescraperapi/top-up-pay-as-you-go-get-youtube-channel/llms.txt): $0.90 per 1,000, 36% complete, live
- [youtubescraperapi, $19 monthly, Vibe, GET /youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/youtubescraperapi/19-monthly-vibe-get-youtube-channel/llms.txt): $0.704 per 1,000, 36% complete, live
- [youtubescraperapi, $49 monthly, Pro, GET /youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/youtubescraperapi/49-monthly-pro-get-youtube-channel/llms.txt): $0.598 per 1,000, 36% complete, live
- [youtubescraperapi, contact us, Custom, GET /youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/youtubescraperapi/contact-us-custom-get-youtube-channel/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 36% complete, live

## youtubescraperapi's calls for this API (2)

- `GET /youtube/channel`: [youtubescraperapi, free, GET /youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/youtubescraperapi/free-get-youtube-channel/llms.txt)
- `GET /youtube/email`: [youtubescraperapi, free, GET /youtube/email](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/youtubescraperapi/free-get-youtube-email/llms.txt)

## youtubescraperapi's APIs (4)

- [youtubescraperapi Search autocomplete API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/search-autocomplete-apis/youtubescraperapi/free/llms.txt)
- [youtubescraperapi Video search API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubescraperapi/free/llms.txt)
- [youtubescraperapi YouTube channel video API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/youtubescraperapi/free/llms.txt)
- [youtubescraperapi YouTube channel API pricing, 5 plans, GET /youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/youtubescraperapi/free-get-youtube-channel/llms.txt)

## youtubescraperapi: YouTube channel API alternatives

[youtubescraperapi alternatives: other YouTube channel API providers by price](https://datacircle.dev/youtubescraperapi-alternatives.txt)

We list youtubescraperapi's cheapest paid plan first. Next we list other providers' plans closest to youtubescraperapi in price per 1,000 channels. Each plan in the list gives live data.

- [youtubescraperapi, contact us, Custom, GET /youtube/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/youtubescraperapi/contact-us-custom-get-youtube-channel/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 36% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $500 monthly, Team, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel Scraper](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/lobstr-io/500-monthly-team-post-v1-runs-youtube-channel-scraper/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 82% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $450 quarterly, Enterprise quarterly, POST /youtube/v1/channel](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/reefapi/450-quarterly-enterprise-quarterly-post-youtube-v1-channel/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 45% complete, live
- [Decodo, $1,499 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/decodo/1499-monthly/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 64% complete, live
- [ChocoData, $100 monthly, Custom $100, POST /api/v1/{site}/batch](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/chocodata/100-monthly-custom-100-post-api-v1-site-batch/llms.txt): $0.50 per 1,000, 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 2026-11-10.

- https://youtubescraperapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://youtubescraperapi.com/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://youtubescraperapi.com/free-youtube-scraper?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://youtubescraperapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://youtubescraperapi.com/privacy?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://youtubescraperapi.com/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing
- https://youtubescraperapi.com/youtube-channel-scraper?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-api-pricing