# CreatorDB, top-up from $40: YouTube channel video API

> Retrieve the most recent YouTube videos and shorts of a specified creator, including publish time, video or short description, and engagement metrics.

CreatorDB's YouTube channel video API on its Free plan. It returns 4 of the 6 key fields we check: Text, Media, Engagement, Analytics.
We haven't run CreatorDB through [our YouTube channel video API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-video-api.txt) yet.
This plan starts with a $40 top-up. We rank 163 plans for YouTube channel video APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.045 per 1,000 videos or less.
[Serpent API's top-up from $500](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/serpent-api/top-up-from-500/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 videos: $0.0002. Serpent API charges for each page of results. We count 50 videos on each page to get the $0.0002 price.
[TubeLab's $39 monthly plan (/channel/shorts/{id})](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/tubelab/39-monthly-pro-get-channel-shorts-id/llms.txt) covers any number of videos. TubeLab's $39 monthly plan costs less up front than Serpent API's top-up from $500.
[YouTube Data API (Google)](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/youtube-data-api-google/free-default-quota-get-youtube-v3-search/llms.txt), [Scrappa](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/scrappa/25-pack/llms.txt) and [lobstr.io](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/lobstr-io/500-monthly/llms.txt) are the best YouTube channel video API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/creatordb/top-up-from-40
- [YouTube channel video API: 13 providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-video-api.txt)
- Get it: https://creatordb.app/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://apiv3.creatordb.app/youtube/content-detail`
- API key: with the plan, on https://creatordb.app/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.creatordb.app/api-reference/youtube/get-content-details?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- Sold by: CreatorDB (https://creatordb.app?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-05

## In the answer

- Completeness: 67%
- Text: ✓
- Media: ✓
- Engagement: ✓
- Analytics: ✓

## Price

- Per: page, size not stated
- Billing: pay first

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 46 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Retrieve the most recent YouTube videos and shorts of a specified creator, including publish time, video or short description, and engagement metrics.

## Data

- Freshness: stored
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $40
- You get: 1,000 credits
- Enough for: about 333 pages
- Expires: 1 year

## Rate limit

- Per second: 100
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: one of channelId or uniqueId, fields
- Method: POST
- Path: /youtube/content-detail

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 17 fields the plan's answer can hold

video type, video ID, title, description, publish date, video duration, paid partnership, member only, like count, comment count, view count, engagement rate, hashtags, success, credits used, credits remaining, request ID

## CreatorDB's plans (5)

- [CreatorDB, top-up from $40](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/creatordb/top-up-from-40/llms.txt): 67% complete, stored
- [CreatorDB, $79 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/creatordb/79-monthly/llms.txt): 67% complete, stored
- [CreatorDB, $249 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/creatordb/249-monthly/llms.txt): 67% complete, stored
- [CreatorDB, $749 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/creatordb/749-monthly/llms.txt): 67% complete, stored
- [CreatorDB, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/creatordb/contact-us/llms.txt): 67% complete, stored

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

- `POST /youtube/content-detail`: [CreatorDB, top-up from $40](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/creatordb/top-up-from-40/llms.txt)

## CreatorDB's APIs (6)

- [CreatorDB: Instagram post API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/creatordb/top-up-from-40/llms.txt)
- [CreatorDB: Instagram profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/creatordb/top-up-from-40/llms.txt)
- [CreatorDB: TikTok profile API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/creatordb/top-up-from-40/llms.txt)
- [CreatorDB: TikTok video API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/creatordb/top-up-from-40/llms.txt)
- [CreatorDB: YouTube channel API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/creatordb/top-up-from-40/llms.txt)
- [CreatorDB: YouTube channel video API pricing, 5 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/creatordb/top-up-from-40/llms.txt)

## CreatorDB: YouTube channel video API alternatives

- [ScrapeCreators, $47 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/scrapecreators/47-pack/llms.txt): 67% complete, live
- [Litescrape, top-up from $10](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/litescrape/top-up-from-10/llms.txt): 67% complete
- [HProxy, top-up from $3](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/hproxy/top-up-from-3/llms.txt): 67% complete, live
- [KonbiniAPI, $20 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/konbiniapi/20-pack/llms.txt): 67% 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://creatordb.app/influencer-data-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://creatordb.app/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://docs.creatordb.app/api-reference/youtube/get-content-details?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://docs.creatordb.app/api-v3/api-credit-usage?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://docs.creatordb.app/api-v3/api-v3.yaml?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://docs.creatordb.app/api-v3/data-methodology.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://docs.creatordb.app/api-v3/error-code.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://docs.creatordb.app/api-v3/field-and-item-costs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://docs.creatordb.app/api-v3/introduction.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing