# ReefAPI, free, POST /youtube/v1/channel_shorts: YouTube channel video API

> a channel's Shorts tab (video_id/title/views/views_int/thumbnails), paginated — the Shorts that the Videos tab (channel_videos) omits, works for shorts-only channels

ReefAPI's YouTube channel video API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 videos. It returns 4 of the 6 key fields we check: Text, Media, Analytics, Author.
We rank 57 plans by price. [Anysite's $300 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/anysite/300-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 videos: $0.0016. Anysite charges for each page of results. We count 1,000 videos on each page to get the $0.0016 price.
[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/100-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 our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/reefapi/free-post-youtube-v1-channel-shorts
- [Best YouTube channel video API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-video-api.txt)
- Get it: https://reefapi.com/pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.reefapi.com/youtube/v1/channel_shorts`
- API key: with the plan, on https://reefapi.com/pricing
- Its API docs: https://reefapi.com/docs/youtube#ep-channel_shorts
- Sold by: ReefAPI (https://reefapi.com)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

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

## Price

- $ per 1,000 videos: $0.00
- Per: page of 200
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 584 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: a channel's Shorts tab (video_id/title/views/views_int/thumbnails), paginated — the Shorts that the Videos tab (channel_videos) omits, works for shorts-only channels

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You are solely responsible for how you use the data you retrieve and for ensuring your use complies with all applicable laws, third-party terms, and the rights of others (including data-protection, intellectual-property, and anti-spam laws) in your jurisdiction and your users'. You will not use the Service to break the law, infringe rights, send spam, or build a competing bulk-redistribution product. [...] Don't attempt to circumvent authentication, rate limits, or credit metering, don't probe, scan, or stress the Service except your own account within posted limits. [...] Where a source requires attribution, we surface it in the response meta, honor it.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 credits
- Enough for: 1,000 pages
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 10
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: channel_id. Optional: limit, continuation
- Method: POST
- Path: /youtube/v1/channel_shorts

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 9 fields the plan's answer can hold

video ID, title, view count text, view count, thumbnail, video URL, count on page, next cursor, channel ID

## ReefAPI's plans (11)

- [ReefAPI, free, POST /youtube/v1/channel_shorts](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/reefapi/free-post-youtube-v1-channel-shorts/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $15 monthly, Pro monthly, POST /youtube/v1/channel_shorts](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/reefapi/15-monthly-pro-monthly-post-youtube-v1-channel-shorts/llms.txt): $0.0075 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $50 monthly, Ultra monthly, POST /youtube/v1/channel_shorts](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/reefapi/50-monthly-ultra-monthly-post-youtube-v1-channel-shorts/llms.txt): $0.005 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $200 monthly, Enterprise monthly, POST /youtube/v1/channel_shorts](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/reefapi/200-monthly-enterprise-monthly-post-youtube-v1-channel-shorts/llms.txt): $0.0033 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $33.75 quarterly, Pro quarterly, POST /youtube/v1/channel_shorts](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/reefapi/33-75-quarterly-pro-quarterly-post-youtube-v1-channel-shorts/llms.txt): $0.0056 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $112.50 quarterly, Ultra quarterly, POST /youtube/v1/channel_shorts](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/reefapi/112-50-quarterly-ultra-quarterly-post-youtube-v1-channel-shorts/llms.txt): $0.0038 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $450 quarterly, Enterprise quarterly, POST /youtube/v1/channel_shorts](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/reefapi/450-quarterly-enterprise-quarterly-post-youtube-v1-channel-shorts/llms.txt): $0.0025 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $90 yearly, Pro yearly, POST /youtube/v1/channel_shorts](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/reefapi/90-yearly-pro-yearly-post-youtube-v1-channel-shorts/llms.txt): $0.0038 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $300 yearly, Ultra yearly, POST /youtube/v1/channel_shorts](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/reefapi/300-yearly-ultra-yearly-post-youtube-v1-channel-shorts/llms.txt): $0.0025 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, $1,200 yearly, Enterprise yearly, POST /youtube/v1/channel_shorts](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/reefapi/1200-yearly-enterprise-yearly-post-youtube-v1-channel-shorts/llms.txt): $0.0017 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [ReefAPI, contact us, Custom, POST /youtube/v1/channel_shorts](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/reefapi/contact-us-custom-post-youtube-v1-channel-shorts/llms.txt): 67% complete, live

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

- `POST /youtube/v1/channel_shorts`: [ReefAPI, free, POST /youtube/v1/channel_shorts](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/reefapi/free-post-youtube-v1-channel-shorts/llms.txt)
- `POST /youtube/v1/channel_videos`: [ReefAPI, free, POST /youtube/v1/channel_videos](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/reefapi/free-post-youtube-v1-channel-videos/llms.txt)

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## ReefAPI: YouTube channel video API alternatives

- [Anysite, $300 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/anysite/300-monthly/llms.txt): $0.0016 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [lobstr.io, $4,800 yearly, Team, POST /v1/runs, YouTube Channel Scraper](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/lobstr-io/4800-yearly/llms.txt): $0.027 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Captapi, $9 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/captapi/9-monthly/llms.txt): $0.045 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [SocialCrawl, £299 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/socialcrawl/299-pack/llms.txt): $0.089 per 1,000, 83% 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 2026-10-29.

- https://reefapi.com
- https://reefapi.com/_next/static/chunks/app/pricing/page-560e08c02e869119.js
- https://reefapi.com/docs
- https://reefapi.com/docs/youtube
- https://reefapi.com/docs/youtube.md
- https://reefapi.com/pricing
- https://reefapi.com/refunds
- https://reefapi.com/terms