# SocialKit, free: YouTube channel video API

> The YouTube Videos API retrieves videos from a YouTube channel or playlist, returning detailed information about each video including metadata, view counts, and video URLs.

SocialKit'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 43 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/500-pack/llms.txt) and [Captapi](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/captapi/9-monthly/llms.txt) are the best YouTube channel video API providers in our benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/socialkit/free
- [Best YouTube channel video API in 2026](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-video-api.txt)
- Get it: https://www.socialkit.dev/pricing
- Request: `GET https://api.socialkit.dev/youtube/videos`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.socialkit.dev/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.socialkit.dev/api-reference/youtube-videos-api
- Sold by: SocialKit (https://www.socialkit.dev)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

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

## Price

- $ per 1,000 videos: $0.00
- Per: page of 50
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Start fee: $0.00
- 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: The YouTube Videos API retrieves videos from a YouTube channel or playlist, returning detailed information about each video including metadata, view counts, and video URLs.

## Data

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

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 20 credits a month
- Enough for: 20 pages a month
- Expires: do not roll over

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.67
- Concurrent: n/a
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: limit, full_details, cache, cache_ttl
- Method: GET
- Path: /youtube/videos

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 10 fields the plan's answer can hold

video ID, title, thumbnail, channel name, video duration, view count, view count text, publish date, description, video URL

## SocialKit's plans (12)

- [SocialKit, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SocialKit, $30 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/socialkit/30-pack/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SocialKit, $49 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/socialkit/49-pack/llms.txt): $0.065 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SocialKit, $249 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/socialkit/249-pack/llms.txt): $0.033 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SocialKit, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/socialkit/29-monthly/llms.txt): $0.048 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SocialKit, $39 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/socialkit/39-monthly/llms.txt): $0.043 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SocialKit, $95 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/socialkit/95-monthly/llms.txt): $0.038 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SocialKit, $210 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/socialkit/210-monthly/llms.txt): $0.028 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SocialKit, $243.60 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/socialkit/243-60-yearly/llms.txt): $0.034 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SocialKit, $327.60 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/socialkit/327-60-yearly/llms.txt): $0.03 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SocialKit, $798 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/socialkit/798-yearly/llms.txt): $0.027 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [SocialKit, $1,764 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/socialkit/1764-yearly/llms.txt): $0.02 per 1,000, 67% complete

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

- `GET /youtube/videos`: [SocialKit, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)

## SocialKit's APIs (12)

- [SocialKit: Instagram post API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-post-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: Instagram profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/instagram-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: LinkedIn company post API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-post-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: LinkedIn company data API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-company-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: LinkedIn profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: LinkedIn post details API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/linkedin-post-details-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: TikTok profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: TikTok video API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/tiktok-video-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: X post API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-post-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: X profile API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/x-profile-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: YouTube channel API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)
- [SocialKit: YouTube channel video API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/socialkit/free/llms.txt)

## SocialKit: YouTube channel video API alternatives

- [Anysite, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/anysite/49-monthly/llms.txt): $0.0033 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [Scrappa, $10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/scrappa/10-pack/llms.txt): $0.01 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [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

## 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://api.socialkit.dev/openapi.json
- https://docs.socialkit.dev/api-reference
- https://docs.socialkit.dev/api-reference/youtube-videos-api
- https://docs.socialkit.dev/rate-limits
- https://www.socialkit.dev/linkedin-apis/profile
- https://www.socialkit.dev/pricing
- https://www.socialkit.dev/terms