# TranscriptAPI.io, free: YouTube channel video API

> Pull up to 200 of a channel's most recent uploads by its ID. Returns video IDs, titles, and durations.

TranscriptAPI.io's Hobby plan for the YouTube channel video API costs $0.00 per 1,000 videos. We check each provider's docs for 6 fields. TranscriptAPI.io's docs list 4: Text, Media, Analytics, Author.
In [our YouTube channel video API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-video-api.txt), the best plan from TranscriptAPI.io scores 63.7 out of 100. TranscriptAPI.io ranks 33rd of 48 providers.
This plan is free. We rank 318 plans for YouTube channel video APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.075 or less per 1,000 videos. [130 YouTube channel video API plans on our price sheet are free.](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-video-api.txt) [YouTube Data API's free plan](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/youtube-data-api-google/free-default-quota-get-youtube-v3-search/llms.txt) scores highest of the free plans in our benchmark, at 83.9 out of 100.
[TranscriptYT's $3 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptyt/3-monthly/llms.txt) is the cheapest paid plan per 1,000 videos, with no charge per call. You get as many videos as TranscriptYT's rate limit allows. [ScrapeUnblocker's pay-as-you-go plan](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/scrapeunblocker/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt) costs the least for 10,000 videos a month: about $0.06.
[ShortsIntel's $10 pack (/creators/{platform}/{handle}/videos)](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/shortsintel/10-pack-top-up-10-get-creators-platform-handle-videos/llms.txt) covers any number of videos, and costs more up front than TranscriptYT's $3 monthly plan.
[ScrapeUnblocker](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/scrapeunblocker/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt), [YouTube Data API (Google)](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/youtube-data-api-google/free-default-quota-get-youtube-v3-search/llms.txt) and [EveryInfra](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/everyinfra/10-pack/llms.txt) are the best YouTube channel video API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

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

## In the answer

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

## Price

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

## Charges

- Repeat free: 6 hours
- Also pays for: Subscribe · Unsubscribe · from the same budget: Get Transcript · Search · Channel Search · Get Playlist

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

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

## In their words

- Their pitch: Pull up to 200 of a channel's most recent uploads by its ID. Returns video IDs, titles, and durations.

## Data

- Freshness: 6 hours
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You may use the Service for any lawful purpose. You agree not to: Resell or redistribute raw API access as a competing product, Attempt to bypass rate limits or abuse the free tier, Use the Service to generate or distribute illegal content

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 20 credits
- Enough for: 20 pages

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: no limit
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 2.67 s

## The call

- You send: channel_id. Optional: limit
- Method: GET
- Path: /channel/videos

## About the plan

- Plan: Hobby
- Who can get it: anyone

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

channel ID, channel name, results returned, video ID, title, view count text, video duration text, posted ago

## TranscriptAPI.io's plans (7)

- [TranscriptAPI.io, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptapi-io/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete, 6 hours
- [TranscriptAPI.io, $10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptapi-io/10-pack/llms.txt): $0.02 per 1,000, 67% complete, 6 hours
- [TranscriptAPI.io, $39 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptapi-io/39-pack/llms.txt): $0.02 per 1,000, 67% complete, 6 hours
- [TranscriptAPI.io, $149 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptapi-io/149-pack/llms.txt): $0.015 per 1,000, 67% complete, 6 hours
- [TranscriptAPI.io, $449 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptapi-io/449-pack/llms.txt): $0.011 per 1,000, 67% complete, 6 hours
- [TranscriptAPI.io, $49 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptapi-io/49-monthly/llms.txt): $0.0098 per 1,000, 67% complete, 6 hours
- [TranscriptAPI.io, $249 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptapi-io/249-monthly/llms.txt): $0.0012 per 1,000, 67% complete, 6 hours

## TranscriptAPI.io's calls for this API (1)

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

## TranscriptAPI.io's APIs (2)

- [TranscriptAPI.io YouTube channel video API pricing, 7 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptapi-io/free/llms.txt)
- [TranscriptAPI.io Video search API pricing, 7 plans, GET /channel/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptapi-io/free-hobby-get-channel-search/llms.txt)
- [TranscriptAPI.io Video search API pricing, 7 plans, GET /search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptapi-io/free-hobby-get-search/llms.txt)

## TranscriptAPI.io: YouTube channel video API alternatives

[TranscriptAPI.io alternatives: every YouTube channel video API provider ranked](https://datacircle.dev/transcriptapi-io-alternatives.txt)

We list TranscriptAPI.io's cheapest paid plan first. Next we list other providers' plans closest to TranscriptAPI.io in price per 1,000 videos. Each plan in the list gives live data or data at most a day old.

- [TranscriptAPI.io, $249 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptapi-io/249-monthly/llms.txt): $0.0012 per 1,000, 67% complete, 6 hours
- [MCP Scraper, $40 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/mcp-scraper/40-monthly/llms.txt): $0.0006 per 1,000, 33% complete, live
- [Zapi, Rp129,000 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/zapi/rp129000-monthly/llms.txt): $0.0012 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [Anysite, $549 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/anysite/549-monthly/llms.txt): $0.0013 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

## 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://api.transcriptapi.io/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://transcriptapi.io?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://transcriptapi.io/docs?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://transcriptapi.io/llms.txt?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://transcriptapi.io/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://transcriptapi.io/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing