# TranscriptFetch, free: YouTube channel video API

> Lists a YouTube channel's uploads, newest first, a page at a time.

TranscriptFetch's Free plan for the YouTube channel video API costs $0.00 per 1,000 videos. TranscriptFetch's docs list 4 of the 6 fields on our checklist: Text, Media, Analytics, Author.
We haven't run TranscriptFetch through [our YouTube channel video API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-video-api.txt) yet.
This plan is free. We rank 253 plans for YouTube channel video APIs by price. Half the plans cost $0.063 per 1,000 videos or less. [See the best free YouTube channel video API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-video-api.txt)
[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. TranscriptYT's $3 monthly plan charges nothing per call. You get as many videos as TranscriptYT's rate limit allows.
[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. ShortsIntel's $10 pack 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/transcriptfetch/free
- [YouTube channel video API: the best providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-video-api.txt)
- Get it: https://transcriptfetch.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- Request: `POST https://transcriptfetch.com/api/v2/transcripts/channel`
- API key: with the plan, on https://transcriptfetch.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://transcriptfetch.com/docs/youtube/channel-videos?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- Sold by: TranscriptFetch (https://transcriptfetch.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-07

## In the answer

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

## Price

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

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: Fetch a transcript (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, or file URL) · List a playlist's videos · Search for videos, channels or playlists · Fetch up to 500 transcripts in one call (plan-dependent) · Check a monitor now

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Lists a YouTube channel's uploads, newest first, a page at a time.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: TranscriptFetch does not own the transcripts, captions, or metadata returned by the Service, those remain the property of their respective creators and rights holders. No ownership or intellectual-property rights in any fetched content are transferred to you, and you are responsible for obtaining any rights necessary for your intended use of that content. [...] Use the Service lawfully. Do not abuse, overload, or attempt to circumvent rate limits or access controls, do not resell raw access in violation of these terms. You are responsible for ensuring your use of fetched transcripts complies with YouTube's Terms of Service, applicable copyright law, and the rights of content owners. The Service is intended solely for publicly available content. Do not use it to access, or attempt to access, private, unlisted, age-gated, members-only, or otherwise access-restricted content, or any content requiring authentication.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 50 credits
- Enough for: 50 pages

## Rate limit

- Per second: 0.17
- Concurrent: 2
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: channel. Optional: tab, sort, query, limit, cursor, since_video_id
- Method: POST
- Path: /api/v2/transcripts/channel

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 11 fields the plan's answer can hold

video ID, video URL, title, video duration, publish date, view count, channel name, platform, next cursor, credits used, credits remaining

## TranscriptFetch's plans (12)

- [TranscriptFetch, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptfetch/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [TranscriptFetch, $10 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptfetch/10-pack/llms.txt): $0.20 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [TranscriptFetch, $30 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptfetch/30-pack/llms.txt): $0.08 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [TranscriptFetch, $90 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptfetch/90-pack/llms.txt): $0.051 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [TranscriptFetch, $5 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptfetch/5-monthly/llms.txt): $0.10 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [TranscriptFetch, $15 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptfetch/15-monthly/llms.txt): $0.04 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [TranscriptFetch, $45 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptfetch/45-monthly/llms.txt): $0.026 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [TranscriptFetch, $229 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptfetch/229-monthly/llms.txt): $0.018 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [TranscriptFetch, $50 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptfetch/50-yearly/llms.txt): $0.083 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [TranscriptFetch, $150 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptfetch/150-yearly/llms.txt): $0.033 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [TranscriptFetch, $450 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptfetch/450-yearly/llms.txt): $0.021 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [TranscriptFetch, $2,290 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptfetch/2290-yearly/llms.txt): $0.015 per 1,000, 67% complete

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

- `POST /api/v2/transcripts/channel`: [TranscriptFetch, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptfetch/free/llms.txt)

## TranscriptFetch's APIs (2)

- [TranscriptFetch: video search API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/transcriptfetch/free/llms.txt)
- [TranscriptFetch: YouTube channel video API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/transcriptfetch/free/llms.txt)

## TranscriptFetch: YouTube channel video API alternatives

- [ReefAPI, $15 monthly, Pro monthly, POST /youtube/v1/channel_videos](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/reefapi/15-monthly-pro-monthly-post-youtube-v1-channel-videos/llms.txt): $0.015 per 1,000, 67% complete, live
- [LurkAPI, $225 pack](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/lurkapi/225-pack/llms.txt): $0.015 per 1,000, 50% complete, 1 hour
- [VidWords, $79 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/vidwords/79-monthly/llms.txt): $0.016 per 1,000, 33% complete
- [Omkar Cloud, $48 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/omkar-cloud/48-monthly/llms.txt): $0.016 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 2026-11-07.

- https://transcriptfetch.com/?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://transcriptfetch.com/docs/billing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://transcriptfetch.com/docs/endpoints/channel?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://transcriptfetch.com/docs/pagination?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://transcriptfetch.com/docs/rate-limits?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://transcriptfetch.com/docs/youtube/channel-videos?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://transcriptfetch.com/legal?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://transcriptfetch.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing