# YouTubeTranscriptAPI, free, GET /youtube/channel/latest: YouTube channel video API

> RSS-backed list of the latest 15 uploads. Free endpoint, ideal for daily-recap or new-content alert pipelines.

YouTubeTranscriptAPI's Free plan for the YouTube channel video API costs $0.00 per 1,000 videos. We check each provider's docs for 6 fields. YouTubeTranscriptAPI's docs list 4: Text, Media, Analytics, Author.
You get 100 credits. You spend the credits on YouTubeTranscriptAPI's other calls. This call is free. YouTubeTranscriptAPI limits how many pages you get but gives no number.
In [our YouTube channel video API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-video-api.txt), the best plan from YouTubeTranscriptAPI scores 34.1 out of 100. YouTubeTranscriptAPI ranks 37th 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/youtubetranscriptapi/free-get-youtube-channel-latest
- [YouTube channel video API in 2026: the best of 40+ compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-youtube-channel-video-api.txt)
- Get it: https://youtubetranscriptapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://youtubetranscriptapi.com/api/v2/youtube/channel/latest`
- API key: with the plan, on https://youtubetranscriptapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- Its API docs: https://youtubetranscriptapi.com/docs/api/channel?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing#track-new-uploads
- Sold by: YouTubeTranscriptAPI (https://youtubetranscriptapi.com?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 15
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: Resolve Channel Handle · from the same budget: Get Transcripts · Search YouTube · Search Inside a Channel · Browse Channel Videos · Extract Playlist Videos

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

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

## In their words

- Their pitch: RSS-backed list of the latest 15 uploads. Free endpoint, ideal for daily-recap or new-content alert pipelines.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You will not use the service to violate YouTube's Terms of Service. You will not redistribute transcripts or metadata in ways that infringe copyright. You will not attempt to circumvent rate limits, billing, or authentication. You will not resell raw API access. Build a product on top of it.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 100 credits
- Expires: never

## Rate limit

- Per second: 5
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.61 s

## The call

- You send: channel
- Method: GET
- Path: /youtube/channel/latest

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

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

channel ID, channel name, video ID, title, video URL, publish date, updated at, description, thumbnail, view count, results returned

## YouTubeTranscriptAPI's plans (3)

- [YouTubeTranscriptAPI, free, GET /youtube/channel/latest](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/youtubetranscriptapi/free-get-youtube-channel-latest/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 67% complete
- [YouTubeTranscriptAPI, $7 monthly, Monthly, GET /youtube/channel/latest](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/youtubetranscriptapi/7-monthly-monthly-get-youtube-channel-latest/llms.txt): 67% complete
- [YouTubeTranscriptAPI, $60 yearly, Annual, GET /youtube/channel/latest](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/youtubetranscriptapi/60-yearly-annual-get-youtube-channel-latest/llms.txt): 67% complete

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

- `GET /youtube/channel/videos`: [YouTubeTranscriptAPI, free, GET /youtube/channel/videos](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/youtubetranscriptapi/free-get-youtube-channel-videos/llms.txt)
- `GET /youtube/channel/latest`: [YouTubeTranscriptAPI, free, GET /youtube/channel/latest](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/youtubetranscriptapi/free-get-youtube-channel-latest/llms.txt)

## YouTubeTranscriptAPI's APIs (2)

- [YouTubeTranscriptAPI YouTube channel video API pricing, 3 plans, GET /youtube/channel/latest](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/youtubetranscriptapi/free-get-youtube-channel-latest/llms.txt)
- [YouTubeTranscriptAPI Video search API pricing, 3 plans, GET /youtube/channel/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubetranscriptapi/free-get-youtube-channel-search/llms.txt)
- [YouTubeTranscriptAPI Video search API pricing, 3 plans, GET /youtube/search](https://datacircle.dev/video-search-apis/youtubetranscriptapi/free-get-youtube-search/llms.txt)

## YouTubeTranscriptAPI: YouTube channel video API alternatives

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

We list other providers' plans closest to this plan in price per 1,000 videos.

- [ScrapeUnblocker, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/scrapeunblocker/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 83% complete, live
- [YouTube Data API (Google), free, Default quota, GET /youtube/v3/playlistItems](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/youtube-data-api-google/free-default-quota-get-youtube-v3-playlistitems/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 50% complete, live
- [EveryInfra, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/everyinfra/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 83% complete
- [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
- [youtubescraperapi, free](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/youtubescraperapi/free/llms.txt): $0.00 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://youtubetranscriptapi.com?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://youtubetranscriptapi.com/docs/api/channel.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://youtubetranscriptapi.com/docs/rate-limits.md?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://youtubetranscriptapi.com/legal/terms?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://youtubetranscriptapi.com/openapi.json?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing
- https://youtubetranscriptapi.com/pricing?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=youtube-channel-video-api-pricing