Free YouTube channel
viewer

Look up any YouTube channel by handle or link.

How it works

Enter a name

A handle or a profile link.

See the profile

Name, bio and the counts.

Use it

Read it here, or request the same profile from the API.

Why use this tool

Free, no account

Look up a profile. No signup and no login.

Profile details

Name, bio, picture and counts.

No viewer listThe lookup is not made from an account of yours.

A handle or a linkEither one is enough.

Same result from the APIOne request returns the same profile as JSON.

Failures cost nothingOn the API, failed requests and cached repeats are free.

Where a profile helps

See who it is

Read the name, bio and counts.

Confirm a handle

Check the profile behind a name before you use it.

No account

Look someone up without signing up.

Use it in an app

The same profile is one API request.

Use this in your app

Get a keySign up and get 100 free credits. No card needed.
Send a requestPass the username with your key.
Use the JSONThe profile comes back as fields.

See the reference

1curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/youtube/channel" \2  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \3  --data-urlencode "handle=NASA"

1import os2import requests34params = {5    "handle": "NASA",6}7res = requests.get(8    "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/youtube/channel",9    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},10    params=params,11)12body = res.json()1314if body["ok"]:15    print(body["data"])16else:17    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])

1const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/youtube/channel");2url.search = new URLSearchParams({3  "handle": "NASA"4}).toString();5const res = await fetch(url, {6  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },7});8const body = await res.json();910if (body.ok) {11  console.log(body.data);12} else {13  console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);14}

200 OKSample response

{
  "ok": true,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 4999,
  "cached": false,
  "cached_at": null,
  "request_id": "req_361e8bbed3bc9681bdc6d240",
  "data": {
    "object": "profile",
    "platform": "youtube",
    "id": "UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ",
    "handle": "NASA",
    "name": "NASA",
    "headline": null,
    "url": "https://www.youtube.com/@NASA",
    "kind": "channel",
    "bio": "NASA's mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research.\r\n\r\nTo do that, we have worked around the world - and off it - for more than 60 years, searching for answers to fundamental questions a...",
    "avatar_url": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/eIf5fNPcIcj9ig-wZBeq4stFy1lgjWTW1nLT5dYlFkHZprZ03QBiMcbpwNMB6XSBjrSFGtAGQg=s160-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
    "banner_url": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/y8Srh-oCcilLvBO8jAPI546m1bn0puA5DIvQiBZ1cSxc_rZfKxKSFlTCtoCQCtB6viUf1NGsaQ=w2560-fcrop64=1,00005a57ffffa5a8-k-c0xffffffff-no-nd-rj",
    "verified": true,
    "is_private": null,
    "external_url": "https://www.nasa.gov",
    "links": [
      {
        "title": "nasa.gov",
        "url": "https://www.nasa.gov"
      },
      {
        "title": "X",
        "url": "https://x.com/nasa"
      },
      {
        "title": "Facebook",
        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/NASA"
      }
    ],
    "location": null,
    "category": null,
    "created_at": "2008-06-03T00:00:00Z",
    "stats": {
      "followers": 15100000,
      "following": null,
      "posts": 6195,
      "likes": null,
      "views": 1132794120
    },
    "extra": {
      "channel_url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ",
      "facebook_profile_id": "NASA",
      "is_family_safe": true,
      "is_live": true,
      "is_unlisted": false,
      "joined_text": "Joined Jun 3, 2008",
      "keywords": [
        "nasa",
        "space",
        "iss"
      ],
      "rss_url": "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ",
      "subscribers_approximate": true,
      "subscribers_text": "15.1M subscribers",
      "verified_kind": "verified",
      "video_count_text": "6.1K videos"
    }
  },
  "cursor": null,
  "has_more": null
}

Questions

What can I paste?

A handle with or without the @, a channel link in any of its forms, or a channel id that starts with UC.

Why are subscribers rounded?

YouTube shows a rounded figure. The video count and total views come as full numbers.

Is this tool free?

Yes. No account and no card. Each visitor gets a limited number of lookups an hour, so it stays free for everyone.

How do I get this data in my own app?

Send GET /v1/youtube/channel with your key in the x-api-key header. A request costs 1 credit. A repeat of something fetched recently costs 0 credits, and failed requests are free. See the reference.

Free YouTube channel viewer