# YouTube Channel Stats API: subscribers by handle

**Use case:** 

Call this as an API to get a YouTube channel's subscriber count, channel ID and view count by handle, no API key or quota needed. $2 per 1,000.

## Input

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "@MrBeast",
    "@nasa",
    "@TheVerge"
  ],
  "testRun": false,
  "onlyFound": false,
  "includeKeywords": [],
  "excludeKeywords": [],
  "deltaMode": false,
  "deltaName": "",
  "columns": [
    "channelId",
    "handle",
    "title",
    "description",
    "subscriberCount",
    "videoCount",
    "viewCount",
    "country",
    "joinedDate",
    "avatarUrl",
    "bannerUrl",
    "links",
    "recentVideos",
    "newVideoCount",
    "videoId",
    "videoTitle",
    "videoPublishedText",
    "videoViewCount",
    "videoDurationText",
    "isNew",
    "firstSeenAt"
  ],
  "expandRows": false,
  "includeRecentVideos": 0,
  "maxConcurrency": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "query": {
    "label": "Channel submitted",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "found": {
    "label": "Found?",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "message": {
    "label": "Details",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "channelId": {
    "label": "Channel ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "handle": {
    "label": "Handle",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Channel name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "description": {
    "label": "Description",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "subscriberCount": {
    "label": "Subscribers",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "videoCount": {
    "label": "Total videos",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "viewCount": {
    "label": "Total channel views",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "country": {
    "label": "Country",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "joinedDate": {
    "label": "Joined YouTube",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "avatarUrl": {
    "label": "Avatar image",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "bannerUrl": {
    "label": "Banner image",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "links": {
    "label": "External links (full list)",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "recentVideos": {
    "label": "Recent uploads (full list)",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "newVideoCount": {
    "label": "New uploads since last run",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "videoId": {
    "label": "Video ID",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "videoTitle": {
    "label": "Video title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "videoPublishedText": {
    "label": "Video published",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "videoViewCount": {
    "label": "Video views",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "videoDurationText": {
    "label": "Video duration",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "isNew": {
    "label": "Is this video new?",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "firstSeenAt": {
    "label": "First seen on a run",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "scrapedAt": {
    "label": "Checked at",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [YouTube Channel Scraper: Subscriber Count & Recent Videos](https://apify.com/accountable_eel/youtube-channel-lookup.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/accountable_eel/youtube-channel-lookup.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/accountable_eel/youtube-channel-lookup.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).