YouTube Channel Stats

Fetch YouTube channel statistics using the YouTube Data API v3 — subscriber count, total views, video count, recent upload dates, top videos by views, and growth metrics. Track multiple channels at once.

Free API with 10,000 units/day quota. Requires your own Google Cloud API key (takes ~2 minutes to set up).

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What you get

Field	Description
channel_id	YouTube channel ID (e.g. UCVHFbw7woebKtYre-5gN61A)
channel_name	Display name
custom_url	Channel handle (e.g. @MrBeast)
description	First 300 chars of channel description
country	Country code (if set by channel)
created_at	Channel creation date (ISO 8601)
subscriber_count	Subscriber count (null if channel hides it)
subscribers_hidden	true if subscribers are hidden
total_views	All-time total view count
video_count	Total uploaded videos
recent_videos	Last 10 videos with title, published date, views, likes, URL

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Getting a YouTube API Key (free)

1. Go to Google Cloud Console
2. Create a project (or select existing)
3. Enable YouTube Data API v3 in APIs & Services → Library
4. Create credentials → API Key
5. (Optional) Restrict key to YouTube Data API v3

Free quota: 10,000 units/day — enough for ~100 full channel lookups including recent videos.

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Input

Parameter	Required	Description
apiKey	✅	Your YouTube Data API v3 key
channelIds	One of these	List of channel IDs (start with UC)
channelNames	One of these	Channel names to search for (e.g. ["MrBeast", "TED"])
includeRecentVideos	Optional	Fetch last 10 videos per channel (default: true)

You can combine channelIds and channelNames in the same run.

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Example input

{
  "apiKey": "AIza...",
  "channelIds": ["UCVHFbw7woebKtYre-5gN61A"],
  "channelNames": ["TED", "Veritasium"],
  "includeRecentVideos": true
}

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Example output

{
  "channel_id": "UCVHFbw7woebKtYre-5gN61A",
  "channel_name": "MrBeast",
  "custom_url": "@MrBeast",
  "description": "SUBSCRIBE FOR A COOKIE\n\n",
  "country": "US",
  "created_at": "2012-02-19T21:53:42Z",
  "subscriber_count": 350000000,
  "subscribers_hidden": false,
  "total_views": 62000000000,
  "video_count": 850,
  "recent_videos": [
    {
      "video_id": "abc123",
      "title": "I Spent 7 Days Buried Alive",
      "published_at": "2025-01-10T18:00:00Z",
      "views": 95000000,
      "likes": 4200000,
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abc123"
    }
  ]
}

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Pricing

• $0.01 per channel analyzed
• Google's YouTube API is free (10,000 units/day)
• Each full channel lookup (with recent videos) uses ~103 API units

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Use cases

• 📊 Competitor channel benchmarking
• 📈 Influencer discovery and vetting
• 🔍 Content research and trend tracking
• 📉 Brand channel health monitoring
• Automated YouTube analytics pipelines

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Why use YouTube Channel Stats?

1. Influencer vetting — Verify subscriber count, total views, and recent upload frequency before a brand deal or sponsorship. subscribers_hidden: false + video_count + last 10 videos tells you whether a channel is genuine and active.
2. Competitor benchmarking — Track competitor channel growth monthly. Total views / video count = views per video average, a key engagement signal beyond raw subscriber count.
3. Content trend detection — recent_videos titles and view counts reveal what content is performing right now for any channel. Pattern-match across multiple channels to spot trends early.
4. Brand channel monitoring — Automate monthly snapshots of your brand's YouTube channel metrics to track growth rate and content performance over time.
5. Multi-channel pipeline — Pass 10+ channels at once. Works for both channel IDs (UC...) and search-by-name ("TED", "Veritasium").

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