YouTube Channel Statistics & Details (bulk, by handle or id)

Channel statistics for up to 500 YouTube channels per run, by handle, channel id or URL: name, handle, subscriber count, exact total views and video count, country, description, verified or artist badge, external links, avatar and banner. No e-mail addresses, ever. You only pay for channels that are actually delivered.

Why this scraper

• Exact numbers where YouTube shows rounded ones. The channel page says "21.3M subscribers" and "1.8K videos". The about panel behind it carries the exact total view count (5,618,806,176 for one channel in testing on 13-09-2026) and the exact video count (1,850). Both are delivered.
• Built for lists. Handles, ids and URLs may be mixed in one list; every row comes back flat and in the same shape, ready for a spreadsheet or a database.
• Lightweight route. About 28 KB per channel through YouTube's own internal API, no browser, no page rendering, which is where the price comes from. The 600 KB page YouTube itself loads is never fetched.
• Only delivered channels are charged. A handle that does not exist comes back as a clear error record at no cost.

Pairs with the YouTube Channel Search Scraper (find channels by topic) and the YouTube Channel Videos Scraper (their videos) from the same publisher.

Who this is for

Creator economy research, influencer shortlisting by size and country, competitor tracking over time, and dataset building for anyone studying YouTube channels.

Who this is not for

Read this before you buy. This actor does not return the channel's business e-mail, and it never will. YouTube shows that address only after a sign-in and a CAPTCHA, and channel scrapers that sell it turn a channel record into a person record. If you are building an outreach list, this is the wrong tool and you should not buy it.

Input example

{
    "channels": ["@mkbhd", "UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA", "https://www.youtube.com/@veritasium"],
    "language": "en"
}

Output example

{
    "channelId": "UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ",
    "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ",
    "handle": "@mkbhd",
    "name": "Marques Brownlee",
    "description": "MKBHD: Quality Tech Videos | YouTuber | Geek | Consumer Electronics | ...",
    "subscriberCount": 21300000,
    "subscriberCountText": "21.3M subscribers",
    "viewCount": 5618806176,
    "videoCount": 1850,
    "country": "United States",
    "joinedDate": "Mar 21, 2008",
    "isVerified": true,
    "isArtist": false,
    "links": [
        {"title": "Twitter", "url": "https://twitter.com/MKBHD"},
        {"title": "Instagram", "url": "https://instagram.com/MKBHD"}
    ],
    "avatarUrl": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/...",
    "bannerUrl": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/...",
    "status": "ok"
}

A channel that cannot be found produces an error record instead, and is not charged:

{
    "input": "@this-channel-does-not-exist",
    "status": "error",
    "errorCode": "NOT_FOUND",
    "error": "No channel behind https://www.youtube.com/@this-channel-does-not-exist"
}

Error codes: INVALID_CHANNEL, NOT_FOUND, BLOCKED. INPUT_TRUNCATED appears once when your input is longer than this actor accepts.

Related actors from steadydata

• youtube-channel-search: find channels by keyword first
• youtube-channel-videos: every video of the channel
• youtube-shorts: the Shorts of the channel

Pricing

Pay per event: one channel-fetched event per delivered channel. No charge for channels that fail, no separate platform-usage surcharge.

FAQ

Why is the subscriber count rounded while views are exact? Because that is what YouTube publishes: subscribers as "21.3M", total views and video count as exact figures in the about panel. Both are passed on as published.

Which links are included? The external links the channel owner lists on the about panel (site, socials, shop), with title and URL. No links are inferred.

Can I get the business e-mail? No. See "Who this is not for".

Is personal data collected? Public channel metadata only: what the channel publishes about itself. No e-mail, no contact details, no data about the people behind the channel.

What happens when YouTube changes something? Internal routes shift from time to time. The actor is monitored daily and fixed fast, and while it is broken you are not charged, because only delivered channels cost anything.