# YouTube Channel Analytics & Competitor Tracker – Social Blade (`tubetext/youtube-channel-analytics`) Actor

Get YouTube subscriber count and channel stats from channel URLs or @handles: subscribers, total views, video count, recent video views, upload frequency, Social Blade grade, ranks, growth and estimated earnings. $0.004 per channel (+$0.005 with Social Blade). Track competitors in bulk.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/tubetext/youtube-channel-analytics.md
- **Developed by:** [TubeText Labs](https://apify.com/tubetext) (community)
- **Categories:** Videos, Social media, Marketing
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 channels

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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 examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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`).

# README

## YouTube Channel Analytics – Social Blade Stats, Earnings, Growth

> By **TubeText Labs** – see all our tools at the end of this page.

Bulk analytics for any list of YouTube channels in one run – the numbers influencer-marketing teams, agencies and creators check every day, as clean JSON/CSV.

### What you get per channel

- **From YouTube**: title, handle, subscribers, **exact total views**, **exact video count**, country, join date, description, keywords, external links (Twitter, Instagram, website…).
- **Recent performance**: latest N uploads with views and age, **average & median views**, **uploads per week**, days since last upload, views-to-subscribers ratio.
- **Social Blade stats** (on by default): grade (A++ … D), **global / subscribers / views / country / category ranks**, channel category, made-for-kids flag, **14-day daily history** (views gained, total views, videos), **estimated daily, monthly and yearly earnings**.
- **Playboard** (optional): **Super Chat revenue** (total and last 7 days, with currency), number of live streams, Playboard world rank.

Only publicly visible data is collected – nothing behind logins or paywalls, no personal contact data.

### Input example

```json
{
  "channels": ["https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd", "UCHnyfMqiRRG1u-2MsSQLbXA"],
  "recentVideos": 10,
  "includeSocialBlade": true
}
```

### Output example (shortened)

```json
{
  "status": "ok",
  "title": "Veritasium",
  "handle": "@veritasium",
  "subscribers": 21300000,
  "totalViews": 4636119367,
  "videoCount": 538,
  "country": "United States",
  "avgViewsRecent": 3120000,
  "uploadsPerWeek": 0.9,
  "socialBlade": {
    "grade": "B+",
    "rankOverall": 5271, "rankSubscribers": 325, "rankCountry": 151, "rankCategory": 39,
    "category": "education",
    "avgDailyViews": 3909553,
    "estMonthlyEarningsUsd": [29322, 469146],
    "daily": [{"date": "2026-09-23", "viewsGained": 2678399, "totalViews": 4584064030, "estEarningsUsd": [670, 10714]}]
  }
}
```

### Track competitor channels weekly

Schedule this Actor (Apify Schedules, n8n or Make) with a list of channels and append the results to a sheet. You get a week-by-week history of subscribers, views, upload frequency and Social Blade growth for your own and your competitors' channels.

### Pricing

Pay per channel delivered. Social Blade and Playboard sections are billed only when they are actually returned – if a source is temporarily unavailable you still get the YouTube data and are not charged for the missing part.

### Notes

- YouTube and Social Blade publish subscriber counts rounded to 3 significant digits, so day-to-day subscriber changes are often 0; views are exact.
- Earnings are estimates (USD $0.25–$4 per 1,000 views), the same convention Social Blade uses.
- Playboard shows Super Chat amounts in the currency of the visitor's region; the `currency` field tells you which. Channels that never streamed return `liveStreaming: false` and are not charged for Playboard.
- Works great on a schedule for tracking competitors or influencer rosters over time.
- Bare @handles work (`@mkbhd`). A channel that doesn't exist returns `channel_not_found` right away, free; anything that isn't a YouTube channel link returns an `error` row instead of being skipped silently.
- **Clean spreadsheet:** in the run's Storage tab choose Export → View: *Overview* for a short set of readable columns in Excel, CSV or Google Sheets; use JSON to get every field (for example the daily history).

### Ready-made examples

- [YouTube Subscriber Count Checker](https://apify.com/tubetext/youtube-channel-analytics/examples/youtube-subscriber-count-checker)
- [Social Blade YouTube Stats](https://apify.com/tubetext/youtube-channel-analytics/examples/social-blade-youtube-stats)
- [YouTube Competitor Channel Tracker](https://apify.com/tubetext/youtube-channel-analytics/examples/youtube-competitor-channel-tracker)
- [Compare Tech YouTubers Channel Stats](https://apify.com/tubetext/youtube-channel-analytics/examples/compare-tech-youtubers-stats)
- [Compare Finance YouTubers Channel Stats](https://apify.com/tubetext/youtube-channel-analytics/examples/compare-finance-youtubers-stats)
- [YouTube Channel Earnings Estimate](https://apify.com/tubetext/youtube-channel-analytics/examples/youtube-channel-earnings-estimate)
- [YouTube Upload Frequency Checker](https://apify.com/tubetext/youtube-channel-analytics/examples/youtube-channel-upload-frequency)
- [YouTube Influencer Vetting](https://apify.com/tubetext/youtube-channel-analytics/examples/youtube-influencer-vetting)
- [YouTube Channel Stats to Sheets](https://apify.com/tubetext/youtube-channel-analytics/examples/youtube-channel-stats-to-sheets)
- [YouTube Super Chat Revenue](https://apify.com/tubetext/youtube-channel-analytics/examples/youtube-super-chat-revenue)

### TubeText Labs tools

**TubeText Labs** builds 9 pay-per-result Apify Actors for video, social and e-commerce data – no login, JSON/CSV/Excel output, and ready for ChatGPT and Claude (Apify MCP), n8n, Make and Zapier. All tools: [apify.com/tubetext](https://apify.com/tubetext)

**Transcripts**

- [YouTube Transcript Scraper](https://apify.com/tubetext/youtube-transcript-fast) – videos, Shorts, playlists and whole channels to text; Whisper AI when there are no captions
- [TikTok Transcript Scraper](https://apify.com/tubetext/tiktok-transcript) – TikTok captions plus Whisper AI, SRT and timestamps
- [Instagram Reels Transcript](https://apify.com/tubetext/instagram-reels-transcript) – reel links or @usernames to text with Whisper AI

**Video & ad analysis**

- [Video Breakdown AI](https://apify.com/tubetext/video-breakdown-ai) – hook analysis, shot list, cut pacing, products shown and script of any TikTok, Reel or YouTube video
- [Video Ad Analyzer](https://apify.com/tubetext/video-ad-analyzer) – competitors' YouTube video ads by brand or domain (Google Ads Transparency), torn down by AI

**Channel analytics**

- [YouTube Channel Analytics](https://apify.com/tubetext/youtube-channel-analytics) *(this tool)* – subscribers, recent video performance, Social Blade grade, ranks and estimated earnings

**E-commerce & travel**

- [TikTok Shop Product Scraper](https://apify.com/tubetext/tiktok-shop-product-scraper) – US TikTok Shop prices, items sold, stock per SKU and shop stats
- [AliExpress Search Scraper](https://apify.com/tubetext/aliexpress-search-scraper) – AliExpress search results by keyword: price, items sold, rating, shipping, badges
- [Google Hotels Scraper](https://apify.com/tubetext/google-hotels-scraper) – hotel prices for any destination and dates, per booking site and as a 90-day price calendar

### FAQ

**Can I cap what a run costs?** Yes – set *Maximum cost per run* in the run options. The run stops cleanly when the next item would go over it: you are never charged more, and you get a clear "stopped at your limit" status message.

**What happens if a big run hits the time limit?** It stops cleanly shortly before the limit: everything finished so far is delivered, the run ends as succeeded, and the status message says how many items weren't started. Raise the run timeout, or run again with the inputs that were not started.

**Are the numbers accurate?** Subscriber, view and video counts come from YouTube itself; in our checks (Veritasium, MKBHD, 3Blue1Brown) they matched the channels' About pages exactly. Social Blade grades, ranks and earnings are Social Blade's own estimates.

# Actor input Schema

## `channels` (type: `array`):

Channel URLs (https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd), @handles' URLs, channel IDs (UC...), or any video URL (its channel is used).

## `recentVideos` (type: `integer`):

Latest uploads used for average/median views and upload frequency. 0 = skip.

## `includeSocialBlade` (type: `boolean`):

Grade, global/country/category ranks, 14-day daily subscribers & views, and estimated earnings (USD $0.25–$4 per 1,000 views).

## `includeDailyHistory` (type: `boolean`):

Adds the day-by-day table (views gained, total views, videos, estimated earnings) to the Social Blade section.

## `includePlayboard` (type: `boolean`):

Adds total Super Chat revenue from Playboard's public channel page.

## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`):

Channels processed in parallel.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd",
    "https://www.youtube.com/@veritasium"
  ],
  "recentVideos": 10,
  "includeSocialBlade": true,
  "includeDailyHistory": true,
  "includePlayboard": false,
  "maxConcurrency": 5
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `channels` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "channels": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd",
        "https://www.youtube.com/@veritasium"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("tubetext/youtube-channel-analytics").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "channels": [
        "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd",
        "https://www.youtube.com/@veritasium",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("tubetext/youtube-channel-analytics").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "channels": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@mkbhd",
    "https://www.youtube.com/@veritasium"
  ]
}' |
apify call tubetext/youtube-channel-analytics --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,tubetext/youtube-channel-analytics"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/KCuqZ3nLgs52CbyB6/builds/gasGmnUU41LdGAkV9/openapi.json