POST/v1/youtube/channel

YouTube Channel API

YouTube channel API — metadata, subscriber count, avatar, and featured content shelves. Creator research and competitor analysis from $0.01/call.

Fetch a channel's homepage including metadata (title, subscriber count, avatar) and content shelves (popular uploads, playlists, featured content). Supports geo targeting.

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Try it live

Fill in the fields and hit Run to see a real response.

POST /v1/youtube/channel$0.01/call

Live testing

API Key

Channel ID*

Country

Optional. Two-letter country code.

Response

Example response — hit "Run" to see a live result

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {
    "meta": {
      "title": "TED",
      "channelId": "UCAuUUnT6oDeKwE6v1NGQxug",
      "subscriberCount": "24.5M"
    },
    "data": [
      {
        "title": "Popular uploads",
        "type": "shelf"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Features

✓Channel metadata: title, subscribers, avatar

✓Content shelves from the channel homepage

✓Geo targeting for regional content

✓Includes popular uploads and featured sections

Use cases

Channel Overview

Display a complete channel overview page with metadata and featured content.

Creator Research

Research creators by pulling their channel homepage data for analysis.

Content Discovery

Discover a channel's best and featured content without browsing YouTube.

Competitor Analysis

Analyze competitor channels' homepage layout, featured content, and subscriber counts.

Quick start

Copy this snippet and start making calls.

const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/youtube/channel', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "id": "UCAuUUnT6oDeKwE6v1NGQxug",
    "geo": "US"
  }),
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

Why YepAPI is cheaper

No monthly minimums. No enterprise plans. Just pay per call.

Provider	Cost / call	Catch
YepAPI	$0.01	No minimum. Pay as you go.
YouTube Data API v3	$0.00	10K units/day free

Frequently asked questions

Fetch a channel's homepage including metadata (title, subscriber count, avatar) and content shelves (popular uploads, playlists, featured content). Supports geo targeting.

Each API call costs $0.01. No monthly minimums or subscriptions — you only pay for what you use.

Sign up for a free API key, then send a POST request to /v1/youtube/channel. Check the code example above for a ready-to-use snippet in JavaScript, cURL, or Python.

YepAPI bundles SEO, AI, and web scraping APIs under one key with no monthly minimums. You get lower per-call pricing, a unified dashboard, and one billing account instead of managing multiple providers.

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