POST/v1/youtube/channel-about

YouTube Channel About API

YouTube channel about API — description, subscriber count, total views, join date, and social links. Influencer research from $0.01/call.

Fetch a channel's about page data including description, country, subscriber count, total view count, join date, and external links. Perfect for building channel profiles.

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Try it live

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

POST /v1/youtube/channel-about$0.01/call

Live testing

API Key

Channel ID*

Response

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

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {
    "description": "TED is a nonprofit...",
    "country": "United States",
    "subscriberCount": "24.5M",
    "viewCount": "10B",
    "joinedDate": "2006-06-27",
    "links": [
      {
        "title": "Official site",
        "url": "https://ted.com"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Features

✓Channel description and country

✓Subscriber count and total views

✓Join date

✓External links (website, social media)

Use cases

Channel Profiles

Build rich channel profile pages with complete about information and external links.

Influencer Research

Research creators by pulling their full channel details including social links and join date.

Contact Discovery

Find creator contact info and social media links from their channel about page.

Channel Verification

Verify channel authenticity by checking join date, subscriber count, and linked websites.

Quick start

Copy this snippet and start making calls.

const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/youtube/channel-about', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "id": "UCAuUUnT6oDeKwE6v1NGQxug"
  }),
});
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 about page data including description, country, subscriber count, total view count, join date, and external links. Perfect for building channel profiles.

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-about. 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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