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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{
"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
Send a channel ID to /v1/youtube/channel-about to get the full channel description text and its country (e.g. United States).
Returns subscriberCount (e.g. 24.5M) and lifetime viewCount (e.g. 10B), the headline metrics for sizing a channel.
Includes the channel's joinedDate (e.g. 2006-06-27), useful for gauging tenure and verifying authenticity.
Returns the links array from the about page (e.g. title 'Official site', url) — the creator's website and social profiles.
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);The YouTube Channel About API — the full creator profile
The YouTube Channel About API returns a channel's complete profile from its about page. Send a channel ID to /v1/youtube/channel-about and get the description, country, subscriberCount (24.5M), lifetime viewCount (10B), joinedDate (2006-06-27), and a links array of the creator's external sites and social profiles. It's the deepest identity read in the suite.
At $0.01 per call it's the endpoint for influencer research and channel verification: the join date and total views establish credibility, and the external links surface contact and social channels you can't get from a video lookup.
What is a YouTube Channel About API?
A YouTube Channel About API returns the full profile data from a channel's about page as structured JSON — the description, country, subscriber count, lifetime total views, the date the channel was created, and the external links the creator lists (website, social media). For a channel ID you get all of it in one record. This is the deep-profile endpoint: where the Channel endpoint gives you the homepage and curated shelves, Channel About gives you the biographical and credibility data — tenure, total reach, contact links — that you'd use to vet or catalog a creator.
Build your own influencer-research tool
Build a creator-vetting workflow: pull joinedDate and lifetime viewCount to assess how established a channel really is, then read the links array for the creator's website and social profiles — your contact and outreach path. For an influencer database, store description, country, subscriberCount, and external links per channel to make creators searchable and filterable by audience size and region. The join date doubles as an authenticity check: a brand-new channel claiming huge reach is a red flag. Combine with Channel Videos to pair profile data with output volume.
YouTube Channel About API pricing — $0.01/call
Each profile fetch costs $0.01 and returns the complete about-page record in one call. There's no daily quota, so building an influencer database across hundreds of channels is a few dollars. The official Data API returns some channel statistics but not the external links from the about page — and those links are exactly what outreach and contact-discovery workflows need, which makes this endpoint's flat-rate access to them especially useful.
Channel About vs. Channel — profile vs. homepage
Both take a channel ID but answer different questions. The Channel endpoint returns the homepage: identity plus the curated content shelves the creator showcases. Channel About returns the biographical profile: description, country, total views, join date, and crucially the external links. For research and outreach you want About; for understanding a creator's content presentation you want Channel. Run both on the same ID for a complete profile, on one YepAPI key alongside the rest of the suite.
Try the YouTube Channel About API free
Get $5 in free credit at signup, no card required — 500 profile lookups. Pull a channel's about data and inspect the join date, total views, and external links before building your influencer database.
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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.
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