YouTube Featured Channels API
YouTube featured channels API — discover related creators and channel networks. Influencer discovery and network mapping from $0.01/call.
Fetch the list of featured or related channels displayed on a YouTube channel's page. Returns channel metadata including title and subscriber count.
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{
"ok": true,
"data": {
"data": [
{
"channelId": "...",
"title": "...",
"subscriberCount": "1.2M"
}
]
}
}Features
Send a channel ID to /v1/youtube/channel-channels to get the channels a creator features on their page — the related-creator list as data.
Each featured channel carries channelId, title, and subscriberCount (e.g. 1.2M), so you can size and identify related creators.
Surfaces the creators a channel chooses to associate with, revealing collaborations and communities you wouldn't find by search.
Use the featured-channel links across many creators to build a graph of how YouTube channels connect.
Use cases
Network Analysis
Map relationships between YouTube channels by analyzing their featured channel lists.
Channel Recommendations
Build a channel recommendation engine based on featured channel data.
Influencer Discovery
Discover related creators through the featured channels of known influencers.
Quick start
Copy this snippet and start making calls.
const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/youtube/channel-channels', {
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 Featured Channels API — map the creator network
The YouTube Featured Channels API returns the channels a creator chooses to feature on their page. Send a channel ID to /v1/youtube/channel-channels and get a data array of featured channels, each with channelId, title, and subscriberCount (e.g. 1.2M). These are deliberate associations — collaborators, friends, and communities the creator vouches for.
At $0.01 per call it's the edge data for a creator graph. Crawl featured-channel links from creator to creator and you map the network of who's connected to whom — discovery that keyword search and subscriber counts can't reveal.
What is a YouTube Featured Channels API?
A YouTube Featured Channels API returns the list of channels that a creator has chosen to feature on their channel page, as structured JSON. For a channel ID you get a data array where each featured channel has a channelId, title, and subscriberCount. These aren't algorithmic recommendations — they're deliberate picks by the creator, typically collaborators, friends, or channels in the same community. That intentionality is what makes the data valuable: it reveals real relationships between creators, which is the raw material for network analysis and recommendation that you can't derive from search or view counts.
Build your own creator-network mapper
Treat each featured-channel link as a graph edge: start from a known creator, fetch their featured channels, then fetch each of those creators' featured channels, and you build a network map of an entire YouTube community — clusters of collaborators emerge naturally. Use it for influencer discovery: the channels featured by a creator you already trust are warm prospects in the same niche, often pre-vetted by association. A recommendation engine can suggest "creators like this" straight from the featured list, no model training required. Enrich discovered channels with Channel About for contact links.
YouTube Featured Channels API pricing — $0.01/call
Each featured-channels lookup costs $0.01 and returns the related-creator list in one call. There's no daily quota, which matters for graph crawls — mapping a community by following featured links across dozens of creators stays cheap at a cent per node. The official Data API has no clean featured-channels endpoint, so this is the practical way to access creator-declared relationships and build network maps from them.
Featured Channels vs. Related Videos — two kinds of graph
Both expose YouTube's connection structure, but at different levels. Related Videos maps associations between individual videos via the algorithm. Featured Channels maps associations between creators via deliberate human curation. For mapping creator communities and finding collaboration partners, the channel-level, intentional signal of Featured Channels is more meaningful; for content discovery around a specific video, Related Videos is the tool. Use both to build a graph that spans creators and content, all on one YepAPI key.
Try the YouTube Featured Channels API free
Get $5 in free credit at signup, no card required — 500 lookups. Fetch a creator's featured channels and follow a few links to see the network emerge before you build your mapper.
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Frequently asked questions
Fetch the list of featured or related channels displayed on a YouTube channel's page. Returns channel metadata including title and subscriber count.
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-channels. Check the code example above for a ready-to-use snippet in JavaScript, cURL, or Python.
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