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YouTube Channel Details API
Extract YouTube channel details — name, handle, subscribers, total views/videos, description, country, join date, verification, avatar/banner, and the channel's social + website links — by channel URL, @handle, or keyword search.
Sample
Sample data
Here's a sample run for YouTube channels including MrBeast, MKBHD, Kurzgesagt, and a few international creators, showing the exact channel-profile schema and results you can expect.
| # | Channel Name | Handle | Channel ID | Channel URL | Subscribers | Total Views | Total Videos | Avg Views per Video | Description | Country | Joined Date | Joined Year | Verified | Has Videos | Avatar URL | Banner URL | Instagram URL | Twitter / X URL | TikTok URL | Website URL | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Linus Tech Tips | LinusTechTips | UCXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0Tunw | 16,800,000 | 9,616,921,756 | 7,822 | 1,229,471 | Linus Tech Tips is a passionate team of "professionally curious" experts in consumer technology and video production who aim to educate and entertain.
Sponsorship Inquiries: partnerships@linusmediagroup.com | Canada | Nov 24, 2008 | 2,008 | true | true | — | |||||||
2 | MrBeast | MrBeast | UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA | 504,000,000 | 131,016,849,169 | 988 | 132,608,147 | SUBSCRIBE FOR A COOKIE!
New MrBeast or MrBeast Gaming video every single Saturday at noon eastern time!
Accomplishments:
- Raised $20,000,000 To Plant 20,000,000 Trees
- Removed 30,000,000 pounds of trash from the ocean
- Helped 2,000 people walk again
- Helped 1,000 blind people see
- Helped 1,000 deaf people hear
- Built wells in Africa
- Built and gave away 100 houses
- Adopted every dog in a shelter (twice)
- Given millions to charity
- Started my own snack company Feastables
- Started my own software company Viewstats
- Gave away a private island (twice)
- Gave away 1 million meals
- I counted to 100k
- Ran a marathon in the world's largest shoes
- Survived 50 hours in Antarctica
- Recreated Squid Game in real life
- Created the largest competition show with 1000 people (Beast Games)
- Gave $5,000,000 to one person
Terms & Conditions of Current Sweepstakes:
https://mrb.gg/bow-and-arrow
https://bit.ly/MrB_Birthday_YT
https://bit.ly/MrB_Cash_Giveaway | United States | Feb 19, 2012 | 2,012 | true | true | — | — | ||||||
3 | Marques Brownlee | mkbhd | UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ | 21,000,000 | 5,455,508,950 | 1,830 | 2,981,152 | MKBHD: Quality Tech Videos | YouTuber | Geek | Consumer Electronics | Tech Head | Internet Personality!
business@MKBHD.com
NYC | United States | Mar 21, 2008 | 2,008 | true | true | — | |||||||
4 | Vsauce | Vsauce | UC6nSFpj9HTCZ5t-N3Rm3-HA | 24,900,000 | 6,737,101,903 | 641 | 10,510,299 | Our World is Amazing. | — | Jul 30, 2007 | 2,007 | true | true | — | |||||||
5 | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell | kurzgesagt | UCsXVk37bltHxD1rDPwtNM8Q | 25,300,000 | 3,741,667,805 | 371 | 10,085,358 | Animation videos explaining things with optimistic nihilism since 12,013.
We’re a team of illustrators, animators, number crunchers and one dog who aim to spark curiosity about science and the world we live in. To us nothing is boring if you tell a good story.
For updates on our videos and other news from the kurzgesagt universe follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. | Germany | Jul 9, 2013 | 2,013 | true | true | — | |||||||
6 | NASA | NASA | UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ | 15,000,000 | 1,117,646,092 | 6,132 | 182,265 | NASA's mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research.
To do that, we have worked around the world—and off it—for more than 60 years, searching for answers to fundamental questions about our place in the universe. We're exploring space and discovering Earth. Join us on this exciting and important journey. | — | Jun 3, 2008 | 2,008 | true | true | — | |||||||
7 | PewDiePie | PewDiePie | UC-lHJZR3Gqxm24_Vd_AJ5Yw | 110,000,000 | 29,497,689,302 | 4,663 | 6,325,904 | I make videos. | Japan | Apr 29, 2010 | 2,010 | true | true | — | — | ||||||
8 | TED | TED | UCAuUUnT6oDeKwE6v1NGQxug | 27,500,000 | 3,166,586,750 | 5,696 | 555,932 | The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less) — plus originals, podcasts and exclusive content. Look for videos on Technology, Entertainment and Design as well as science, business, global issues, the arts and more.
Visit https://TED.com for our entire library, transcripts, translations and personalized recommendations.
TED videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with the TED Talks Usage Policy: https://www.ted.com/about/our-organization/our-policies-terms/ted-talks-usage-policy. For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), submit a request at https://media-requests.ted.com | United States | Dec 6, 2006 | 2,006 | true | true | — | — | — | — | ||||
9 | Veritasium | veritasium | UCHnyfMqiRRG1u-2MsSQLbXA | 20,900,000 | 4,363,055,414 | 514 | 8,488,435 | An element of truth - videos about science, education, and anything else we find interesting. | United States | Jul 21, 2010 | 2,010 | true | true | ||||||||
10 | BBC Earth | bbcearth | UCwmZiChSryoWQCZMIQezgTg | 14,500,000 | 5,601,314,625 | 3,366 | 1,664,086 | Bringing you face-to-face with heart-pounding action, mind-blowing ideas and the sheer wonder of being part of this amazing planet we call home.
BBC Earth is the official channel of well-known Sir David Attenborough series such as Planet Earth, Frozen Planet and Blue Planet II. It's also where you can find fantastic nature and wildlife documentaries such as Life of Mammals and classics like Planet Dinosaur.
You can become part of the BBC community by checking out our BBC Earth Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and Twitter. Here you'll find the best natural history content from the web, exclusive videos and images and a thriving, vibrant community.
This is a commercial channel from BBC Studios. Service information and feedback: https://www.bbcstudios.com/contact/contact-us/ | United Kingdom | Feb 24, 2009 | 2,009 | true | true |
Playground
Run this API
Inputs
$0.0005 per channel
Est. up to$0.00051 channels
live
curl -X POST https://api.mindcase.co/v1/data/youtube/channels/run \
-H "Authorization: Bearer mk_live_YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"params": {
"urls": []
}
}'Edit the form to update this live.
Overview
About YouTube Channel Details API
YouTube Channel Profile retrieves metadata and performance metrics for specific creators or search results. It returns data points including subscriber counts, total view counts, video counts, join dates, and channel descriptions.
Talent scouts use YouTube Channel Profile to vet creators for brand deals based on audience size and activity levels. Competitive analysts use it to track growth trends across a specific niche or category.
Real-time dataSelf-servePay per resultZero setup time
Cost
Pricing
$0.0005per channel
$0.50 per 1,000 channels
$0.50 per 1,000 profiles. Each channel profile returned counts as one billable row. The total cost scales linearly with the number of channels requested or found via search. Failed runs don't count.
Pay as you goNo subscriptionNo setup feeCancel anytime
Cost calculator
Total rows10 channels
Total cost$0.0050
Examples
Use cases
A few common ways teams put YouTube Channel Details API to work — copy a prompt below to try it yourself.
Creator vetting for sponsorships
Get core metrics for a single creator to verify their reach and audience size.
Get profile details for MrBeast
Competitive benchmarking for brands
Compare subscriber counts and total views across a list of competing channels.
Pull channel info for MKBHD, Marques Brownlee, and Linus Tech Tips
Niche discovery and research
Find and analyze channels based on specific keywords or topics.
Find the top 20 channels for gardening tips
Regional market analysis
Identify channels within a specific geographic region or language.
Find 50 tech channels based in Japan with over 1 million subscribers
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
- Does this return a list of videos for the channel?
- YouTube Channel Profiles returns channel-level metadata only. For lists of videos posted by each channel use the YouTube Videos agent with the channel URLs.
- How fresh is the data?
- Data is fetched live from the source on every run. YouTube Channel Profile does not use a database of cached results.
- Can I pull multiple profiles in one run?
- Yes. You can provide a list of channel names or URLs to YouTube Channel Profile to retrieve data for multiple entities in a single request.
- How do I integrate with Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, or Airtable?
- YouTube Channel Profile returns clean JSON and CSV output. Both formats work with every workflow tool. Pipe them in via a webhook step, file download, or by hitting the REST endpoint on a schedule. Same for Slack notifications, Notion databases, and other downstream systems.
- What fields are returned?
- YouTube Channel Profile returns fields including Channel Name, Description, Subscribers, Total Views, Videos, Joined date, Family Safe status, and Tags.
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