YouTube Channel About API
Scrape YouTube Channel About data with one API call. Returns the contact email a YouTube channel publishes behind its View email address control (`author.ext.public_email`) and the country listed on the channel (`author.ext.country`), together with the channel's id, handle, name, subscriber count and video count. This is a different surface from `GET /v1/youtube/channel`: that call only returns an email when the channel writes one into its public description. The field is null when the channel publishes no address. A channel that does not exist returns 404 and is not billed.
Last updated September 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team
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The Channel About endpoint gives you structured YouTube data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.
Example Request
curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/youtube/channel/about?handle=mkbhd"import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/youtube/channel/about",
params={
'handle': 'mkbhd',
},
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()const response = await fetch(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/youtube/channel/about?handle=mkbhd",
{
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
},
);
const data = await response.json();Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| channelId | No | YouTube channel ID. Can pass a channelId, handle or url |
| handle | No | YouTube channel handle without the @ symbol |
| url | No | YouTube channel URL. Can pass a channelId, handle or url |
What does the YouTube Channel About API return?
Every response follows one unified schema. Here is a real, unmodified response body, so you can see the exact fields you get back before spending a credit.
Example response
{
"success": true,
"platform": "youtube",
"endpoint": "/v1/youtube/channel",
"data": {
"author": {
"id": "UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ",
"username": "@nasa",
"display_name": "NASA",
"avatar_url": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/eIf5fNPcIcj9ig-wZBeq4stFy1lgjWTW1nLT5dYlFkHZprZ03QBiMcbpwNMB6XSBjrSFGtAGQg=s800-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
"bio": "NASA's mission is to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery, and aeronautics research.\r\n\r\nTo 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.\n",
"verified": null,
"followers": 15000000,
"following": null,
"posts_count": 6139,
"likes_count": null,
"url": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ",
"private": null,
"joined_at": "2008-06-03",
"ext": {
"keywords": "nasa space iss shuttle 50th astronauts planets earth rockets hubble telescopes NASA TV galaxy apollo gemini mercury sta Moon Artemis \"solar system\"",
"topicCategories": [
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge"
],
"bannerExternalUrl": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/wene-k08O5GIa5h7syMVe6IKiiRiKh6vpajQSUYma01_wG5aMOCqvvAdd2NuljADPuUNPpMkrw",
"madeForKids": false,
"hiddenSubscriberCount": false,
"related_playlists": {
"likes": "",
"uploads": "UULA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ"
},
"topic_ids": [
"/m/098wr",
"/m/01k8wb"
],
"unsubscribed_trailer": "QONgJurkigk"
}
},
"computed": {
"engagement_rate": null,
"language": "en",
"content_category": "other",
"estimated_reach": null
}
},
"credits_used": 1,
"credits_remaining": 9999,
"request_id": "req_example000000",
"cached": false
}Live sample illustrating the unified response shape. Field values reflect the record you query.
How does the YouTube Channel About API work?
Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.
Method
GET
Response
JSON
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import requests
response = requests.get(
'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json(){
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
"username": "charlidamelio",
"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
"engagement_rate": 0.087
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "lifestyle"
}
}
}Ready to scrape YouTube Channel About data?
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