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YouTube Channel Videos API

Scrape YouTube Channel Videos data with one API call. Returns a list of recent videos published by a YouTube channel. Each video includes title, view count, like count, comment count, duration, thumbnail URL, and publish date. SHORTS: this reads the channel's Videos tab, which is long-form only. Shorts are a separate shelf on YouTube and never appear here (measured 0 of 30 items on 2 channels, 2026-08-11). For a channel's Shorts call `/v1/youtube/channel/shorts` (1 credit, same `channelId`/`handle`); the two sets are disjoint, so calling both and concatenating gives the channel's full catalogue for 2 credits. Every item on both endpoints carries `post.ext.content_type` (`video` or `short`) so the merged list stays separable. Send `include=channel` to add the channel's subscriber count to every row in the same call (1 credit). DATES: `post.published_at` is the exact publish time. A row that ever arrives with only a date derived from a relative label such as "4 months ago" is joined to the per-video lookup for the exact second, free; send `exact_dates=false` to keep the supplier's estimate instead, marked by `post.ext.published_precision`. TITLES: the free per-video lookup swaps YouTube's English machine-translated listing title for the creator's own (and description); a title not swapped carries `post.ext.title_maybe_translated: true` (`exact_dates=false` skips the lookup).

Last updated October 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team

Returns recent videos published by a channel, each with title, view count, duration, thumbnail, and publish date; pass includeExtras=true to add like and comment counts.

Use it for a channel's regular uploads; channel/shorts covers Shorts, channel/lives covers streams, channel/community-posts covers text posts.

Searching 68 platforms in parallel

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YouTube API

What can you do with the Channel Videos API?

The Channel Videos 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/videos?since=2026-09-01&handle=MrBeast"
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/youtube/channel/videos",
    params={
    'since': '2026-09-01',
    'handle': 'MrBeast',
    },
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)

data = response.json()
const response = await fetch(
  "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/youtube/channel/videos?since=2026-09-01&handle=MrBeast",
  {
    headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
  },
);

const data = await response.json();

Parameters worth sending

  • since=2026-09-01 Returns only posts after this date, so a daily poll pays only for the pages with new posts.

Parameters

ParameterRequiredDescription
sinceNoOnly videos published on or after this date: YYYY-MM-DD (midnight UTC) or an ISO 8601 timestamp. Older videos are left off the page, and the page that reaches one ends the walk: `next_cursor` is not returned and `pagination.stopped_at` is `since`. Pinned videos sit out of date order and never end the walk. The page still costs what a page costs, so a daily poll pays for the pages it walks and no more.
stop_at_idNoThe id (`post.id`) or URL (`post.url`) of the newest video you already hold. The page stops just before it: that video and everything after it are left off, `next_cursor` is not returned, and `pagination.stopped_at` is `known_id`. A pinned video never counts as the stop point. If it is not on this page the page is returned in full with its cursor, so keep walking. `pagination.stopped_at` is `end` when the list ran out first and `null` while there is more to walk.
channelIdNoYouTube channel ID
handleNoYouTube channel handle without the @ symbol
sortNoSort by latest or popular (latest | popular)
continuationTokenNoContinuation token to get more videos. Get 'continuationToken' from previous response.
includeExtrasNoSet to `true` to add the like count and comment count (`post.engagement.likes` / `.comments`) and the video description (`post.ext.description`). For the full per-video detail use /v1/youtube/video. Slows the response slightly.
is_paid_promotionsNoSet to 'true' to search YouTube's public paid product placement / sponsorship / endorsement surface: returns normal videos where the creator disclosed a paid promotion.
includeNoSet to `channel` (one token only) to add the channel's subscriber count to every row (`post.ext.author_followers`, YouTube's own figure, rounded to three significant figures above 1,000) plus `post.author.display_name`, `.avatar_url` and `post.ext.channel_id` where missing. Every row is the same channel, so this is one channel lookup for the whole page: 1 credit, refunded if the channel could not be read, and free when the channel was looked up recently. Adds well under a second (never more than 8). Read `data.hydration` for what it did. (channel)
exact_datesNoExact publish dates are on by default and free. A row whose date the upstream derived from a relative label such as "4 months ago" (measured up to four months off) is joined to the per-video lookup for its exact publish second, at no extra credit: one lookup per page (two on a page past 50 rows, side by side), adding about 0.2 to 0.7 seconds (never more than 3). The same lookup swaps the listing title, often YouTube's English machine translation, for the creator's own, and `computed.language` follows it; a title not swapped carries `post.ext.title_maybe_translated: true`. Set to `false` to skip the lookup: rows then carry the supplier's date estimate (a day-granular or coarser label truncated to midnight UTC), marked by `post.ext.published_precision` and `post.ext.published_label`, and the listing title, marked by `post.ext.title_maybe_translated`. A row the lookup could not resolve keeps those values and markers, and `_warnings` carries `exact_dates_partial` (some rows) or `exact_dates_unavailable` (none); on `channel/videos`, whose dates are already exact, the warnings are `original_titles_partial` and `original_titles_unavailable`. (true | false)
untilNoOnly rows published on or before this date: YYYY-MM-DD (that whole UTC day is included) or an ISO 8601 timestamp. Newer rows are left off each page and the walk does not stop, so older pages follow. A row with no date is kept. `published_before`, `end_date` and `to_date` are accepted and applied as `until`.
Example Response

What does the YouTube Channel Videos 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/videos",
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "post": {
          "id": "v9QtM6qnG50",
          "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9QtM6qnG50",
          "content": {
            "text": "I Built A City To Save Kids From Illegal Labor",
            "media_urls": null,
            "thumbnail_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v9QtM6qnG50/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEnCNAFEJQDSFryq4qpAxkIARUAAIhCGAHYAQHiAQoIGBACGAY4AUAB&rs=AOn4CLDHC3kCWybW0hDOotcH3B6Q1hT3wg",
            "duration_seconds": 1143
          },
          "author": {
            "username": "user_e32d6a",
            "display_name": "MrBeast",
            "avatar_url": "https://example.com/avatars/user_6067d9.png",
            "verified": null
          },
          "engagement": {
            "views": 86100683,
            "likes": 2083951,
            "comments": 97000,
            "shares": null,
            "saves": null
          },
          "flags": {
            "nsfw": null,
            "spoiler": null,
            "pinned": null,
            "deleted": false
          },
          "published_at": "2026-09-19T16:00:01.000Z",
          "ext": {
            "content_type": "video",
            "categoryTitle": "Entertainment",
            "description": "Huge thanks to the 1 Billion Followers Summit, Mohammed Bin Rashid Global Initiatives, and the Varkey Foundation; the partners who believed in this vision and helped make this village a reality.\n\nClick the link to claim your free Neuro Gum Pack, valued up to $24, at Costco or Walmart here: https://try.gotoaisle.com/neuro-beast\n\nWith gratitude to The Rockefeller Foundation for providing regenerative school meals for the next five years, and for helping build the farm that grows them. https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org\n\nThanks to our friends at Global Energy Alliance, this village now runs on solar — bringing light to every home, market and community space. https://energyalliance.org\n\n190 trees were cut down to bring this village to life. Now we're working with Arbor Day Foundation, our longtime partners, to plant 250 new ones where they'll do the most good.\n\nSUB TO ALL CHANNELS\n   / @mrbeast  \n   / @mrbeast2   \n   / @mrbeastgaming   \n   / @beastreacts   \n   / @beastphilanthropy   \n   / @beastanimations   \n\nNew Merch - https://mrbeast.store\nCheck out Viewstats! - https://www.viewstats.com/\nFor any questions or inquiries regarding this video, please reach out to redacted@example.com\nMusic Provided by https://www.extrememusic.com\n----------------------------------------------------------------\nfollow all of these or i will kick you\n• Facebook -   / mrbeast  \n• Twitter -   / mrbeast  \n•  Instagram -   / mrbeast  \n•  Im Hiring! - https://www.mrbeastjobs.com/",
            "channel_id": "UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA"
          }
        },
        "computed": {
          "engagement_rate": 0.02533,
          "language": null,
          "content_category": "other",
          "estimated_reach": 103320820,
          "vs_creator": {
            "ratio": 0.72,
            "metric": "views",
            "reason": null
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "post": {
          "id": "gTKS8SAwUzE",
          "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTKS8SAwUzE",
          "content": {
            "text": "I Survived The Most Extreme Places On Earth",
            "media_urls": null,
            "thumbnail_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gTKS8SAwUzE/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEnCNAFEJQDSFryq4qpAxkIARUAAIhCGAHYAQHiAQoIGBACGAY4AUAB&rs=AOn4CLCinCS-72tR3BbuXhG-OTPNG2SLgw",
            "duration_seconds": 1408
          },
          "author": {
            "username": "user_e32d6a",
            "display_name": "MrBeast",
            "avatar_url": "https://example.com/avatars/user_6067d9.png",
            "verified": null
          },
          "engagement": {
            "views": 118920840,
            "likes": 1479890,
            "comments": 69000,
            "shares": null,
            "saves": null
          },
          "flags": {
            "nsfw": null,
            "spoiler": null,
            "pinned": null,
            "deleted": false
          },
          "published_at": "2026-09-05T16:00:01.000Z",
          "ext": {
            "content_type": "video",
            "categoryTitle": "Entertainment",
            "description": "We raced through some of the most extreme places on Earth to see who could make it to the finish line first!\n\nGemini helped us plan, problem-solve, and take on challenges along the way. Try Gemini here: https://gemini.google.com/app/downloa... GooglePartner\n\nPedialyte always comes in clutch when you need to rehydrate and feel better fast. Grab your favorite Pedialyte flavors on Amazon here https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/79... and use code BEAST40 for 40% off right now. PedialytlePartner\n\nFor anyone wondering about the backpacks we dropped at the end, don't worry! We only ditched them for a second so we could full-send it to the finish line! Our team went right back out and recovered every single piece of gear immediately after to ensure we left the environment as clean as when we got there! ❤️\n\nSUB TO ALL CHANNELS\n   / @mrbeast  \n   / @mrbeast2   \n   / @mrbeastgaming   \n   / @beastreacts   \n   / @beastphilanthropy   \n   / @beastanimations   \n\nNew Merch - https://mrbeast.store\nCheck out Viewstats! - https://www.viewstats.com/\nFor any questions or inquiries regarding this video, please reach out to redacted@example.com\nMusic Provided by https://www.extrememusic.com\n----------------------------------------------------------------\nfollow all of these or i will kick you\n• Facebook -   / mrbeast  \n• Twitter -   / mrbeast  \n•  Instagram -   / mrbeast  \n•  Im Hiring! - https://www.mrbeastjobs.com/",
            "channel_id": "UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA"
          }
        },
        "computed": {
          "engagement_rate": 0.013025,
          "language": null,
          "content_category": "other",
          "estimated_reach": 142705008,
          "vs_creator": {
            "ratio": 1.38,
            "metric": "views",
            "reason": null
          }
        }
      }
    ],
    "total": null,
    "creator_baseline": {
      "baseline": null,
      "reason": "fewer_than_eight",
      "rows_used": 2,
      "cadence": "omitted"
    },
    "dropped": 0
  },
  "credits_used": 1,
  "request_id": "req_example000000",
  "cached": false,
  "pagination": {
    "next_cursor": null,
    "has_more": false,
    "page_size": 2,
    "stopped_at": "since"
  },
  "credits_remaining": 9999,
  "source": "captured",
  "captured_at": "2026-10-02T07:22:55.057Z",
  "redacted": true
}

Live sample illustrating the unified response shape. Field values reflect the record you query.

API Details

How does the YouTube Channel Videos 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

Why SocialCrawl

Why use SocialCrawl for YouTube Channel Videos data?

We handle the complexity of YouTube data extraction so you can focus on building. Unified schema, AI enrichment, and zero platform logic in your code.

Developer First

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The fastest social media scraping API for developers. Scrape profiles, posts, comments, and analytics from 68 platforms covering 10B+ monthly active users.

One schema, every platform

Query 68 platforms with identical response structures. Write your integration once.

Computed fields, not just scraped

When an endpoint supports these metrics and the source provides the required inputs, the normalized record includes engagement_rate, estimated_reach, content_category, and language. Ready to use.

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Visual Data Explorer. Paste any URL, get rich result cards, sortable tables, CSV export.

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()
[ .JSON ]
{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "data": {
    "author": {
      "username": "charlidamelio",
      "followers": 152400000
    },
    "engagement": {
      "likes": 12400000000,
      "engagement_rate": 0.087
    },
    "metadata": {
      "language": "en",
      "content_category": "lifestyle"
    }
  }
}
+ 68 platforms
FAQ

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Find answers to frequently asked questions about SocialCrawl's API, pricing, and capabilities.

Contact us
How do I list all videos from a YouTube channel?
Send a GET request to /v1/youtube/channel/videos with a handle or channelId. Pass continuationToken from the response to page through every upload, no 500-video cap like the official API.
Can I sort channel videos by latest or popular?
Yes. Pass sort=latest for reverse-chronological order, or sort=popular for the most-viewed videos. Default is latest if you omit the parameter.
What fields come back for each video in the list?
videoId, title, viewCount, duration, thumbnail URL, and publishDate. Add includeExtras=true to also pull likeCount, commentCount, and the video description, at the cost of slightly slower responses. Add include=channel for the channel's subscriber count on every row, which costs 1 more credit for the page.
How do I paginate through every video?
The first response includes a continuationToken. Pass it back as continuationToken=... on the next request to get the next page, and repeat until the token is empty. Each page is 1 credit, or 2 with include=channel.
Does this endpoint include Shorts?
Long-form videos only. Use /v1/youtube/channel/shorts to fetch the Shorts feed separately. The official site treats them as two distinct tabs, and SocialCrawl mirrors that split.

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