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YouTube API: Get channel

Gets a public YouTube channel's profile, links and statistics from its name, @handle or link. Subscriber totals may be rounded as YouTube displays them.

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Inputs

Values from the run on Nov 1, 2026, shown under Output.

Channel, requiredchannel

Channel name, @handle, or YouTube channel link, such as MrBeast, @MrBeast, or https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast.

MrBeast

Output

From a run on Nov 1, 2026, shortened for this page.
{  "links": [    {      "link": "https://www.instagram.com/mrbeast/",      "label": "Follow"    },    {      "link": "https://twitter.com/MrBeast",      "label": "Twitter"    },    {      "link": "https://facebook.com/mrbeast/",      "label": "Facebook"    }  ],  "handle": "@MrBeast",  "country": "United States",  "verified": "yes",  "join_date": "2012-02-19",  "channel_id": "UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA",  "description": "SUBSCRIBE FOR A COOKIE!\nNew MrBeast or MrBeast Gaming video every single Saturday at noon eastern time!\nAccomplishments:\n- Raised $20,000,000 To Plant 20,000,000 Trees\n- Removed 30,000,000 pounds of trash from the ocean\n- Helped 2,000 people walk again\n- Helped 1,000 blind people see\n- Helped 1,000 …",  "subscribers": 524000000,  "total_views": 145430387555,  "channel_link": "https://www.youtube.com/@MrBeast",  "channel_name": "MrBeast",  "number_of_videos": 1011,  "avatar_image_link": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/nxYrc_1_2f77DoBadyxMTmv7ZpRZapHR5jbuYe7PlPd5cIRJxtNNEYyOC0ZsxaDyJJzXrnJiuDE=s900-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",  "banner_image_link": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/mHMO_eEMp0dPvh0ADwXhPXNYb_GnjSVsLI8biqF1CpxT8OPl7izhNQsDPD3JHhd5y5Mg9GrP=w2560-fcrop64=1,00005a57ffffa5a8-k-c0xffffffff-no-nd-rj"}
Price
1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
Method
youtube.com/get_channel
Returns
name, handle, description, subscribers, views, videos, join date, country, verified, links, images, channel link and id

Use it from your agent

Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method youtube.com/get_channel with the inputs above.

Ask your agent

  • Can you pull up the profile for the channel @MKBHD and tell me how many subscribers it has?
  • What's the join date and total view count for the Veritasium channel?
  • I need the description, country, and verified status of the Kurzgesagt YouTube channel.
  • Look up the channel at https://www.youtube.com/@LinusTechTips and list its links and video count.
  • Find the stats for the channel named Fireship, including subscriber total and channel ID.
  • Lists a YouTube channel's public videos, Shorts, or live uploads, newest first or most popular first, along with channel details. Counts and dates taken from displayed text may be approximate.

    youtube.com/list_channel_videos
  • Finds a company's verified YouTube channel by name and returns its name, link, subscriber count, description, country and official website when identifiable.

    youtube.com/find_company_channel
  • Gets public details and statistics for one YouTube video by link, ID or title. A title selects the top search match.

    youtube.com/get_video
  • Gets public top-level comments on a YouTube video, found by link, video ID or title. Reply text is not included.

    youtube.com/get_video_comments
  • Lists the latest weekly YouTube Music Top Songs chart for a country or globally, with ranks, weekly views and video links.

    youtube.com/list_top_songs
  • Returns the spoken captions and timed segments of a YouTube video, given a video link or a title (top search match). Only captions the video has are returned.

    youtube.com/get_video_transcript
  • Looks up a YouTube channel on Social Blade by name, @handle, YouTube link or Social Blade link and returns its profile, 30-day growth, earnings estimates and the last 14 daily statistics.

    socialblade.com/get_youtube_channel_stats
  • Gets the title, username, description, subscriber total, verification, photo and public media totals of a public Telegram channel.

    t.me/get_channel