YouTube Trending API reference

Trending public YouTube videos for a country. Takes no input, returns a cursor page, 1 credit a call.

This named API keeps YouTube fields in YouTube's own vocabulary. For a higher-level product page, see YouTube Trending API.

Endpoint

GET /v1/youtube/trending
Authorization: Bearer sv_live_...

`POST` is also accepted with the same parameters in the request body. Send the key in the `Authorization` header, never in the query string.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Notes
`country`	string	no	ISO country code for regional trend lists.
`cursor`	string	no	Cursor returned by the previous page.
`limit`	integer	no	Maximum items to return, up to 50.

Sample Request

This is a copyable request shape. Replace the sample values with the public YouTube target or parameters your workflow uses.

curl -G 'https://api.sourcevine.io/v1/youtube/trending' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer sv_live_...' \
  --data-urlencode 'country=US' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=20'

Sample Response

The response below is illustrative: this endpoint has no verified recording. Live values depend on the public resource and its availability.

{
  "success": true,
  "available": true,
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "videoId": "9wq3VHsL_bE",
        "title": "Launch teardown",
        "views": 943820,
        "likes": 28440,
        "comments": 3120,
        "cached": false
      }
    ],
    "nextCursor": "CDIQAA",
    "fetchedAt": "2026-08-28T09:41:44Z",
    "cached": false,
    "cacheAgeSeconds": 0
  }
}

Fields

Field	Type	Notes
`items`	array	Trending public YouTube videos.
`items[].videoId`	string	YouTube video id.
`items[].title`	string \| null	Public video title after scrubbing.
`items[].views`	integer \| null	Public view count when reported.
`nextCursor`	string \| null	Pass as cursor to request the next page.
`fetchedAt`	ISO datetime	When Sourcevine read the public page.
`sourceTimestamp`	ISO datetime \| null	The platform timestamp when it is available.
`cached`	boolean	True when this answer repeats an identical request made moments earlier.
`cacheAgeSeconds`	integer	Seconds since the reading was taken.

Availability States

Status	Charged	Client behavior
`available`	yes for live reads	Use data.
`not_found`	yes	Store the state and stop polling.
`private`	yes	Store the state and stop polling.
`unsupported`	no	Fix the URL or call the matching API.
`upstream_unavailable`	no	Retry later with backoff.

Unavailable resources return `success: true`, `available: false`, `availability`, and `data: null`. API or authentication failures return `success: false` with an `error` object.

Billing

A call costs 1 credit. A deleted, private or empty resource is charged like any lookup and says so. An unsupported URL or a read we could not complete is not charged. The `X-Credits-Charged` response header is the source of truth for what happened on that request.

Successful responses include `fetchedAt`, the time we read the platform.

What This API Does Not Return

No contact or bio fields: Bios, email addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses and messenger handles are outside the response contract.
No private data: Private accounts, restricted content and unavailable resources return typed availability instead of guessed data.
No prediction: Trend APIs return what the platform publishes now. They do not forecast future rank, reach or revenue.

Last updated 1 September 2026