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Check a public YouTube channel without connecting your own YouTube account.
YouTube · free lookup
Check a YouTube subscriber count
Paste a YouTube channel link or @handle and see the subscriber count and how many videos the channel has published. Free with a Sourcevine account.
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How it works
From URL to result
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Paste a public YouTube channel URL
Handles and canonical profile URLs are accepted where the platform supports them.
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Read the audience count
The page returns the public follower or subscriber count and the supporting profile metrics.
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Check freshness
Every successful lookup includes the time Sourcevine read the public page.
Recorded example
What a real one looked like
recorded https://www.youtube.com/@YouTube
- Channel Id
- UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ
- View Count
- 1,340,275,452
- Video Count
- 1,632
- Account
- YouTube
- Subscriber Count
- 46,400,000
A real response from /v1/youtube/channel, kept so this page can
show something true without spending anyone’s credits. Run the tool
above for a live read of your own link.
Why Sourcevine
What to know about this lookup
Subscriber counts are rounded
YouTube itself rounds public subscriber counts above 1,000, so a channel showing 515M is not precise to the person. We pass through what the platform publishes rather than inventing precision.
Timestamped answer
The result includes when the public page was read, so the number is easier to reconcile later.
Use cases
Where this lookup fits
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Media and research teams
Record a channel size with a timestamp, for a report that has to be defensible later.
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Sales teams
Add a current public profile count to a lead or account record.
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Analysts
Separate public, private and unsupported links before a batch job.
Boundaries
What this tool will not return
- Public data only
Private accounts and restricted content are not accessed. Deleted resources return an availability status.
- No contact fields
Bios, emails, phone numbers, addresses and messenger handles are outside this product boundary.
- No lifetime like total
YouTube publishes no channel-level like count, so there is no such field. Video-level likes are available per video.
- No identity matching
Sourcevine does not claim that profiles on different platforms belong to the same person.
Questions
Before you run it
Does it work with an @handle?
Yes, and with a /channel/ link. Either form works.
Why is the number rounded?
YouTube itself rounds public subscriber counts above 1,000. We show what the platform publishes rather than pretending to more precision than exists.
What does this not show me?
Private or restricted content, bios and contact details are not returned. A platform may show a sign-in prompt for public content; the scope is public data, not whether the platform presents a login screen. If an account is private, the tool says so.
Do I need an account?
Yes, a free Sourcevine account; you never log in to the platform itself. Signing up gives you 100 credits once, no card, and they do not renew. A lookup spends one or two of them, and you can see every run in your dashboard. When they are gone, a prepaid pack tops the balance up and never expires.
API
Checking many YouTube profiles?
Use the API when follower or subscriber counts need to land in a database, dashboard or spreadsheet.
/v1/youtube/channel
- Profile metrics by URL
- Private or deleted is a typed status
- No platform login required