# YouTube Channel Scraper

> YouTube Channel Scraper is a paid API for AI agents from Scrape Creators at mpp.orthogonal.com, paid per call via MPP, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-13).

Retrieves public data for a YouTube channel by channel ID or handle

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://mpp.orthogonal.com/scrapecreators/v1/youtube/channel?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: MPP
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Provider: Scrape Creators
- Docs: https://docs.scrapecreators.com
- Website: https://scrapecreators.com
- Tags: social-media, tiktok, instagram, youtube, scraping, social, data
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/scrape-creators-youtube-channel-scraper-657a0c3b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_hg69YLOiAbem5zWLnPBi0

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability scrape-creators-youtube-channel-scraper-657a0c3b
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the public channel info for the YouTube channel @mkbhd — I want to see their subscriber count, video count, and channel description?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically retrieve public metadata about a specific YouTube channel — such as subscriber counts, video counts, or channel descriptions — without using the official YouTube Data API. Ideal for competitive analysis, creator research, or enriching datasets with YouTube channel stats.

## Known failure modes

- Channel not found or invalid channel ID/handle returns an error or empty result
- Private or terminated channels may return no data
- Rate limiting if too many requests are made in quick succession
- Network timeout if YouTube is slow to respond

## How this service works

YouTube

## Output

Returns structured public data about the specified YouTube channel, including channel name, handle, subscriber count, total video count, view count, channel description, profile image, and other publicly available metadata.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/scrape-creators-youtube-channel-scraper-657a0c3b/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from mpp.orthogonal.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/mpp.orthogonal.com/llms.txt)