# SocialFetch YouTube Shorts Trending

> SocialFetch YouTube Shorts Trending is a paid API for AI agents from api.socialfetch.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.014/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns a list of currently trending YouTube Shorts videos.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/youtube/shorts/trending
- Price: $0.014/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/socialfetch-youtube-shorts-trending-f2621862
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_JdjKfud84qX3tyUeghmdD

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 socialfetch-youtube-shorts-trending-f2621862
```

Example prompt: What YouTube Shorts are trending right now? Pull the current trending list for me.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to discover or monitor what YouTube Shorts content is currently trending globally, without needing to specify a search query or category. Prefer this over search-based endpoints when the goal is surfacing viral or popular short-form video content in real time.

## Known failure modes

- YouTube rate limiting or API unavailability returns an error
- Empty or stale trending list if YouTube data is temporarily unavailable
- Payment not processed returns 402 error
- Network timeout from upstream YouTube data source

## How this service works

List currently trending YouTube Shorts.

## Output

A list of currently trending YouTube Shorts, likely including video metadata such as titles, video URLs or IDs, creator handles, view counts, and ranking order.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/socialfetch-youtube-shorts-trending-f2621862/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.socialfetch.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.socialfetch.dev/llms.txt)