VidMetricsLab API Is Now Live – Access Powerful YouTube Channel Analytics

VidMetricsLab API Is Now Live – Access Powerful YouTube Channel Analytics

We’re excited to announce the official launch of the VidMetricsLab Public API, a powerful tool designed for developers, researchers, and businesses that need programmatic access to comprehensive YouTube channel analytics.

With the VidMetricsLab API, you can retrieve detailed metrics such as subscriber counts, video views, channel growth history, engagement changes, and social media links – all in real time and with minimal effort.

🚀 What Can You Do with the API?

• 🔎 Get up-to-date statistics for any public YouTube channel
• 📈 Track subscriber and view growth on a daily and monthly basis
• 🧠 Analyze trends across millions of channels
• 🔗 Extract connected social media accounts and external URLs

🔐 Authentication

To use the API, you'll need to generate your personal API key by signing in to your VidMetricsLab account. Once signed in, go to the API Key page and generate your unique key.

Include the API key in the request headers like this:

GET https://api.vidmetricslab.com/v1/channel/@markrober
Header: X-API-KEY: your_api_key_here

📦 Sample Response

                                            {
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "id": "UCY1kMZp36IQSyNx_9h4mpCg",
        "display_name": "Mark Rober",
        "handle": "@markrober",
        "created_at": "2011-10-20",
        "thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/ytc/AIdro_ksXY2REjZ6gYKSgnWT5jC_zT9mX900vyFtVinR8KbHww=s800-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj",
        "banner": "https://yt3.googleusercontent.com/MpHjfKLT09ZFt2efg6wW9r6qiKJpPhP8TWV15NJXD6ZYsekvY2dFlTR11ydf-psl7AjX4M_ikw",
        "category": "Science & Technology",
        "score": 3.55,
        "geo": {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country": "United States"
        },
        "social": []
    },
    "statistics": {
        "total": {
            "subscribers": 69300000,
            "views": 12903161080,
            "uploads": 218
        },
        "ranks": {
            "global": 36,
            "country": 12,
            "category": 1
        },
        "growth": {
            "dates": [
                "2024-08",
                "2024-09",
                "2024-10",
                "2024-11",
                "2024-12",
                "2025-01",
                "2025-02",
                "2025-03",
                "2025-04",
                "2025-05"
            ],
            "subscribers": [
                0,
                1400000,
                1400000,
                1100000,
                1800000,
                1800000,
                1000000,
                1500000,
                1600000,
                700000
            ],
            "views": [
                0,
                489873325,
                475757069,
                426364233,
                651921956,
                639974062,
                413192143,
                569302752,
                802585679,
                503895853
            ]
        },
        "daily": [
            {
                "date": "2025-06-29",
                "subs": 0,
                "views": 33286918
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-28",
                "subs": 100000,
                "views": 25102925
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-27",
                "subs": 0,
                "views": 26530816
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-26",
                "subs": 0,
                "views": 19345734
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-25",
                "subs": 0,
                "views": 23940560
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-24",
                "subs": 100000,
                "views": 13977041
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-23",
                "subs": 0,
                "views": 54584023
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-22",
                "subs": 100000,
                "views": 14003863
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-21",
                "subs": 0,
                "views": 17852813
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-20",
                "subs": 0,
                "views": 24729088
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-19",
                "subs": 0,
                "views": 18843642
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-18",
                "subs": 0,
                "views": 9067034
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-17",
                "subs": 100000,
                "views": 22771175
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-16",
                "subs": 0,
                "views": 50618825
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-15",
                "subs": 0,
                "views": 14809050
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-14",
                "subs": 100000,
                "views": 36561669
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-13",
                "subs": 0,
                "views": 39704733
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-12",
                "subs": 0,
                "views": 6255956
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-11",
                "subs": 100000,
                "views": 34348303
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-10",
                "subs": 0,
                "views": 7855047
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-09",
                "subs": 0,
                "views": 28348692
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-08",
                "subs": 0,
                "views": 25396553
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-07",
                "subs": 100000,
                "views": 36318948
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-06",
                "subs": 0,
                "views": 17068159
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-05",
                "subs": 0,
                "views": 7276088
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-04",
                "subs": 0,
                "views": 14141082
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-03",
                "subs": 0,
                "views": 11325053
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-02",
                "subs": 100000,
                "views": 14764865
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-06-01",
                "subs": 0,
                "views": 12583830
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-05-31",
                "subs": 0,
                "views": 14386278
            },
            {
                "date": "2025-05-30",
                "subs": 0,
                "views": 14616665
            }
        ]
    }
}

📊 Rate Limits

Free accounts currently support:

• Up to 500 requests per day
• Up to 1,000 requests per month

For increased limits or enterprise-level access, reach out to us at [email protected].

📚 Explore the Documentation

Visit our Developer Portal for full documentation, usage examples, error codes, and available endpoints.

✅ Ready to Get Started?

Create an account on VidMetricsLab, generate your API key, and start building your own dashboards, analysis tools, or reports using real-time YouTube data.

Let us know how you’re using the API – we’re always excited to see what the developer community builds!