YouTube video lookup by link
Paste a YouTube link and see that post's likes, comments, views as the platform reports them, with its author and the time it was posted. One lookup is one call: $0.0020 from your own balance, the same price as the API. A failed lookup is not charged.
It opens in the Playground with this value filled in: one call, $0.0020 on your own balance, the same price as the API. A failed lookup is free.
metrics.likesmetrics.commentsmetrics.viewsAlso in the result: caption, title, author, time posted, image addresses.
A recorded result, shown so you can see what a lookup returns.
What the numbers mean
The example is written into the page: no script is needed to read it.
As the platform reports them at the moment of the lookup. A count the platform does not publish for this kind of post is left out of the result, never set to zero.
Where a platform only shows a rounded figure, the result marks that field in approximate.
The author as the platform names them, and the time the post was made, in UTC.
The same fields on every platform, so a video here and a post there read alike in your code.
Questions
Why do I need to sign in?
Each lookup is a real call and costs $0.0020. Nothing on this site makes a call for a visitor who is not signed in. Signing in takes an email address, and the lookup then runs on your own balance.
Which links work?
A link to one YouTube post or video, as the address bar shows it (for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ), or its ID.
How fresh are the numbers?
They are fetched from the platform when you run the lookup. The result carries the moment in meta.fetched_at.
Can I look up many at once?
One lookup is one post. From code or from an AI client, call the endpoint once for each post.
Look up your own.
Free trial on sign-up: 50 lookups at $0.0020. No card. $0.0020 a lookup, on your own balance. Failed lookups are free.