YouTube Data

The YouTube Data API v3 lets you incorporate YouTube functionality into your own application. You can use the API to fetch search results, manage videos, playlists, channels, subscriptions, and access activity data. It supports reading and writing YouTube data using RESTful operations with OAuth 2.0 authentication.

YouTube Data publishes 8 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Activities API, Channels API, CommentThreads API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Channels, Google, Media, Playlists, and Search.

The YouTube Data catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

YouTube Data’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, getting-started guide, documentation, pricing, support, engineering blog, and 12 more developer resources.

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63.0/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

8 APIs

ChannelsGoogleMediaPlaylistsSearchStreamingVideoYouTube

Kin Score

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Composite quality — 63.0/100 · strong

Contract Quality 17.6 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 10.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 14.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 8

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Google Youtube Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Google Youtube Scopes

3 scopes · authorizationCode

3 scopes

SCOPES

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD

JSONLD

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

Authentication

OAuthScopes

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

Support

Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: google-youtube
name: YouTube Data
description: The YouTube Data API v3 lets you incorporate YouTube functionality into your own application. You can use the
  API to fetch search results, manage videos, playlists, channels, subscriptions, and access activity data. It supports reading
  and writing YouTube data using RESTful operations with OAuth 2.0 authentication.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/google-youtube.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-youtube/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
tags:
- Channels
- Google
- Media
- Playlists
- Search
- Streaming
- Video
- YouTube
apis:
- aid: google-youtube:google-youtube-activities-api
  name: YouTube Data Activities API
  description: The Activities API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for activities.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3
  baseURL: https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3
  tags:
  - Activities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-youtube-activities-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/auth/client-side-web-apps
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/youtube.json
- aid: google-youtube:google-youtube-channels-api
  name: YouTube Data Channels API
  description: The Channels API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for channels.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3
  baseURL: https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3
  tags:
  - Channels
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-youtube-channels-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/auth/client-side-web-apps
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/youtube.json
- aid: google-youtube:google-youtube-commentthreads-api
  name: YouTube Data CommentThreads API
  description: The CommentThreads API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for commentthreads.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3
  baseURL: https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3
  tags:
  - CommentThreads
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-youtube-commentthreads-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/auth/client-side-web-apps
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/youtube.json
- aid: google-youtube:google-youtube-playlistitems-api
  name: YouTube Data PlaylistItems API
  description: The PlaylistItems API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for playlistitems.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3
  baseURL: https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3
  tags:
  - PlaylistItems
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-youtube-playlistitems-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/auth/client-side-web-apps
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/youtube.json
- aid: google-youtube:google-youtube-playlists-api
  name: YouTube Data Playlists API
  description: The Playlists API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for playlists.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3
  baseURL: https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3
  tags:
  - Playlists
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-youtube-playlists-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/auth/client-side-web-apps
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/youtube.json
- aid: google-youtube:google-youtube-search-api
  name: YouTube Data Search API
  description: The Search API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for search.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3
  baseURL: https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-youtube-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/auth/client-side-web-apps
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/youtube.json
- aid: google-youtube:google-youtube-subscriptions-api
  name: YouTube Data Subscriptions API
  description: The Subscriptions API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for subscriptions.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3
  baseURL: https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3
  tags:
  - Subscriptions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-youtube-subscriptions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/auth/client-side-web-apps
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/youtube.json
- aid: google-youtube:google-youtube-videos-api
  name: YouTube Data Videos API
  description: The Videos API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for videos.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3
  baseURL: https://youtube.googleapis.com/youtube/v3
  tags:
  - Videos
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-youtube-videos-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/auth/client-side-web-apps
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/youtube.json
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/youtube-data/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/google-youtube-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/google-youtube-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/google-youtube-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/google-youtube-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/google-youtube-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/youtube
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/youtube
- type: Portal
  url: https://developers.google.com/youtube
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/getting-started
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3
- type: Authentication
  url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/auth/client-side-web-apps
- type: Pricing
  url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/quota_and_compliance_audits
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://developers.google.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.cloud.google.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/guides/support
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/youtube.jsonld
- url: https://blog.youtube/rss/
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

YouTube Data

APIs 8

Postman Collections 8

Open Collections 1

Pricing Plans 1