# YouTube Data

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/google-youtube/  
**Website:** https://developers.google.com/youtube  
**APIs profiled:** 8

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.

## Kin Score — 47.4 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 47.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 63.6 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 50.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 47.4 |
| Access Clarity | 47.4 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (8)

- **YouTube Data Activities API** — The Activities API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for activities.
- **YouTube Data Channels API** — The Channels API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for channels.
- **YouTube Data CommentThreads API** — The CommentThreads API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for commentthreads.
- **YouTube Data PlaylistItems API** — The PlaylistItems API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for playlistitems.
- **YouTube Data Playlists API** — The Playlists API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for playlists.
- **YouTube Data Search API** — The Search API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for search.
- **YouTube Data Subscriptions API** — The Subscriptions API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for subscriptions.
- **YouTube Data Videos API** — The Videos API from YouTube Data — 1 operation(s) for videos.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Google Youtube Agentic Access** — 9 operations · 1 acting

## Security (3)

- **Google Youtube Authentication** — apiKey/oauth2 · 2 schemes
- **Google Youtube Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Google Youtube Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Google Youtube Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Channels, Google, Media, Playlists, Search, Streaming, Video, YouTube

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/google-youtube/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.