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YouTube Channel Stats MCP server

Look up a company's YouTube channel, subscriber count, channel ID and creation date from a domain or handle.

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This is a small helper that lets your AI look up YouTube channel details for a company. You give it a web address like stripe.com or a YouTube handle like @shopify, and it comes back with the channel name, subscriber count, channel ID and when the channel was created. It is handy if you research companies, check who has a YouTube presence, or fill in a spreadsheet with channel facts.

What is an MCP server? The 30-second version

On its own, your AI can only chat with you. An MCP server is a small helper program that gives your AI a new skill or a connection to an app or service. This one connects your AI to YouTube channel lookups, so when you ask about a company's channel, the AI can go and fetch the facts for you. You do not need to know how it works under the hood. You just ask in plain words.

What this MCP server does

You ask your AI something like how many YouTube subscribers stripe.com has. The AI passes your question to this helper. The helper talks to a service called Apify, which does the actual looking up on YouTube. Apify finds the channel, reads the public page, and sends back the subscriber count, channel name, channel ID, creation date and description. Your AI then shows you the answer in the chat, usually as a short summary or a small table.

What you can do with it

Find a company's YouTube channel from its website address
Look up a channel directly from a YouTube handle like @shopify
Get the subscriber count for a channel
Get the stable channel ID and creation date
Check whether a company has a YouTube channel at all
Pull recent video transcripts when that option is turned on (currently limited by YouTube)

Try asking your AI

“How many YouTube subscribers does stripe.com have?”
“Find the YouTube channel id for hubspot.com.”
“Does gitlab.com run a YouTube channel, and when was it created?”
“Look up the YouTube channel for @shopify and tell me its subscriber count.”

What it gives back to you

You get back a short answer in the chat: the channel name, subscriber count, channel ID, creation date and description. Each fact comes with a small status label, so you can tell whether the value was found, whether there is no such channel, or whether YouTube would not show it. Subscriber counts above about a thousand are rounded by YouTube, and the answer flags that. If you asked for transcripts, you get one row per video with the text and timestamps, though YouTube currently blocks most transcript content.

Before you start

What you need

Node.js 18 or newer installed on your computer
A free Apify account
An Apify API token (a kind of password for apps; you copy it from your Apify account settings)
Some Apify credits, since each lookup costs a small amount

Good to know

Each lookup spends a small amount of money from your Apify account, so keep an eye on your credits and use the spending cap if you are unsure.

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