# YouTube Shorts API

4 implementations from ScrapeCreators and TikHub, from $0.001 per call.

## Implementations

- [YouTube channel Shorts](/providers/scrapecreators/get-v1-youtube-channel-shorts.md): `scrapecreators/get-v1-youtube-channel-shorts`, usage based, the maximum is shown before a run. Retrieves a paginated list of short-form videos (Shorts) from a YouTube channel, including each short's title, URL, view count (views), likes, comments. Takes handle, channel id, sort and more, all optional. Served by ScrapeCreators.
- [YouTube channel Shorts](/providers/tikhub/youtube-web-v2-get-channel-shorts.md): `tikhub/youtube-web-v2-get-channel-shorts`, $0.001 per call. Get YouTube channel's Shorts (short videos) list. Takes channel id, channel url, continuation token and more, all optional. Served by TikHub.
- [YouTube Shorts search](/providers/tikhub/youtube-web-v2-get-shorts-search-v2.md): `tikhub/youtube-web-v2-get-shorts-search-v2`, $0.002 per call. Takes keyword, continuation token, upload date and more, all optional. Served by TikHub.
- [YouTube trending Shorts](/providers/scrapecreators/get-v1-youtube-shorts-trending.md): `scrapecreators/get-v1-youtube-shorts-trending`, usage based, the maximum is shown before a run. Fetches approximately 48 currently trending YouTube Shorts (viral/popular short-form videos) per call, returning each short's title, URL, thumbnail, view count. Served by ScrapeCreators.

## Same data on other platforms

- [TikTok videos](/tools/tiktok/videos.md): 26 tools, from $0.001 per call.
- [Instagram reels](/tools/instagram/reels.md): 8 tools, from $0.002 per call.
- [Instagram posts](/tools/instagram/posts.md): 14 tools, from $0.001 per call.
- [Facebook pages & posts](/tools/facebook/pages.md): 7 tools.
- [X posts](/tools/x/posts.md): 9 tools, from $0.001 per call.
- [Reddit posts](/tools/reddit/posts.md): 12 tools, from $0.001 per call.
- [Posts](/tools/social-media/posts.md): 260 tools, from $0.001 per call, some tools free.

## Other capabilities

- [YouTube transcript](/tools/youtube/transcripts.md): 3 tools, from $0.008 per call.
- [YouTube comments](/tools/youtube/comments.md): 7 tools, from $0.001 per call.
- [YouTube channels](/tools/youtube/channels.md): 11 tools, from $0.001 per call.
- [YouTube search](/tools/youtube/search.md): 6 tools, from $0.001 per call.
- [YouTube videos](/tools/youtube/videos.md): 10 tools, from $0.001 per call.

## Providers

- [ScrapeCreators](/providers/scrapecreators.md): 193 tools, from $0.00188 per call.
- [TikHub](/providers/tikhub.md): 977 tools, from $0.001 per call, some tools free.

## Questions

### Which tool should my agent use?

Your agent compares the 4 implementations by price and inputs with inspect_tool and proposes one before it runs.

### How is it billed?

Per call, at the provider's price with no markup, from $0.001 per call. Your agent sees the price before it runs a tool.

[YouTube](/tools/youtube.md) · [Connection guide](/connect.md) · [Billing](/docs/billing.md)

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