YouTube Data MCP by usefulapi

io.usefulapi/youtube-data · v1.0.0 · marketing-and-seo

YouTube Data MCP by usefulapi is healthy: it completed an MCP handshake in 471 ms and exposes 9 tools.

Search videos; read channels, playlists, comments and popular videos in YouTube.

Endpoint: https://youtube-data.usefulapi.io/mcp (streamable-http)

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Tool count9
Latency471 ms
Last checked (UTC)2026-11-02T01:55:24.592Z

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Tools (9)

youtube_searchSearch public videos, channels or playlists by keyword. COSTS 100 quota units per call (the default daily quota is 10,000 units), so prefer the get/list tools when you have ids. Returns ids and snippets; call youtube_get_videos for statistics. API: GET /search.
youtube_get_videosGet details for up to 50 videos by id: title, description, tags, publish date, duration, view/like/comment counts and privacy status. 1 quota unit per call. API: GET /videos?id=.
youtube_list_popular_videosList the most popular videos of a region, optionally within one video category. 1 quota unit per call. API: GET /videos?chart=mostPopular.
youtube_get_channelsGet public channel details (title, description, custom URL, country, subscriber/view/video counts, uploads playlist id) by channel ids, by @handle or by legacy username. Give exactly one of channel_ids, handle, username. 1 quota unit. API: GET /channels.
youtube_list_playlistsList the public playlists of a channel, or get playlists by id (give exactly one of channel_id, playlist_ids). 1 quota unit. API: GET /playlists.
youtube_list_playlist_itemsList the videos in a playlist. Use the uploads playlist id from youtube_get_channels (contentDetails.relatedPlaylists.uploads) to list all uploads of a channel for 1 quota unit instead of a 100-unit search. API: GET /playlistItems.
youtube_list_comment_threadsList top-level public comments (with reply counts and a few replies) of one video, or of all videos of one channel. Give exactly one of video_id, channel_id. Fails with HTTP 403 when comments are disabled. 1 quota unit. API: GET /commentThreads.
youtube_list_comment_repliesList all replies to one top-level comment (use the comment id of a thread from youtube_list_comment_threads). 1 quota unit. API: GET /comments?parentId=.
youtube_list_video_categoriesList the video categories (id and title) that exist in a region. Use the ids to filter youtube_list_popular_videos. 1 quota unit. API: GET /videoCategories.