Whether you're vetting a channel before a sponsorship deal, studying a competitor's growth timeline, or just satisfying your own curiosity about a creator, YouTube's own interface doesn't surface much of this data directly. These three free tools pull it in seconds, straight from YouTube's official data.
Every YouTube channel has a permanent unique identifier — starting with "UC" followed by 22 characters — that never changes, even if the channel renames itself or changes its custom URL. This tool converts any channel URL, handle, username, or search into that exact ID.
Useful for: API integrations, embedding a specific channel, or any situation where you need a permanent reference that won't break if the channel gets renamed later.
Reveals the exact date a channel was created and its total age since, pulled directly from YouTube's official data. Useful any time "how established is this channel really" matters more than its current subscriber count alone.
Useful for: verifying an influencer's claimed experience level before a collaboration, competitor research, or due diligence before agreeing to a sponsorship.
Instantly shows the total number of public videos a channel has uploaded, along with subscriber count and total views — a quick way to gauge how active and consistent a channel actually is without scrolling through its entire upload history.
Useful for: quickly sizing up a channel's output and activity level, or comparing upload volume between similar channels in your niche.
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