The same call, from your code.
The tool makes one call to youtube.video. Run the same request from your code, or give it to your agent. The response is JSON with the video's details.
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Free tool
Free YouTubeVideo Stats
Paste a YouTube link. The tool returns the video's views, likes, comment count, length, category and publish date.
Free. No account. No API key.
How it works.
Paste a link
Paste the address of a public YouTube video.
Get the numbers
The tool calls youtube.video. The API returns the video's public details.
Read the stats
The page shows views, likes, comments, length, category and publish date in one grid.
What people use it for.
Vet a sponsorship
Check the view and like counts of a creator's video before you agree to a sponsorship.
Measure engagement
Divide likes and comments by views to compare how videos performed.
Cite a video
Get the publish date and the length when you cite a video in an article or a report.
When you need more.
- Use the APISend a POST request with a Bearer key. Every endpoint returns success, data, creditsUsed and requestId.
- Use MCPAdd https://api.stophy.dev/mcp to Claude, Cursor or Codex. The agent finds an endpoint and calls it.
- Use the SDKInstall the TypeScript or Python client. Call an endpoint by its id, such as youtube.transcript.
- Use the CLICall an endpoint from the terminal. The CLI prints JSON, so you can pipe the result into a script.
Questions and answers.
Yes. The tool calls an endpoint that needs no API key and no card. A free daily limit applies across all tools.
Views, likes, comment count, length, category and publish date.
The API reads the numbers from YouTube when you run the tool. If the same video was looked up in the last six hours, the API returns the saved answer.
No. YouTube shows the dislike count only to the uploader.
Yes. Send POST /v1/youtube/video with videoUrl. The response has success, data, creditsUsed and requestId, and data holds views, likes, comments, durationSeconds, category and publishedAt. The endpoint needs no API key.
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