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YouTube username lookup

A YouTube username lookup turns an @handle into the channel behind it and reads what that channel page publishes. Back come the channel name and description, subscriber count, video count, the lifetime view total, the country the channel declares, the banner and avatar, and the day the channel was opened. Running it here is free.

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Username

762 endpoints per scan, YouTube first. Results stream in as sources answer; the public preview shows handles, names and counts and masks the rest.

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Coverage index: 762 endpoints across 6 categories, ready to scan.

Social and messaging45endpoints
Creator and media26endpoints
Developer and tech29endpoints
Gaming13endpoints
Commerce and links36endpoints
Long tail613endpoints
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Exposure

What YouTube exposes.

What a public YouTube profile reports to a username search, field by field. Availability is honest per row: a mark says how often the field comes back, the note says when it does not.

6/8fields usually public
Channel nameusually

Separate from the @handle and changeable, so an old channel often carries a name nobody has searched for in years.

Channel descriptionusually

The about-page text, and the place channels put business addresses, other handles and the sites they run.

Subscriber countusually

YouTube itself rounds this above a thousand, so read it as a scale rather than a headcount.

Video count and lifetime viewsusually

Both sit on the channel page, and together they say whether an audience came from one viral clip or ten years of uploading.

Channel opening dateusually

Given as a day. For older channels it predates every other account the person holds, which makes it a useful anchor.

Linked accountssometimes

Channels list the links they want visitors to follow, and those links are the shortest route from a channel to a person.

Declared countrysometimes

Set by the channel owner, so it is a claim rather than a location, and a channel run by a company usually declares the company base.

Banner and avatarusually

Both images come back at full size, and a banner reused from another channel is a standard tell for a copycat.

usually
Reported by most public profiles.
sometimes
Depends on the profile and its settings.
never
Not exposed to a username search.
Run it

Three steps: YouTube lookup.

  1. Step 1

    Enter the @handle from the channel address rather than the channel display name.

  2. Step 2

    YouTube is swept with the other video and streaming platforms, so a Twitch or Kick account on the same handle shows up beside it.

  3. Step 3

    Open the channel card, then work through the links it lists and try the handle spelling on the platforms it does not mention.

Questions

Before you search YouTube.

Can I find a channel from an old /user/ or /c/ URL?

Often yes. YouTube moved channels onto @handles and a great many owners kept the spelling they already had, so the old name is a sound first guess.

Does YouTube show the channel owner email?

Not through this lookup. Some channels publish a business address in their own about section, and that is the only address that ever appears.

Are subscriber counts exact?

No. YouTube rounds anything above a thousand before it publishes it, so two channels can show the same number while being tens of thousands apart.

Can I see unlisted or private videos?

No. Only what the channel page serves publicly is read, and unlisted videos are deliberately kept out of that.

Does the country field mean the owner lives there?

No. It is self-declared, it can be set to anywhere, and on a channel run by a team it usually reflects the company rather than any one person.

A channel uses my friend's name. Is it theirs?

Not on that basis. Anyone can register a handle and copy an avatar, so having an account somewhere is not evidence of who the person behind it is.

Do I need to sign in to check a channel?

No. This page allows three checks a day per visitor with nothing to fill in, and a free account exists if you would rather keep the results.

More lookups

Username, then email, then phone.

A match on YouTube is a lead. The other two lookups turn what it exposes into the next identifier.

Username search

Start with a handle. Get matching profiles across supported platforms.

Reverse email lookup

Start with an address. Get the accounts registered to it.

Phone number lookup

Start with a number. Get the social accounts linked to it.