Free YouTube Tools 2026
All-in-One Free YouTube Toolkit: Thumbnail Downloader, Tags Generator, Video Info + SEO Analyzer & Monetization Checker
All 28 Free YouTube Tools
Every tool below runs on YouTube's own public Data API — real numbers, no scraping, no signup.
Why Use VidsSaver?
- ✓ 100% Free, Forever — every one of the 28 tools is free, no signup, no hidden paywall, no credit card.
- ✓ Real YouTube Data — everything is pulled live from YouTube's official Data API, not scraped or cached guesses.
- ✓ Fast & Lightweight — no bloated app, no extension install, results in seconds straight in your browser.
- ✓ Privacy Friendly — we don't store your searched URLs or require any personal information to use a tool.
- ✓ Built for Creators — tags, SEO, comments, and channel-growth tools designed around a creator's actual workflow.
- ✓ Works Everywhere — fully responsive on mobile, tablet, and desktop with no separate app needed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is VidsSaver really free to use?
Yes. All 28 tools are completely free with no signup, no trial period, and no hidden premium tier. We're supported by non-intrusive Google AdSense ads.
Do I need to create an account?
No. Every tool works instantly — just paste a YouTube link or channel ID and get results. Two tools (Member Access Gatekeeper and Membership Tier Inspector) need the channel owner to sign in with Google since that data is private by design.
Where does the data come from?
Every tool calls YouTube's official Data API v3 directly, so numbers like views, subscribers, and tags reflect what's publicly available on YouTube right now — nothing is scraped or estimated.
Is my searched data stored anywhere?
No. We process the YouTube URL or ID you enter just long enough to fetch the result and don't log or store your searches. See our Privacy Policy for details.
Can I use VidsSaver on mobile?
Yes, the entire site — all 28 tools — is fully responsive and works the same way on phones, tablets, and desktop browsers.
Does VidsSaver check real YouTube monetization status?
Not exactly — YouTube's public API doesn't expose Partner Program enrollment to anyone but the channel owner. Our Monetization Checker shows public stats (subscribers, join date) as a helpful proxy, not an official monetization confirmation.
Video Info + SEO Analyzer
Complete YouTube Video Analysis with SEO Insights
Benefits
- ✓ Get a full SEO snapshot — title, description, tags and engagement rate — in one request.
- ✓ Spot underperforming metadata before it hurts a video's reach.
- ✓ Compare engagement rate across videos to see what actually resonates with your audience.
FAQ
What counts as "engagement rate" here?
It's calculated from the video's public likes and comments relative to its view count — a quick signal of how actively an audience is reacting, not an official YouTube metric.
Can I analyze someone else's video?
Yes — this only reads public data available to anyone, so any public YouTube video link works.
Channel Lookup
Get basic public info for the channel behind any video
Note: YouTube's public API does not expose whether a channel is actually enrolled in the Partner Program — that's private data only the channel owner can see in YouTube Studio. This tool shows public channel stats (subscribers, join date) only, not a real monetization status.
Benefits
- ✓ Quickly check a channel's public subscriber count and join date before reaching out for collabs or sponsorships.
- ✓ No YouTube Studio access needed — works from just a video link.
- ✓ Useful for vetting channels before ad spend or influencer partnerships.
FAQ
Does this confirm a channel is monetized?
No — YouTube's public API doesn't expose Partner Program status to anyone but the channel owner. This shows public subscriber count and join date as a helpful reference, not an official monetization check.
Why do I only get subscribers and join date?
Those are the only monetization-adjacent fields YouTube's Data API exposes publicly; everything else about a channel's ad revenue or Partner Program status is private.
Channel Analyzer
Full overview of any YouTube channel — subs, views, video count & more
Benefits
- ✓ Full snapshot of any channel — subscribers, total views, video count and description — in one lookup.
- ✓ Great for quick competitor research before you plan your own content calendar.
- ✓ No API key or developer account needed on your end.
FAQ
Can I look up a private or unlisted channel?
No — this only returns data for public channels, exactly what any visitor could see on the channel page.
How current is the data?
It's fetched live from YouTube at the moment you run the tool, not cached.
Playlist Extractor
List every video inside any public YouTube playlist
Benefits
- ✓ Pull every video title, ID, and thumbnail from a public playlist in seconds.
- ✓ Handy for planning binge-watch lists, course curricula, or content audits.
- ✓ Skip manually scrolling and clicking through long playlists.
FAQ
Is there a limit on playlist size?
The tool paginates through YouTube's playlistItems API, so it can handle large public playlists, not just the first page.
Does it work on private playlists?
No — only playlists set to public or unlisted-with-link are accessible through the public API.
Bulk Video Stats Extractor
Paste up to 50 video links or IDs and get real-time Views, Likes & Comments for all of them in one request.
Why Bulk Video Stats Matter
Checking videos one at a time wastes API quota. This tool batches up to 50 video IDs into a single videos.list call, so you get views, likes, and comment counts for an entire upload history or competitor list in one request instead of fifty.
Benefits
- ✓ Check views, likes, and comments for up to 50 videos in a single request instead of fifty.
- ✓ Saves YouTube API quota compared to checking videos one at a time.
- ✓ Perfect for auditing an entire upload history or a competitor's recent uploads at once.
FAQ
What format should I paste the video list in?
One video link or ID per line works — the tool extracts the ID automatically from full YouTube URLs.
Why is there a 50-video limit?
That's the maximum YouTube's videos.list API accepts per single call — it's a platform limit, not one we impose.
YouTube Shorts Detector
Paste a video link and instantly find out whether it counts as a Short.
How This Detects Shorts
YouTube doesn't expose a video's pixel resolution through its public API, so this tool uses YouTube's own Shorts duration rule — videos 180 seconds or shorter — as the signal, alongside the video's standard/high definition flag.
Benefits
- ✓ Instantly confirm whether a video is classified as a YouTube Short.
- ✓ Useful when auditing whether your Shorts strategy is actually landing in the Shorts feed.
- ✓ No manual duration math required.
FAQ
How does this tell if a video is a Short?
YouTube's public API doesn't expose exact pixel dimensions, so this uses YouTube's own duration rule (180 seconds or under) combined with the video's format flag as the signal.
Can this be wrong for edge-case videos?
Rarely — a video right at the duration boundary or with unusual aspect ratio metadata could be borderline, since YouTube doesn't publish an official public "is this a Short" flag.
Live Stream Status & Viewer Counter
Check whether a video is live, upcoming, or ended — and see the current viewer count while it's live.
Tracking Live Broadcasts
This pulls a video's liveStreamingDetails directly from YouTube: broadcast state, scheduled start time, actual start/end time, and concurrent viewers while the stream is live. Great for monitoring premieres and live events without refreshing YouTube manually.
Benefits
- ✓ Check in real time whether a stream is live, scheduled, or already ended.
- ✓ See concurrent viewer count while a stream is live, without opening YouTube.
- ✓ Great for tracking premieres, product launches, or live events remotely.
FAQ
Does this update automatically?
No — each run is a fresh check. Refresh or re-run the tool to get the latest live status and viewer count.
Does it work for scheduled premieres?
Yes — it reports the scheduled start time for upcoming broadcasts and premieres too, not just active streams.
Playlist Metadata & CSV Exporter
Export every video's title, ID and thumbnail from a public playlist straight to CSV.
CSV Exports for Spreadsheets & Reports
Pulls up to 50 playlist items per request and lets you download them as a ready-to-use CSV file — handy for content calendars, client reports, or bulk-importing a playlist into a spreadsheet.
Benefits
- ✓ Export a full playlist's titles, video IDs, and thumbnails straight to a ready-to-use CSV.
- ✓ Ideal for content calendars, client reports, or importing a playlist into a spreadsheet.
- ✓ No manual copy-pasting from the YouTube UI.
FAQ
What columns are in the CSV?
Video title, video ID, and thumbnail URL for every item in the playlist — enough to rebuild links or embed thumbnails elsewhere.
Can I export a private playlist?
No — only public or unlisted playlists you have the link to can be read through YouTube's public API.
Zero-Search Channel Upload Sync
Pull a channel's entire upload history using its hidden Uploads playlist — without burning the 100-unit search endpoint.
Why Not Just Use Search?
YouTube's search.list endpoint costs 100 quota units per call — enough to drain a free daily quota in about 100 requests. Every channel has a hidden "uploads" playlist that lists the same videos for a fraction of the cost: one channels.list call to find it, one playlistItems.list call to read it.
Benefits
- ✓ Get a channel's complete upload history without burning expensive search-endpoint API quota.
- ✓ One channels.list call plus one playlistItems.list call replaces dozens of costly search requests.
- ✓ Great foundation for building your own upload tracker or notification bot.
FAQ
Why not just use YouTube search?
YouTube's search.list endpoint costs 100 quota units per call — enough to exhaust a free daily quota in about 100 requests. This tool uses a channel's hidden "uploads" playlist instead, which costs a fraction of that.
Does this catch every single upload?
Yes — the uploads playlist YouTube maintains internally includes every public video a channel has ever posted.
Channel Milestone & Growth Bot
Snapshot a channel's subscribers, total views, and upload count for tracking growth over time.
Tracking Channel Milestones
Run this daily (manually, or on a schedule via cron) and log the numbers to spot growth spurts, plateaus, or the exact day a channel crosses a subscriber milestone.
Benefits
- ✓ Snapshot a channel's subscribers, total views, and upload count in one click.
- ✓ Run it daily (manually or via cron) to build your own growth-tracking history.
- ✓ Spot the exact day a channel crosses a subscriber milestone.
FAQ
Does this track historical growth automatically?
No — each run gives a snapshot of right now. You'd need to log the numbers yourself over time (or schedule this via cron) to build a growth trend.
Can I check any public channel?
Yes — as long as the channel is public, no special access is required.
Public Subscriptions & Niche Grapher
See which channels a creator publicly subscribes to, and map their niche or network.
Understanding Creator Networks
Most channels keep their subscriptions private by default — if a channel hasn't made theirs public, this will return a privacy notice instead of a list, which is expected YouTube behavior, not a bug.
Benefits
- ✓ See which channels a creator publicly subscribes to, in one lookup.
- ✓ Map out a creator's niche, network, or influences at a glance.
- ✓ Useful for outreach research — find creators with overlapping audiences.
FAQ
Why does it say subscriptions are private for some channels?
Most creators keep their subscriptions list private by default — if a channel hasn't explicitly made theirs public, YouTube's API returns a privacy notice instead of a list. That's expected behavior, not a bug.
Is there a limit on how many subscriptions show?
The tool returns everything YouTube's API exposes for that channel's public subscriptions in a single page of results.
Channel Layout & Homepage Inspector
See the shelves (Featured channels, Playlists, Shorts) a creator has arranged on their channel homepage.
Why Homepage Layout Matters
A channel's homepage shelves shape what a new visitor sees first. This tool reads the same channelSections data YouTube Studio uses, useful for competitor research or auditing your own channel's layout.
Benefits
- ✓ See exactly how a channel has arranged its homepage shelves — Featured, Playlists, Shorts, and more.
- ✓ Great for competitor research or auditing your own channel's first impression.
- ✓ Reads the same channelSections data YouTube Studio itself uses.
FAQ
Can this show a channel's exact homepage layout order?
Yes — sections are returned in the same order YouTube displays them on the channel's public homepage.
Does every channel have custom sections?
No — smaller or newer channels may only have YouTube's default layout, which this tool will reflect as-is.
High-Res Branding Downloader
Grab a channel's banner image, high-resolution avatar, and description links.
Branding Research Made Easy
Useful for competitor benchmarking, channel audits, or just seeing what a high-resolution channel banner looks like at full size before you design your own.
Benefits
- ✓ Download a channel's HD banner and high-resolution avatar in one click.
- ✓ Useful for competitor benchmarking or getting design inspiration before building your own branding.
- ✓ No cropping or guessing — grabs the actual full-resolution assets YouTube serves.
FAQ
Is downloading a channel's banner or avatar legal?
The images are publicly served by YouTube to anyone visiting the channel page; this tool just fetches the same public files directly. Always respect copyright and avoid republishing another creator's branding as your own.
What if a channel hasn't set a custom banner?
The tool will report that no custom banner is set — it only surfaces what a channel has actually uploaded.
Channel Guide Categorizer
See YouTube's internal guide categories for any region.
What Are Guide Categories?
These are the broad content categories YouTube uses internally to organize channels by region — different from video categories, and rarely documented publicly.
Benefits
- ✓ See YouTube's internal guide categories for any of 10 major regions in one click.
- ✓ Useful for regional SEO research and understanding how YouTube organizes channels by country.
- ✓ Rarely documented publicly — this pulls it straight from the API.
FAQ
What's the difference between guide categories and video categories?
Guide categories are how YouTube internally groups entire channels by region; video categories (like "Music" or "Gaming") are assigned per individual video and are a separate system.
Do categories differ by country?
Yes — that's the point of this tool. Different regions have different assignable guide categories, which this tool lets you compare.
Comment Sentiment Analysis
Pull a video's top comments and see the overall audience mood at a glance.
How This Scoring Works
This runs a lightweight keyword-based scoring pass over the top 50 comments to sort them into positive, negative, and neutral — a quick pulse check, not a substitute for a full NLP model. Use it to spot an obviously happy or upset audience at a glance.
Benefits
- ✓ Get an instant pulse-check on whether a video's audience mood is positive, negative, or mixed.
- ✓ Scans the top 50 comments so you don't have to read through them manually.
- ✓ Spot an unexpectedly upset audience early, before it snowballs.
FAQ
How accurate is the sentiment scoring?
This runs a lightweight keyword-based scoring pass over the top comments — good for a quick pulse check, but it's not a substitute for a full NLP sentiment model.
Does it analyze every comment on the video?
It analyzes the top 50 comments (sorted by relevance), which is usually enough to gauge overall audience mood.
Spam & Keyword Scanner
Scan a video's comments for links, promo codes, and common spam patterns.
Cleaning Up Your Comment Section
Flags comments containing links, repeated promo phrases, or other common spam markers so you can find what to moderate without reading every single comment by hand.
Benefits
- ✓ Automatically flag comments containing links, promo codes, or common spam patterns.
- ✓ Find what needs moderating without reading every single comment by hand.
- ✓ Keep your comment section clean and focused on real audience discussion.
FAQ
Does this remove spam comments automatically?
No — it only flags likely spam for your review. Actually deleting or moderating comments still has to be done in YouTube Studio, since this tool uses a read-only API key.
What counts as "spam" here?
Comments containing links, repeated promotional phrases, or other common spam markers get flagged — it's a helpful filter, not a perfect one.
Top Liked Comments Leaderboard
See a video's comments ranked by likes — find out what your audience agrees with most.
Finding Your Best Comments
Pulls the top 50 comments and ranks them by like count client-side, surfacing the single most-liked reaction to a video — often the best pinned-comment candidate.
Benefits
- ✓ Instantly see a video's comments ranked by like count.
- ✓ Find your best pinned-comment candidate — the single most-liked audience reaction.
- ✓ Great for spotting what your audience agrees with most.
FAQ
How many comments does this rank?
It pulls the top 50 comments and ranks them client-side by like count.
Does comment order match YouTube's own "Top comments" sort?
Not exactly — YouTube's default relevance sort factors in more than just likes, while this tool ranks purely by like count for a clearer leaderboard.
Deep Reply Extractor
Paste a top-level comment ID and pull every reply underneath it.
Where Do I Get a Comment ID?
Run the Comment Extractor or Comment Sentiment tool on a video first — comment IDs aren't visible in the normal YouTube UI, but this site's other comment tools expose them so you can dig into a specific reply thread.
Benefits
- ✓ Pull every single reply underneath a specific top-level comment.
- ✓ See full conversation threads YouTube's UI often collapses or hides behind "view replies".
- ✓ Pairs directly with the Comment Extractor and Sentiment tools above.
FAQ
Where do I get a comment ID to paste in?
Run the Comment Extractor or Comment Sentiment tool on a video first — comment IDs aren't visible in the normal YouTube UI, but this site's other comment tools expose them.
Is there a limit on replies returned?
It returns every reply YouTube's API has for that specific comment thread, not just a first page.
Multi-Channel Activity Dashboard
See a channel's recent uploads, community updates, and other public activity in one feed.
One Feed Instead of Many Tabs
Pulls a channel's public activity feed — uploads, playlist changes, and more — in a single request, useful for tracking multiple creators without visiting each channel page.
Benefits
- ✓ See a channel's recent uploads, community posts, and other public activity in one feed.
- ✓ Track multiple creators without opening a separate tab for each channel.
- ✓ Good building block for a custom "who posted what" dashboard.
FAQ
Does this show private community posts?
No — only activity a channel has made public shows up, exactly like their public channel page.
How far back does the activity feed go?
It returns the most recent activity items YouTube's API surfaces for that channel — it's a recent-activity feed, not a full historical archive.
Upload Notifier
Check a channel's newest upload right now — the building block for a Discord or Telegram alert bot.
Turning This Into a Real Bot
This endpoint returns the latest activity for a channel on demand. A full notifier bot needs a scheduled cron job that calls it periodically, remembers the last video ID it saw in a small state file, and only fires a Discord/Telegram webhook when that ID changes — ask your developer to wire that up if you want it fully automated.
Benefits
- ✓ Instantly check a channel's newest upload without visiting YouTube.
- ✓ The exact building block you need for a Discord or Telegram new-upload alert bot.
- ✓ Zero setup — just paste a channel link or ID and get the latest video back.
FAQ
Does this notify me automatically when a channel uploads?
Not on its own — it checks on demand. For real alerts, a scheduled job needs to call this periodically, remember the last video ID seen, and fire a webhook when it changes.
Can I turn this into a real bot myself?
Yes — the endpoint returns the latest activity for a channel on demand, which is exactly what a cron-based notifier bot needs as its data source.
Regional Trending Category Finder
Fetch YouTube's video category IDs for any country.
Why Category IDs Differ by Region
YouTube enables different category sets in different countries. This is the same category list used to build region-aware SEO tools and filters.
Benefits
- ✓ Fetch YouTube's video category IDs for any of 10 supported countries.
- ✓ Same category list used to build region-aware SEO tools and content filters.
- ✓ Saves digging through YouTube's sparse public documentation.
FAQ
Why do category IDs differ by region?
YouTube enables different category sets in different countries — some categories are region-specific and won't appear everywhere.
What are these category IDs used for?
They're commonly used when tagging videos programmatically, filtering trending content, or building region-specific discovery tools.
YouTube ISO Language Mapper
The full list of language codes YouTube supports, in one click.
Where This Is Used
Useful when setting audio track languages, captions, or localized metadata programmatically — these are the exact codes YouTube's own systems recognize.
Benefits
- ✓ Get the complete, current list of language codes YouTube supports, in one click.
- ✓ Exactly the codes YouTube's own systems recognize for audio tracks and captions.
- ✓ No digging through outdated ISO reference tables.
FAQ
Where would I use these language codes?
Useful when setting audio track languages, captions, or localized video metadata programmatically through YouTube's API.
Does this list change over time?
Occasionally — YouTube adds language support periodically, so this tool always fetches the current live list rather than a static cached one.
YouTube Country/Region Explorer
The full list of ISO country codes YouTube supports, in one click.
Where This Is Used
Handy as a reference when building region selectors for other tools on this site — like the Trending Category Finder and Guide Categorizer above.
Benefits
- ✓ Get the full list of ISO country/region codes YouTube supports, in one click.
- ✓ Handy reference for building region selectors in your own tools.
- ✓ Pairs directly with the Trending Categories and Guide Categorizer tools above.
FAQ
What format are the region codes in?
Standard two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes (like US, PK, IN) — the same format YouTube's API expects for region-specific requests.
Is this list ever updated?
It's fetched live from YouTube each time, so it always reflects the platform's current supported regions.
Channel Playlists Organizer
Fetch every public playlist on a channel in one request.
Auditing a Channel's Playlists
Lists every public playlist a channel has published, with video counts and privacy status — useful for planning a content library or checking what a competitor has organized.
Benefits
- ✓ See every public playlist on a channel — with video counts and privacy status — in one request.
- ✓ Great for planning a content library or auditing what a competitor has organized.
- ✓ No manual scrolling through a channel's playlists tab.
FAQ
Does this show private playlists on a channel?
No — only playlists set to public are visible, matching exactly what any visitor sees on the channel's public playlists tab.
What details are shown per playlist?
Title, thumbnail, video count, and privacy status for each public playlist the channel has published.
Channel Member Access Gatekeeper
Verify whether a signed-in user is a paying channel member — requires the channel owner's permission.
Requires channel-owner sign-in
YouTube's members.list endpoint only returns data when called with an OAuth token belonging to the channel owner (or a moderator) — a plain API key, which every other tool on this page uses, cannot authorize it. Gating web access by membership status means adding a full "Sign in with Google" flow for the channel owner, plus secure token storage. This is a separate feature from the rest of this toolkit — let us know if you'd like it built.
Benefits
- ✓ Verify whether a signed-in user is a paying channel member — once OAuth is wired up.
- ✓ Foundation for gating exclusive content, Discord roles, or perks behind real membership status.
- ✓ Uses YouTube's official members.list endpoint, not a workaround.
FAQ
Why does this need channel-owner sign-in?
YouTube's members.list endpoint only returns data when called with an OAuth token belonging to the channel owner (or a moderator) — a plain API key, which every other tool on this site uses, can't authorize it.
Can I add this to my own site?
Yes, but it needs a full "Sign in with Google" flow for the channel owner plus secure token storage — a separate feature from the rest of this toolkit. Let us know if you'd like it built out.
Membership Tier & Badge Inspector
See a channel's paid membership tiers, pricing levels, and custom badges — requires the channel owner's permission.
Requires channel-owner sign-in
membershipsLevels.list is scoped to the signed-in channel owner's own channel — there's no public way to look up another channel's membership tiers, even with an API key. This tool needs the same OAuth login flow as the Member Access Gatekeeper above before it can return real data.
Benefits
- ✓ See a channel's paid membership tiers, pricing levels, and custom badges — once OAuth is set up.
- ✓ Useful for creators auditing their own membership program setup.
- ✓ Reads real data straight from YouTube's membershipsLevels API.
FAQ
Can I look up another channel's membership tiers?
No — membershipsLevels.list is scoped to the signed-in channel owner's own channel. There's no public way to view another channel's tiers, even with an API key.
What does this need to work?
The same OAuth "Sign in with Google" login flow as the Member Access Gatekeeper tool above, since this is private, owner-only data.
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Comment Extractor
Pull top comments from any YouTube video (sorted by relevance)
Note: Some videos have comments disabled or restricted by the creator — those will show an error, which is expected.
Benefits
FAQ
Why does it say comments are disabled for some videos?
Some creators turn off comments entirely, or restrict them — that's expected YouTube behavior, not an error on this tool's part.
Can I get comment IDs for replies?
Yes — the comment IDs shown here work directly with the Deep Reply Extractor tool.