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YouTube Channel ID Finder
Resolve any YouTube handle, custom URL or channel page into the exact underlying channel ID used by YouTube's APIs.
Example result
@examplechannel
Channel ID
UC1234567890abcdefghijklmnop
How this works
A channel's public URL and its internal YouTube ID are different identifiers. The lookup first resolves the handle or custom URL to the canonical channel record, then returns the stable ID used in the YouTube Data API.
This is the reference tool for the rest of the suite: it validates the input, reads the public channel metadata, and caches the result so repeated lookups do not burn unnecessary Data API quota.
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