YouTube Trends API Documentation

GET /api/v1/search?engine=youtube_trends

This API has been deprecated. YouTube discontinued its Trending page in July 2025 and replaced it with the Explore section, which features destination pages for categories like Music, Gaming, News, and more. If you'd like us to add support for any specific Explore destination or category, contact us at support@searchapi.io or via live chat.

The YouTube Trends API provides developers access to the most currently trending videos on YouTube. It enables the extraction of detailed data such as video titles, view counts, channel information, video lengths, published times, and thumbnail URLs.

API Parameters

Filters

Name

bp

Required

Optional

Description
The parameter specifies the category of trending content. All available options:
- now - All trending content. (Default)
- music - Music.
- gaming - Gaming.
- films - Films.

Localization

Name

gl

Required

Optional

Description

The default parameter us defines the country of the search. Check the full list of supported YouTube gl countries.
Name

hl

Required

Optional

Description

The default parameter en defines the interface language of the search. Check the full list of supported YouTube hl languages.

Engine

Name

engine

Required

Required

Description

Parameter defines the engine that will be used to retrieve real-time data. To retrieve YouTube video details, it must be set to youtube_trends.

API key

Name

api_key

Required

Required

Description

The api_key authenticates your requests. Use it as a query parameter (https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY) or in the Authorization header (Bearer YOUR_API_KEY).

Zero Data Retention

Name

zero_retention

Enterprise Only

Enterprise Only

Required

Optional

Description

Set this parameter to true to disable all logging and persistent storage. No request parameters, HTML, or JSON responses are stored or logged. Suitable for high-compliance use cases. Debugging and support may be limited while enabled.

API Examples

GET

https://www.searchapi.org/api/v1/search?bp=music&engine=youtube_trends

Request

import requests

url = "https://www.searchapi.org/api/v1/search"
params = {
  "engine": "youtube_trends",
  "bp": "music"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=params)
print(response.text)

Response

{
  "trending": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "id": "VZIm_2MgdeA",
      "title": "JoJo Siwa - Karma (Official Video)",
      "link": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZIm_2MgdeA",
      "views": 23814708,
      "channel": {
        "id": "UCoWTV6unC8rbshn7-0BF8vw",
        "title": "JoJo Siwa",
        "link": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoWTV6unC8rbshn7-0BF8vw",
        "is_verified": true,
        "thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/nj_aARqnxu9xQpku0XA_cJiLSJZbB6KjfMAargNfhR0tTm4gX0UHL8PBd8qHABkBwYeXyZLXO_Y=s88-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj"
      },
      "length": "3:21",
      "published_time": "12 days ago",
      "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VZIm_2MgdeA/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEcCPYBEIoBSFXyq4qpAw4IARUAAIhCGAFwAcABBg==&rs=AOn4CLDYnwr1FUWQlPdhkMx7Yez1sDvn0g"
    },
    ...
  ]
}

GET

https://www.searchapi.org/api/v1/search?engine=youtube_trends

Request

import requests

url = "https://www.searchapi.org/api/v1/search"
params = {
  "engine": "youtube_trends"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=params)
print(response.text)

Response

{
  "recently_trending": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "id": "xy8aJw1vYHo",
      "title": "Joker: Folie à Deux | Official Teaser Trailer",
      "link": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy8aJw1vYHo",
      "views": 30533260,
      "channel": {
        "id": "UCjmJDM5pRKbUlVIzDYYWb6g",
        "title": "Warner Bros. Pictures",
        "link": "https://www.youtube.com/@WarnerBrosPictures",
        "is_verified": true,
        "thumbnail": "https://yt3.ggpht.com/CoYiDB8ojHTQvSwr9h8clzpcm85wiFaHroW0MaVgTnDEXAIMxhGlzC5Vwo9N3-z3obfVqc_G62I=s68-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj"
      },
      "length": "2:25",
      "published_time": "7 days ago",
      "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xy8aJw1vYHo/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEcCPYBEIoBSFXyq4qpAw4IARUAAIhCGAFwAcABBg==&rs=AOn4CLC7IkFbLI9Oi11isV379m-Ogvgcag"
    },
    ...
  ]
}

GET

https://www.searchapi.org/api/v1/search?engine=youtube_trends

Request

import requests

url = "https://www.searchapi.org/api/v1/search"
params = {
  "engine": "youtube_trends"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=params)
print(response.text)

Response

{
  "shorts": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "id": "ACpIhdFcZ8o",
      "title": "SNAPCHAT WE DONT WANNA SNAP THE GROUPCHAT!!",
      "link": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ACpIhdFcZ8o",
      "views": 691000,
      "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ACpIhdFcZ8o/oar2.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEdCJUDENAFSFWQAgHyq4qpAwwIARUAAIhCcAHAAQY=&rs=AOn4CLCxITRd86p76ha_XawepmpRmOtiMA"
    },
    ...
  ]
}

Featured Artist Videos

GET

https://www.searchapi.org/api/v1/search?engine=youtube_trends

Request

import requests

url = "https://www.searchapi.org/api/v1/search"
params = {
  "engine": "youtube_trends"
}

response = requests.get(url, params=params)
print(response.text)

Response

{
  "featured_artist_videos": [
    {
      "position": 1,
      "id": "ZXz_qbUizSg",
      "title": "Oddly satisfying of card shuffling😮‍💨#shorts #asmr #satisfying #cardshuffle #viral_video #foryou_",
      "link": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXz_qbUizSg",
      "views": 282406,
      "is_short": true,
      "channel": {
        "id": "UCnbrqT13lFTJN9AU9obDGmQ",
        "title": "Silas Noyes",
        "link": "https://www.youtube.com/@silasnoyes1",
        "is_verified": true
      },
      "published_time": "1 month ago",
      "thumbnail": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZXz_qbUizSg/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwE2CPYBEIoBSFXyq4qpAygIARUAAIhCGABwAcABBvABAfgBtgiAAoAPigIMCAAQARhLIFQoZTAP&rs=AOn4CLBaslRbn_tjm1o951MrLk-WdVNyvQ"
    },
    ...
  ]
}