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YouTube Trends API MCP Server

ai.trendsapi/youtube
answering

YouTube Trends API is answering right now. Last checked 7 min ago. Last commit 3 Aug 2026.

YouTube search volume and trending videos over time. Free key at trendsapi.ai

Uptime history 26 hours of history
26 hours agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
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Tools
hidden behind auth
492 ms
Response time
average over 24h
0
Stars
last commit 3 Aug 2026

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 7 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add youtube --transport http https://youtube.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube": {
      "url": "https://youtube.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.youtube]
url = "https://youtube.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube": {
      "url": "https://youtube.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube": {
      "url": "https://youtube.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://youtube.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp streamable-http answering 548 ms 7 min ago

YouTube Trends API — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Is YouTube Trends API working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 492 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect YouTube Trends API?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does YouTube Trends API need an API key?
No. YouTube Trends API completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is YouTube Trends API?
It answers our handshake in 492 ms on average, which is faster than 24% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
Is YouTube Trends API open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.