YouTube Channel ID Finder
Get the permanent ID of any YouTube channel. Paste a channel link, an @handle, or a link to one of its videos, and see the ID that starts with UC, plus the channel's name, handle and creation date. No login needed.
Find a channel ID
Paste a link or @handle to see the channel's ID, its ID-based URL and its RSS feed.
What is a YouTube channel ID?
A channel ID is the code YouTube gives every channel, and it never changes. It is 24 characters long, starts with UC, and ends the channel's ID-based URL, like youtube.com/channel/UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ.
YouTube's own page on channel URLs calls the ID-based link the standard URL every channel has, built on the channel's unique ID. The other addresses are personal ones: the @handle, old custom URLs and legacy usernames. Those are for people to type. The ID is for anything that has to point at one channel and never drift.
Channel ID vs handle vs channel name
Three labels point at the same channel, and only one of them is fixed. Here is how they differ.
| Label | Looks like | Can it change? |
|---|---|---|
| Channel ID | UC + 22 characters | No. It stays with the channel for life. |
| Handle | @name | Yes. The owner can change it, and YouTube can reclaim it. |
| Channel name | Any display name | Yes. The owner can rename the channel at any time. |
| Custom URL | /c/name | No new ones. Old ones still work. |
| Legacy username | /user/name | No. Old channels keep theirs. |
YouTube's handle rules say each channel gets one handle and that YouTube can change, reclaim or remove a handle at any time. New custom URLs can no longer be set up. So when you record a channel for good, record the ID.
How do you find your own channel ID?
Open Advanced settings. Sign in to YouTube, select your profile picture in the top right, choose Settings, then Advanced settings in the left menu. Your user ID and channel ID are listed there.
Those steps come from YouTube's page on finding your user and channel IDs, and they work on a computer or in a phone's browser. One catch: you must be signed in as the channel's primary owner to see them. If you are a manager or editor, paste the channel link into the tool above instead. YouTube Studio shows the ID too, in the address bar right after /channel/.
How do you find someone else's channel ID?
Paste their channel link, their @handle, or a link to any of their videos into the tool above. You get the ID in a few seconds, with no login and no API key.
To do it by hand on a computer, open the channel page, view the page source, and search for "channel/UC". The first match is the canonical link, and the 24 characters after /channel/ are the ID. From a video, the tool reads the uploader's ID off the watch page, which is the fastest way to trace a clip back to its channel.
Why buyers check the channel ID before they pay
The ID ties a deal to one exact channel. A name and a handle are labels the owner can edit in a minute, so they cannot prove which channel a listing is selling. The ID can.
The check takes a minute. Run the listing's link through this finder and write the ID down. When the seller shares YouTube Studio, the same ID sits in the address bar after /channel/. Match the two, then confirm the numbers with our guide to checking whether a channel is monetized. Put the ID in the written deal too, so the record names the channel itself.
Buying from a store skips the detective work. Every MonetizedNow channel comes with full credentials within 24 hours, a 7-day money-back guarantee and a 30-day account guarantee, and you can run its ID through this tool the moment it is yours.
The ID proves which channel. Monetization is what pays.
See how far a channel is from the Partner Program bar, or start with a channel that is already inside it.
Disclosure: MonetizedNow sells aged and monetized YouTube channels. The finder works the same on any public channel, ours or not.