YouTube Skillbox
Free YouTube research toolkit — search, keywords, competition, rank tracking, SEO scorecard, outliers, content gap, trends. No user-supplied YouTube Data API key required.
Quick Start
pip install youtube-skillbox
ytdata --help
Commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
search <query> |
Search YouTube videos (locale-pinned via --gl/--hl) |
channel <handle> |
List channel uploads / shorts / streams |
latest <handle> |
Most recent uploads |
info <url> |
Full metadata for one video (views, likes, tags, description) |
scorecard <url> |
SEO checklist for a video (title/desc/tags/keyword fit) |
outliers <handle> |
Videos overperforming their channel (views/subs ratio) |
keywords <seed> |
Keyword ideas + relative volume from YouTube suggest |
compete <query> |
Competition score (0–100) from live SERP |
trends <seed> |
Historical trend for a seed keyword |
track <query> --video <url> |
Rank tracking for a video |
gap <seed> --competitor <handle> |
Content gap analysis |
profile <handle> |
Channel About/profile section |
sections <handle> |
Count every tab/section of a channel |
posts <handle> |
Community posts (paginated) |
shows <handle> |
Channel Shows (episode collections) |
home <handle> |
Home tab shelves (featured video, sections, Featured Channels) |
playlist <url> |
List playlist videos |
Common Flags
--json— Emit structured JSON output--limit N— Max results (default 10)--gl XX --hl YY— Pin region + language (default US/en)--full-meta— Enrich results with full metadata (upload_date, live_status, tags, likes, subscribers, categories)
Use Cases
- Keyword research —
ytdata keywords "youtube seo" --json - Competition analysis —
ytdata compete "MrBeast challenge" --json - Video SEO audit —
ytdata scorecard "https://youtu.be/..." --json - Channel research —
ytdata channel "@MrBeast" --limit 20 --full-meta --json - Rank tracking —
ytdata track "youtube seo" --video "https://youtu.be/..." --json - Find outliers —
ytdata outliers "@channel" --json - Content gap —
ytdata gap "my topic" --competitor "@competitor" --json
No API Key Required
All data via yt-dlp + custom YouTube scrapers. Zero credits, no expiry, $0 forever.
License
MIT
1 maintainer
Metadata
1 maintainer
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