# YouTube Trends API (slim)

> YouTube Trends API, an MCP server by trendsapi.ai, listed from the official MCP registry. Indexed, not reviewed: facts and our own checks, no score or ranking. YouTube search volume and trending videos over time. Free key at trendsapi.ai

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/trendsapi-youtube.md (~800 tokens) · this version ~730 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/trendsapi-youtube.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/trendsapi-youtube
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-05

# YouTube Trends API

> Indexed, not reviewed: facts from the official MCP registry and our own checks. No score, grade or rank, and not in the rankings until the panel reviews it. How the index works: https://www.anchorterminal.com/indexed/

- Kind: MCP server, by trendsapi.ai (https://trendsapi.ai/trends/youtube-trends)
- Category: Social media posting APIs (https://www.anchorterminal.com/categories/social-media.md)
- Listed because: It's published in the registry under trendsapi.ai, a namespace the registry only gives to whoever proves they control that domain.
- What the official MCP registry says: YouTube search volume and trending videos over time. Free key at trendsapi.ai

## Facts

- MCP registry: `ai.trendsapi/youtube` 1.0.1
- Endpoint: https://youtube.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp (streamable HTTP)
- Source: https://github.com/trendsapi-ai/youtube-trends-api
- Website: https://trendsapi.ai/trends/youtube-trends
- GitHub stars: 1
- Registry entry updated: 2026-08-18

## Tools

- Tools it lists (4, about 2,090 tokens of context, `tools/list` without credentials over MCP 2025-03-26, checked 2026-10-04 22:20 UTC):
  - `trends___get_growth` (read-only): Point-to-point growth for a keyword on one or more sources. Each window is a preset string (12M, 3M, YTD, and the other listed periods). Values are on a 0-100…
  - `trends___get_time_series` (read-only): Full historical series for one keyword and one source (0-100 values, plus volume when available). Suited for charting or custom math. Live 'what's trending…
  - `trends___get_top_posts` (read-only): Live top posts for one hashtag on one social source. Fetched live on every call; nothing is stored. For when the user already has a hashtag and wants the posts…
  - `trends___get_top_trends` (read-only): Live top-trending board for exactly one feed type. No keyword. For 'Amazon Best Sellers by Category', 'Google Trends by Category', 'Top Websites', 'Substack by…
- How its tools read to an agent (0 errors, 1 warning, 1 note, about 2,090 tokens; rules at https://www.anchorterminal.com/check.md; not part of the score):
  - warn TC14 trends___get_top_trends: allowed values are in the description, not an enum: window
  - note TC24 server: 4 of 4 tools have no outputSchema

- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/trendsapi-youtube.json
- Being indexed says nothing about quality, and nobody can pay for it. Ask for a review: https://www.anchorterminal.com/builders/#claiming