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Retrieving popular videos
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Retrieving popular videos
Find out how to get a list of the most popular videos on YouTube, optionally filtered by category or region.
Request examples
Use the GET /popularVideos
endpoint to retrieve a list of the most popular videos on YouTube. The endpoint returns a list of videos sorted by popularity, with the most popular videos appearing first.
Response example
{
"totalResults": 109,
"resultsPerPage": 1,
"nextPageToken": "CAEQAA",
"data": [
{
"id": "jbGCow_lWVI",
"publishedAt": "2024-09-30T19:45:01Z",
"channelId": "UCzXwjTI6c6mVn6oui_p6oiw",
"title": "I Regret Playing This Game",
"description": "Liar's Bar is a game alright\n\nUse code S7 on Gamer Supps for 10% OFF your order\nGet my GamerSupps flavor, GOOD here!: https://gamersupps.gg/s7\n\nCheck out my other channels!\nSecond Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SMii7Yplus\nStream VODs: https://www.youtube.com/c/SMii7Yminus\n\nFollow my social medias and stream!\n🔴 Stream - http://www.twitch.tv/smii7y\n🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/SMii7Y\n📷 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/smii7y/\n📱 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thesmii7y\n👕 Merch - https://smii7y.store/\n\nFriends in the video:\n@Yumi \n@soup \n@BlargMyShnoople \n\n🎵 Music by:\nhttp://www.epidemicsound.com/\nhttp://www.premiumbeat.com/\nhttp://audiojungle.net/\nincompetech.com \nLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/\nhttps://99sounds.org/\n\nOutro Music Created by: https://www.youtube.com/@UCzUzppA619_K_OTLCeJ7DYw",
"thumbnails": {
"default": {
"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jbGCow_lWVI/default.jpg",
"width": 120,
"height": 90
},
"medium": {
"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jbGCow_lWVI/mqdefault.jpg",
"width": 320,
"height": 180
},
"high": {
"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jbGCow_lWVI/hqdefault.jpg",
"width": 480,
"height": 360
},
"standard": {
"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jbGCow_lWVI/sddefault.jpg",
"width": 640,
"height": 480
},
"maxres": {
"url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jbGCow_lWVI/maxresdefault.jpg",
"width": 1280,
"height": 720
}
},
"channelTitle": "SMii7Y",
"tags": [
"mii7y",
"smii7yplus",
"smii7y+",
"smii7y plus",
"liars bar",
"liar's bar",
"liar's bar game",
"liar's bar gameplay",
"liar's bar roulette",
"liar's bar dice game"
],
"categoryId": "20",
"viewCount": "1305665",
"likeCount": "83406",
"commentCount": "2536",
"topicCategories": [
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action-adventure_game",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_game",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-playing_video_game",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_culture"
],
"uploadStatus": "processed",
"privacyStatus": "public",
"license": "youtube",
"embeddable": true,
"publicStatsViewable": true,
"madeForKids": false,
"hasPaidProductPlacement": false,
"categoryTitle": "Gaming",
"duration": "PT27M58S",
"parsedDuration": 1678,
"captionsUrl": "https://api.poix.io/captions/jbGCow_lWVI",
"videoFileUrl": "https://api.poix.io/files/video/jbGCow_lWVI",
"audioFileUrl": "https://api.poix.io/files/audio/jbGCow_lWVI"
}
]
}
The result is similar to what you would see on the YouTube website in the “Trending” section. Get more details about all props available in the Get popular videos object.
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