Get the UC… channel id from any handle, channel URL, or video link — plus the canonical channel URL and RSS feed.
Why you need a channel ID
If you're plugging a channel into the YouTube Data API, an analytics dashboard, an RSS reader, or any automation, the UC… channel ID is what they ask for. Handles are easier to read but they're a UX layer on top of the ID — they can change, they can collide on resolution, and many integrations don't accept them at all.
Where it fits
YouTube has shipped three different channel URL formats over the years (/channel/UC…, /user/…, /c/…, and now /@handle), and they all coexist. This tool normalises whichever one you have into the canonical UC… ID, plus gives you the clean channel URL and RSS feed in one step.
FAQ
UC… is the permanent, canonical identifier YouTube assigns to a channel when it’s created — it never changes. The @handle is a display name a creator can change at any time. APIs, RSS feeds, and most third-party tools want the UC… form because it’s stable.
Yes. Paste any video URL — youtube.com/watch?v=…, youtu.be/…, or a Shorts link — and the tool extracts the channel id of whoever uploaded it. Useful when you only know the video, not the channel.
YouTube exposes a per-channel RSS feed of new uploads at youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UC… Useful for monitoring competitors, plugging channels into Feedly, or driving automation without using the YouTube Data API.
Handles are case-insensitive but must match exactly otherwise. If YouTube returns a 404 for the handle, the channel either doesn’t exist, is private/terminated, or the handle has been changed recently and YouTube’s cache hasn’t caught up.
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