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title: "How to Find a YouTube Channel ID (3 Easy Ways) | Finoraa"
description: "Three ways to find a YouTube channel ID: copy it from the About section, read it from the channel URL, or find it in the page source."
url: https://finoraa.com/guide-find-youtube-channel-id.html
updated: 2026-11-02
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# How to Find a YouTube Channel ID (3 Easy Ways)

Three ways to find a YouTube channel ID: copy it from the About section, read it from the channel URL, or find it in the page source.

By Finoraa · Updated November 2, 2026

## Key takeaways

- A channel ID starts with UC and has 24 characters.
- The quickest way is About, Share channel, Copy channel ID.
- If the channel URL contains /channel/UC…, that part is the ID.
- A handle such as @name is not a channel ID.

## Method 1: copy it from the About section

1. Open the channel in a desktop browser.
2. Select the channel description to open About.
3. Choose Share channel, then Copy channel ID.

## Method 2: read it from the channel URL

Some channel links look like youtube.com/channel/UCxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Everything after /channel/ is the channel ID. Links that use a handle, /c/ or /user/ do not show it.

## Method 3: look in the page source

Open the channel page, press Ctrl+U to view the source and search for channelId. The value that follows starts with UC. This works when the other methods are not available.

## What can you do with a channel ID?

- Follow uploads with an RSS feed: https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=ID
- Build the uploads playlist ID by changing UC at the start of the ID to UU.
- Call the YouTube Data API for channel details.
- Track channels in a spreadsheet without breaking when a name changes.

## Channel ID, handle and custom URL

| Name | Looks like | Can change? |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Channel ID | UC + 22 characters | No |
| Handle | @name | Yes |
| Custom or legacy URL | /c/name or /user/name | Depends |

Try it yourself with the free YouTube Channel ID Finder.

[Open the Channel ID Finder](https://finoraa.com/channel-id-finder.html)

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