YouTube shows a readable @handle, while RSS feeds and many channel-data workflows use the channel ID. Paste a handle and this reads that ID from the channel's public page.
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A handle like @mkbhd, or the full channel URL. Both work, and so does a handle without the @.
The tool reads the channel ID from the public channel page. No signup or authorization from the channel owner is needed for this public lookup.
Use the returned channel ID in API fields or analytics tools that ask for an ID. For a feed reader, copy the ready-made RSS URL below the successful result. The address is generated locally from that ID; Kabo does not fetch the feed or subscribe you.
A channel ID is the unique identifier YouTube APIs use for a channel. Current IDs typically begin with UC, although Google warns that the format could change. The @handle is a separate, unique public identifier that the owner can change within YouTube's limits; the channel name is a third field again. Systems that need a channel ID should store the returned ID instead of assuming the readable handle is interchangeable everywhere.
| Input tested | Returned channel ID | What it establishes |
|---|---|---|
| @YouTube | UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ | The tool returned an ID and displayed Copy ID. |
| https://www.youtube.com/@YouTube | UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ | The channel URL returned the same ID as the handle. |
Kabo production-page observation, September 5, 2026, approximately 15:32–15:35 UTC. Recorded visible results, not a live lookup or an independent identity verification. This checks these two inputs, not every channel or URL format.
The current channels.list method can resolve a handle with forHandle and return the channel resource ID. Other fields still explicitly call for a channel ID, so follow the parameter's documented identifier type rather than swapping the two blindly.
A channel's feed lives at youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UC… — with the ID and nothing else. This is the simplest way to watch a channel's uploads without any API key at all.
A reliable data model keeps the channel ID as the API identifier and treats the handle and channel name as editable profile metadata. That prevents a handle rename from being mistaken for a different channel.
Open the channel, view the page source, and search for externalId — the UC value beside it is the channel's own ID. The catch is that the same page also contains channelId values for recommended channels, so searching for that instead gets you someone else's ID. That distinction is the entire reason this tool exists.
Looking up an ID answers one technical question. Kabo's peer-context cards show the planned direction for broader comparison, but they are previews rather than a live weekly channel monitor.
Paste the channel's handle or URL above. The tool reads the ID off the channel's own public page — specifically the externalId field, which is the page's own channel rather than one of the recommended channels also listed there.
The handle is a unique public identifier beginning with @ and is separate from the channel name. The channel ID is the identifier YouTube's APIs use for the channel and currently usually begins with UC. The Data API can resolve a handle through channels.list(forHandle), but the two fields are not interchangeable everywhere.
Take the channel ID and use youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UC… — that returns the channel's recent uploads as a feed, with no API key and no account.
Yes, indirectly: open the video, click through to the channel, then paste that channel's handle here. The video page itself carries the ID too, but it is mixed in with IDs for the channels YouTube is recommending alongside it.
Yes, with no signup.
Confirm that you entered the intended channel's handle or channel URL, then compare the displayed channel name with that channel. Copy the returned ID into a field that specifically asks for a channel ID, not a handle or video ID. If the tool cannot resolve the input, correct it or follow the error message rather than guessing an ID.
