About banner.yt

banner.yt provides a free, fast, and open API for accessing YouTube channel banners, profile pictures, and metadata. Our mission is to make YouTube channel data accessible to developers, designers, and content creators.

What We Offer

• Banner API — Download any YouTube channel banner in WebP, AVIF, JPEG, or PNG at any resolution
• Avatar API — Get high-quality channel profile pictures
• Channel Data API — JSON metadata including subscribers, views, description, and links
• Banner Maker — Free tool to create YouTube banners with safe zone guides
• Blog & Guides — Expert content on YouTube branding, banner sizes, and design tips

Our History

The project was originally created as banner.tf by the developers at Modest Labs, the team behind SocialBlade. However, it grew outdated over time. We took over the project from them, rebranded it to banner.yt, and completely rewrote the platform from the ground up to be faster, more reliable, and packed with new features. It is now completely independent.

Our Technology

banner.yt is built on Next.js with a Redis caching layer for instant response times. All images are processed through Sharp for optimal compression, defaulting to WebP format for up to 80% smaller file sizes compared to traditional JPEG.

How It Works

When you request a banner, we fetch it from YouTube's servers, compress it into your chosen format, cache it for 24 hours, and serve it with aggressive caching headers. Subsequent requests for the same banner are served from cache in under 50ms.

Fair Use

banner.yt is free for personal and commercial use. We ask that you respect our rate limits (10 requests per 30 seconds) and don't abuse the service. If you need higher limits, contact us.

Contact

For questions, feature requests, or partnership inquiries, reach out at [email protected].