YouTube
YouTube handle checker
Check a YouTube @handle, and everything else you'd want with it.
Checked alongside your domain and every other platform.
The rules
- 3 to 30 characters.
- Letters, numbers, full stops, hyphens and underscores.
- Every channel has one, and it's what youtube.com/@yourname resolves to.
How we check it
Google's own YouTube Data API, asked for the channel behind the handle: it comes back with one or with nothing. It's the most dependable check on the list, and the answer is the same wherever the request comes from.
A handle can be held by a channel with no videos and no subscribers. Taken is taken.
Your handle is not your channel name
The display name can be anything and can change freely. The handle is the address, and it's the part worth matching to your other platforms.
Grab it before you launch
Handles are free and instant with a Google account. There's no reason to leave yours to chance while you finish the branding.