Playboard vs Social Blade (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Social Blade grades higher than Playboard: 2.8 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Social Blade grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Playboard
YouTube channel rankings, Super Chat stats and channel reports
Social Blade
Daily follower and view statistics for YouTube and four other networks
Which one is for you
Pick Playboard if
- Fits if you're a marketer or agency looking for YouTube channels to work with
- Works for following which channels and live streams are growing in one country
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if your channel is small: ranking needs 1,000 subscribers and 1 million views, video data 23,000 or 10 million
- Tight if you're staying free, with ads and only a few reports a day
- Watch out: even unlimited history only goes back to August 5, 2019
- Watch out: refunds may be partial or refused once you've used the service after paying
- Not for you if you want an API on a plan, as it's a separate service arranged by email
Pick Social Blade if
- Fits if you check your own and rivals' daily subscriber and view counts
- Works for agencies shortlisting creators by country and category across five networks
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want keyword research or help with titles and tags, as it only reports numbers
- Watch out: a profile's history starts when Social Blade first added it, and YouTube history stops at three years
- Tight if you're staying free, with ads, 5 favorites per platform and only a short window of daily data
- Watch out: plans are listed billed yearly, and no monthly price was in the page text on record
- Pricey if you need the API, as credits are bought separately and the included ones don't roll over
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAPlayboardFair | 2.8GPASocial BladeGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CBasic is $29 a month for one user, billed monthly, above this category's dearer quarter of $24.92 but short of its dearest tenth at $49.99. Standard is $99 for 2 users and Business+ $199 for 5. | ABronze is $59.99 a year, $5 a month, well under the $7.20 that's 60% of this category's cheaper quarter. Daily charts need Silver at $149.99 a year ($12.50 a month), just above that quarter's $12. |
| Free plan and trial | BFree with ads: charts up to 200 entries, 40 search results, and 5 basic channel, 3 advanced channel and 3 video reports a day. You could live on that for browsing charts. | BFree with ads: profile stats, live counts, projections, top lists of 100 and 5 favorites per platform. You could live on that for checking channels, but daily table data only covers a short window. |
| Features | CCharts by country and topic, a search of 25.8 million channels, channel and video reports and Super Chat totals. It does rankings fully, but that's a smaller job, with no keyword research or upload help on record. | CDaily stats for about 171 million creators on five networks, top lists, a favorites dashboard, PDF report cards and an API. It does tracking fully, but that's a smaller job than this category's, and report cards cover YouTube only. |
| Ease of use | BNo rating on record. Open a chart or search for a channel and the numbers are there, with nothing to connect. | BNo rating on record. You type a channel name and the numbers are there, with nothing to connect or set up first. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only. Automated access needs a separate API service arranged by email, and no integrations are on record. | CWeb only, with no app or extension. The Business API is the one way to connect it to anything, and its credits are bought separately beyond the 5 to 50 a month on Silver and up. |
| Best for | YouTube channel rankings by country | checking any creator's daily numbers |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Playboard and Social Blade. How we grade
Price against what you get
Playboard starts at $29 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Social Blade starts at $5 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Social Blade starts $24 a month lower. Of the other YouTube SEO tools on the chart, 1 scores higher than Playboard for less, and none scores higher than Social Blade for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Playboard also covers youTube SEO.
At a glance
| Playboard | Social Blade | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $29 per month, billed monthly | $59.99 per year, billed annually ($5.00 a month) |
| Free plan | 1 user, charts up to 200 entries, 40 search results, 5 basic channel reports, 3 advanced channel reports and 3 video reports a day, with ads. | Free account: profile statistics with ads, live counts, future projections, 5 favorites per platform, top lists of 100 and a short window of daily table data. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | DIFF., Inc. | Social Blade, LLC |
| Price read from | playboard.co | web.archive.org (not the vendor's own page) |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Playboard
- Only channels with 1,000 subscribers and 1 million total views are ranked; video data needs 23,000 subscribers or 10 million views.
- The free plan shows ads and allows only a few reports a day; even unlimited history reaches back only to August 5, 2019.
- Plans renew monthly by card, and a refund may be partial or refused once the service has been used after payment.
- Automated access to the data needs Playboard's separate API service, arranged by email; custom plans are also by request.
Social Blade
- Paid plans are shown billed yearly; the monthly-billing prices were not in the page text read.
- Data begins only when a profile was first added to Social Blade, and YouTube history stops at three years.
- Report cards cover YouTube channels only.
- Business API credits are bought separately; Silver and above include 5 to 50 a month, which are used first and do not roll over.
Key features
Playboard
- YouTube charts
- Rankings of channels, videos, Shorts, live streams and artists by country and topic, for most popular, subscribed, viewed, Super Chatted, growth and decline.
- Channel search
- Search 25.8 million channels worldwide with filters; the free plan shows 40 results and paid plans 100 to 5,000.
- Channel analysis reports
- Subscriber and view trends for any ranked channel, plus advanced reports with live viewer and Super Chat trends; history grows with the plan.
- Video analysis reports
- Reports on single videos: 3 a day on the free plan, and 100 to 5,500 a month on paid plans.
- Super Chat and Trending Live
- Super Chat and Super Sticker totals by channel, and a list of trending live streams worldwide updated in real time.
- Export and teams
- Paid plans export chart lists and historical data to Excel, and Standard and above share the plan with a team of 2 to 15 users.
Social Blade
- Daily statistics on five networks
- Tracks daily growth for about 171 million creators across YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, Facebook and Instagram, with live counts and future projections.
- Top lists
- Ranks the most followed or subscribed profiles globally, by country or by category, or by Social Blade's own SB Rank. Paid plans show longer lists.
- Favorites dashboard
- Favorited profiles appear in a sidebar and on a personal dashboard that compares their past month: 5 per platform free, up to 500 on Platinum.
- Historical data and charts
- Free users get a short window of daily figures plus weekly and monthly charts; memberships add longer daily tables, up to a year or more, and daily-level charts.
- YouTube report cards
- Downloadable PDF summaries of a YouTube channel's performance, for sharing with brands or clients. From 1 to 100 a month depending on plan.
- Custom reports and Business API
- Filtered lists of creators that export to Excel, open to anyone, and a paid API for pulling Social Blade data into other systems.
Plans
Playboard
Free$0
Charts, 40 search results and a few reports a day, with 1 year of subscriber trends and 30 days of live and Super Chat trends.
Basic$29
per month for 1 user, billed monthly
150 channel and 100 video analysis reports a month, 100 search results, data export and no ads.
Standard$99
per month for up to 2 users, billed monthly
1,000 channel and 500 video reports a month, charts up to 500 entries, 500 search results and 90 days of live trends.
Business+$199
per month for up to 5 users, billed monthly
2,500 channel and 1,500 video reports a month, 2 years of subscriber and view history, charts up to 2,500 entries.
Enterprise$599
per month for up to 15 users, billed monthly
10,000 channel and 5,500 video reports a month, unlimited history and charts up to 5,000 entries. For agencies and MCNs.
Social Blade
Free (Logged In)$0
Profile statistics with ads, 5 favorites per platform and top lists of 100.
Bronze$59.99
per year, billed annually ($5.00 a month)
No ads, 15 favorites per platform, top 250 lists, 1 YouTube report card a month and up to 30 days of table data.
Silver$149.99
per year, billed annually ($12.50 a month)
25 favorites, top 500 lists, 10 report cards a month, 60 days of table data, weekly and daily charts, and 5 Business API credits a month.
Gold$599.99
per year, billed annually ($50.00 a month)
100 favorites, top 1,000 lists, 50 report cards a month, 180 days of table data and 20 Business API credits a month.
Platinum$1,439.99
per year, billed annually ($120.00 a month)
500 favorites, top 5,000 lists, 100 report cards a month, 365 days of table data and 50 Business API credits a month.
Ways to pay less
Playboard
No public discounts listed.
Social Blade
- Annual discount
Save up to 20% with yearly billing
Social Blade's plan page lists a 17% saving on Bronze, Silver and Gold and 20% on Platinum when billed yearly instead of monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Playboard or Social Blade?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Social Blade is cheaper to start with: $5 a month when paid by the year, against $29 a month for Playboard. Playboard starts at $29 per month, billed monthly, and Social Blade starts at $59.99 per year, billed annually ($5.00 a month).
Which has a free plan, Playboard or Social Blade?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both Playboard and Social Blade have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.