Social Blade vs Tubular Labs (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Social Blade grades higher than Tubular Labs: 2.8 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Social Blade grades higher on value for money, the free plan and ease of use. Tubular Labs grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on features.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Social Blade
Daily follower and view statistics for YouTube and four other networks
Tubular Labs
Social video analytics for media companies, brands and agencies
Which one is for you
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
Pick Tubular Labs if
- Fits if you're a media company benchmarking social video audiences
- Works for brand teams vetting creators for sponsorships
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you're an individual creator, as it's built for teams
- Watch out: no prices are published and the page lists Flex plans without prices or limits
- Watch out: it's sold by the seat on a quote
- Watch out: nothing is free and no trial is mentioned
How we grade them
| 2.8GPASocial BladeGood | 1.8GPATubular LabsWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | CSeat-based and quoted on request. No price is published, so it can't be set against the category's $24 middle. |
| Free plan and trial | 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. | FNothing free on record: no free plan and no trial. |
| Features | 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. | CA social video database, influencer search, dashboards and an API. It does a wide research job, but it isn't built for an individual creator optimising videos. |
| Ease of use | BNo rating on record. You type a channel name and the numbers are there, with nothing to connect or set up first. | CNo store rating on record. It's a team platform with dashboards to set up around your own accounts. |
| Platforms and integrations | 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. | BWeb only, but it has an API and Viewpoint dashboards for wider teams. |
| Best for | checking any creator's daily numbers | social video audience research for media teams |
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: Social Blade and Tubular Labs. How we grade
Where they differ
- Tubular Labs also covers dashboards.
At a glance
| Social Blade | Tubular Labs | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Paid |
| Starts at | $59.99 per year, billed annually ($5.00 a month) | Not published |
| Free plan | 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. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Social Blade, LLC | Chartbeat, Inc. |
| Price read from | web.archive.org (not the vendor's own page) | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Tubular Labs
- Pricing is seat-based and quoted on request; no prices are published.
- Built for media, brand and agency teams, not for individual creators optimizing videos.
- The pricing page names Flex plans but lists no plan prices or limits.
Key features
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.
Tubular Labs
- Social video database
- A searchable database of videos and creators across YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitch and other platforms, organized by categories and topics.
- Content strategy research
- Used to follow content trends, find whitespace opportunities and track competitors' social video performance.
- Influencer identification
- Helps sponsorship and partnership teams discover creators and check them before a campaign.
- Tubular Viewpoint dashboards
- Dashboards for views, engagement and uploads across platforms, for a team's own channels and competitors'.
- Tubular API
- The site lists a Tubular API among its services for pulling the data into other systems.
Plans
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.
Tubular Labs
Pricing could not be confirmed. See tubularlabs.com.
Ways to pay less
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.
Tubular Labs
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Social Blade or Tubular Labs?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Social Blade starts at $59.99 per year, billed annually ($5.00 a month), and Tubular Labs has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Social Blade or Tubular Labs?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Social Blade has a free plan. Tubular Labs does not.
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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.