Social Blade vs Viewstats (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Social Blade grades higher than Viewstats: 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. Viewstats grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan, features and ease of use.
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
Viewstats
YouTube channel statistics, outlier videos and thumbnail research
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 Viewstats if
- Fits if you want any channel's growth and estimated revenue without paying
- Works for creators studying which videos break out in their niche, if $49.99 a month is in the budget
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you want the research tools, as Outliers, Thumbnail Search, Competitors and Alerts all need Pro
- Not for you if a team shares the account, as Pro is for one person and members can't be added
- Skip it if you're on Android, as the app is on the App Store only
- Skip it if you want keyword research or tag help, as none is on record
- Watch out: the pricing page fills Pro's price in by script; the $49.99 comes from the help center
How we grade them
| 2.8GPASocial BladeGood | 2.4GPAViewstatsFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | DPro is $49.99 a month with no yearly price on record, in this category's dearest tenth, which starts at $49.99, and more than twice its $19 middle. Business starts at $249 a month and is sold after a call. |
| 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. | BFree site and account: channel and video stats, projections, similar channels, comparisons and top lists, with no caps stated. You could live on that for looking channels up; the research tools are Pro. |
| 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. | CChannel and video stats, outliers, thumbnail search, competitor alerts and saved collections. It covers research on other channels, but the listing shows no keyword research or help with titles and tags. |
| 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. | BNo rating on record. Type a channel name and its numbers are there, with nothing to connect first. |
| 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, a Chrome extension and an iPhone app, with a Discord and a Business API. No Android or desktop app. |
| Best for | checking any creator's daily numbers | free channel stats and outlier research |
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 Viewstats. How we grade
Price against what you get
Social Blade starts at $5 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Viewstats starts at $49.99 a month and scores 2.7.
Viewstats scores higher, and starts $44.99 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other YouTube SEO tools on the chart, none scores higher than Social Blade for less, and 1 scores higher than Viewstats 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
- Social Blade also covers reports.
- Viewstats also covers youTube SEO.
At a glance
| Social Blade | Viewstats | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $59.99 per year, billed annually ($5.00 a month) | $49.99 per month |
| 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. | Free site and account: channel statistics, video analysis, projections, similar channels, creator comparisons and top lists by category or country. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Social Blade, LLC | Viewstats |
| Price read from | web.archive.org (not the vendor's own page) | viewstats.zendesk.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 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.
Viewstats
- Pro accounts are for one person; the help center says team members cannot be added to an account.
- Outliers, Thumbnail Search, Competitors, Alerts and Collections all need Pro.
- The help center gives Pro as $49.99 a month, while the pricing page fills its price in by script and showed ₹2,111.84 a month when read from India.
- The mobile app is on the App Store only; no Android app is mentioned.
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.
Viewstats
- Channel and video statistics
- Channelytics shows a channel's subscribers, views, estimated revenue and rank over time; video pages track view velocity and past title or thumbnail changes.
- Outliers
- A Pro tool that finds videos doing far better than their channel usually does, to show which ideas are breaking out in a niche.
- Thumbnail Search
- A Pro tool for searching thumbnails from top channels to see which styles get clicks in a niche.
- Competitors and Alerts
- Follow chosen channels and get alerts on view milestones, sudden engagement jumps and new trends, filtered by keyword.
- Collections
- Save videos and thumbnails into boards for research, and preview how your own packaging looks before it goes live.
- Extension and iPhone app
- The Chrome extension adds Viewstats figures to YouTube pages; the iPhone app covers top lists, favorites, channel and video analytics, and a widget.
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.
Viewstats
Free$0
Look up any channel or video, see growth over time and browse top lists.
Pro$49.99
per month
Adds Outliers, Thumbnail Search, Competitors, Alerts and Collections, plus Pro channels on the Viewstats Discord. One person per account.
Business$249
per month and up
For teams and agencies: unlimited credits, volume licenses, creator discovery, advanced analytics and the Business API. Sold after a call.
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.
Viewstats
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Social Blade or Viewstats?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Social Blade is cheaper to start with: $5 a month when paid by the year, against $49.99 a month for Viewstats. Social Blade starts at $59.99 per year, billed annually ($5.00 a month), and Viewstats starts at $49.99 per month.
Which has a free plan, Social Blade or Viewstats?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both Social Blade and Viewstats have a free plan.
Which platforms do Social Blade and Viewstats run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Viewstats lists an iOS app and a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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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.