The Social Blade Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Social Blade in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Social Blade
The Insider’s Guide
Daily follower and view statistics for YouTube and four other networks
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among YouTube SEO tools, read from Social Blade’s own pages.
Made by Social Blade, LLC · checked Oct 23, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Social Blade’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Social Blade’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 23, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.8
GPA, above 24 of the 28 other YouTube SEO tools we grade
Social Blade is a statistics site that records daily subscriber, follower and view counts for creators on YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, Facebook and Instagram, and ranks them in top lists by country and category. Anyone can look up a profile for free; paid memberships remove ads and unlock longer history, daily charts, larger top lists and PDF report cards for YouTube channels. A paid Business API sells the same data to companies.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Social Blade, taken from its own pages and our grades.
And a profile's history only starts when Social Blade first added it, with YouTube history stopping at three years.
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Best for checking any creator's daily numbers
It's a statistics site, though, not an SEO tool: there's no keyword research or upload help.
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Paid plans start at $5 a month when paid by the year
As its pricing page puts it: $59.99 per year, billed annually ($5.00 a month).
- 3
There is a 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.
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It runs on Web
Web.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A 2.8 GPA, above 24 of 28
That is against the other YouTube SEO tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
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Your call
You could make the core of Social Blade for yourself: reports.
Social Blade at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $59.99 per year, billed annually ($5.00 a month)
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Social Blade, LLC
- Category
- YouTube SEO Tools
- Our grade
- 2.8 GPA, good
The report card
Best for checking any creator's daily numbers
Social Blade records daily subscriber, follower and view counts on YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, Facebook and Instagram, and anyone can look a profile up for free. It's a statistics site, though, not an SEO tool: there's no keyword research or upload help. And a profile's history only starts when Social Blade first added it, with YouTube history stopping at three years.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | A | Bronze 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 | B | Free 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 | C | Daily 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 | B | No rating on record. You type a channel name and the numbers are there, with nothing to connect or set up first. |
| Platforms and integrations | C | Web 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. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Social Blade is for
- 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
Who it is not for
- 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
Good to know
Good for
- Creators checking their own and rivals' daily subscriber and view numbers
- Brands and agencies shortlisting creators by country and category
- Agencies sending clients a monthly report card for a YouTube channel
Worth knowing
- 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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$5
A month to start, paid by the year. There is a free plan too
Social Blade has a free plan. Paid plans start at $59.99 per year, billed annually ($5.00 a month).
You could live on that for checking channels, but daily table data only covers a short window.
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.
The 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.
Read from web.archive.org on Oct 23, 2026, where its own pages could not be read.
Ways to pay less
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.
Stated on socialblade.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
Daily follower and view statistics for YouTube and four other networks. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, reports.
It does tracking fully, but that's a smaller job than this category's, and report cards cover YouTube only.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- YouTube
- TikTok
- Twitch
Social Blade is made by Social Blade, LLC.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
24/28
Other YouTube SEO tools it is graded above
Social Blade's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 24 of the 28 other YouTube SEO tools we grade, and level with 2.
It stands best on value for money (A, above 22 of 28) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $5 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $17.79 for the category: 2 of the 23 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 29 YouTube SEO tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Social Blade’s own letter is outlined.
- AValue for moneyAbove 22 of 28
- BFree plan and trialAbove 23 of 28
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 28
- BEase of useAbove 21 of 28
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 1 of 28
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 26 YouTube SEO tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Social Blade is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Your call
You could make the core of Social Blade for yourself: reports.
What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. It costs $59.99 a year.
What you could make
- Reports: an app builder makes this well.
- It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too.
What you could not
- It plugs into other products, YouTube, TikTok and Twitch among them, and has an API.
- Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations.
What this rests on. Social Blade’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Playboard, Viewstats, vidIQ, TubeBuddy and 1of10
The 5 tools Social Blade is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.4GPA
Playboard
Free plan · from $29/mo
YouTube channel rankings, Super Chat stats and channel reports.
- Playboard also covers youTube SEO.
- 2.4GPA
Viewstats
Free plan · from $49.99/mo
YouTube channel statistics, outlier videos and thumbnail research.
- Only Viewstats lists an iOS app.
- Only Viewstats lists a browser extension.
- Social Blade also covers reports.
- 2.8GPA
vidIQ
Free plan · from $16.58/mo
YouTube keyword research, video ideas and AI coaching for creators.
- Only vidIQ lists iOS and Android apps.
- Only vidIQ lists a browser extension.
- Social Blade also covers reports.
- 2.0GPA
TubeBuddy
Free plan
YouTube browser extension for keyword research, SEO and A/B tests.
- Only TubeBuddy lists iOS and Android apps.
- Only TubeBuddy lists a browser extension.
- Social Blade also covers reports.
- 2.4GPA
1of10
Free plan · from $15/mo
YouTube outlier finder with AI thumbnails, titles and video ideas.
- Only 1of10 lists a browser extension.
- Social Blade also covers reports.
- 1of10 also covers video editing, image generation and youTube SEO.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
14
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Social Blade free?
Social Blade has a 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.
How much does Social Blade cost?
Social Blade lists 5 plans. Free (Logged In): $0.
What platforms does Social Blade work on?
Social Blade is available on Web.
Does Social Blade offer any discounts?
Social Blade publicly lists the following: Save up to 20% with yearly billing.
Does Social Blade have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Social Blade is listed for Web.
Does Social Blade have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Social Blade is listed for Web.
Is Social Blade open source?
Social Blade is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Does Social Blade have an API?
Yes. Social Blade offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Social Blade integrate with?
Social Blade's listing names YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, Facebook and Instagram.
Who makes Social Blade?
Social Blade is made by Social Blade, LLC.
What are the alternatives to Social Blade?
The closest alternatives to Social Blade in our directory are Playboard, Viewstats, vidIQ, TubeBuddy and 1of10.
How does Social Blade compare with other YouTube SEO tools?
Social Blade's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 24 of the 28 other YouTube SEO tools we grade, and level with 2.
Is Social Blade good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Social Blade A for value for money. Its paid plans start at $5 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $17.79 for the category: 2 of the 23 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Social Blade?
You could make the core of Social Blade for yourself: reports. What you would give up is listed below.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Social Blade’s own pages on Oct 23, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 23, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from archived copies of Social Blade's own pages on 23 October 2026. Its live pricing page turned our reader away when we checked it. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Social Blade, LLC. Prices change, so check socialblade.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Social Blade, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/social-blade
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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