This is the current list of YouTube video category IDs:
| 1 | Film & Animation |
| 2 | Autos & Vehicles |
| 10 | Music |
| 15 | Pets & Animals |
| 17 | Sports |
| 18 | Short Movies |
| 19 | Travel & Events |
| 20 | Gaming |
| 21 | Videoblogging |
| 22 | People & Blogs |
| 23 | Comedy |
| 24 | Entertainment |
| 25 | News & Politics |
| 26 | Howto & Style |
| 27 | Education |
| 28 | Science & Technology |
| 29 | Nonprofits & Activism |
| 30 | Movies |
| 31 | Anime/Animation |
| 32 | Action/Adventure |
| 33 | Classics |
| 34 | Comedy |
| 35 | Documentary |
| 36 | Drama |
| 37 | Family |
| 38 | Foreign |
| 39 | Horror |
| 40 | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| 41 | Thriller |
| 42 | Shorts |
| 43 | Shows |
| 44 | Trailers |
How to retrieve YouTube video category IDs?
- Source: To get YouTube video category IDs, run an API request to the YouTube Data API, with a request URL of
https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videoCategories?part=snippet®ionCode=US. Substitute in theregionCodeof interest. - Documentation: https://developers.google.com/youtube/v3/docs/videoCategories/list
Hello Ana,
Nice blog!
Is it possible to get the list of YouTube channels for a specific Category ID?
For instance, Gaming, 20, I need the list of all channels. Is it possible?
I don't think you can do this because this list categorizes videos, not channels. You could make a request like
https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search?part=snippet&type=video&maxResults=25&videoCategoryId=20but that would just return all the videos with a gaming category, not the channels. There used to be a categoryId for channels, too, but this page says it's been deprecated.I am not sure why but category 27 which I want is alone not working. Does anybody know why?
It could be related to the region, as not all regions have all categories available. However I tested category 27 (Education) for a few regions, and it was available in all of them. Which region are you fetching data for?
Hello sir,
My YouTube channel is related to skincare and beauty
Can you please tell me what category I choose for my channel.
Waiting for your reply
I would select 26: Howto & Style for your category.
Why there are 2 comedy categories in the list with different id?
Hi Sid, great question. One is "assignable", while one is not:
ID 23: "Comedy" — for user-uploaded assignable videos
ID 34: "Comedy" — for non-user-uploaded categories (e.g., internal content like movies, shows, or legacy formats)