Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 2026.

No account, no login

You do not need to create an account or log in to use this tool. We do not collect your name, email address, or any other identifying information when you run a check.

What we look up

When you paste a YouTube channel URL or handle, we send it to our backend, which reads the corresponding public YouTube channel page. The channel identifier you entered and the resulting public data (subscriber count, membership signal, etc.) may be cached on our infrastructure for up to 24 hours so that repeated lookups of the same channel don't require a fresh request every time. This cache is keyed by the channel, not by you — we do not log or store which visitor looked up which channel.

Cookies

We only set cookies if you accept the cookie consent banner, and only for aggregate analytics or advertising — never to identify you personally. If you decline, or before you choose, no such cookies are set: Google Analytics still receives an anonymous, cookieless signal that a page was viewed, with no identifier that could be tied back to you across visits.

Advertising and Google AdSense

We may use Google AdSense and other third-party advertising services to display ads on this website. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve personalized ads based on users' visits to sites on the Internet.

You can opt out of personalized advertising at Google Ads Settings. We may also use cookies and similar identifiers for ad measurement and frequency control. Advertising cookies are only set after you accept the cookie consent banner above.

Third parties

Our backend queries YouTube's own public channel pages to produce results. We do not sell data about your usage; the only third parties that receive it are the analytics and advertising services described above.

Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent to contact@ytbench.com.