YouTube videos

See which YouTube Shorts posted in the last two days have the most views so far.

At a glance

What it does: Ranks Shorts Virlo has collected, not all of YouTube. Takes about a second.
You send: Optionally, how many Shorts you want.
You get back: Link, caption, views, likes, comments, hashtags, usually a transcript. No channel name; open the link.
Cost: $0.25 per request, even for 100 Shorts. Errors are free.

GET/v1/youtube/videos/digest

Get top YouTube Shorts

Cost per request:$0.25

Name
limit
Type
integer
Description
How many Shorts: 1 to 100 (default 50; above 100 gives 100). Other settings, even platform, fail.

You send

GET

/v1/youtube/videos/digest

curl -G https://api.virlo.ai/v1/youtube/videos/digest \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d limit=50

You get back

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "72a237ab-30d8-4e8a-8579-b2e746a43d04",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/z3Ao0FH-0fU",
      "type": "youtube",
      "description": "I could NOT see that coming #relatablestories #comedy #funnymemes",
      "publish_date": "2026-09-23T08:25:27",
      "views": 1841170,
      "number_of_likes": 42179,
      "number_of_comments": 634,
      "number_of_shares": null,
      "bookmarks": 0,
      "hashtags": ["#storytelling", "#shorts", "#relatablestories", "#comedy", "#funnymemes"],
      "thumbnail_url": "https://auth.virlo.ai/storage/v1/object/public/thumbnails/99306a7d461bd83fab98a3154f19faab1145f0b385e69210af6f33567af38ee7.jpg",
      "duration": 13,
      "external_id": "z3Ao0FH-0fU",
      "author_id": "d28e53d4-9ff1-482f-9dfa-0544ea34e7ad",
      "niche": "unknown",
      "region": null,
      "upload_region": "US",
      "upload_region_source": "youtube_channel_country",
      "transcript_raw": "There's a clip in the Cars movie where Sally splashes mud on Lightning McQueen.",
      "is_eligible_for_commission": null,
      "is_duet": null,
      "is_stitch": null,
      "sound": {
        "id": "36d69972-708a-4e5e-893f-c1143757abf2",
        "title": "Original Sound",
        "duration": null,
        "platform": "youtube",
        "cover_url": "c01121a411aca7f631d30acf872b53ebf262e9ff7524eb6bac1e535693fa68db.jpg",
        "is_original": true,
        "usage_count": null,
        "owner_handle": "tyler.vitelli",
        "owner_nickname": "@tyler.vitelli",
        "is_commerce_music": null
      }
    }
  ]
}

0 likes or comments can mean "not reported", even on hit Shorts. Shares and saves (bookmarks) aren't reported. Hashtags usually keep the #, unlike other platforms.

What each field means