How to follow YouTube channels in RSS
Every YouTube channel has a feed. It wants the channel ID, not the handle, and the ID hides in the page source.
Every YouTube channel has a feed. The catch is that it wants the channel’s ID, not its handle, so the @name in the address bar won’t do.
https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCwffSP9kO8pMZVr1UgqvbzwThe ID lives in the page source.
- Open the channel’s page
- Right-click and choose View Page Source
- Search for
channel/UC(Ctrl+F or Cmd+F) - Copy the value that starts with
UC
A video page works the same way. The same search finds the channel behind it.
Playlists have feeds as well. Swap channel_id for playlist_id, and take the ID from the playlist’s address, the part after list=.
https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?playlist_id=PLbC1c1ccGgPCvtkRHchkkjxlrfr1loXC4Feeds follow channels and playlists, not subscriptions.
To follow a channel, paste its address into Discover and Glanced finds the feed. The feed address works in any other reader too.
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