# YouTube trending videos — what's trending today

> YouTube's trending board by country: the US, UK, India, Japan, Brazil, Germany and more, with views and length.

See what's trending on YouTube right now in any country: top trending videos, music, gaming and movies, with views, length and upload time. Free, no account.

## Overview

Pick a country to see YouTube's trending videos there right now, in YouTube's own order: the title, channel, view count, length and how long ago each video went up. Switch between the Now, Music, Gaming and Movies sections. Twelve markets are one tap away (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, France and Spain), and a link with any other two-letter country code opens that market. Each board is read live from YouTube and refreshed every 30 minutes. Free, no account needed, rate-limited per visitor (20 lookups every 10 minutes). Agents can read the same board through the UnifAPI MCP server, pay as you go.

## What's trending on YouTube right now?

The board above shows YouTube's trending videos for the country you pick, in YouTube's own order, with each video's title, channel, views, length and upload time. It is read live from YouTube and refreshed every 30 minutes.

## How do I see YouTube trending in another country?

Tap one of 12 markets (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, France or Spain), or put any other two-letter country code in the link, such as ?q=NG for Nigeria. You need no VPN and no change to your YouTube location setting.

## Can I see what's trending in music, gaming or movies?

Yes. Switch between YouTube's Now, Music, Gaming and Movies sections above the list. The page link keeps your choice, so you can share that exact board.

## Is YouTube trending free to check here?

Yes. It is free with no login and no account needed, rate-limited per visitor to 20 lookups every 10 minutes. Each board is cached for 30 minutes, so it barely counts against that limit.

## What you can see, and what you can't

You can see:

- Trending videos in 12 one-tap markets, and in any other country by its two-letter code
- YouTube's Now, Music, Gaming and Movies sections
- Title, channel, views, length and upload time for each video
- YouTube's own order

You can't see:

- Trending boards from past days
- Why a video trends, or its watch time
- Length for live streams and premieres (YouTube reports none)

## Use it from an agent (MCP)

Agents run this lookup through the UnifAPI MCP server at `https://mcp.unifapi.com`. Sign in with OAuth when your client prompts (no key to paste); calls spend workspace credits, pay as you go, from 1 credits per run. Setup for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex and other clients: https://unifapi.com/mcp. Docs: https://docs.unifapi.com/mcp.

Once connected, `call_api` runs the operations behind this tool:

- `GET /youtube/trending`

`list_operations` and `get_operation` cover the rest of YouTube. From code, call the same paths on `https://api.unifapi.com` with a workspace key (`Authorization: Bearer $UNIFAPI_API_KEY`); reference: https://unifapi.com/apis/youtube.

## Example output

Sample result for United States:

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| `country` | United States |
| `videos[0].title` | Wanuga Tarugana(ft.Jah-Ben & Java Gee) |
| `videos[0].channel.name` | Jeruu JBK's - Topic |
| `videos[0].views` | 41,165 |
| `videos[1].title` | Returning To Japan \| Official Trailer |
| `videos[1].channel.name` | Kai Cenat Live |
| `videos[1].durationSeconds` | 2:06 |
| `videos[2].title` | Meet Vince and his family! (Brawl Stars Animation) |
| `videos[3].title` | IVE 아이브 'Looks Can Kill' MV |

Sample captured on 2026-10-20; the page runs live.

## Platforms

- youtube

## Powered by

- [YouTube · Browse trending videos](https://unifapi.com/apis/youtube)

## FAQ

### Where does the trending list come from?

Live from YouTube's trending surface for the selected country and section, read through UnifAPI's YouTube data layer. The order is YouTube's own. Each board is cached for 30 minutes, so every visitor sees a current list without a new upstream call each time.

### Which countries are supported?

Twelve are one tap away: the US, UK, Canada, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, France and Spain. Any other market works with its two-letter ISO country code in the link, such as /tools/youtube-trending?q=NG for Nigeria. The UnifAPI YouTube API takes the same codes.

### What are the Now, Music, Gaming and Movies sections?

They are YouTube's own trending sections. Now is the general board; Music, Gaming and Movies narrow it to that category. Pick one above the list, and the page link keeps your choice.

### Is YouTube trending free to check here?

Yes. It is free and real, with no account needed. Because each board is cached, it barely counts against the per-visitor free limit of 20 lookups every 10 minutes. Agents and code read the same board through the UnifAPI MCP server or the YouTube API, pay as you go.

### Why do some videos show no view count or length?

YouTube reports no length for live streams and premieres, and sometimes leaves out the view count. We show what YouTube provides and never estimate a number.

## Go deeper

- [YouTube video analyzer](https://unifapi.com/tools/youtube-video-analyzer) — Views, likes, like rate and tags for any video on the board.
- [X trends now](https://unifapi.com/tools/x-trends) — What's trending on X right now, by country.
- [TikTok trending topics](https://unifapi.com/tools/tiktok-trending) — The same live-pulse check for TikTok's recommendation feed.
- [Trend & content discovery](https://unifapi.com/solutions/trend-discovery) — Correlate YouTube trends with X, TikTok and Reddit from one workspace.

## Links

- HTML: https://unifapi.com/tools/youtube-trending
- Tools index: https://unifapi.com/tools.md
- Skills index: https://unifapi.com/skills.md
- Pricing: https://unifapi.com/pricing.md