Comparison

Best Social Blade alternatives for YouTube stats

Social Blade is the classic place to check a channel’s numbers, and it covers several platforms. If you work on YouTube and want to know not just how big a channel is but which of its videos broke out — and why — you need more than a stats page.

The short answer

Stay with Social Blade if you track TikTok, Instagram or Twitch too, or need years of daily history.
Choose TubeGrade for YouTube: free channel pages with growth history and similar channels, weekly rankings, and outlier scores on every video — Pro from $1 for the first month, then $12 a month billed yearly.
Choose vidIQ if you also want search-volume numbers for your own uploads.

TubeGrade Pro pricing

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first month of Pro

For new subscribers on monthly Pro. Then $15/month, cancel anytime.

$12

a month, billed yearly

$144 a year — 2 months free compared with monthly.

Free plan, no card: 100 AI credits, 10 live searches a month, 11 free tools without signup.

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Pick by what you need

You want to…	Best pick
Check a channel’s subscribers and growth	TubeGrade or Social Blade (both free)
See which of a channel’s videos broke out	TubeGrade
Fastest-growing channels this week	TubeGrade rankings
Stats for TikTok, Instagram or Twitch	Social Blade
Years of daily history	Social Blade (paid)
Keyword research	TubeGrade Keyword Map — or vidIQ for search-volume numbers

Social Blade vs the alternatives, side by side

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Features and prices of TubeGrade, Social Blade, vidIQ, ViewStats, checked October 2026
Feature	TubeGrade	Social Blade	vidIQ	ViewStats
Free channel stats page	Yes, no signup	Yes	Yes	Yes
Growth history	Since we started tracking	Up to 3+ years (paid)	Selectable ranges	Yes
Outlier score per video	Yes	—	Yes	Viral insights
Weekly rankings	Fastest-growing, breakout, most-subscribed	Top lists	Top 100	—
Similar channels	Yes	Yes	—	—
Platforms	YouTube	YouTube + others	YouTube	YouTube
Cheapest paid plan	$1 first month, then $15/mo or $12/mo yearly	$5/mo, billed yearly	$19/mo or ~$16.58/mo yearly	Depends on region

“—” means we didn’t find it on that product’s own pricing or feature pages. Prices last checked October 2026 — each tool’s section below links to its pricing page.

Every channel’s full growth history, free

Every channel TubeGrade tracks gets a free page that keeps its whole history from the day we started tracking it — every reading, the milestones it crossed and when it should reach the next one. Cine Fandom, a #1 breakout channel worldwide, shows its climb from 45,200 to 130,000 subscribers reading by reading.

Search any channel by name or @handle; no account needed.

TubeGrade channel page for Cine Fandom: 130K subscribers, total views, earnings estimate and #1 breakout badge

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The alternatives, one by one

TubeGrade

Our product

Finding videos and formats that beat their channel’s average — on the web, inside YouTube and in your AI assistant.

Price: $1 first month, then $15/month — or $12/month billed yearly ($144)
Free plan: 100 AI credits once, 10 live searches a month, 11 free tools and every channel page without signup

Strengths

Outlier score on every video: views divided by the channel’s usual views
Free channel pages with growth history, milestones and similar channels
Weekly YouTube rankings: fastest-growing, breakout and most-subscribed channels
Title and thumbnail formats that are winning, detected every week
Keyword Map: branch any keyword into the searches people really type on YouTube
Chrome extension shows subscriber count, country and outlier scores right on YouTube
MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor — on the Free plan too

Limits

YouTube only — no TikTok or Instagram stats
Keyword Map shows real YouTube searches, not search-volume numbers
No thumbnail A/B testing or bulk editing of your own videos
Channel history starts when we began tracking a channel, so it is shorter than older sites

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Social Blade

Quick public stats and live counts across YouTube and other platforms.

Price: Bronze $59.99/year ($5/month) up to Platinum $1,439.99/year
Free plan: Public stats, future projections, live counts, similar channels and top-100 lists

Strengths

Covers several platforms, not just YouTube
Long history: up to 3+ years of table data on paid plans
Live counts, top lists and downloadable report cards
Cheap entry plan

Limits

A stats site, not a research tool: no outlier search, title formats or video ideas
No browser extension or MCP listed on its plans page

Social Blade pricing

vidIQ

Keyword research and upload optimization for your own channel.

Price: Boost $19/month, or $199/year (about $16.58/month)
Free plan: 150 AI credits a month with limited ideas, research, outliers and AI Coach

Strengths

Keyword research with demand, competition and rising keywords
AI Coach, plus a plan with 1-on-1 coaching
MCP on every plan, including Free, and an app for ChatGPT
Chrome extension and the best-known brand in YouTube tools

Limits

Boost costs more than TubeGrade’s yearly Pro ($16.58 vs $12 a month)
Outlier research is limited on the free plan

vidIQ pricing

ViewStats

Tracking competitors and studying why videos went viral.

Price: Pro price depends on your region; Business from $249/month
Free plan: Free account available

Strengths

Competitor tracking and real-time comparison with your own channel
Viral-video insights and format discovery
Business plan with unlimited credits for teams

Limits

Pro price isn’t published in one currency — check their site for yours
No MCP listed on its pricing page

ViewStats pricing

How we compared

We read each product’s own pricing and feature pages and quote prices exactly as they show them. Where a site only shows a price in your local currency, we say so instead of converting it. Facts about TubeGrade come from our own product, and any screenshots are ours.

We did not buy paid plans of the other tools, so we compare what they publish, not hands-on tests of their paid features. We re-check every price at least every three months. Spotted something out of date? Email support@tubegrade.com and we’ll fix it.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a free alternative to Social Blade?

Yes. TubeGrade’s channel pages are free and need no account: subscribers, views, growth history, milestones, an earnings estimate and similar channels for every channel it tracks.

How accurate are subscriber counts?

Every site reads the public count YouTube shows, and YouTube rounds counts above 1,000 (for example 1.23M). Numbers can differ slightly between sites depending on when each one last read the channel.

Does TubeGrade estimate earnings like Social Blade?

Yes. TubeGrade estimates monthly ad revenue from the views a channel gained over about the last month, at an RPM range of $0.50 to $5.00 per 1,000 views. Like any outside estimate, it excludes sponsorships and other income.

What does Social Blade do better?

It covers several platforms, keeps up to 3+ years of daily data on paid plans, and has live counts. TubeGrade covers YouTube only.

How much does TubeGrade cost?

TubeGrade has a free plan with no card needed. Pro is $15 a month or $144 a year ($12 a month), and new subscribers pay $1 for their first month of monthly Pro.

More comparisons and tools

TubeGrade vs Social BladeHead-to-head: features and prices side by side.YouTube rankingsFastest-growing and breakout channels, updated weekly.vidIQ alternativesResearch tools vs keyword tools.How we calculate statsWhere every number comes from.

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First month of monthly Pro for new subscribers, then $15/month — or $12/month billed yearly.

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