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    Comparison

    TubeGrade vs Social Blade: stats that tell you what to do next

    Social Blade is where many people check a channel’s numbers. TubeGrade gives you the numbers too — free, no account — and then shows which of that channel’s videos broke out and why.

    Quick verdict

    TubeGrade is built for…

    YouTube research: channel stats plus outlier scores on every video, similar channels, weekly rankings and the formats that win.

    Social Blade is built for…

    Public stats and rankings across YouTube and other platforms, with long history on paid plans.

    • Choose TubeGrade if you work on YouTube and want to act on the numbers — Pro from $1 for the first month, then $12 a month billed yearly.
    • Choose Social Blade for TikTok, Instagram or Twitch stats, or years of daily history.

    TubeGrade Pro pricing

    Try it

    $1

    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.

    Try Pro for $1

    TubeGrade vs Social Blade: feature comparison

    TubeGrade and Social Blade features and prices, checked October 2026
    FeatureTubeGradeSocial Blade
    Free channel stats pageYes, no signupYes
    Outlier score on every videoYes—
    Similar channelsYesYes
    Weekly rankingsFastest-growing, breakout, most-subscribed — by countryTop lists (longer on paid plans)
    Earnings estimateYes ($0.50–$5 RPM range)Yes
    HistoryFrom when we started trackingUp to 3+ years (paid)
    PlatformsYouTubeYouTube + others
    Research tools (outliers, formats, ideas)Yes—
    Price$1 first month, then $15/mo — or $12/mo billed yearlyBronze $59.99/yr up to Platinum $1,439.99/yr

    “—” means we didn’t find it on that product’s own pricing or feature pages. Prices last checked October 2026. Social Blade pricing.

    Is TubeGrade a good Social Blade alternative?

    Yes, for YouTube. Every channel TubeGrade tracks has a free page with subscribers, views, growth history, milestones, an earnings estimate and similar channels — and every video gets an outlier score, so you see which uploads really worked.

    Then the research tools take over: outlier search, winning title and thumbnail formats, competitor tracking and AI video ideas.

    Where Social Blade is stronger

    • Several platforms, not just YouTube
    • Up to 3+ years of daily data on paid plans
    • Live counts and report cards

    What you get with TubeGrade

    3 outlier search modesLive YouTube search, whole-niche research and our database of breakout videos — every video scored against its channel’s usual views.ThumbBoard + similar thumbnailsA board of winning thumbnails for your topics; “More like this” or upload your draft to find look-alikes and how they did.Title & thumbnail formatsThe title templates and thumbnail styles that keep beating their channels, detected every week.Keyword MapBranch one keyword into the searches YouTube itself suggests, as a map you can explore.Competitor trackingFollow up to 5 channels, refreshed daily, with their breakout uploads flagged.AI video ideasIdeas built from your channel, real search suggestions and proven outlier videos.Bookmarks & foldersSave videos and channels from the web app or the extension into folders.Chrome extensionOutlier scores, subscriber counts and channel country across YouTube — and YouTube’s own search suggestions in YouTube Studio’s title and tag fields.MCP for Claude & ChatGPT23 research tools inside your AI assistant, on the free plan too.Free channel pages & rankingsGrowth history for any channel, and weekly fastest-growing and breakout rankings by country.11 free toolsThumbnail and transcript downloaders, tag tools, keyword tool, outlier score checker and more — no signup.Free Outlier FinderTry outlier search on any topic without an account.

    Research YouTube inside Claude or ChatGPT

    Connect TubeGrade’s MCP server and ask in plain words: “Which videos about study vlogs beat their channel this month, and what do their titles have in common?” 23 tools — channel and video stats, outliers, title formats, transcripts, comments and similar thumbnails — on the free plan too.

    Set up TubeGrade MCP

    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 TubeGrade cheaper than Social Blade?

    TubeGrade Pro is $15 a month, or $144 a year ($12 a month), and new subscribers pay $1 for their first month of monthly Pro. Social Blade’s paid plans run from $59.99 to $1,439.99 a year; both have free stats. Prices are taken from each product’s own site.

    Is TubeGrade free like Social Blade?

    The channel pages and weekly rankings are free with no account. Research tools have a free plan (100 AI credits, 10 live searches a month), and Pro unlocks the rest.

    Why do subscriber counts differ between sites?

    Every site reads the public count YouTube shows, which YouTube rounds above 1,000. Small differences come from when each site last read the channel.

    Does TubeGrade cover TikTok or Instagram?

    No — TubeGrade is YouTube only. Social Blade covers several platforms.

    Can I use TubeGrade inside Claude or ChatGPT?

    Yes. TubeGrade’s MCP server gives Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP clients 23 YouTube research tools — channel and video stats, outliers, title formats, transcripts, comments, similar thumbnails and keyword research. It works on the free plan too; tools use credits.

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