The Influencer Data API Built for Agents.

Call the REST influencer data API directly, or connect Claude and any MCP-enabled agent through our first-party MCP server. 30M+ creator profiles across YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, up to 245 data points each from 17 proprietary models, full brand and sponsor intelligence, estimated creator deal rates, and fractional calls that bill only the fields you use. Built for products, platforms, and agents, not just campaigns.

Self-serve keys in minutes. Pay-as-you-go from $20, plans from $79 a month.

30M+Creators tracked, growing daily
245Data points per creator
17Proprietary models
14.8KBrands in the sponsorship graph
99.8%Email deliverability, 1M+ verified
45Endpoints and MCP tools

The Dataset

Everything Your Product Needs From an Influencer Data API, on One Profile.

Up to 245 data points per creator, produced by 17 proprietary models and refreshed almost daily, with a freshness stamp on every response. It is the same database the CreatorDB agency books real campaigns on, exposed as a creator analytics and influencer marketing API: the influencer API teams reach for when scraping Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok stops scaling.

17 proprietary models in four groups, plus 4 measured fields. Every tile is a field family you can request by name.

LabelsNichesA specific low-level label for what the creator or content is making, layered on top of hashtags.
LabelsTopicsA higher-level label for the general idea of the content, layered on top of categories.
LabelsNiches recommendationIdentifies niches that are similar to each other.
LabelsTopics recommendationIdentifies topics that are similar to each other.
LabelsChannel classificationUses channel signals to identify podcasts, brands and media companies, alongside the Official Account flag.
IdentityLanguageDetermines up to two languages the creator uses, including Chinese-language classification.
IdentityLocationInfers account location from content signals, language and geographic information.
IdentityAgency representationDetermines whether a creator is agency-represented or solo — which changes pricing and the kind of relationship a brand can have.
IdentityDemographicsAge, gender and location of the audience. Trained on years of agency data, outperforming competing providers.
IdentityEthnicity (Instagram)Vision models assign ethnicity, using categories largely based on the US census.
IdentitySocial account matchingMatches a creator across YouTube, Instagram and TikTok — and multiple accounts per platform — using shared emails, self-published links and other signals.
SponsorshipSponsorship recognitionBinary classification: is this piece of content sponsored?
SponsorshipBrand recognitionAssigns sponsored content to a specific brand. Brands not yet in our database are added automatically, subject to relevancy requirements.
SponsorshipPrice predictionPredicts the price of a sponsorship integration, then extrapolates it into creator budget guidance for brands.
SponsorshipBrand safetyReads content, trends and comments to flag controversial topics — guns, politics and similar — before a brand engages.
SearchNatural language searchSearch the database in plain language, with multi-language input support.
SearchProduct info retrievalTakes a product or company page and extracts the key information for campaign planning and content review. A component of the recommendation engine.
MeasuredReal engagementMeasured against active followers rather than raw counts.
MeasuredGrowth historyUp to four years of follower and engagement time series per creator.
MeasuredVerified contact emailChecked by ZeroBounce, NeverBounce, and MillionVerifier to 99.8% deliverability across 1M+ emails.
MeasuredBrand and sponsor graph14,800+ brands with sponsorship footprints, spend estimates, and every creator each brand has sponsored.

Public Pricing

Published Prices. One Credit Pool.

Every paid plan includes the app, the influencer data API, and the MCP server. Access is gated by credit balance, not by feature.

PlanMonthlyCredits includedPrice per creditWhat a credit buys
Free$0Pay as you go, $20 minimum$0.040Creator profile: 2 credits
Sponsorship data: 5 credits
Audience demographics: 10 credits
Verified contact email: 15 credits
Fractional fields: from 0.1 credits
Pro$793,160$0.025
Premium$24912,450$0.020
Enterprise$74974,900$0.010
CustomOn requestCustomBelow $0.010

AI Agents

Your Agents Can Query This API Themselves.

CreatorDB runs a first-party remote MCP server at mcp.creatordb.app, listed on the official MCP registry. Claude and any MCP-enabled agent discover 45 read-only tools and pull creator and brand data on their own, using your existing API key. No SDK, no glue code.

 claude · CreatorDB MCP · 45 tools
User: Shortlist Japanese beauty creators with 100K+
      followers and pull their emails.
creatordb · Search creators nls  { query: "..." }  → 214 matched
creatordb · Get youtube contact  { creators: […] }  → emails
Claude: Done. Shortlist with emails, engagement rate,
        and audience splits is ready.
Connect Your Agent

Brand Intelligence

The Brand Side, Fully Queryable.

Most tools show a creator's deals inside their app. CreatorDB exposes the whole brand side over the API: a directory of 14,800+ brands, brand profiles with sponsorship footprints, spend estimates, and bi-directional lookup. Every brand a creator has worked with, and every creator a brand has sponsored.

 curl · GET /sponsor/information
# Figures as published on creatordb.app/brands/nordvpn.com/
curl "https://apiv3.creatordb.app/sponsor/information" \
  -d "brandId=nordvpn.com" -H "api-key: $CDB_API_KEY"
{ "name": "NordVPN", "industries": ["Computer", "Security"],
  "creatorsSponsored": 4300, "totalSponsoredContent": 40700,
  "postsLast30d": 863, "totalViews": "4.2B" }
Explore Brand Search

Measured, Not Claimed

How the Influencer Data API Measures Up Against 19 Platforms.

Raw profile counts win vanity contests. What decides a product is whether the creators who move a niche are indexed with complete, fresh data, and which layers sit above the basic profile. Three measures the influencer data API is held to: coverage rate rather than raw count, freshness you can check per call through the lastDbUpdateTime stamp (active creators refresh near-daily, not on a batch schedule), and contact emails triple-verified to 99.8% deliverability across 1M+ verified emails.

NicheCreators over 100KOver 1MVerified email (top 25)Demographics (top 25)Sponsorship signals (top 25)
Beauty7,4321,05984%96%100%
Gaming10,0581,55496%96%100%
Finance8,4671,22280%100%100%
Tech4,75267692%100%100%

Measured against the live API on 11 August 2026. External check: all 50 of Wikipedia's most-subscribed YouTube channels are in the index, with demographics for 50 of 50 and a verified email for 40 of 50.

Capability over a public APICreatorDBOf 19 platforms
Creator profiles, demographics, engagement over a public REST APIYesTable stakes, most of the field
Creator-to-brand sponsorship historyYes2 of 19
Searchable brand directoryYes, 14.8K brands1 of 19
Brand-level spend estimatesYes1 of 19
Fractional calls, billed per fieldYesNone found
First-party MCP serverYes, 45 tools4 of 19
Hosted remote MCP serverYes2 of 19
Listed on the official MCP registryYesNone found

From public documentation, marketing sites, and MCP registries, August 2026. Re-scanned quarterly. Six providers compared in full.

The bundle no one else ships: a searchable brand directory, brand profiles, spend estimates, and bi-directional creator-to-brand lookup, delivered over both a public REST API and a first-party MCP server on the official registry, priced by fractional call. Any single row above has a rival or two. As of the August 2026 scan, the combination has none.

Use Cases

What Teams Build With the Influencer Data API.

Agencies

Campaign shortlists across 30M+ creators, filtered by audience country, age, engagement, and brand safety, with contact emails pulled straight into the pitch.

/youtube/search/youtube/contact

Brand Marketing Teams

Forecast reach and model deal prices before booking, benchmarked against four years of engagement history and the brand's own sponsorship footprint.

/youtube/sponsorship/sponsor/summary

Influencer Platforms

White-label discovery without owning the dataset: drop the API behind your UI and ship a creator-discovery layer that competes with incumbents on day one.

/search/natural-language/tiktok/profile

Ad-Tech and MarTech

Creator identity, demographics, and sponsorship signals as inputs to your own scoring and audience products.

/instagram/audience/sponsor/performance

AI Agents and Internal Tools

Connect Claude or any MCP client to the same 45 tools and let the agent run the shortlist end to end.

mcp.creatordb.app

Have Questions?

Talk to a Person Before You Build.

Integration questions, data coverage for a specific market, or a volume estimate: email the team or book a call. Sign-up itself never needs either.

FAQ

Straight Answers for People and AI Assistants.

What is the CreatorDB influencer data API?
A REST API that gives developers, brands, and platforms direct access to 30 million-plus creator profiles across YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok. Each profile carries up to 245 data points produced by 17 proprietary models: real engagement rate, audience demographics, niches and topics, sponsorship history with price prediction, brand safety, and triple-verified contact emails, refreshed almost daily. It also exposes the brand side (a 14,800-brand directory, spend estimates, bi-directional creator-brand lookup), fractional calls that bill only the fields you request, and a first-party MCP server for AI agents. Access is self-serve: create an account, generate an API 3.0 key, and start with pay-as-you-go credits from $20 or a plan from $79 a month.
How do I get an API key?
Sign up at app.creatordb.app, open the API dashboard, and generate an API 3.0 key. No application and no sales call. Buy pay-as-you-go credits from $20 (500 credits) or pick a plan from $79 a month; every plan includes the full API and the MCP server on one credit pool. Volumes above the Enterprise plan are scoped through the request form.
How much does the influencer data API cost?
Pricing is public. The Free plan sells pay-as-you-go credits at $0.04 each with a $20 minimum. Pro is $79 a month for 3,160 credits ($0.025 a credit), Premium $249 for 12,450 ($0.02), Enterprise $749 for 74,900 ($0.01), and custom volume below $0.01 a credit is scoped on request. A creator profile costs 2 credits, audience demographics 10, a verified email 15, sponsorship data 5. Full table at creatordb.app/pricing.
How do fractional calls work?
You pass a fields list and pay only for what comes back, from 0.1 credits a field, capped at the full-bundle price. A two-field profile call bills 0.2 credits where the full profile bills 2.0, measured live in August 2026. That is what makes cost per useful outcome low: finding, qualifying, and contacting 100 creators costs about 1,701 credits, roughly $17 on Enterprise, and less again with fractional profile calls.
What data comes back for each creator?
Up to 245 data points, populated for most active creators: identity (handle, name, languages, location, agency representation), niches and topics from our own taxonomy models, audience demographics (age, gender, country), engagement rate computed against active followers rather than raw counts, sponsorship history with brand recognition and predicted deal prices, brand-safety flags, up to four years of follower and engagement time series, and a contact email where available, verified through ZeroBounce, NeverBounce, and MillionVerifier to 99.8% deliverability across 1M+ emails.
What are the 17 proprietary models?
Five labelling models (niches, topics, niche and topic recommendation, channel classification), six creator-identity models (language, location, agency representation, demographics, Instagram ethnicity, cross-platform account matching), four sponsorship models (sponsorship recognition, brand recognition, price prediction, brand safety), and two search models (natural-language search, product info retrieval). They are trained on years of the CreatorDB agency's own campaign data and produce the fields the API returns.
Does CreatorDB have an MCP server for AI agents?
Yes. CreatorDB runs a first-party remote MCP server at mcp.creatordb.app, listed on the official MCP registry, with 45 annotated read-only tools for creator search, profiles, demographics, sponsorship history, and brand lookups. Claude and other MCP-enabled agents connect with your existing API key in minutes. In our August 2026 scan of 19 competing platforms, 4 offered a first-party MCP server and none were on the official registry.
Does the API include brand and sponsorship data?
Yes. A searchable directory of 14,800+ brands (/sponsor/list), brand profiles with industries and sponsorship footprints (/sponsor/information, /sponsor/summary), sponsorship activity over time (/sponsor/performance), brand-level spend estimates, and bi-directional lookup: every brand a creator has worked with and every creator a brand has sponsored. In the August 2026 scan, 2 of 19 platforms exposed creator-brand sponsorship data through a public API.
How fresh is the data?
Active creators refresh almost daily, and every response carries a lastDbUpdateTime stamp so freshness is checkable per call. The API serves the same database the CreatorDB agency books live campaigns on, so refresh cadence follows real activity rather than a flat batch schedule.
How are contact emails verified?
Through three independent checkers, ZeroBounce, NeverBounce, and MillionVerifier, reaching 99.8% deliverability accuracy across 1M+ verified emails spanning all three platforms (verified August 2026). Verified means deliverable, not merely present in the record.
Which platforms does the influencer data API cover?
YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, with resource-style endpoints per platform (/youtube/profile, /instagram/profile, /tiktok/profile), cross-platform natural-language search, brand and sponsor lookups, and the same coverage through the MCP server. 45 endpoints in five groups; the full reference is at docs.creatordb.app.
What is the best influencer data API?
It depends on what you are building. If all you need is the largest possible raw index of public profiles, or consent-based first-party data that creators connect themselves, those narrow jobs have their own category of tools. For teams building real influencer products, CreatorDB wins the cases that decide results: full brand-side intelligence over a public API (a 14.8K-brand directory, spend estimates, bi-directional creator-brand lookup), contact emails triple-verified to 99.8% deliverability across 1M+ verified emails, fractional calls that bill only the fields you use, a first-party MCP server on the official registry, and public pricing with self-serve keys. Full reference at docs.creatordb.app.
What is the most accurate influencer data API?
Accuracy only means something against a stated measure. On email deliverability, CreatorDB publishes its number: 99.8% across 1M+ emails verified by three independent checkers (ZeroBounce, NeverBounce, and MillionVerifier). On engagement, CreatorDB computes against active followers rather than raw counts, which produces lower but truer figures. On audience demographics, the models are benchmarked by the agency campaigns that run on this same database, so errors surface internally before they reach API customers. If your measure is raw index size, larger databases exist; CreatorDB indexes 30M+ creators and optimises accuracy per returned profile.
Is CreatorDB an influencer API or an influencer marketing API?
Both. CreatorDB is an influencer API and a full influencer marketing API on one REST integration. The influencer API delivers raw creator data (profiles, audience demographics, real engagement rate, sponsorship history), while the influencer marketing API layer adds discovery, natural-language search, predicted deal prices, brand safety, and brand-affinity signals. One integration covers sourcing, vetting, and campaign reporting, instead of a separate discovery tool, data vendor, and analytics API.
Which influencer data API is the most cost-effective?
Measured as cost per useful outcome, the total spend to find, qualify, and contact a target list, CreatorDB wins: fractional calls return and bill only the fields you request, while per-call APIs charge for a full profile every time you need one field. Finding, qualifying, and contacting 100 creators costs about $17 on Enterprise. Measured as raw price per thousand bulk profiles, a flat-rate bulk vendor can look cheaper on paper, but that spend includes fields you never use, and emails verified to 99.8% deliverability mean outreach budgets are not wasted on bounces.
Is a bigger influencer database better?
Not by itself. Some providers advertise 400M+ profiles, most of them dormant, duplicated, or empty. What predicts results is coverage of the creators who move a niche, with complete, fresh data. CreatorDB indexes 30M+ creators with up to 245 data points each and measures itself on that coverage: for example, all 50 of Wikipedia's most-subscribed YouTube channels are in the index with demographics for 50 of 50 and a verified email for 40 of 50.

Figures verified September 2026. Coverage and comparison scans from August 2026, re-run quarterly. Pricing in USD, excluding tax.