YouTube sometimes flags rapid-fire subscribing as bot activity. Use the "Delay" feature (set to 2-3 seconds between subscriptions) to avoid a temporary ban. Method 3: The "RSS to OPML" Hack (For Power Users) Before YouTube killed public RSS feeds for channels, this was the standard. It still works, but requires an RSS reader.
Install a trusted subscription manager extension from the Chrome Web Store or Firefox Add-ons. (Read reviews to ensure it isn't collecting your data). It still works, but requires an RSS reader
Safety Guide: Never give your Google password to an importer tool. Always use OAuth (the "Sign in with Google" popup) so the tool never sees your password. If you trust code, this is the most reliable way to copy subscribed channels using YouTube’s v3 API. Safety Guide: Never give your Google password to
# This requires google-api-python-client old_subs = get_old_subscriptions() # List of channel IDs for channel_id in old_subs: new_account.subscriptions().insert( part="snippet", body="snippet": "resourceId": "channelId": channel_id ).execute() print(f"Subscribed to channel_id") time.sleep(1) # Rate limit avoidance Note: You will need to set up a project in Google Developer Console and enable the YouTube Data API v3. You tried the YouTube subscriptions importer, but it broke. Here is the fix. guilty pleasure vloggers
We’ve all been there. You’ve spent years curating the perfect YouTube feed. Your subscription list is a finely tuned machine of educational creators, guilty pleasure vloggers, niche hobbyists, and news outlets. Then, life happens. You lose access to your old Google account, you want to switch to a brand account for professional reasons, or you simply want a clean profile without losing your favorite creators.
What you need is a —a tool or method that allows you to copy subscribed channels to another YouTube account instantly. While YouTube does not offer a native "Transfer Subscriptions" button, the internet (and some clever code) has solved this problem.