YouTube Channel ID Regular Expression

A regular expression to match a YouTube Channel ID.

/https?:\/\/(www\.)?youtube.com\/channel\/UC([-_a-z0-9]{22})/i

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Matches:

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv4Cecqpm3cOv7N5N9NkMsQ
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS94J1s6-qc8v7btCdS2pNg
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvlE5gTbOvjiolFlEm-c_Ow

Non-matches:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeG_UU-Bf5k
• http://youtu.be/BeG_UU-Bf5k

See Also:

• Youtube Video Link Regular Expression
• Regex Extract Video ID From Youtube Link