I have two channels examples:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC56eaiucsjSfKgevcaGcn2w => real sub 150k
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-2Zibu3OGJdIisYaODXhbQ => real sub 208k
This is what was returned from the Channels list endpoint:
{"kind": "youtube#channelListResponse","etag": "wVkhi3RvF1ayB9ou0W6KZcanGZE","pageInfo": {"totalResults": 2,"resultsPerPage": 5 },"items": [ {"kind": "youtube#channel","etag": "QI30osPYB_sy-uwNipgDhEPKRso","id": "UC56eaiucsjSfKgevcaGcn2w","statistics": {"viewCount": "17359612","subscriberCount": "320","hiddenSubscriberCount": false,"videoCount": "26" } }, {"kind": "youtube#channel","etag": "IjATUKKNgPUxmtHQWicg_r22hqc","id": "UC-2Zibu3OGJdIisYaODXhbQ","statistics": {"viewCount": "1723670","subscriberCount": "18","hiddenSubscriberCount": false,"videoCount": "1" } } ]}When you go to the links above, and navigate through the channel, I noticed that the channel Id changes and the API returns the correct sub count for the new Id.
I am unsure how a unique video Id can be linked to more than one channel, What kind of channels are these? merged, linked, or something else? and how does the user do this?