---
title: "Search YouTube audiences"
method: GET
path: "/exploration/search"
tags: ["Audience Exploration"]
---

# Search YouTube audiences

`GET /exploration/search`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://www.fandom.ai/api/v1`
- URL: `https://www.fandom.ai/api/v1/exploration/search`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/skilledstars/apis/super-fans-enterprise-api/docs/exploration/search/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Find a starting point for a map: channels by name, channels whose audiences talk about your words, topics, and saved audiences. Leave q out to see what the workspace can start from: its campaigns, audiences and brands.

Scope: `exploration:read`.

## Query parameters

- `q` string

## Response `200`

Success

- object
  - `query` string, required
  - `startFrom` object: What the workspace can start from. Only when no search words were given.
    - `campaigns` object[], required
      - `id` string, required
      - `name` string, required
      - `brandName` string, required
    - `audiences` object[], required
      - `id` string, required
      - `name` string, required
      - `preset` boolean, required
      - `channels` number, required
    - `brands` object[], required
      - `id` string, required
      - `name` string, required
      - `description` string, required
  - `channels` object[], required: Channels matching by name.
    - `channelId` string, required
    - `title` string, required
    - `handle` string, nullable, required
    - `imageUrl` string, required
    - `subscribers` number, required
  - `similar` object[], required: Channels whose audiences talk about this, by meaning.
    - `channelId` string, required
    - `title` string, required
    - `handle` string, nullable, required
    - `imageUrl` string, required
    - `subscribers` number, required
  - `topics` object[], required
    - `topic` string, required
    - `kind` 'conversation' | 'content', required
    - `channels` number, required
  - `audiences` object[], required
    - `id` string, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `preset` boolean, required
    - `channels` number, required

## Other responses

- `400`: The request is missing something or has a bad value. The message says what.
- `401`: No API key, or the key is wrong or revoked.
- `403`: The key doesn't have the scope, or isn't allowed this campaign or account.
- `429`: More than 120 requests in a minute. Wait and retry.

## Changes

- **2026-10-31** `6c1a68a75970`: 4 info
  - the `query` request parameter `q` became optional
  - for the `query` request parameter `q`, the minLength was decreased from `1` to `0`
  - for the `query` request parameter `q`, the type was generalized from `string` to no type
  - added the optional property `startFrom` to the response with the `200` status
- **2026-10-07** `dfe5b1c3d84f`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/skilledstars/apis/super-fans-enterprise-api/changes/exploration/search/get.md)

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