YouTube Finance Channels¶

Curated list for the YouTube transcript scraper (see docs/plans/youtube-transcript-scraper.md). Channel IDs go into YOUTUBE_CHANNELS in config.py.

To find a channel ID: open the channel page → View Source → search "channelId".

US (US / en)¶

Channel	Description	Channel ID
Graham Stephan	Personal finance + investing; large retail audience; stock picks + macro takes	`UCV6KDgJskWaEckne5aPA0aQ`
Andrei Jikh	Long-term investing + dividend/growth portfolio; covers individual stocks	`UCGy7SkBjcIAgTiwkXEtPnYg`
Meet Kevin	Real-time market commentary; earnings reactions; very high retail influence	`UCUvvj5lwue7PspotMDjk5UA`

Korean (KR / ko)¶

Channel	Description	Channel ID
삼프로TV (3Pro TV)	Professional hosts; daily market wrap; ticker-specific commentary on KRX + US	`UChlv4GSd7OQl3js-jkLOnFA`
슈카월드 (Syuka World)	Largest KR finance YouTuber; macro + individual stocks; strong retail influence	`UCsJ6RuBiTVWRX156FVbeaGg`

Candidate Channels (not yet configured)¶

Channel	Description	Market
Patrick Boyle	Institutional-style analysis; macro + equities	US
Joseph Carlson	Long-term portfolio; individual stock deep-dives	US
InTheMoney	Options + equity analysis; retail-sentiment bellwether	US
할투 (Haltu)	Retail-investor focused; covers popular KRX picks frequently	KR
오건영TV	Macro economist; useful for regime signals that precede sector moves	KR
박세익TV	Fund manager turned YouTuber; covers Korean large-caps specifically	KR

Config snippet¶

YOUTUBE_CHANNELS: list[tuple[str, str, str, str]] = [
    # (channel_id, display_name, market, language)

    # US
    ("UCV6KDgJskWaEckne5aPA0aQ", "Graham Stephan", "US", "en"),
    ("UCGy7SkBjcIAgTiwkXEtPnYg", "Andrei Jikh",    "US", "en"),
    ("UCUvvj5lwue7PspotMDjk5UA", "Meet Kevin",      "US", "en"),

    # Korean
    ("UChlv4GSd7OQl3js-jkLOnFA", "삼프로TV",  "KR", "ko"),
    ("UCsJ6RuBiTVWRX156FVbeaGg", "슈카월드",  "KR", "ko"),
]