How Alaxia ranks and sources its data
The data behind every ranking and profile — where it comes from, how often it refreshes, and how positions are calculated.
Alaxia is a directory of record, not an estimate engine. Every number on the site traces back to an open, public source, and we are explicit about where each piece of information comes from and when it was last checked.
Where the data comes from
- Channel statistics — subscribers, total views, video counts and the latest uploads — come from the official YouTube Data API. We never scrape, and we never invent figures.
- Biographical data — real names, countries, birth dates, occupations, awards, relationships between creators and links to other platforms — comes from Wikidata, the structured knowledge base behind Wikipedia.
- Profile summaries are excerpts from Wikipedia, linked back to the source article on every profile.
Each profile carries a "Sources & freshness" panel showing exactly which source provided which data, and the date it was last refreshed.
How rankings are calculated
Rankings are ordered by subscriber count, recalculated daily from public figures. Global, country and category positions are all recomputed in the same pass, so a creator's rank is consistent everywhere it appears.
Channels that hide their subscriber count are ranked separately by total views and clearly badged, so a hidden count never distorts the order.
How often data refreshes
The most-followed channels are refreshed daily; the long tail on a rolling schedule. We record periodic snapshots of every channel's statistics, which is what powers the growth sparklines and, over time, the movement indicators on each chart.
What the numbers mean
Public YouTube subscriber counts are rounded by YouTube itself above 1,000 (for example, 12.3M rather than an exact figure) — so two channels can briefly appear tied. View and video counts are exact as reported by the API at the last refresh.