How to find the RSS feed URL for a Youtube Channel or Playlist

Youtube does not provide links to official RSS feeds for Youtube channels and playlists but it is quite easy to build them yourself with the individual channelID Playlist ID and a predetermined URL.

Here is how it goes:

To determine the RSS feed for a YouTube channel:

• Go to the YouTube channel page and view the source code of the page
• Search for the text “channelID” in the source code and copy the value next to it. It will look something like this: UCqoI4oSGEttrjmasJPBx5Uk
• Paste that Channel ID value into this URL: www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=YOURCHANNELID

To determine the RSS feed for a YouTube playlist:

• Go to the playlist page and copy the playlist ID from the end of the URL. It will begin with PL, and will look something like this: PLoPWMZAP6PVfgB0d7IddtJO4E2m5WfXBM
• Paste the playlist ID in this URL: www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?playlist_id=YOURPLAYLISTID