> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.creatordb.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# YouTube Channel Categories

> The list of YouTube channel categories supported by CreatorDB API and how to use them as filters

By default, creators will assign a category to their YouTube channel out of pre-defined categories to help viewers find their content. These YouTube-defined categories can be used as search criteria or filters in the CreatorDB database to help you narrow the search scope and find relevant creators quickly. The following list contains all the accepted `mainCategory` values in alphabetical order:

* Autos & Vehicles
* Comedy
* Education
* Entertainment
* Film & Animation
* Gaming
* Howto & Style
* Music
* News & Politics
* Nonprofits & Activism
* Pets & Animals
* People & Blogs
* Science & Technology
* Sports
* Travel & Events

## Code sample

Using the `POST` method to call the `youtubeAdvancedSearch` API, you can filter YouTube creator search results by their channel category. Calling the CreatorDB API with the code below will search the database for YouTube creators in the gaming category who are from the U.S. and have 10,000 to 100,000 subscribers. This call will return 10 creators that meet the search criteria and sort them by the number of subscribers they have in descending order. For details, see [Configuring Advanced Search Filters and Examples](https://docs.creatordb.app/api-v2/configuring_advanced_search_filters).

```json theme={null}
curl --request POST \
  --url https://dev.creatordb.app/v2/youtubeAdvancedSearch \ 
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \  
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ 
  --header 'apiId: YOUR\_API\_KEY' \ 
  --data '{  
  "maxResults": 10,  
  "sortBy": "subscribers",  
  "offset": 0,  
  "desc": true,  
  "filters": [  
    {  
      "filterKey": "mainCategory",  
      "op": "=",  
      "value": "Gaming"  
    },  
    {  
      "filterKey": "country",  
      "op": "=",  
      "value": "USA"  
    },  
    {  
      "filterKey": "subscribers",  
      "op": ">",  
      "value": 10000  
    }  
    ,  
     {  
      "filterKey": "subscribers",  
      "op": "<",  
      "value": 100000  
    }  
  ]  
}'  
```