Put your YouTube subscribers on your iPhone

Short answer: send your YouTube subscribers to WidgetDash with one HTTP request, then add the WidgetDash widget to your iPhone Home Screen or Lock Screen. It updates every time you push a new value, and it is free for up to 5 numbers.

Refreshing the studio app to watch your subscriber count is a habit creators know too well. Pull the count from the YouTube Data API in a scheduled script and push it to a widget instead. The number is always there, and the daily delta keeps the momentum visible without the dopamine loop of the app.

Push it with one request

A source is created automatically the first time you push to it, so there is no setup step. Send your YouTube subscribers like this:

curl -X PUT https://api.widgetdash.app/api/v1/data/youtube_subs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_WRITE_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "display_name": "YouTube Subs",
    "icon": "play.rectangle.fill",
    "category": "Creator",
    "metrics": [
      { "label": "Subscribers", "value": "14,302" },
      { "label": "Today", "value": "+58" }
    ]
  }'

• The value is a plain string, so format it however reads best: "$8,420", "99.98%", "+58".
• icon is an SF Symbol name. Here we use play.rectangle.fill.
• Push to the same source_key again any time and the widget updates in place.

Add it to your iPhone

1. Sign up free and copy your WRITE key from the dashboard.
2. Install the WidgetDash iOS app (free on the App Store) and connect with the dashboard QR code or your READ key.
3. Long-press the Home Screen, tap +, search WidgetDash, pick a size, then choose this source.

Small Lock Screen widgets are supported too, so your YouTube subscribers can sit right under the clock.

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