I'm currently trying to build a simple app that lists the top n channels for each category using the YouTube API. The problem I'm currently facing is that I don't know what query would give me the top channels for a given category.
I've already tried using the guideCategories resource to get every channel category. A basic query would give me every category. I would then use the name of each category and use the Search resource (setting q to the name of the category) to get what I think is a list of the top channels. I think I'm doing it wrong though because I've seen several resources like SocialBlade that show a completely different list of channels.
Does anyone have any idea on how I could get closer to the end goal of getting top channels for a specific category?