# The Belarus Online

> Catalog of independent Belarusian media — YouTube, Telegram, Instagram, TikTok, Threads, and websites. 969 sources across 27 themes, searchable and filterable. Belarusian-first UI, English available.

The catalog is curated and refreshed 4× daily from public sources (YouTube Data API, t.me/s/ preview pages, scraped websites). All channel banners and avatars are mirrored to our own CDN so they stay reachable independently of upstream hosts.

## Browse

- [Homepage](https://thebelarus.online/): landing page with featured channels and popular themes
- [Catalog](https://thebelarus.online/channels): full searchable directory with filters by platform and theme
- [Today](https://thebelarus.online/today): fresh YouTube videos from the last 30 days

## Themes (27)

- [Society](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=society): 240 channels
- [Lifestyle](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=lifestyle): 230 channels
- [Music](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=music): 188 channels
- [Politics](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=politics): 122 channels
- [Knowledge](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=knowledge): 115 channels
- [Entertainment](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=entertainment): 107 channels
- [Film](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=film): 56 channels
- [Hobby](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=hobby): 36 channels
- [Video game culture](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=video-game-culture): 34 channels
- [Religion](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=religion): 28 channels
- [Tourism](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=tourism): 27 channels
- [News](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=news): 18 channels
- [Performing arts](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=performing-arts): 17 channels
- [Humour](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=humour): 16 channels
- [Television program](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=television-program): 13 channels
- [Art](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=art): 13 channels
- [Technology](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=technology): 12 channels
- [History](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=history): 11 channels
- [Sport](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=sport): 8 channels
- [Business](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=business): 8 channels
- [Health](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=health): 7 channels
- [Vehicle](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=vehicle): 6 channels
- [Food](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=food): 6 channels
- [Literature](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=literature): 6 channels
- [Pet](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=pet): 4 channels
- [Military](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=military): 4 channels
- [LGBTQ+](https://thebelarus.online/channels?themes=lgbtq): 1 channel

## Sources by platform

- youtube: 687
- telegram: 177
- instagram: 24
- tiktok: 7
- website: 74

## Full catalog

- [llms-full.txt](https://thebelarus.online/llms-full.txt): every channel listed inline (~969 entries)
- [sitemap.xml](https://thebelarus.online/sitemap.xml): machine-readable URL index

## REST API

JSON endpoints under /api/v1/. Responses are cached for 60s.

- GET https://thebelarus.online/api/v1/channels — list channels with filters (q, sources, themes, sort, order, limit, offset)
- GET https://thebelarus.online/api/v1/channels/{slug} — single channel detail + themes + recent videos
- GET https://thebelarus.online/api/v1/themes — all themes with channel counts
- GET https://thebelarus.online/api/v1/themes/{slug} — single theme + its channels
- GET https://thebelarus.online/api/v1/videos/recent — recent YouTube videos across all channels

## License + source code

- Code: MIT, https://github.com/meerhelm/thebelarus_online
- Catalog data: derived from public sources, no exclusive copyright claim
- Each linked channel retains its own rights to its content