pandas

import pandas as pd
import time

ids = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12]
batch_size = 5
df = pd.DataFrame()

def chunks(l, n):
    """Yield successive n-sized chunks from l."""
    for i in range(0, len(l), n):
        yield l[i:i + n]

for chunk in list(chunks(ids,batchsize):
    items = []
    id_string = ",".join(chunk)
    res = google.youtube().list(id=id_string)
    for r in res:
        data = {}
        data['name'] = res.name
        data['desc'] = res.description
        items.append(data)

    df.append(items,in_place=True)
    time.sleep(5)