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YouTube

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Loads into the Social and video data, next to the other connectors of this kind: in Explorer, on boards, for the AI analyst and over the API.

How to connect

  1. On the Sources page, in the Accounts block, connect a YouTube account.
  2. In the project's source, choose what to load: the channel.
  3. Click Load data. After that the workspace schedule loads it every day.

More about connecting accounts

Source settings

  • Channel ID — YouTube → Settings → Advanced settings: the channel ID, starts with UC

Checks on every load

  • Channel rows and video rows are separate levels: channel totals include deleted videos and videos outside the top, so they're never added up
  • Videos: the 10 most viewed in each load's period
  • YouTube takes 2–3 days to process data: the latest days of the period are missing until the next load adds them

Fields in Explorer: Social and video

Every connector of this kind loads into the same fields, so their numbers sit side by side in one query.

  • Day
  • Week — Monday of the week
  • Month — First day of the month
  • Source
  • Account
  • Level — Whole account or single posts: their numbers are never added up
  • Post or video
  • Post ID
  • Views
  • Reach — Sum of daily reach: people may repeat
  • Impressions
  • Engagements — Reactions, comments, shares and saves — as the platform counts them
  • Followers gained
  • Watch minutes
  • Engagement rate — Engagements / reach