YouTube Operations Guide

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These features are only available to partners who use YouTube Studio Content Manager. Contact your YouTube Partner Manager to get access.

Performance reports

Videos report

The videos report shows data on the videos in a partner's Content Manager.

  • Available three times per week
  • Data includes, but is not limited to: Video status, ad enablement, number of views, asset ID, policies, etc.
  • Doesn't show revenue-related performance data
  • If a video is claimed by multiple assets, there will be multiple asset IDs in the Asset ID column but only one set of asset metadata.
Assets full report

The full assets report shows data on the assets in a partner's Content Manager.

  • Available on a daily basis
  • Data includes, but is not limited to: Ownership territories, asset type, constituent asset ID, active/inactive references, match policy, etc.
  • This document is useful for partners who want to:
    • Check a set of assets to confirm that the ownership info is correct
    • Map out constituent asset IDs to synthesised asset IDs
    • View all assets with a particular match policy
Asset conflicts report

The asset conflicts report is available to partners with assets in conflict.

  • Available on a daily basis
  • Compared to other asset reports, the asset conflicts report shows any ownership territories that are in conflict and the last ownership change info.
Assets (shares) report

The assets (shares) report shows data on a partner's Sound Recording Shares or Composition Shares and the associated metadata.

  • Available on a daily basis for partners with shares, such as music label and publishing partners
  • Shows data on individual shares, including share metadata and the share's parent asset
Claims report

The claims report shows data on active, inactive and pending claims on assets in a partner's Content Manager. It includes claims on private, unlisted and blocked videos.

  • Available on a daily basis
  • Shows data on all claims belonging to an asset and the relevant policy info
  • Data includes, but is not limited to: Applied policy, claim type, origin, etc.
Shorts report

The Shorts report includes two reports: The Shorts asset creations report and the Shorts asset views report.

  • The Shorts asset creations report shows the number of distinct Shorts created using licensed Shorts Audio Library content associated with an asset, grouped by country/region and month, for a given owner. The report also includes relevant asset metadata fields: ISRC, asset ID, asset title, asset label, customised ID, UPIC, GRid, artist and album.

  • The Shorts asset views report shows the number of views of Shorts created using licensed Shorts Audio Library content associated with an asset, grouped by country/region and month, for a given owner. The report also includes relevant asset metadata fields: ISRC, asset ID, asset title, asset label, customised ID, UPIC, GRid, artist and album.

  • Available on a monthly basis within 25 days after the end of each calendar month.

References report

The references report shows data on all references created by a partner.

  • Available on a weekly basis
  • Shows a mapping of reference video IDs to asset and reference IDs
  • Also contains info about the reference provider, exclusions, type, creation date, number of active claims and the associated asset.
  • Note: Not every reference will have a reference video ID. The reference video ID is only available if the reference is associated with a video uploaded to a channel.
Campaigns report
The campaigns report shows data on the custom manual campaigns that a partner has created, including which assets or asset labels are applied to each campaign.
  • Available on a weekly basis.
  • Shows relevant campaign performance data, such as how much user-generated content (UGC) was claimed and how many clicks there were on campaign cards.
  • Only includes data on custom manual campaigns. It doesn't show data on default campaigns or transactional campaigns.

Financial reports

Payment summary report
The payment summary report includes your total revenue, broken down by revenue type (such as ads, subscription, transactional). It also includes adjustments. Total revenue is reported in both USD and your payment currency.
Ad Revenues report

The Ad Revenues report contains revenue and views related to advertising-supported videos.

For TV and movie partners, the full description of the Ad Revenues report can be found here.

Subscription Revenue report
The Subscription Revenue report includes revenue from YouTube Music, Google Play Music and YouTube Premium.
Transactions Revenue report

The Transactions Revenue report contains revenue from movie rentals (EST) and video rentals (VOD).

The Transactions Revenue report is available only to movie and TV partners.

Audio Tier Revenue report
The Audio Tier Revenue report contains YouTube Music revenue from users who are:
  • Using a radio-like experience that isn't on demand
  • On screenless devices using the Google Assistant (for instance, Google Home)
Paid Features report
The Paid Features report includes revenue from:
  • Super Chat purchases (SCT)
  • Memberships (SPT)
  • Super Stickers (SST)
  • FameBit (FMT)
Shorts revenue report
The Shorts revenue report summarises revenue from YouTube Shorts.
Shorts ads report
The Shorts ads report contains Shorts ads revenue data for non-music partners.
Shorts subscription report
The Shorts subscription report contains data for revenue earned through paid subscription revenue sharing for non-music partners.
Ads Adjustments Revenue report

The Ads Adjustments Revenue report summarises ads revenue adjustments. This can include revenue from monetisation in dispute and revenue from asset conflict resolution.

This report is only published when adjustments are made for a given month.

Subscription adjustments revenue report

The Subscription adjustments revenue report summarises subscriptions revenue adjustments.

This report is only published when adjustments are made for a given month.

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Other reports

Violative Art Tracks report
Note: This report only appears to music partners who deliver Art Tracks.

The violative Art Tracks report is a monthly report that has details on Art Tracks that were removed due a Community Guidelines violation.

The report shows affected Art Tracks from the previous month. During the first week of each month, new reports are added to the Other tab of the Reports page in Studio Content Manager. If no Art Tracks were removed during the previous month, the report will be empty. Reports stay visible for two months, then get deleted to comply with data retention policies.

Tip: Download a copy of your report each month for future reference.

If any of your Art Tracks were removed for a Community Guidelines violation, get in touch with YouTube Creator Support and/or fill in the Contact Us form in the Help Centre. If you get in touch via the Contact Us form, make sure that you're signed in to an account associated with your Content Manager account before you submit the form.

Copyright Art Tracks report
Note: This report only appears to music partners who deliver Art Tracks.

The copyright Art Tracks report is a monthly report that has details on Art Tracks that were removed due to a takedown request.

The report shows affected Art Tracks from the previous month. During the first week of each month, new reports are added to the Other tab of the Reports page in Studio Content Manager. If no Art Tracks were removed during the previous month, the report will be empty. Reports stay visible for two months, then get deleted to comply with data retention policies.

Tip: Download a copy of your report each month for future reference.

If you believe that your Art Track was taken down in error, you can submit a counter notification.

Age-verified Art Tracks report
Note: This report only appears to music partners who deliver Art Tracks.

The age-verified Art Tracks report is a monthly report that has details on Art Tracks that were age-verified, which means that they're only playable to signed-in users who are aged 18 or over.

The report shows affected Art Tracks from the previous month. During the first week of each month, new reports are added to the Other tab of the Reports page in Studio Content Manager. If no Art Tracks were age-verified during the previous month, the report will be empty. Reports stay visible for two months, then get deleted to comply with data retention policies.

Tip: Download a copy of your report each month for future reference.

If you believe that your Art Track was age-verified in error, you can appeal the decision. To appeal, please contact your YouTube support team with your video IDs and rationale to support your appeal.

Channel-Level Adjustment report

The Channel-Level Adjustment report summarises all of the channels and the revenue that was withheld or adjusted for violating our YouTube Channel Monetisation Policies.

This report is only available for non-music CMS partners and MCN-A partners.

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