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Get an overview of channel performance

The Overview tab in YouTube Analytics gives you a high-level summary of your channel’s overall performance. It provides a quick snapshot of key metrics like views, watch time, subscribers, and estimated revenue (if you're in the YouTube Partner Program).
 
Note: Some reports may not be available on mobile devices.

View your Overview reports

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
  2. In the left Menu, select Analytics .
  3. The Overview tab will open by default.
    • Note: You’ll see icons on the key metrics card to indicate when you published a video such as a live stream .

Overview reports

Note: You may see personalized overview reports that show comparisons to your typical performance. These insights will explain why your views may be higher or lower than usual.

Your top content in this period

The top videos report highlights your most popular videos. By default, the report shows top videos by view.

Realtime

The Realtime report gives you early insights into the performance of your recently published videos. The report also gives you info on your top videos and subscriber count. You can also view the expanded analytics report to compare 60 minute and 48 hour performance.

Podcasts

The Podcasts report gives you general performances and you can select any podcast to dive deeper into that podcast’s performance. Learn more on podcast’s performances on YouTube.

Latest content

This report gives you a snapshot of your latest video's views. The report also gives you info on impressions click-through rate and average view duration.

Metrics to know

Views

The number of legitimate views for your channels or videos.

Watch time (hours)

The amount of time viewers have watched your video.

Subscribers

The number of viewers who have subscribed to your channel.

Estimated revenue

Total estimated revenue (net revenue) from all Google-sold ads and transactions for the selected date range and area.

Average view duration

Estimated average minutes watched per view for the selected video and date range.

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