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Social and content platforms · Video analytics API

YouTube Analytics and Reporting APIs: coverage and access

Retrieve channel performance for reporting on a company's own YouTube content.

Reviewed 2026-10-09Open source ↗

What it covers

Geography and granularity

Geography: YouTube channels the authorized user can access

Granularity: Channel and video performance by supported metrics and dimensions

Source type: Video analytics API

Potential use

Retrieve channel performance for reporting on a company's own YouTube content.

Access and cost

Google Cloud project and OAuth

Enable the APIs, authenticate a channel owner or manager and request appropriate scopes.

Cost: API use is subject to quotas and Google terms; channel eligibility applies.

Update cadence: Analytics and reporting data follows YouTube's processing schedules and reporting windows.

Interpret carefully

Limits that affect the decision

Results concern authorized channels and supported metrics; views and engagement do not directly establish purchase intent.

Analytics and reporting data follows YouTube's processing schedules and reporting windows.

This record summarizes source documentation; Jon Bishop did not conduct an independent audit of the underlying dataset.

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