Youtube analytics

[Lord Ba'al]

So my Youtube channel (which I created about 6 years ago I think) has been receiving a sudden surge of visitors since about two weeks ago. One video in particular was getting a lot of traffic compared to its normal volume. I wondered why and asked in the comments. Got responses from several people that the video had been sent through to them by Youtube via email. I suppose it was somehow a little part of some sort of newsletter.

I thought it might be nice to share some of the analytics here in case somebody finds it of interest.

 

[Overmind One]

Do you shoot your videos or are they re-posed from elsewhere? This is a great surprise when you find out one or more of your "products" have become popular! I was just as surprised then Break media paid me for my little video of Siete and his dog Bella. If you can do this with out trying, what might happen if you TRIED to make a video go viral? Great job man!

 

[Lord Ba'al]

The material is not my own. It's my Stargate channel.

 

[Lord Ba'al]

This shows the peak in traffic for a particular video and the source of the traffic.

Video:

 

[Lord Ba'al]

I wonder what Browse Features means.

 

[Lord Ba'al]

I wonder what Browse Features means.

Found it means this:

"Traffic from the homepage/home screen, subscription feed and other browsing features for both signed-in and signed-out users."

Now I'm wondering what Other Browsing Features means.

 

[PussyGalore]

How much money have you made so far?

 

[YJ02]

Now I'm wondering what Other Browsing Features means.

its a rabbit hole Alice! don't go in it!!!

 

[Lord Ba'al]

How much money have you made so far?

Exactly zero.

 

[Overmind One]

Exactly zero.

Just like here. I keep this place online because I will not do Facebook, I know everyone here and we don't have to worry about all the shit that comes with being on social media. At least, that is what it is for me. I look at the analytics for here and my other websites but no money has been made except when Siete's video was bought by Break Media. $100 bucks! That cat has made more money than I have online in the past 5 years! An aside, back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, I would regularly make $100 or $200 a month from Google on my political site, just based on traffic and unique views, plus click throughs. Lots more traffic.

 

[Lord Ba'al]

Little update. Whatever Youtube did has definitely had an impact on viewership. For right now the amount of viewers is appearing to stabilize a bit at just under 30k per day. I sort of have this feeling that there is some kind of "AI" being employed by Youtube to analyze traffic data and somehow it decided that my channel was a good candidate to give a little promotional effort.

Just to illustrate the difference this impact has made...

 

[Overmind One]

Little update. Whatever Youtube did has definitely had an impact on viewership. For right now the amount of viewers is appearing to stabilize a bit at just under 30k per day. I sort of have this feeling that there is some kind of "AI" being employed by Youtube to analyze traffic data and somehow it decided that my channel was a good candidate to give a little promotional effort.

Just to illustrate the difference this impact has made...

Algorithms.

 

[PussyGalore]

Algorithms.

Algorithms are sexy!

 

[PussyGalore]

Little update. Whatever Youtube did has definitely had an impact on viewership. For right now the amount of viewers is appearing to stabilize a bit at just under 30k per day. I sort of have this feeling that there is some kind of "AI" being employed by Youtube to analyze traffic data and somehow it decided that my channel was a good candidate to give a little promotional effort.

Just to illustrate the difference this impact has made...

Serious question: Is there a point at which YouTube begins to pay you for views?

 

[YJ02]

Little update. Whatever Youtube did has definitely had an impact on viewership. For right now the amount of viewers is appearing to stabilize a bit at just under 30k per day. I sort of have this feeling that there is some kind of "AI" being employed by Youtube to analyze traffic data and somehow it decided that my channel was a good candidate to give a little promotional effort.

Just to illustrate the difference this impact has made...

stargate origins comes out online on the 15th, do you think it may be possible that they are paying google to 'bump' all vids stargate on YOUTUBE to promote a general interest in stargate prior to its release?

 

[Lord Ba'al]

Serious question: Is there a point at which YouTube begins to pay you for views?

I suppose there is. But not for me. At least not the way things are now. Technically the videos on my channel are copyrighted and I don't own the rights. It is technically against the rules to upload such videos on Youtube. I'm surprised that they haven't been taken down frankly. But anywayz, I have the money making functionality turned off on my channel, because if I did turn it on, I suspect they'd take the channel down in no-time. Also, I feel that MGM or whomever actually owns the rights should be the ones making money of it, not me. I just posted some videos. Although of course I did invest quite some time in making and uploading them when I started the channel. I'm just happy that other people are enjoying the videos. All I really wanted to do was for Stargate to remain having a presence after it seemed the whole castle came crumbling down after SGU. I think I sort of succeeded. Pretty sure there are new Stargate fans today because they've seen videos on my channel, although of course I could not prove that. More Stargate fans means better chances of new shows and movies.

 

[Lord Ba'al]

stargate origins comes out online on the 15th, do you think it may be possible that they are paying google to 'bump' all vids stargate on YOUTUBE to promote a general interest in stargate prior to its release?

That could very well be. Although it could also simply be the people themselves finding the videos. I noticed a bump in the amount of viewers after the news of the new Stargate show came out initially. Here's a couple to compare.

Lifetime graph:

Little zoomed in (01/07/2016 till now):

More zoomed in (01/03/2017 till 30/11/2017):

 

[Lord Ba'al]

Definite downward trend now. Although it's much more gradual than I had expected. Just dipped below 20k viewers per day.

 

[YJ02]

Definite downward trend now. Although it's much more gradual than I had expected. Just dipped below 20k viewers per day.

interesting, I wonder if indeed STARGATE COMMAND was bumping yours and other vids regarding all things GATE? trying to generate more interest in their new show and website?

I mean, what a way to entice ppl? Your stuff is some good bits of funny and just plain great SG1 stuff. Ppl watch that and say "man, that was a great show, I hope this new show will be like that". it fits with their lazy production and writing of SO's.

I have also noticed on my 'feed' or whatever YT calls it now; others' SG vids as well as yours

 

[Lord Ba'al]

It might not even be deliberate. Maybe there are videos about Stargate Origins which catch a lot of attention right now and the algorithms think anything Stargate related might be of interest to people, or they are just related videos coming up in suggestions.