We analyzed the data behind 20,000 YouTube Channels and 200,000 YouTube Videos to see what it told us about the YouTube Algorithm.

2. CRACKING YOUTUBE
2020: TOPICS

3. DID YOU KNOW?
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• Topics is now live in Chrome Extension
vidIQ (right below Tags)
• Topics all link to Wikipedia articles
related to them (links are even in the
YouTube API)
• Based on Freebase Topic ID (history of it
could be interesting for preso)... reinforced
in YouTube API documentation:
• 6 “Super Topics” are all freebase topics in
“Music”, “Gaming”, “Sports”,
“Entertainment”, “Society”, “Other”

4. SUPER TOPICS
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5. SUPER TOPICS: VIEWS
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6. SUPER TOPICS: AVD
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7. SUPER TOPICS: AVG SUBS OF CHANNEL
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8. SUPER TOPICS: AVG. LIKES
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9. TOPICS & YOUTUBE
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10. TOPICS & YOUTUBE: AVD
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11. TOPICS & YOUTUBE: WORST AVD
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12. TOPICS & YOUTUBE: LIKES
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13. TOPICS & YOUTUBE: LEAST LIKED
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14. OVERSATURATED TOPICS
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15. WHERE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES?
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16. HOW YOUTUBE DETERMINES TOPICS
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• Metadata
• Comments
• Transcripts
• Video
Intelligence

17. CRACKING YOUTUBE
2020

18. • 200,000 Videos
• 20,000 Channels
THE DATA:
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19. CHANNEL
DATA
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20. • Less than 10 videos
• 1 or 2 “viral” videos
CHANNELS
NOT
INCLUDED:
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21. COUNT OF CHANNELS
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22. AVG DAY 1 – 30 VIEWS
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23. AVG LENGTH OF VIDEO
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24. AVG LENGTH OF VIDEO: VIEW RANGES
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25. AVD OF VIDEOS
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26. AVD OF VIDEOS: VIEW RANGES
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27. % VIEWED
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28. # OF CREATOR SUGGESTED VIDEOS
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29. # OF TAGS
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30. CHARACTERS IN DESCRIPTION
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31. % OF VIEWS FROM SEARCH
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32. UPLOADS
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33. UPLOADS
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34. UPLOADS
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35. TRAFFIC SOURCES
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36. OTHER TRAFFIC SOURCES
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37. OTHER TRAFFIC SOURCES
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38. VIDEO
DATA
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39. • Livestreams
• Advertised videos
• Music Videos
• Videos with less than:
• 100 first day views
• 1,000 seven day views
VIDEOS
NOT
INCLUDED:
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40. VIDEOS BY CATEGORY
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41. COUNT OF VIDEOS BY LENGTH
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42. COUNT OF VIDEOS BY MONTH OF RELEASE
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43. YOUTUBE
FEATURES
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44. YOUR OWN SUGGESTED VIDEOS VS. VIEWS
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45. YOUR OWN SUGGESTED VIDEOS VS. VIEWS
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46. CTR IS KING
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47. CAPTIONS ARE GREAT METADATA
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48. LENGTH OF TITLE VS. VIEWS
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49. # OF TAGS VS. VIEWS
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50. LIKES AS A % VS. VIEWS
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51. COMMENTS PER VIEWER
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52. LIKES TO DISLIKES RATIO
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53. LIKE TO DISLIKE RATIO (2019 ONLY)
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54. LENGTH
&
AVD
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55. VIEWS BY LENGTH
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56. FIRST SEVEN DAYS VIDEO LENGTHS
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57. AVD VS. VIEWS
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58. AVD VS. VIEWS (2019 VIDEOS ONLY)
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59. AVD VS. VIEWS
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60. AVD VS. VIEWS (2019 ONLY)
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61. WHY THE SHIFT?
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62. DOES % VIEWED MATTER? MAYBE
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63. DOES % VIEWED MATTER? MAYBE (2019 ONLY)
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64. SUGGESTED
&
BROWSE
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65. % OF VIEWS FROM BROWSE DAY 1 VS. TOTAL VIEWS DAYS 1 - 30
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66. % OF VIEWS FROM BROWSE DAY 1 & 2 VS. TOTAL VIEWS DAYS 1 - 30
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67. % OF VIEWS FROM SUGGESTED DAY 1 VS. TOTAL VIEWS DAYS 1 - 30
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68. % OF VIEWS FROM SUGGESTED DAY 1 & 2 VS. TOTAL VIEWS DAYS 1 - 30
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69. SUGGESTED VS. AVD 7 DAYS
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70. SUGGESTED V. BROWSE, 7 DAYS, BY AVD
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71. SUGGESTED VS. BROWSE BY AVD, WITH TOTAL VIEWS
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72. SUGGESTED VS. BROWSE BY AVD, WITH TOTAL VIEWS (2019 ONLY)
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73. WHY THE CHANGE IN SUGGESTED AND BROWSE?
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74. THANK YOU!