How can I see who viewed my video on YouTube?

Do you know that YouTube provides video creators with a wealth of information in its Analytics section? You cannot find out the specific names of people who have watched your videos, but you can get much useful demographic information beyond just visual counts. Built-in analytics provides holistic information about your audience that is similar to Google Analytics. Use up-to-date metrics to monitor the performance of your channel and video.

How to Find YouTube Analytics for Your Channel

To find analytics for all videos in your channel:

(A) Log into YouTube and choose your profile photo or icon at the top of the screen.

(b) Select YouTube Studio (beta) in the drop-down menu.

(c) Select Analytics in the left panel, which includes Reach, Engagement, and Audience, to access the list of different types of data related to your video viewers.

Information about your audience can be viewed through several analytical filters, including:-

Types of Analytical Data

 Watch Time

·       Audience Retention

·       Demographics

·       Location

·       Date or Time Frame

·       Content

·       Devices

·       Traffic sources

·       Likes and Dislikes

·       Comments

·       Sharing

How to view data in YouTube Analytics?

Depending on the type of data you are reviewing, you can create a line chart to see how that data has changed over time. You can also view multi-line charts and compare performance up to 25 videos. You can download the report on your hard drive by selecting Export Current View (indicated by the arrow icon) at the top of the screen.

Overview report: The first report listed under Analytics is the tab overview. This is a high-level summary of how your content is doing. The report includes performance matrix stigmatization clock time, views and earnings (if applicable). It contains the data most relevant to interactions such as comments, shares, favorites, likes, and dislikes.

The overview report also highlights the top 10 pieces of content for your channel, audience gender and location, and top traffic sources.

Real-time activity: The Real-time Activity box under the Overview section lets you view viewership statistics that are updated in real-time, with intervals of only a few minutes. The two charts show approximate views of your video in the last 48 hours and during the last 60 minutes, the device type that accesses your video, the operating system of the device and where the device is located.

The Access: Under the Reach tab, you'll get impressions, views, exclusive views of your channel and more. You can also look at your channel's traffic sources (are your viewers finding you through YouTube search, external links, etc.?), How many times people clicked on the thumbnail of your video, and the time taken to view Clicked for or not. Internal YouTube traffic sources include YouTube search, suggested videos, playlists, YouTube ads, and other features. External traffic data comes from mobile sources and websites and apps to which your video is embedded or linked.

To get the most from this report, set a date range and look at the sources. You can then filter sources and viewers for additional information.

Engagement: The engagement tab provides detailed information about how long people watch your video. Here, you can see which videos have been viewed the most, your most effective end screen videos, your top playlists by the time you watch, and more.

The Audience: The Audiences tab breaks down the demographics of your audience. It shows the age, gender, and geography of your audience. The Device Type tab can show you what operating system and what type of device people are using to watch your video. Devices include computers, smartphones, TVs, and game consoles. You can also see which operating system they used, whether more people watch live or on-demand, and which playlists are seen the most.