youtube-own-channel-analyzer

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youtube-own-channel-analyzer

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Comprehensive YouTube channel analysis using YouTube Data API v3. Analyze your own channel's performance metrics, content strategy, upload patterns, engagement rates, video performance, and growth trends. Use when users want to (1) Analyze their YouTube channel performance, (2) Get insights on video engagement and metrics, (3) Understand upload patterns and optimal posting times, (4) Identify top-performing content types, (5) Generate channel health reports, (6) Track subscriber and view growth patterns. Requires user's YouTube Data API v3 key.

YouTube Own Channel Analyzer

Analyze your YouTube channel's performance using the YouTube Data API v3.

Setup

1. API Key: Get from Google Cloud Console - enable YouTube Data API v3
2. Channel ID: Accept channel ID (UC...), @handle, or full URL

API Endpoints

BASE_URL = https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3

# Channel details
GET /channels?part=snippet,statistics,contentDetails,brandingSettings&id={channelId}&key={API_KEY}

# Channel videos (paginated)
GET /search?part=snippet&channelId={channelId}&order=date&type=video&maxResults=50&key={API_KEY}

# Video details (batch up to 50 IDs)
GET /videos?part=snippet,statistics,contentDetails&id={videoIds}&key={API_KEY}

Analysis Workflow

1. Resolve Channel ID

@handle → Search API with handle, get channelId from result
/channel/UC... → Extract directly
/c/name or /user/name → Use forUsername parameter

2. Fetch Data

• Channel: snippet, statistics, contentDetails, brandingSettings
• Videos: Paginate through search results, then batch video details

3. Analyze

Content Types - Categorize by title/description patterns: