vidIQ Channel Audit
Your personal YouTube consultant, available 24/7. Get instant insights into your channel's performance and unlock growth opportunities.
Beginner Guide for Your YouTube Channel Audit
The YouTube Channel audit tool from vidIQ is one of the most powerful video marketing tools you can access. It quickly shows you how your content is performing, what's working, what's not working, and what issues need your attention.
How Your YouTube Channel is Performing
Get detailed insights into your channel's performance over the last 30 days. Hover over each section to get more detailed information and actionable insights to improve your content strategy.
What's Driving Your Channel's Success?
Discover your channel's top-performing content through comprehensive metrics including Views per Hour (VPH), engagement rates, subscriber growth, and watch time. Analyze audience retention, playlist performance, and external traffic sources. Get detailed insights into search terms, Endscreen click rates, and Card performance. Paid users can access up to 20 results per section for deeper analysis.
What's Holding You Back?
Spot your underperforming videos at a glance - from low watch time to subscriber loss. Study the content, community response, and audience retention to determine why certain videos aren't performing well. Make smarter decisions about which content to keep or ditch.
Discover Which Sources Drive Your Views
Get comprehensive insights into your traffic sources, including external videos suggesting your content, top search terms driving discovery, and playlist performance. Understand where your views are coming from and optimize your content strategy accordingly.
Why Creators Use vidIQ's Channel Audit
24/7 Channel Performance Analysis
Get real-time insights into your channel's performance over the last 30, 60, or 90 days. Hover over each section for detailed metrics including views, subscribers, and minutes watched with period-over-period comparisons.
Content Success Metrics & Traffic Sources
Identify your best-performing content based on Views per Hour, engagement rates, subscriber growth, watch time, audience retention, and traffic sources. Analyze top search terms, Endscreen click rates, and Card performance to understand what drives success.
Content Improvement Opportunities
Discover underperforming videos with metrics on lowest watch time, retention rates, views, and subscriber loss. Study content, community response, and audience retention to determine why certain videos aren't performing well.
Channel Optimization Checklist
Get instant feedback on your video titles (20-60 characters), descriptions (300+ characters), tags (200+ characters), cards, endscreens, thumbnails, and playlists. Track actionable SEO scores and optimization recommendations.
Quick Access & Navigation
Access the Channel Audit tool directly from your YouTube screen's left-hand toolbar or through the vidIQ extension toolbar navigation dropdown for instant insights and data-driven decisions.
Comprehensive Channel Health
Get a complete overview of your channel's health with detailed analysis of posting schedules, playlist optimization, and content performance. Make data-driven decisions to elevate your content strategy and drive sustainable growth.
How the vidIQ Channel Audit Works
vidIQ connects to your channel data, reviews recent performance, highlights what is working, and turns optimization gaps into clear next steps. Use the audit to spot content patterns, improve underperforming videos, and keep your channel growth strategy focused.
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