YouTube
A whole channel against the video anchor model
In one sentence
The YouTube channel check reads every upload on a channel, runs the fourteen-row video check on each, and tallies the results into a fix list for the channel: how many videos have authored chapters, uploaded rather than auto-generated captions, a description over 150 words, a list under a how-to title, and a specific topic category. Each video links to its own check. Included with Watch for one channel.
Every upload read through the Data API, checked the way one video is checked, and tallied. Captions and transcripts count only for videos the browser vantage has observed.
What a channel tally is
The Data API lists every upload, 50 at a time. Each video runs through the same 14 checks a single video gets, and the page shows, per row, how many videos passed of how many could be judged. A row a video cannot be judged on (a Short with no caption track, a clip too short for chapters) is counted as n/a, not as a failure, so a channel of Shorts is not condemned for having no chapters.
What the check found on the case-study channel before any edit
Every caption track on the channel was auto-generated, no video over two minutes had authored chapters, and three descriptions in 86 reached 150 words. The most-viewed upload, at 89,000 views, is a seven-second clip. Those are the rows the rewrite was aimed at; the case study records what changed and when the result will be read.
How a tally is read
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Every upload, through the API
The uploads playlist is read in full. Title, description, tags, duration, language, topic categories and the caption flag come back for each video.
- 2
Browser observations are merged
Videos a real browser has observed contribute caption type, transcript and storyboard rows. The count of observed videos is printed beside the tally so the denominator is never hidden.
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Tallied, then listed most-viewed first
Each row shows passed of judged. Below it, every video with its own pass count and failing rows, so the videos carrying the traffic are the first ones you fix.
Channels per plan
| Plan | YouTube | Also |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Any single video, as often as you like | The full site scan |
| Watch | 1 channel: every upload tallied, plus the site tie-in | 3 domains under record |
| Studio | 3 channels, and the transcript layer through the browser extension | 10 domains |
| Agency | 10 channels, with a per-video change record | 40 domains |
| Network | Every channel you operate | 150+ domains |
Prices and what each tier holds back are on the pricing page. Nothing a plan unlocks changes a measurement.
Read next
Check one video · Does your site carry your videos? · The case study · The browser extension