
Right now, we're showing you the long method for checking YouTube views. Get Views Data Faster With vidIQ’s Real-Time Stats Bar

That alone should prove which title/thumbnail produces a better click-through rate or number of impressions. With that in mind, you can check these two graphs to see if there are significant spikes or dips after the 12th hour.
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For example, you may decide to update a video’s title and thumbnail 12 hours after publishing.

When you update your video’s thumbnail or title in the first 24 hours, try to remember which hour you made the change. Next, you can click Impressions Click-Through Rate to view another graph showing the video's click-through rate in the first 24 hours. You should instantly see a graph showing video impressions, like the one below. So instead of viewing the Overview tab, click Reach near the top of the page. To answer this question, we need to check the number of impressions the video earned, as well as its click-through rate. Question 2: Did changing the video’s thumbnail or title in the first 24 hours affect its views? That means we did a good job targeting specific keywords for the video, and the effort paid off. On the flip side, getting 957 search views is excellent. That means our 2.8K views from YouTube recommendations is a tad low for this video. Here's what the vidIQ channel usually averages for these two sources: We know this because we hovered our mouse over each traffic source, which triggered a pop-up showing our typical video performance. Via the screenshot above, it looks like our video overperformed in YouTube search views and underperformed in YouTube recommendation views. We can check this by looking at the traffic sources data. Question 1: Compared with other content, did the video overperform or underperform? With this data, we can ask ourselves a few questions about the video’s performance, and hopefully, create better content. Scrolling down a bit farther, we also see a list of traffic sources for video views in the first 24 hours.
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Need a visual tutorial? Watch the video below to make sure you’re doing everything correctly: How to Analyze 24-Hour View Data on YouTubeĪs an example, let’s say we want to analyze the 24-hour views for our recent video, “ How to Start a YouTube Gaming Channel In 2021.” After completing the steps above, the below results are what we see in the YouTube Studio.

Click the analytics icon on the pop-up menu that appears.

To make it happen, start comparing your videos’ performance over the first 24 hours. You should strive to make your videos appear in valuable areas of the app, such as browse features, YouTube search, and suggested videos. Apart from going viral, that’s the kind of mojo you want to have on YouTube.
