This page lists reports that channel owners can retrieve with the YouTube Reporting API. Each report's id, as returned by the API's reportTypes.list method, is provided in the report description.
Video reports
Video reports provide statistics for all user activity related to a channel's videos. For example, these reports contain the number of times that your videos were viewed.
User activity
This report provides user activity statistics related to a channel and its videos.
The id for this report is channel_basic_a3.
User activity by province
This report provides user activity statistics for US states and the District of Columbia.
The id for this report is
channel_province_a3
.
Playback locations
This report provides statistics related to the type of page or application where video playbacks occurred.
The id for this report is
channel_playback_location_a3
.
Traffic sources
This report aggregates viewing statistics based on the manner in which viewers reached the channel's video content. For example, it identifies the number of views that stemmed from a Google Search or from a link to a related video.
The id for this report is
channel_traffic_source_a3
.
Device type and operating system
This report aggregates video viewing statistics based on viewers' operating systems and device types. For example, it identifies the number of views that occurred on Android tablets or on Windows desktop devices.
The id for this report is
channel_device_os_a3
.
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions: | date, channel_id, video_id, live_or_on_demand, subscribed_status, country_code, device_type, operating_system |
| Metrics: | engaged_views, views, watch_time_minutes, average_view_duration_seconds, average_view_duration_percentage, red_views, red_watch_time_minutes |
Viewer demographics
This report aggregates viewing statistics based on viewers' age group and gender.
The id for this report is
channel_demographics_a2
.
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions: | date, channel_id, video_id, live_or_on_demand, subscribed_status, country_code, age_group, gender |
| Metrics: | views_percentage |
Content sharing by platform
This report provides statistics showing how frequently the channel's videos were shared on different social platforms.
The id for this report is
channel_sharing_service_a2
.
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions: | date, channel_id, video_id, live_or_on_demand, subscribed_status, country_code, sharing_service |
| Metrics: | shares |
Annotations
This report provides statistics for annotations that display during a channel's videos.
The report data measures the performance of individual annotations for each video. The user activity report, by contrast, aggregates statistics for all of a video's annotations.
The id for this report is
channel_annotations_a2
.
Cards
This report provides impressions and click-through statistics for cards that display during a channel's videos.
The report data measures the performance of individual cards. The user activity report, by contrast, aggregates statistics for all of a video's cards.
The id for this report is
channel_cards_a2
.
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions: | date, channel_id, video_id, live_or_on_demand, subscribed_status, country_code, card_type, card_id |
| Metrics: | card_click_rate, card_teaser_click_rate, card_impressions, card_teaser_impressions, card_clicks, card_teaser_clicks |
End screens
This report provides impression and click-through statistics for end screens that display after a video stops playing.
The report contains statistics for a channel's videos.
The id for this report is
channel_end_screens_a2
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions: | date, channel_id, video_id, live_or_on_demand, subscribed_status, country_code, end_screen_element_type, end_screen_element_id |
| Metrics: | end_screen_element_clicks, end_screen_element_impressions, end_screen_element_click_rate |
Subtitles
This report provides statistics about the closed caption language that is used for the longest time during video views. Views in which captions are mostly turned off are excluded.
The id for this report is channel_subtitles_a3.
Combined
This report provides fine-grained video statistics by combining dimensions used in the playback location, traffic source, and device/OS reports.
The id for this report is channel_combined_a3.
Playlist reports
Playlist reports provide statistics that are specifically related to video views that occur in the context of a playlist.
User activity
This report provides statistics related to users' interactions with a channel's playlists.
The id for this report is playlist_basic_a2.
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions: | date, channel_id, playlist_id, video_id, live_or_on_demand, subscribed_status, country_code |
| Metrics: | engaged_views, views, watch_time_minutes, average_view_duration_seconds, playlist_starts, playlist_saves_added, playlist_saves_removed |
User activity by province
This report provides user activity statistics related to users' interactions with a channel's playlists for US states and the District of Columbia. The report is filtered to only include data if the country_code dimension's value is US.
The id for this report is playlist_province_a2.
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions: | date, channel_id, playlist_id, video_id, live_or_on_demand, subscribed_status, country_code, province_code |
| Metrics: | engaged_views, views, watch_time_minutes, average_view_duration_seconds, playlist_starts, playlist_saves_added, playlist_saves_removed |
Playback locations
This report provides statistics related to the type of page or application where playlist playbacks occurred.
The id for this report is
playlist_playback_location_a2
.
Traffic sources
This report aggregates viewing statistics based on the manner in which viewers reached a channel's playlist videos. For example, this report identifies the number of views that stemmed from a Google Search or from a link to a related video.
The id for this report is playlist_traffic_source_a2.
Device type and operating system
This report aggregates playlist viewing statistics based on viewers' operating systems and device types. For example, it identifies the number of views that occurred on Android tablets or on Windows desktop devices.
The id for this report is
playlist_device_os_a2
.
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions: | date, channel_id, playlist_id, video_id, live_or_on_demand, subscribed_status, country_code, device_type, operating_system |
| Metrics: | engaged_views, views, watch_time_minutes, average_view_duration_seconds, playlist_starts, playlist_saves_added, playlist_saves_removed |
Combined
This report provides fine-grained playlist statistics by combining dimensions used in the playback location, traffic source, and device/OS reports.
The id for this report is playlist_combined_a2.