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YouTube Views by Device Type

The Views by Device Type metric indicates how many times a video has been watched on different types of devices such as mobile phones, tablets, and desktop computers. This information helps content creators understand how their audience consumes their videos and optimize their video strategy accordingly.

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  • Technical Details
What is "Views by Device Type"?
The Views by Device Type metric in YouTube Analytics shows how many views a video received on various devices such as desktop, mobile phone, tablet, smart TV, and game console. It can provide insights into audience behavior and help creators optimize their content for different devices to maximize viewer engagement. A higher number of views on mobile devices may indicate a younger audience, while more views on smart TVs may indicate a preference for long-form content.
Example: A beauty vlogger can use the Views by Device Type metric to determine whether more people watch their makeup tutorials on mobile devices or desktops, and adjust their content accordingly.

Visualizations

  • Databox visualization

    Bar and Line Chart

    Used to show comparisons between values.

How to track Views by Device Type in Databox?

Databox is a business analytics software that allows you to track and visualize your most important metrics from any data source in one centralized platform.

To track Views by Device Type using Databox, follow these steps:

  1. 1
    Connect YouTube that contains the metric you want to track
  2. 2
    Select the metric you want to track from the list of available metrics
  3. 3
    Drag and drop the selected metric onto your dashboard
  4. 4
    Watch your dashboard populate in seconds
  5. 5
    Put Views by Device Type on the Performance screen
  6. 6
    Get Views by Device Type performance daily with Scorecards or as a weekly digest
  7. 7
    Set Goals to track and improve performance of Views by Device Type
Goals

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Metric Digest

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General

  • Description
    The Views by Device Type metric indicates how many times a video has been watched on different types of devices such as mobile phones, tablets, and desktop computers. This information helps content creators understand how their audience consumes their videos and optimize their video strategy accordingly.
  • Category
    Video Marketing
  • Subcategory
    Video views
  • Date Added
    2017-06-26

Specification

  • Metric Type
    general
  • Dimensional
    Yes
  • Decimal Digits
    No
  • Currency Units
    No
  • Granularities
    Daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly.
  • Custom Relative Periods
    Yes
  • Data Availability
    At sync, it ranges from 3 years ago to 1 day ago 00:00.
  • Retroactive Data Updates
    Newly synced data is merged with existing data, replacing values for matching periods.
  • Future Data Available
    No

Visualization

  • Cumulative Graph
    Yes
  • Favorable Trend
    increasing
  • Media Creatives
    No
  • Forecasts
    Yes
  • Benchmarks
    No

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