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YouTube Watch Time by Playback Location

Watch Time by Playback Location is a metric that tracks how long viewers watch your videos in specific locations on YouTube, such as on the YouTube homepage, subscription feed, or suggested videos. It helps you understand where your audience engages with your content the most.

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What is "Watch Time by Playback Location"?
Watch Time by Playback Location is a metric on YouTube that provides information on where people are watching your videos. It breaks down the total watch time of your videos by the specific locations where viewers started watching them, such as on YouTube search or suggested videos, your channel page, embedded on websites, or other video sharing platforms. By understanding where your viewers are finding your videos and spending the most time watching them, you can optimize your content and promotion strategies to reach your target audience more effectively. Additionally, this metric can help identify opportunities for increasing engagement and building your audience on specific platforms or channels.
Example: A YouTube content creator can make informed decisions on video promotions and advertising strategies based on the Watch Time by Playback Location metric, which shows how long viewers watch their videos on different locations such as on their channel page, on the YouTube search page, or on external websites.

Visualizations

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    Bar and Line Chart

    Used to show comparisons between values.

How to track Watch Time by Playback Location 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 Watch Time by Playback Location 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 Watch Time by Playback Location on the Performance screen
  6. 6
    Get Watch Time by Playback Location performance daily with Scorecards or as a weekly digest
  7. 7
    Set Goals to track and improve performance of Watch Time by Playback Location
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Basics

  • Description
    Watch Time by Playback Location is a metric that tracks how long viewers watch your videos in specific locations on YouTube, such as on the YouTube homepage, subscription feed, or suggested videos. It helps you understand where your audience engages with your content the most.
  • Category
    Video Marketing
  • Subcategory
    Time video
  • Date Added
    2017-06-26
  • Default Format
    Duration
  • Cumulative Support
    Yes
  • Units
    No
  • Granularities
    daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly
  • Favorable Trend
    increasing
  • Historical Data
    Yes
  • Changing historical data
    No
  • Forecast Support
    Yes
  • Benchmark Support
    No
  • Media Support
    No
  • Dimension
    Yes
  • Metric Type
    general Learn more
  • API Endpoint
    https://youtubeanalytics.googleapis.com/v2/reports

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