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YouTube Watch Time by Traffic Source

Watch Time by Traffic Source is a YouTube metric that measures the total amount of time viewers spent watching your videos from different sources such as YouTube search, suggested videos, and external links. It helps you understand which traffic sources are driving the most engagement and views to your channel.

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What is "Watch Time by Traffic Source"?
Watch Time by Traffic Source is a metric that measures the total amount of time viewers spend watching your YouTube videos, broken down by the source of your traffic, such as search, suggested videos or external referrals. Essentially, it helps you understand where your viewers are coming from and how engaged they are with your content. This information can be used to optimize your video strategy and improve your overall YouTube performance.
Example: Watch Time by Traffic Source can help a creator identify that their video is receiving most of its views from social media referrals, which would inform them to tailor the video messaging or format towards a social media-friendly audience.

Visualizations

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    Bar and Line Chart

    Used to show comparisons between values.

How to track Watch Time by Traffic Source 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 Traffic Source 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 Traffic Source on the Performance screen
  6. 6
    Get Watch Time by Traffic Source performance daily with Scorecards or as a weekly digest
  7. 7
    Set Goals to track and improve performance of Watch Time by Traffic Source
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YouTube Watch Time by Traffic Source included in Dashboard Templates 1

  • Live view

    YouTube Video Watch Time Analysis

    The YouTube Watch Time Analysis dashboard helps you monitor watch time across all your videos and get alerts on changes.

    YouTube

YouTube Watch Time by Traffic Source included in Report Templates 1

  • Details

    YouTube Report Template

    Use this YouTube report to share important metrics like watch time, average view duration, likes, views by video, and more.

    YouTube

Basics

  • Description
    Watch Time by Traffic Source is a YouTube metric that measures the total amount of time viewers spent watching your videos from different sources such as YouTube search, suggested videos, and external links. It helps you understand which traffic sources are driving the most engagement and views to your channel.
  • 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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