YouTube Analytics

  • This script utilizes the YouTube Data API to generate a report for your YouTube channel.

  • It retrieves data from the past month, including daily views, likes, dislikes, and shares.

  • The report focuses on the performance of a single channel, prioritizing the first one found in your account if you have multiple.

  • Data is formatted for logging to the console, providing a raw overview of your channel's recent activity.

Create report for a channel

function runYoutubeAnalyticsReport() {
  // Get the list of all channels.
  var myChannels = YouTube.Channels.list('id', {mine: true});

  // Pick the first available channel.
  var channel = myChannels.items[0];
  var channelId = channel.id;

  // Set the dates for report.
  var today = new Date();
  var oneMonthAgo = new Date();
  oneMonthAgo.setMonth(today.getMonth() - 1);

  var todayFormatted = Utilities.formatDate(today, 'UTC', 'yyyy-MM-dd');
  var oneMonthAgoFormatted = Utilities.formatDate(oneMonthAgo, 'UTC',
      'yyyy-MM-dd');

  // See https://developers.google.com/youtube/analytics/v1/reports for
  // supported dimensions and metrics.
  var analyticsResponse = YouTubeAnalytics.Reports.query(
    'channel==' + channelId,
    oneMonthAgoFormatted,
    todayFormatted,
    'views,likes,dislikes,shares',
    {
      dimensions: 'day',
      sort: '-day'
    });
  console.log(analyticsResponse);
}