YouTube is giving video publishers new insights into where their views are coming from with a new report in YouTube Analytics.
As explained in the latest update on the Creator Insider channel, YouTube’s team says the new report will make it easier to see where people are finding your videos along with what is overperforming and underperforming.
The new data is directly viewable in the Overview area of the Analytics tab in YouTube Studio.
In the section called “How viewers found this video”, you’ll find details on the percentage of views generated by each traffic source along with the overall number of viewers from each source.
Currently, the sources in the report include:
Notifications
Subscriptions feed
YouTube recommendations
YouTube Home
Up next
Channel pages
There is also a category labeled “Other” which would include any other traffic sources like links sent between friends or random placements.
Along with the raw data on traffic sources, the report includes a green arrow, grey arrow, or dash next to each source. This reflects how the traffic source is performing compared to other videos on your channel.
A green upward pointing arrow indicates the traffic source is performing better than usual. A sash or no indicator would suggest either the traffic source is performing about the same as usual, or the system does not have enough data to estimate the relative performance of that source.
Lastly, a grey downward arrow says that source is underperforming.
While it is perfectly normal for the traffic sources for each video to vary based on a number of factors, consistently low numbers from a source may show you need to invest efforts to improve in that area.
For example, you might find that subscribers are not returning to your latest videos – suggesting your latest topics are not as relevant to their interests.
Also mentioned – New Free YouTube Audio Library
In the same video, the Creator Insider channel revealed that YouTube is providing creators with a free collection of thousands of songs and sound effects to use in your videos.
This should make it immeasurably simpler for video creators to find copyright-free music and ensure your video will not be penalized or removed for licensing issues.
Most importantly for those driving revenue through YouTube, you can still monetize videos when using the licensed audio from the YouTube audio library.
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“With a global community of two billion people on YouTube, we’re always looking for ways to make it easier to watch and interact with your favorite videos.”
With that in mind, let’s explore these new updates which are now available for all mobile users.
Better Video Chapters
YouTube is building on its video chapters feature (which lets content creators break up their videos into digestible sections).
Now, users can browse a complete list of all the chapters in your videos as they are watching. This makes it easier to rewind or skip to the most interesting sections.
In the list, each chapter will have its own individual thumbnail, title, and timestamp.
As before, these chapters are set by simply writing out the timestamps and titles in the description section of your videos.
The only requirements are that you include at least three chapters in your video, with the first one beginning at “0:00”. Additionally, each chapter must be at least 10 seconds long.
These chapters also appear in Google search results, making this a powerful form of SEO for your videos.
Streamlined Video Player
YouTube has subtly simplified its player page with a few tweaks:
Closed Captions button has been moved to the top.
Autoplay toggle has also been moved to the top.
Rearranging some buttons, such as the “Save” and “Share” buttons previously at the top.
New Gestures
The app has been improved to support new gestures, including a quick way to exit full-screen mode. Now, you just have to swipe up to enter full-screen mode, then swipe down to exit.
You can also quickly pull up details like elapsed time and time remaining by tapping the timestamp.
Suggested Actions
YouTube is now notifying users when a video is meant to be watched a specific way. For example, a VR device will be recommended when trying to watch a video made for virtual reality, and the app will suggest rotating your phone to properly view a widescreen format video.
Bedtime Reminders
The last feature is focused on helping users maintain their well-being by setting specific times to stop watching videos and go to sleep.
The feature can be set up in the settings section or by tapping your profile picture and selecting “Time Watched”.
From there, you can set up reminders and select if you would like the tool to “Wait until I finish my video to show reminder”.
When the alert appears, you can snooze the reminder which will turn it off for 10 minutes. After that time the reminder will pop up again.
These features are all available now for all users on iOS and Android devices. They are rolling out to others in the next few days.
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Google is testing the waters of short-form videos with a new platform similar to the popular but controversial TikTok.
The company announced it is be launching a new service called YouTube Shorts which will focus on short, catchy videos like those found on TikTok or Instagram Reels.
“Shorts is a new short-form video experience for creators and artists who want to shoot short, catchy videos using nothing but their mobile phones.“
For now, YouTube Shorts is limited to India as Google tests its features and public reception.
Though features will be limited at launch, Google says YouTube Shorts will eventually include a variety of features, including:
Create and upload videos of 15-seconds or less.
Edit videos with a number of creative tools.
Stitch shorter clips together with a multi-segment camera.
Add music to videos from YouTube’s library.
Speed up or slow down videos.
Timers and countdowns.
Early Version
The version launching to users in India this week is reportedly a very limited version of the tool including only a portion of the features that will be implemented in the final release.
The purpose of the early test is to get feedback from early users so the company can better prioritize their efforts before releasing the service to a wider audience.
Of course, this is likely not the only reason the company decided to test the service in India.
India banned TikTok from operating within its country on June 29 of this year, similar to the actions taken by President Trump to eventually force the company out of the U.S.
With this in mind, there is a clear opportunity to those who launch their own take on the tool in the country sooner rather than later. Still, YouTube has already confirmed it will be bringing YouTube Shorts to more countries in the near future.
YouTube is giving us all a glimpse into how the world responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with a new batch of data showing what we’ve been watching in 2020.
The insights reveal a wide-range of trends, but an overall theme of self-care and learning new skills runs throughout.
Let’s check out some of the most revealing details from the report:
Home Cooking
As restaurant shutdowns spread in March and remain at least partially in effect across the nation, many have had to brush up on their cooking abilities or expand their repertoire.
Add to this that the shutdowns gave many considerable extra time to try their hands at cooking things which take hours or even days to do properly, and you may start to understand why sourdough bread was a major trend on YouTube this year.
“By the end of March, one could make a legitimate case that a good portion of the world was simultaneously fixated on how to achieve a superlative sourdough starter. And the evidence for that was on YouTube.”
Similarly, users around the world increasingly searched for “restaurant-style” cooking techniques and recipes to replicate their favorite eateries from home.
The company notes that it is extremely rare for countries around the world to all be searching for similar topics at the same time. Still, once the pandemic began in earnest earlier this year, global searches for cooking tutorials have been consistently heightened no matter where you live.
Self-Care
This year has been uniquely turbulent, which has led many to use YouTube to assist in or to learn new techniques for coping with anxiety or stress.
Specifically, people have been watching countless videos related to food, exercise, relaxation, medication, and peaceful sleeping since March.
This includes heightened searches for a variety of topics including:
Yoga (Daily views have doubled since March)
Guided Meditation (Daily views increased 40% since March)
Home Workouts (Daily views increased 4x since March)
Nature Sounds
Keeping Close While Social Distancing
Perhaps the strongest way YouTube has helped people cope with the ongoing pandemic is by providing a way to stay connected.
“YouTube viewers used video to engage with each other directly and indirectly, sometimes in nuanced ways: even just participating in a rising coffee-making trend can make someone feel more connected to other people.”
This is most obvious when looking at the data for a few notable video trends:
‘With Me’ Videos (Views of #WithMe videos jumped 600% since March)
Museum Tours (Daily views up 60%)
Face Masks (DIY tutorials have been viewed over 400 million times)
Dalgona coffee (A briefly viral treat connected users around the world)
Building Your Identity
Without our usual ways to express ourselves, many saw YouTube as both a creative outlet and a learning tool for further developing their identity.
“Video proved to be a unique way people could both express who they were and who they might become — say, by learning a new skill.”
This is reflected in a variety of video topics which have trended up since March, including:
Gardening
How to cut hair
Religious services
Video call beauty tips
YouTube as a Mirror
This data shows that people around the world have turned to a few basic needs when it comes to their content right now. From India to the U.S., YouTube says the uniformity of these trends has been “astonishing”.
When it comes to what people are watching right now, it all boils down to three basic needs:
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A new analysis of YouTube’s top 100 search terms of the year reveals more than just the most popular channels – it shows a subtle change to how users are engaging with the platform and what type of content they are most interested in.
While YouTube releases a few key findings at the end of the year, the company does not provide the data for the top 100 search queries each year. Thankfully, Ahrefs annually analyzes more than 800 million keywords used on the site using its Keyword Explorer tool to give us this report.
Top YouTube Searches
Below, we are including the top 25 searches for both the US and worldwide. For the complete list of the top 100 search queries, check out the full report.
Top US Queries and Search Volume
pewdiepie – 3,770,000
asmr – 3,230,000
music – 2,670,000
markiplier – 2,380,000
old town road – 2,040,000
pewdiepie vs t series – 1,940,000
billie eilish – 1,910,000
fortnite – 1,630,000
david dobrik – 1,610,000
jacksepticeye – 1,580,000
james charles – 1,560,000
joe rogan – 1,560,000
baby shark – 1,500,000
bts – 1,350,000
dantdm – 1,330,000
snl – 1,260,000
game grumps – 1,140,000
cnn – 1,120,000
wwe – 1,100,000
lofi – 1,040,000
minecraft – 1,030,000
shane dawson – 993,000
t series – 955,000
fox news – 943,000
msnbc – 936,000
Top Worldwide Queries and Search Volume
bts – 17,630,000
pewdiepie – 16,320,000
asmr – 13,910,000
billie eilish – 13,860,000
baby shark – 12,090,000
badabun – 11,330,000
blackpink – 10,390,000
old town road – 10,150,000
music – 9,670,000
peliculas completas en español – 9,050,000
fortnite – 9,010,000
pewdiepie vs t series – 8,720,000
minecraft – 8,560,000
senorita – 8,290,000
ariana grande – 7,890,000
alan walker – 7,560,000
calma – 7,390,000
tik tok – 7,270,000
musica – 7,140,000
bad bunny – 7,040,000
wwe – 6,870,000
queen – 6,660,000
eminem – 6,600,000
enes batur – 6,600,000
la rosa de guadalupe – 6,300,000
What We Can Take From This
While the lists are largely filled with the expected names like PewDiePie, Joe Rogan, and BTS, there are a few surprising placements that reveal a bit about what people are most interested in on YouTube.
Most clearly is the rising reliance on YouTube for music. Users have always looked up the latest music videos and singles on the site, this year’s data show that people are increasingly turning to the platform for music in general.
Nearly a quarter of the top 100 search terms in America relate to music (including the keyword “music” itself being in the third slot), and that number only goes up when looking internationally.
It is worth mentioning that ASMR – in the second highest spot in the US – is also a uniquely auditory experience.
Additionally, the top 100 shows a rising interest in news and current events. Alongside respected outlets like MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News, the complete list includes a number of satirical news figures like John Oliver and Stephen Colbert.
Most importantly, the top search terms reveal that people are beginning to use broader search terms than in the past. Yes, they are also searching for specific branded content like fortnite and snl, but they are also using broad terms like “music”, “lofi”, and “memes”.
Between this and YouTube’s suggested videos, this shows that the platform is still fertile with opportunities for smaller brands among the biggest names and influencers.
In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, LinkedIn is launching a slew of new tools designed to help the job hunting and hiring process go virtual.
Specifically, the country is launching new ways for applicants to provide video introductions to hiring managers and AI-powered tools for preparing for job interviews.
Here’s what you can expect from both of these new tools:
Video Introductions
Although the tool is technically still in testing, LinkedIn announced it is launching a feature aimed at making the best first impression possible – even when you can’t meet in person.
“We’ve found that 65 percent of people believe that the impression you make online is just as important as the one you make in person, but it can be challenging to show your soft skills to potential employers when you’re not in the same room.”
With LinkedIn’s new video introductions tool, hiring managers can specifically request an introduction as part of their hiring process.
Applicants can then provide recorded video responses or written replies to your questions or prompts.
Another new tool LinkedIn is bringing to job hunters is an AI-powered instant feedback interview prep feature, which prepares job candidates for common interview questions.
“When it comes to the interview, more than 50 percent of people say they lack confidence,” explained the company in a blog post.
The instant feedback tool listens to candidates’ responses to common questions and analyzes their speech content and patterns to provide real-time feedback and recommendations such as how often a person uses filler words, pacing, and sensitive phrases to avoid using.
After, users can opt to send their recorded responses to their personal connections to get even more feedback from trusted professionals.
LinkedIn Tips For Video Job Interviews
Along with the announcement, LinkedIn provided three tips all job hunters should consider when preparing for a video interview:
Establish a relationship quickly: You don’t have the luxury of small talk on a video call, so it’s important to build a rapport quickly with your interviewer. Be sure to use the first few minutes of the call to establish that personal connection, as this will instantly put you at ease. Check out their LinkedIn page for background information or mutual connections that could provide a good base for conversation.
Find a quiet spot: In this new age of remote working, there’s always the risk of being interrupted by kids asking for help with homework, or housemates wandering into the kitchen to make a sandwich. Let your family or housemates know you have an important interview scheduled so they don’t accidentally walk in on you or make too much background noise.
Check your tech: An obvious but crucial tip: take some time ahead of the interview to make sure the tech works and you know how to use it. If you need help, check out these LinkedIn Learning courses to give you the lowdown on how to use the latest video tools.
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YouTube is launching a new tool to help small businesses with limited budgets or means create short, stylish promotional videos.
The company is releasing a beta version of the tool ahead of schedule in recognition that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has made it unsafe to shoot in-person videos for businesses.
“Because businesses of all sizes are strapped for time and resources and in-person video shoots are no longer practical in many countries, we are accelerating the next stage of Video Builder availability.”
The YouTube Video Builder makes it easy to create videos between 6-seconds and 15-seconds long using an array of templates and aesthetics.
Importantly, you don’t need to have any existing video footage. Businesses are just asked to provide their own images, text, and logos which are then animated into a video.
You can customize the colors, fonts, and even music thanks to Google’s royalty-free audio library.
Once finished, you are free to share the videos anywhere you like. The obvious choice would be to use it to promote your brand on YouTube. However, you can also share it on Facebook, your website, or anywhere else you choose.
You can see an example of what a finished ad using Video Builder looks like below:
How To Use The YouTube Video Builder
As the tool is in beta access, you will need to sign up before you can get use the tool for the time being.
Once you’ve gotten access, creating a video is a simple process – as shown in the video below:
In the video, YouTube recommends creating your short video by taking these steps:
Select a layout suited for your goal
Upload your logo and select a color
Upload images and add copy
Select a font
Pick a music track from Google’s library
Click “create video” to see a preview of the finished video
Save the clip and upload it to your channel, website, and social media pages
The tool will save any videos you have created as a template so you can also iterate upon your finished product for several similar videos with small tweaks.
Finished videos can also be immediately used to create a YouTube or Google Ads campaign if you like, though it is not required.
For more information about using the YouTube Video Builder, check out the official help document.
Facebook is making some key changes to improve uploading and publishing videos on the platform, such as increasing the number of videos you can upload at one time and introducing a new way to manage multiple videos at the same time.
The new features include:
An update to Facebook’s bulk uploader
Updating how playlists are organized
New ‘bulk actions’ features
Introducing the “Series” feature to organize content into episodes
Check out the details of each new feature and update below:
Updating the Bulk Uploader
Facebook is making it easier to upload multiple videos at once by allowing you to upload up to 50 videos to one page at the same time.
Even better, you can manage details of videos as they are uploading, including editing the title, description, tags, and scheduled post time.
Additionally, the company is introducing new ways to schedule your videos by letting you choose to publish your videos at regular intervals rather than at a specific time. For example, you can automatically set your videos to publish once a day or once a week once they have been uploaded.
Improved Bulk Actions
The social network is introducing more actions that you can make to multiple videos at a time. The new available bulk actions include:
In-stream ads
Rights manager for RM Lite and RM Pro
Bulk Scheduling
Secondary edit features:
Add tags
Add custom labels
Add video to playlist/series
Auto captions
Audience Restrictions (only available at the time of upload)
These bulk actions will help save time and improve workflow by making changes to several videos at once.
Updates to Playlists
Facebook’s video playlists are being updated to make it easier to manage and organize related videos without having to start a new page.
The newly updated playlists provide a few key benefits such as:
Organization: Playlists are a simple, flexible way to organize your topical or thematic content
Discovery: In addition, playlists now have new discovery benefits:
Playlists increase your videos’ distribution through related content recommendations, helping you reach and and grow loyal audiences
Viewers can click to open playlists from posts in News Feed, when videos are uploaded into a playlist
Playlists are showcased prominently on your Page
When viewers open a playlist from your Page or a News Feed post, it will playback in the order you dictate
Playlists have a unique URL you can share with your audience on or off Facebook
User flow: When clicking on your playlists from your Page, the News Feed unit, or Videos tab, viewers are taken to a list of your playlist content, allowing them to browse and choose a video to start watching.
Facebook Series
Facebook is creating an entirely new feature similar to playlists which allows users to discover video content across multiple channels.
As the company explains, series offer all the benefits of creating a playlist while also providing the following unique perks:
Series episodes can appear in the continue watching unit in the series Page.
Users can continue watching a series within Facebook Watch.
Users can navigate between seasons and episodes. They can also continue watching where they left off at any time.
Playlists and Series can both be created and managed from Creator Studio.
“A series provides a viewer flow, feature set, and brand aesthetic that is best suited to support episodic content, whether a cooking show in which each episode can be independently viewed, or a drama that is best viewed chronologically, due to a narrative arc across episodes.”
The Videos Tab
To house the new Series and help centralize Facebook’s video content, the company is also launching a new tab available for all pages.
The tab collects your playlists and series, while also allowing users to follow your Page to be notified about your latest videos as they’re published.
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YouTube is expanding its analytics tools to allow content creators and channel managers to better compare their metrics against other data and competitors.
Specifically, the company is changing how its “Deep Dive” section of analytics functions by allowing you to compare multiple metrics side-by-side simultaneously.
Deep Dive Data
The Deep Dive section is designed to allow creators to compare their channel’s and video’s performance over time. It can be found after clicking the “see more” button next to any metrics in your overview screen.
Initially, this section only allowed video managers to view the performance of a single metric at a time – such as their video views over time.
Now, you can view multiple metrics at the same time within the same graph, making it easier to get an understanding of how specific metrics improve your overall channel’s performance or how some metrics feed others.
For example, YouTube recommends checking out the comparison of ‘views versus comments’ to show if some videos are getting more or less comments compared to other videos with similar view counts.
Another recommended comparison is the chart of ‘views versus revenue’ if you are monetizing your content.
Other Ways To Compare Data
Along with allowing you to monitor several metrics at once, the Deep Dive section is being improved to make it possible to compare a few other types of data, such as:
Period over period: Compare month versus month performance, or year versus year.
Top videos: Compare a channel’s overall top videos from one month over another.
Audience: A geographic comparison shows where your audience is coming from month to month.
For more information about the new analytics comparison features and other upcoming improvements to YouTube analytics, check out the full video below:
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If there is anything that has remained true about online marketing over the past decade, it is that online marketing is always changing. Even the most conservative estimates suggest that Google makes around 9 changes to their search engine algorithm every day.
To stay ahead of the curve, businesses can’t just understand where online marketing and SEO is today. They have to be able to look forward to predict the next wave of updates they can expect in the coming months and years.
With that in mind, I wanted to spend some time today talking about some of the biggest trends you can expect to see in 2020 and beyond:
1) Snippets Become The New “Number 1 on Google”
For years, Google has been using Featured Snippets to highlight quick information that may answer your query without ever having to click on a search result. You can see these when you search for recipes, look for lyrics to your favorite songs, or ask questions with relatively simple answers like “How big is the sun?”
Brands have long avoided targeting these snippets which typically appear above all other search results, believing that they reduce the chance of a person clicking onto their website or otherwise converting. However, growing evidence suggests snippets actually drive higher click-through rates and engagement by quickly establishing a single site as the authority.
Over the next year, the competition for these snippets is likely to continue rising, making them the next big fight for search engine results dominance.
2) Mobile Really Comes First
We’ve been talking about this moment for years. We officially use our smartphones and tablets to access the internet more desktop devices.
As such, Google has announced that its ‘Mobile-First Index” would become its primary search index. That means Google is now looking at the mobile version of your site before it ever considers the desktop version when ranking search results.
With this in mind, having a stripped-down mobile version of your site or not having a mobile site is no longer a viable option if you want to succeed online.
Site speed will also continue to be a major ranking factor because of its importance when accessing sites on the go from mobile devices.
3) Visual Search Gets Serious
Visual search has existed as a novelty in online marketing for some time now, slowly improving with each iteration. Now, we are reaching the point where visual search is becoming a major player in search.
While we don’t have statistics from Google Lens or Bing’s Visual Search, Pinterest’s Lens has been a revealing foray into the viability of visual search.
Within a single year of launch, Pinterest Lens was receiving more than 600 million visual search queries every month. This September, the company announced the tool was able to identify over 2.5 billion unique objects within the fashion and home industries.
With this in mind, it is easy to imagine a day in the near future when people regularly find it easier to snap a quick picture than come up with a precise text query when trying to find a specific item online.
4) Voice Search
Speaking of convenience, people are quickly turning to their Alexas, Echos, Siris, and Dots for their casual search needs – whether it is checking the weather or quickly ordering a product.
Out of all the coming changes, this may have the largest effect on how brands optimize their websites and content. This is because voice queries tend to be almost completely different than the types of queries we make when typing into a browser form.
With some estimates suggesting voice search could account for nearly half of all searches by the end of 2020, brands will have to begin optimizing for more conversational “long-tail” search queries and the unique capabilities of voice assistants.
5) Video Rules The Content Landscape
This is another online marketing trend that has been growing for years, but shows absolutely no signs of slowing down in the coming years.
The simple truth is that videos are more engaging than almost any other form of media, providing both audio and visual information in a quickly consumable package. Thanks to faster internet speeds and improved search indexing, they have also been an increasingly effective tool for sharing your content and driving actual engagement.
To give you an idea, some statistics suggest that videos can increase engagement by more than 80% compared to sharing the same information in simple text or audio clips.
Despite this, many brands have still avoided investing in video marketing because they believe it is inherently expensive or ineffective in local markets. Ironically, most users say they often enjoy videos shot using “authentic” methods like shooting selfie-style using a smartphone as much or more than slickly produced commercial videos.
Waiting for the “next big thing” to blow up before you jump in is a surefire way to always be a step behind your competition online. You don’t have to invest in every whim or indulgence of the digital marketing landscape, but focusing on these five surefire trends is sure to have you starting 2020 at the head of the pack.
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