Live Streams Overview
The YouTube Live tab in your analytics dashboard provides comprehensive insights into your live streaming performance.
Key Live Stream Metrics
- Total Streams: Number of live streams in the selected period
- Total Views: Combined views across all streams
- Average Duration: Typical length of your live streams
- Peak Concurrent: Maximum simultaneous viewers achieved
Live vs VOD Comparison
Understanding how your live content performs compared to regular uploads helps optimize your content strategy.
📡 Live Streams
- Average views per stream
- Engagement rate (live)
- Comments per view
- Real-time interaction
▶ VOD Content
- Average views per video
- Engagement rate (VOD)
- Comments per view
- Long-term discovery
Understanding the Comparison
Live streams and VOD content serve different purposes:
- Live streams typically have higher engagement rates due to real-time interaction
- VOD content often accumulates more total views over time through search and recommendations
- Many successful creators use both to maximize reach and engagement
Chat Activity Metrics
Chat engagement is a key indicator of live stream success and community building.
Chat Rate
Average chat messages per minute during your live streams. Higher chat rates indicate an engaged, active community.
Super Chats
Track Super Chat revenue and frequency (if connected as channel owner). This metric helps understand your community's financial support.
Chat Activity Chart
Visualize chat engagement patterns across your streams to identify:
- Peak engagement moments
- Content that drives more interaction
- Optimal stream duration before engagement drops
Best Streaming Times
Discover when your audience is most likely to join and engage with your live streams.
Best Day
Based on historical data, we identify which day of the week yields the highest live stream engagement for your channel.
Best Time (UTC)
The optimal starting time for your streams based on when your audience is most active.
Optimal Duration
Analysis of your stream lengths versus engagement helps determine the sweet spot for stream duration.
Recent Live Streams
View a list of your recent live streams with key metrics for each:
- Stream title and thumbnail
- Date and duration
- Peak concurrent viewers
- Total views (live + replay)
- Engagement metrics
No Streams Available
If you see "No live streams found for this channel," it means:
- The channel hasn't done any live streams recently
- Live stream data hasn't been collected yet (takes a few days after adding a channel)
- Past streams may have been deleted or made private