[Air-L] YouTube Data

Thu May 23 18:19:39 PDT 2013

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On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Jenni Powell <jenni.powell at gmail.com>wrote:

> A resource you might find useful is http://vidstatsx.com/.
>
> It's not the prettiest site in the world but a lot of it's stats are easier
> to find than on YouTube.  It's particularly useful for tracking the top 100
> channels.
>
>
> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 3:45 PM, amanda brennan <amandalbrennan at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > @Alex, is this the YouTube network visualization you were thinking of?
> >
> >
> https://blogs.k-state.edu/it-news/2013/04/08/the-nodexl-series-conducting-a-data-extraction-of-a-youtube-video-network-part-7/It
> > seems similar to what you were mentioning.
> >
> > @Megan, while it's not exactly what you're looking for, Know Your Meme
> > scrapes Facebook shares & Twitter link statistics to any video uploaded
> to
> > the site, if you're looking for easy access to those stats. They're on
> the
> > right side of the page <http://knowyourmeme.com/videos/66265-vine> under
> > the description.
> >
> > amanda is an internet scientist.
> > know your meme <http://www.knowyourmeme.com/users/amandab--3>
> > memelibrarian.com
> > tweets about cats <http://www.twitter.com/continuants>
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 6:28 PM, Alex Leavitt <alexleavitt at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Megan,
> > >
> > > I've been working on a YouTube data project for about a year now. The
> > kind
> > > of granularity that you're asking for doesn't reeeeally exist... but
> you
> > > can get data for users and video metadata, but you'd also need some
> > skills
> > > dealing with YouTube's API. You can theoretically string together a
> > network
> > > of recommended videos (I've seen a visualization of it, but I can't
> find
> > > the link...). Also, unless you have direct access to the analytics for
> > each
> > > video (by having it under your account), I'm fairly certain that you
> > can't
> > > see stats regarding use of the videos on external sites.
> > >
> > > ---
> > >
> > > Alexander Leavitt
> > > PhD Student
> > > USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
> > > http://alexleavitt.com
> > > Twitter: @alexleavitt
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Megan Zahay <meganzahay at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi everyone,
> > > >
> > > > I have been lurking on the list for about a year now and really
> > enjoying
> > > > the wealth of insights and information, but this is my first addition
> > to
> > > > it. I am currently working on a project which would like to track the
> > > > network of some YouTube videos, so that includes things like
> referrals
> > > from
> > > > other videos, embedding videos on external sites, video comments,
> text
> > > > comments, etc. I would also like to use any demographic data
> available.
> > > Can
> > > > anyone inform me about the reliability of the statistics provided on
> > > > YouTube itself for each video, or point me in the direction of some
> > > > publications on the subject? Additionally, if anyone is aware of any
> > > > programs that would allow me to view the network between groups of
> > videos
> > > > or research that has been done in this area I would be very
> > appreciative.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you in advance!
> > > >
> > > > Megan Zahay
> > > > B.A. Arcadia University
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