YouTubeYouTube comments in the MacBook notch
Comments are the count over the window, and they are the engagement signal that costs a viewer the most to give.
What is counted
Comments added in the window, bucketed by Pacific day. Replies are included. Comments held for review or removed by your own moderation settings are not, so a channel with strict filters reports lower than its comment section suggests.
Reading it
Comments are slow and small compared with likes, and that is what makes them useful. A viewer who types a sentence has spent real effort. A video with few views and many comments has found the people who care about the subject, which is usually worth more than reach.
A sudden climb with no matching rise in views is almost always an argument rather than an audience. Look before you optimise for it.
What YouTube comments means, exactly
YouTube Analytics comments left on the channel's videos in the window.
A whole number.
How the widget behaves
- Buckets
- daily, weekly and monthly
- Shape
- A figure with a sparkline
- Against last period
- Yes
- Fetched from
- youtubeanalytics.googleapis.com, www.googleapis.com, oauth2.googleapis.com
Questions
- How is YouTube comments calculated?
- YouTube Analytics comments left on the channel's videos in the window. Notch Metrics reports that number, unchanged, in the MacBook notch.
- Can I see YouTube comments over time?
- Yes. YouTube comments is bucketed daily, weekly and monthly, so the widget carries a sparkline alongside the headline figure, and a comparison against the previous window.
- What unit is YouTube comments in?
- A whole number.
- What does it cost to put YouTube comments in the notch?
- $9 a month, or $49 a year, with every connector included and no per-integration charge. The seven-day trial needs no card, so you can see your own comments before deciding.