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Use cases · YouTube research
YouTube research: any channel, any video, your own analytics
Compare channels, find a competitor's most viewed videos, read what viewers say in the comments, and pull your own channels' YouTube Analytics (watch time, traffic sources, the search terms that brought viewers), for several channels at once.
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channel_stats with channels: ["@mkbhd", "@veritasium", "@kurzgesagt"].The same answer as text
You ask: Compare @mkbhd, @veritasium and @kurzgesagt: subscribers, total views and number of videos.
| Channel | Subscribers | Total views | Videos | Views per video |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell | 25.7M | 3.97B | 394 | 10.1M |
| Marques Brownlee | 21.4M | 5.82B | 1,861 | 3.1M |
| Veritasium | 21.4M | 4.69B | 542 | 8.6M |
Your assistant: Kurzgesagt has the most subscribers with the fewest videos: about 10 million views per video, three times what MKBHD gets from a much larger catalogue.
Why it is hard today
Competitor numbers are scattered
Subscribers, views per day and top videos sit on different pages, and nothing compares them side by side.
API quotas
The YouTube Data API's 10,000 units a day run out fast when every search costs 100.
How it works
- Add Builders HQ to your assistant. Public numbers for any channel or video work right away.
- For your own analytics, connect one or several channels on your account page.
- Ask about any channel by @handle, link or id, and compare as many as you like.
Prompts to try
- Compare @mkbhd, @veritasium and @kurzgesagt: subscribers, views and videos.
- What are @kurzgesagt's 10 most viewed videos of the last year?
- Summarize the top comments on this video: https://youtu.be/...
- Which YouTube search terms brought viewers to my channel last month?
- Find the most viewed videos about "claude code" published since July.
Tools
| Tool | What it answers |
|---|---|
channel_stats | Subscribers, total views, videos, country and creation date for any channels. |
channel_videos | A channel's latest or most viewed videos, with their numbers. |
video_stats | Views, likes, comments and views per day for up to 200 videos. |
search_videos | YouTube search with numbers, ordered by views, date or relevance. |
video_comments | A video's top comments and replies. |
youtube_analytics | Your own channels' analytics: views, watch time, traffic sources, search terms. |
Integrations
- YouTubePublic numbers for any video or channel, your own analytics
Logos are their owners' trademarks, shown to say which services the tools read from. Builders HQ is not affiliated with them.
Questions
Do I need to connect my channel?
Not for public numbers: any channel or video works right away. Connect your channel only for its private YouTube Analytics.
Can I connect several channels?
Yes. Connect each one on your account page, then name the channel in your question, or ask about all of them.
Does it post or change anything on YouTube?
No. The YouTube tools only read, and the connection asks for read-only access to YouTube Analytics.
Try it in your assistant
Free while in beta. Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Cursor and any client that supports remote MCP servers.
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