How to View Real Time Viewers on YouTube

Author: Aradhya | Guide: YouTube |

You can view real time viewers on YouTube by going through the simple and straightforward steps mentioned in the article below. Real Time viewers show the number of viewers that have seen your video in the previous hours. It helps to analyze if the video is getting popular on its release or not. If not, other publicity methods such as releasing a promotion post can be used. 

The two methods listed below to view real time viewers are for different applications in which can be used- YouTube Studio and chrome. Additionally, you can download YouTube data.

How to View Real Time Viewers on YouTube Studio?

Step-1 Open YouTube Studio: Firstly, open YouTube Studio on your Android or iPhone.

If you don’t have the app installed, you can download it from Google Play Store or Apple App Store( for you Android or iPhone respectively).

Then, sign in to start using the app.

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Step-2 Go to Analytics: Secondly, from the panel on the bottom of the following options will be available:

  • Dashboard
  • Content
  • Analysis
  • Commentary
  • Monetize

Tap on ‘Analysis’ to continue.

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Step-3 Go to Audience: Then, these options will appear on the top panel of the screen:

  • Overview
  • Content
  • Audience

From the mentioned, tap on audience.

This contains all the details about the your viewers like gender, time watched, etc.

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Step-4 View Your Real Time Viewers: Lastly, you would be able to see your Real Time viewers.

You should also be able to see the number of times your video has been viewed and the duration of time the people have spent viewing it.

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How to View Real Time Viewers on Chrome?

Step-1 Open Chrome: Begin with opening Chrome, it is present as a preinstalled app in your device. 

Apps can be searched for a quick view by searching in the app search.

The apps can be viewed in their lighter version on chrome, you just need to log in into your existing account with password

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Step-2 Go to Website:  Then, you have to open the app by typing YouTube Studio on the search engine.

Tap on YouTube Studio when it appears in the suggestions.

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Step-3 Go to Analytics: From the side panel that appears on the left of the screen, tap on Analytics.

This contains general analysis of the content posted by you including but not limited to:

  • Audience
  • Content
  • Research
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Step-4 Go to Audience: Thereafter, you have to tap on Audience to view the analytics related to the viewers of your particular video or short.

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Step-5 Watch Real Time Viewers: Finally, you would be able to see the real time viewers to your video or short.

You are done!

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These were the steps to view real time viewers on YouTube. The following section contains the answers to the most frequently asked questions about YouTube by our viewers. The process is not as difficult as it sounds and it is made further easy with the steps above explaining it through in a simple and detailed way.

FAQ

How to remove shorts on YouTube?

You can remove shorts from YouTube by going through the simple steps mentioned in the linked article. 

Shorts are videos of less than 30 seconds and these short clippets can either be a part of a longer video or a short video itself. If you find them boring or too addictive or distractive, you can stop viewing shorts on YouTube. Once you do that, you would just be able to see videos and the suggestions for shorts will not appear.

How to share a video on YouTube?

You can share a video on YouTube by going through the simple steps mentioned below:

  • Firstly, open the YouTube app on your Android or iPhone. You can also search for the app in app search.
  • Secondly, tap on the options of the video. It is present on the corner of the video as three consecutive vertical dots against the name of the video.
  • Then, you have to tap on share.
  • Next, you need to select the app through which you want to share it.
  • After selecting the app, select the contact to which you want to send the video to. If you are mailing the video, you need to know the email id of the contact. 
  • Finally, select send to send the video to the contact.

How to save a video to watch later on YouTube?

You can save a video to watch later by going through the simple steps mentioned below:

  • Firstly, begin with opening the YouTube app on your Android or iPhone. You can also search for the app in app search of your device.
  • Secondly, tap on the options of the video. It is present on the right corner of the video as three consecutive vertical dots against the name of the video.
  • Then, tap on watch later. This saves video into the watch later folder of the library and view it when you have time, This option helps it when you want to have found an interesting video but don’t have the time to see it right then.

Where to find videos saved to watch later?

You would be able to find the videos saved in watch later by first opening the YouTube app. Then, you have to open the library by tapping on it from the panel on the bottom of the screen. Then, you should be able to see a folder with watch later title. Tap on it. You should be able to see all the video saved to watch later here. This seriously helps when you have found an interesting video but don’t have the time to view it right then. 

How to run on Incognito mode on YouTube?

You can view videos in incognito mode by following these steps:

  • First, open the YouTube app.
  • Then, tap on your profile from the top right corner of the screen.
  • Thereafter, tap on Turn on Incognito. This opens the incognito mode, You can use this when you don’t want your viewing activity to be traced back to you.

Thus, this article explains in steps how can you view real time viewers on YouTube. The first section guides through the steps to follow on the YouTube Studio app followed by the next section detailing how to do it on Chrome. The last and the third section has answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about YouTube features and settings.

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