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
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@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!
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@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-... 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@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@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!
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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@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-... 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@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@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!
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Ah Jenni! Noiw we know the secret to your success on http://vvx.io ! On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Jenni Powell <jenni.powell@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@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-...
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@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@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!
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Heeheehee, you got me Joly! :) On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Joly MacFie <joly@punkcast.com> wrote:
Ah Jenni!
Noiw we know the secret to your success on http://vvx.io !
On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Jenni Powell <jenni.powell@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@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-...
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@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@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!
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