WHERE THE DATA COMES FROM

YOUTUBE SOCIAL LISTENING,
LONG VIDEO AND ITS COMMENTS.

YouTube is the network of tests, tutorials and detailed reviews. Comments are many and argued: a goldmine to understand a product as its users see it.

YouTube official site
Official site, captured blog.youtube

WHY YOUTUBE

Why listen to YouTube?

Tests and reviews

What creators say about your products and your competitors'.

Comments

The audience's questions, irritants and comparisons.

Your category's channels

Who sets the reference, and with which audience.

Related expertise Social listening, Influence listening

DATA AND LIMITS

What we collect on YouTube, and what we do not read.

WHAT WE COLLECT

The public side of YouTube

Public videos, their titles and descriptions, comments, and transcripts where they exist.

YouTubePublic data

WHAT WE DO NOT READ

Private stays private

Private or unlisted videos.

YouTubeNever collected

Covers YouTube, per the vendor

Visibrain

The conversation as it happens, without waiting for the weekly export.

VisibrainSee the page

Covers YouTube, per the vendor

YouScan

Your brand recognised in visuals, even when nobody names it.

YouScanSee the page

METHOD

How we listen to YouTube.

  1. 01

    Framing

    We start from the decision to make, not from a keyword list: the perimeter follows the question.

  2. 02

    Collection

    Queries, sources, languages and periods, set by the consultants who will read the output themselves.

  3. 03

    Reading

    An analysis crossed with our other sources, and a recommendation your teams can act on.

USE CASES

YouTube social listening: use cases.

Each card leads to the use case it contributes to.

FAQ

Social listening on YouTube: frequently asked questions.

Is Licter a YouTube social listening agency?

Yes: we listen to YouTube for our clients, with the right platforms, and our consultants read what is said there. We do not run your accounts or your ads: we read the conversation and tell you what to decide.

Do you read what is said in the videos?

Yes, from transcripts when available, on top of titles and comments.

Can you compare our products with competitors'?

Yes: tests and comments allow a point-by-point comparison.

TIME TO ACT

Looking for a YouTube social listening agency?

Send us the question. If another tool answers it better, we will tell you: we use about fifteen.