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Free YouTube Analytics Data Studio Connector

Connect your YouTube Analytics data to Data Studio for free. Start in under 3 minutes with our ready-to-use template and track views, watch time, average view duration and subscriber growth across every video effortlessly.

The Free tier includes 1 account and up to 300 daily refreshes (API calls).

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Metrics & dimensions84 fields
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How to Connect YouTube Analytics to Data Studio

Connect your YouTube channel to Data Studio using Data Bloo's free connector. This guide walks you through the setup step by step.

Prerequisites

✓A Data Bloo account (sign up is free)
✓A Google account with access to Data Studio
✓Owner or Manager access to your YouTube channel(s)
✓Pop-up blockers disabled (for the Google OAuth window)

How to Connect

1

Sign in to Data Bloo

Visit hub.databloo.com and click Sign in, log in using Google or your email and password.

2

Navigate to the YouTube Analytics data source

After logging in, go to Data Sources from the left menu and click the YouTube Analytics tile under "Add new data source".

3

Connect to YouTube

Click "Connect with YouTube" to start the Google authorization, then approve the read scopes so Data Bloo can read your reports, your video metadata and, optionally, your revenue.

4

Select your channels

Choose one or more channels to connect, you can even select all of them, then click Connect Selected Accounts.

5

Review the connection

Your connected channels appear under the YouTube Analytics data source. You can add more or disconnect at any time, then click Data Studio to proceed.

6

Authorize in Data Studio

Authorize both the connector and your YouTube data. Click "Edit and share", then "Acknowledge and save", and wait a few seconds for the report to generate.

7

View the YouTube report

Your dashboard loads with key metrics, views, estimated minutes watched, average view duration, likes and subscribers gained, plus video and traffic-source breakdowns.

8

Optional: add demographics and retention

Build demographics on a separate chart with Viewer percentage, and put retention on its own page filtered to a single video, since YouTube only returns those fields that way.

Troubleshooting

Issue
Solution
I don't see YouTube Analytics in Data Studio
Ensure you authorized your Google account and connected at least one channel with active data, then click "Create Report in Data Studio".
Nothing shows in the dashboard
Confirm the channel has data in the selected range and that you have Owner or Manager access to it.
Age group or Gender returns nothing
YouTube only returns the demographic dimensions alongside the Viewer percentage metric. Swap the metric on that chart and the breakdown appears.
Audience retention fields come back empty
Retention is measured against one video timeline, so Elapsed video time ratio, Audience watch ratio and Relative retention performance need a filter on a single video.
Channel totals ignore the date range
Channel total page views, subscribers and video count are all-time figures from the Data API. They are not a daily series, so they never split by date and should sit in their own scorecard.
Revenue fields are missing
Revenue needs the yt-analytics-monetary.readonly scope approved at connect time, and the channel has to be monetised for the period you are looking at. Reconnect and approve the monetary scope if you skipped it.
Bad Request error 400
Make sure the Google account active in your browser matches the one active in Data Studio. If they differ, log out of one and reconnect using the same account.
Data security

Data Bloo does not store your YouTube data. All access is read-only and securely pulled via the YouTube Analytics and Data APIs.

Multiple accounts

This connector lets you aggregate data from multiple accounts, or all accounts, into one report for your reporting.

Metrics & dimensions

Every YouTube Analytics field, ready to report

Slice all 84 YouTube Analytics metrics and dimensions in Data Studio, no SQL and no manual exports. Here's a taste of what you can report on out of the box.

Metrics
Video viewsEngaged viewsEstimated minutes watchedAverage view duration (sec)Average view duration percentageLikesDislikesCommentsSharesGained subscribersLost subscribersCard click rateEstimated revenueCPMAd impressions
Dimensions
Video titlePublished dateTraffic source typeCountryDevice typeOperating systemAge groupDate

Why connect your YouTube channel to Data Studio?

Improve your YouTube reporting effortlessly with our fast and reliable Data Studio connector, supporting multiple ad accounts.

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Free plan available

Start free with 1 account and up to 300 daily refreshes. Perfect for testing, small accounts, and building your first dashboards.

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Ready-to-use template

Jumpstart your analytics in minutes with our pre-built, Google-featured template. Spend less time setting up and more time gaining insights.

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Fast, reliable connection

Experience a rapid and dependable connection that delivers real-time answers about your ads' performance, whenever you need them.

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Multiple accounts

Use our connector for multiple ad accounts in a single report. Perfect for agencies and teams managing several clients at once.

Data Bloo vs. other connectors

The same YouTube Analytics data, without the price tag, the broken reports, or the per-channel fees.

Other connectorsData BlooRECOMMENDED
Monthly price✕From $12 / mo✓Free ($0)
Time to first report✕Manual config✓Under 3 min
YouTube Analytics fields✕Often missing✓Every core field
Retention & demographics✕Limited✓Full audience data
Multiple ad accounts✕Extra fees✓Included
Report reliability✕Breaks often✓Google-featured
Setup support✕Paywalled✓Free guides + team

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Supported data sources

YouTube Analytics, plus every other connector

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FAQ

Can't find your question? Feel free to contact us.

Sign in to Data Bloo, connect your YouTube channel, authorize the connector in Data Studio, and start with a ready-to-use template, no code required.

Yes. The Free tier includes 1 account and up to 300 daily refreshes (API calls), with no credit card required.

Once you reach 300 daily API calls on the free tier, refreshes pause until the next day. Upgrade any time for higher limits and more connected accounts.

Your data refreshes on demand and on the Data Studio schedule, up to 300 times per day on the free plan.

Yes. Connect one or many channels, even all of them, and aggregate the data into a single report.

All 84 fields, 40 metrics and 44 dimensions. Video views, Engaged views, Estimated minutes watched, Average view duration (sec) and percentage, Likes, Dislikes, Comments, Shares, Gained and Lost subscribers, card and annotation metrics, plus revenue fields when the monetary scope is granted.

Three read-only scopes: yt-analytics.readonly for the reports, youtube.readonly for video and channel metadata such as titles and thumbnails, and yt-analytics-monetary.readonly if you want revenue. None of them can change your channel.

Yes, once the monetary scope is approved at connect time and the channel is monetised. Estimated revenue, Gross revenue, CPM, Playback based CPM, Ad impressions, Monetized playbacks and the YouTube Premium fields are all available.

That is a YouTube API rule, not a connector limit. The demographic dimensions only return alongside the Viewer percentage metric, which reports a share of viewers rather than a count. Build that chart with Viewer percentage and it works.

Retention is measured against one video timeline, so Elapsed video time ratio, Audience watch ratio and Relative retention performance require a filter on a single video. Pick one video in the chart filter and the fields return.

Channel total page views, Channel total subscribers and Channel total video count come from the YouTube Data API as all-time figures. They are not a daily series, so they never split by date and cannot be summed across rows.

The reporting API returns video IDs only, so Data Bloo enriches them from the YouTube Data API: titles, descriptions, thumbnails, durations, tags and privacy status all arrive with the same pull.

Yes. Every template is fully customizable, swap logos, colors and layout to deliver white-label YouTube dashboards under your own brand.

No. The YouTube Analytics connector is fully no-code. Connect your channel, pick one of our ready-to-use, Google-featured templates, and the report builds itself, no SQL, no scripts, no manual CSV exports.

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