Pull full YouTube channel stats into a Google Sheet automatically

Fetches a YouTube channel's stats, description, and details, and saves everything into a linked spreadsheet.

How the work actually flows

A straight line. Runs once per each channel in list.

Pattern: Sequence (1) ยท Multiple Instances with a priori Run-Time Knowledge (14)

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Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
Spreadsheet & Database OpsResearch & Market Intelligence
Connects
Google SheetsYouTube

The problem it solves

Researching YouTube channels one at a time and copying subscriber counts, view totals, and descriptions into a spreadsheet by hand is slow. It gets worse when you're tracking many channels for competitive research or partnership scouting.

Who it fits

A digital marketing agency, influencer analyst, or YouTube consultant tracking multiple channels.

How it works

  1. You start the process and it reads a list of channel URLs from your Google Sheet
  2. It detects whether each is a full or custom channel URL
  3. It pulls stats like views, subscribers, video count, creation date, and keywords for each channel
  4. The results are written back into your Google Sheet, and any errors are flagged
What you get

Channel numbers you track without digging

You get every channel's stats and details pulled straight into your spreadsheet automatically.

What you get

A Google Sheet fully populated with detailed stats for every channel on your list.

What you need

A Google Sheets account and Google Cloud Console credentials with YouTube API access.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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