Youtube has its own analytics dashboard however it’s google analytics’s younger brother and there are fewer opportunities to create reports and to analyze data.
So, we have 2 google tools (youtube and google analytics) and one problem to be solved.
The question is: how to push data from youtube into GA?
The answer is very simple but before we do it, there is another important question: do we want to collect data from youtube in the same property of our GA account or we want to create new one? My answer was: I want new place where youtube data will be stored – it’s a way to avoid mistakes in analysis.
STEP 1: How to create new property in google analytics?
- log in to your google analytics account
- go to admin section
- choose account
- in property section click “Create new property“
- fill in the fields
- click “Get Tracking ID” to save
- copy tracking ID (UA-xxxxxxxx-x)
STEP 2: How to add tracking ID to youtube account?
- log in to your youtube account
- go to advance setting section
- in “Google Analytics property tracking ID” field just paste your new tracking ID
- save
More or less after 24 hours your youtube data will appear in GA account.
Hi,
Thanks for the help on how to link a YouTube account to Google Analytics. I have one question though… What are the mistakes which you speak about when not creating an additional property in Google Analytics to track YouTube data?
Thanks.
@mike
the problem (without new property) is quite simple – you will have 2 kind of data together in one view: data from (for example) your website and YT channel
Hi,
What needs to be entered in the ‘Redirect URL’ field and what exactly does this mean?
Thanks for your help!
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@mike
you can leave that field empty – I have extra feature (youtube brand channel) connected with my YT account so redirect URL redirects user from default view to “gadget view”
compare: (normal view) https://www.youtube.com/user/LidlPolskaPL/featured
vs
gadget view (redirect url) https://www.youtube.com/user/LidlPolskaPL/lidlikuchnialidla
I hope my answer was useful – if not, don’t hesitate to ask again.
Regards
Awesome. Thanks!
you are most welcome!