YouTube Public: Most-used fields

The table below gives information about most-used fields that you can import from YouTube Public. Other fields might also be available in Adverity.

The fields that you can fetch in Adverity are updated regularly to reflect updates to data source APIs.

API name	Adverity UI name	Description	Use in Adverity
category	category	The YouTube video category title associated with the video.	dimension
categoryId	categoryId	The unique ID that YouTube uses to identify the video category.	metric
channelId	channelId	The unique ID that YouTube uses to identify the channel.	dimension
channelTitle	channelTitle	The title of the channel that published the video or resource.	dimension
commentCount	commentCount	The total number of comments for a YouTube video. This metric is available as part of the statistics for a video resource.	metric
country	country	The country associated with the content, often used for region-specific trends or availability.	dimension
date	date	The date and time when a video was published or a channel was created, typically reflecting when it became publicly available.	dimension
defaultAudioLanguage	defaultAudioLanguage	The primary language spoken in a video’s default audio track.	dimension
defaultLanguage	defaultLanguage	The default language used for the video’s title and description metadata.	dimension
description	description	A brief textual summary or explanation of the video or channel.	dimension
dislikeCount	dislikeCount	The number of users who have indicated that they disliked the video. This metric is only available to the video owner via authenticated API requests and is not available for public data collection as of December 13, 2021.	metric
duration	duration	The length of the video in ISO 8601 format (e.g., PT15M33S for 15 minutes and 33 seconds).	metric
favoriteCount	favoriteCount	The total number of times a YouTube video has been marked as a favorite. This metric is available as part of the statistics for a video resource.	metric
id	id	The unique ID that YouTube uses to identify the specific resource (e.g., video ID, channel ID).	dimension
likeCount	likeCount	The total number of likes for a YouTube video. This metric is available as part of the statistics for a video resource.	metric
liveBroadcastContent	liveBroadcastContent	Indicates whether a video or channel currently has, or is scheduled to have, live broadcast content. Values can include ‘upcoming’, ‘live’, or ‘none’.	dimension
localized	localized	Container for localized versions of the resource’s metadata, such as title and description, in different languages.	dimension
privacyStatus	privacyStatus	The privacy status of the video, such as public, private, or unlisted.	dimension
publishedAt	publishedAt	The date and time when the video or channel was published or created.	dimension
subscriberCount	subscriberCount	The total number of subscribers for a YouTube channel.	metric
tags	tags	A list of keywords associated with the video to aid discoverability.	dimension
thumbnailUrl	thumbnailUrl	The URL of a specific thumbnail image for the video or channel, usually at a default resolution.	dimension
thumbnails	thumbnails	A collection of thumbnail images for the video or channel, available in various sizes and resolutions.	dimension
title	title	The title of the video or channel.	dimension
videoCount	videoCount	The total number of videos uploaded to the YouTube channel.	metric
viewCount	viewCount	The total number of times a YouTube video or channel has been viewed. This metric is available as part of the statistics for both video and channel resources.	metric