YouTube MCP for channel and video analytics

YouTube MCP connects an authorized YouTube channel's analytics to compatible AI clients through Markifact's hosted Model Context Protocol server. Ask for channel, video, audience, retention, traffic-source, and subscriber reports directly in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or another MCP client.

No. YouTube Studio, the YouTube Analytics API, and the YouTube Data API are Google products. Markifact is a third-party hosted MCP that makes authorized YouTube analytics available inside AI clients and alongside the rest of your marketing stack.

The current tools are youtube_get_report and youtube_list_report_fields. The report tool retrieves channel and video analytics; the field-discovery tool returns the currently supported metrics and dimensions so the AI can build compatible reports.

Yes. The current connection uses the yt-analytics.readonly scope. It cannot upload videos, publish Shorts, edit titles or thumbnails, manage playlists, moderate comments, or change channel settings.

A YouTube connection reports on the single channel authorized through OAuth. Reports use the authenticated channel as channel==MINE; the tool does not select arbitrary channels or retrieve private analytics for competitors.

Reports can include views, engaged views, watch time, YouTube Premium views and watch time, average view duration, average view percentage, likes, dislikes, comments, shares, playlist adds or removals, card activity, playlist performance, and subscriber gains or losses.

Yes. Channel-level fields include total subscribers, total lifetime views, and total videos. These lifetime totals can sit beside period performance, but they should not be summed across report rows.

Yes. Use the Video dimension to rank content by views, watch time, engagement, subscribers gained, or other compatible metrics. Markifact can enrich the result with video title, URL, thumbnail, publish date, description, duration, and privacy status.

Yes. Request audienceWatchRatio and relativeRetentionPerformance by elapsed video time ratio for a single video. Retention reports use their own strict metric combination, so they are not mixed with unrelated report metrics.

Yes. Traffic dimensions include traffic source, YouTube search terms, suggested-from video, external site, playback location, and embedded site. Ask the AI to compare views, watch time, or average duration across those discovery paths.

YouTube reports can break results down by country, US state, city, device type, operating system, subscribed status, sharing service, age group, and gender where the channel has sufficient eligible data.

No. Revenue, CPM, ad impressions, and related monetary fields require the separate yt-analytics-monetary.readonly scope, which the current connector deliberately does not request. The page does not claim access to those metrics.

Yes. Ask for the previous period or a custom comparison period and return absolute or percentage changes. Reports can also aggregate time by day, week, or month and apply compatible filters, sorting, and row limits.

YouTube has strict rules about which metrics and dimensions can be combined. youtube_list_report_fields gives the AI the current schema and field groups before it builds a report, reducing incompatible queries and keeping the connector aligned as fields evolve.

Yes. YouTube MCP itself remains read-only, but the same Markifact session can write the finished analysis to Google Sheets or Docs or send a Slack summary. Those separate write operations wait for your approval.

YouTube MCP analyzes organic channel and video performance. Google Ads MCP handles paid campaigns, including video campaign reporting and approval-gated ad management. Use both when you want to compare organic viewing behavior with paid distribution.

Any compatible remote MCP client can use Markifact's hosted server, including Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, and other clients that support authenticated MCP connections.

No. Connect your YouTube channel through OAuth in Markifact, then add Markifact's hosted MCP endpoint to your AI client. Markifact handles the authenticated YouTube Analytics and video-metadata requests.

Yes. Markifact works as a YouTube Analytics connector for Claude. Add Markifact under Claude's Settings and Connectors, enable the YouTube tools, and ask for channel or video reports in the conversation. The same hosted MCP also works with ChatGPT and other compatible clients.