YouTube Research & Ideation · Reviewed 22 Oct 2026

Viewstats

YouTube analytics and research platform for creators.

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Overview

01

Summary

The useful answer before the supporting detail.

Viewstats is a YouTube analytics and research platform that helps creators track trends, analyze competitors, and find outlier videos before they go viral S1. It is used by YouTube creators of all sizes to improve their content strategy and grow their channels S1. The platform provides real-time YouTube data and tools for thumbnail analysis and idea generation, enabling creators to make data-driven decisions S1.

02

Product identity and positioning

Name, category, positioning, audience, and first-party claims.

  • Identity: Viewstats, a YouTube analytics and research platform S1.
  • Core purpose: Helps creators track trends, analyze competitors, and find viral video ideas S1.
  • Intended users: YouTube creators of all sizes S1.
  • Product scope: A web-based platform with analytics, trend tracking, and thumbnail analysis tools S1.
  • Positioning: Positioned as a comprehensive YouTube growth suite, co-founded by MrBeast S22.
  • Claimed distinction: Claims tools are trained on the largest, most precise dataset in the industry S1.
03

Use cases and audiences

Who the product serves and the jobs it is designed to handle.

AudiencePractical use case
YouTube creatorsTrack trends and competitor strategies to inform content planning S18.
Creators seeking viral ideasDiscover outlier videos and analyze thumbnails to generate high-performing content S22 S1.
Teams and agenciesUse Business plan for volume licensing and custom solutions S18.

Features

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Features and capabilities

Core functions and evidence-backed product capabilities.

CapabilityWhat it does
Trend trackingMonitor niche trends and competitor strategies to inform content decisions S18.
Outlier video discoveryIdentify long and short outlier videos in any category to spot viral potential S22.
Thumbnail analysisAnalyze top-performing thumbnails to optimize click-through rates S1.
Research boardsBuild inspiration and research boards to organize content ideas S1.
Competitor trackingTrack competitors' performance and uncover winning content S1.
AI-powered image servicesGenerate and edit images with AI, subject to usage policies S66.
10

Integrations and ecosystem

Connected products, exports, APIs, and workflow compatibility.

Integration or interfaceTypeWhat it enables
YouTubeIntegrationCollects data about YouTube channels as permitted by YouTube's Terms of Service S66.
Google authenticationIntegrationAllows sign-up and authentication via Google S66.
Third-party payment processorsIntegrationSupports payments via third-party providers S69.
Business APIAPIAvailable on Business plan for custom integrations S18.

Pricing

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Pricing and plans

Published plans, free access, trials, credits, and pricing limitations.

Plan or offerVerified price and billingIncludedLimits
FreeFree account with access to the free site S18Basic featuresNot established
Pro$49.99 per month; 50% off first billing cycle with code 'treat' S18 S1Competitors, outliers, alerts, collections, thumbnail search S18Not published
BusinessFrom $249 per month S18Unlimited credits, volume licenses, creator discovery, Business API, custom solutions S18Volume license pricing available S1

Competition

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Competitive landscape

Domains competing for the same organic search demand.

Sampled competitors

CompetitorFirst-page appearancesSampled queriesAverage positionQueries observed
youtube.com325.3most viral videos, how many total views does mrbeast have
en.wikipedia.org225most viral videos, how many total views does mrbeast have
reddit.com226most viral videos, how many total views does mrbeast have
socialblade.com112how many total views does mrbeast have
rollingstone.com113most viral videos
tunetank.com113how many total views does mrbeast have
instagram.com114most viral videos
livecounts.io114how many total views does mrbeast have
x.com115how many total views does mrbeast have
hypeauditor.com116how many total views does mrbeast have

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Customers, testimonials, and first-party review claims

Page typeEvidenceSource
customersA Scary Good Deal: 50% Off Pro Ends Oct 31.https://www.viewstats.com/customers
customersuse Code “treat” at checkout for 50% off your first billing cyclehttps://www.viewstats.com/customers
customersClick here to Redeemhttps://www.viewstats.com/customers
customers](/upgrade-pro)https://www.viewstats.com/customers
customersLog InSign Uphttps://www.viewstats.com/customers
customersPage Not Foundhttps://www.viewstats.com/customers
customersThe page you're looking for does not exist, but you can check out one of the creators below or go home.https://www.viewstats.com/customers
customers🔥 Top Categorieshttps://www.viewstats.com/customers
customersTop SubscribersTop ViewsMost Subs Gainedhttps://www.viewstats.com/customers
customersGet to know ushttps://www.viewstats.com/customers
customersAffiliate ProgramHelp CenterFAQhttps://www.viewstats.com/customers
customers01234https://www.viewstats.com/customers
customersChrome Extensionhttps://www.viewstats.com/customers
customersEasily view video and channel analytics while browsing YouTubehttps://www.viewstats.com/customers
customersAdd to Chrome - It's Freehttps://www.viewstats.com/customers
customersAccessibilityTerms of UsePrivacy Policyhttps://www.viewstats.com/customers
customersCopyright ©Viewstats 2026https://www.viewstats.com/customers
customersManage Cookieshttps://www.viewstats.com/customers
customersViewstats uses cookies and similar technologies to helphttps://www.viewstats.com/customers
customerspersonalize content and provide a better experience.https://www.viewstats.com/customers

Independent review sources discovered

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

First-party claims:

  • The platform is positioned as a tool to "Track trends, analyze competitors, find outlier videos" W5.
  • It offers competitor channel tracking: "Track what's working for other creators in your niche" W17.
  • The pricing page mentions "Compare your performance against competitors against real-time" W25W26.

Scout inference:

  • The evidence does not provide direct competitor names or market positioning beyond the product's own claims.
14

AI visibility

Measured ChatGPT and Google AI mentions with cited sources.

AI-assistant referral traffic

  • Estimated current generative-AI referral share: 0.9%
MonthSource
—All AI assistants
—All AI assistants

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Site-stated AI capabilities

No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.

These are first-party product claims, not independent measurements of AI-search visibility.

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

First-party claims:

  • The privacy policy mentions "AI Input Data" collected from AI-powered Image Services W150.
  • The terms of service describe "Image Services" including face swap, text-to-image generation, and image alteration W184.

Scout inference:

  • The site may have AI-related features, but no specific AI visibility or AI-generated content is mentioned in the evidence.
15

Marketing opportunities

Actions calculated directly from the collected evidence.

OpportunityRecommended actionEvidence
Competitor gap3 first-page appearances across most viral videos, how many total views does mrbeast have

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Website evidence gaps

  • technical: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

First-party claims:

  • The site is running a promotional offer: "A Scary Good Deal: 50% Off Pro Ends Oct 31" with code "treat" W1W2.
  • The affiliate program offers "Lifetime Recurring Revenue" and claims to be built with MrBeast's growth formula W235W237.
  • The site has a free Chrome extension W56.

Scout inference:

  • The 404 pages for /features, /integrations, /customers, /reviews, /changelog, /about, and /contact present opportunities to create content that could improve SEO and user engagement W46W65W84W103W123W190W209.

Trust and proof

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Customers, proof, and reviews

Published proof, customer signals, and review evidence.

Independent reviews

PlatformPageHow it was foundNote
TrustpilotViewstats Reviews / Read Customer Service Reviews of www.viewstats.comGrounded web search## do not reccomend i downloaded this beacouse i wanted to improve my videos then i find out that the only free thing is the extension and the thing is you cant do anything else on free it costs $30 for subscription and as a small youtuber i dont got that money and its not opne tiem its monthly and it made youtube lag evan tho it ran smoothly every second before viewstats and then i removed the viewstats extension and boom my pc didnt take 5 sec to pause a video ... I'm running few youtube chann
SaaS FlagsViewStats Review: Is It Worth It? 1 Documented Complaint — SaaS FlagsGrounded web search/ Platform / Reports / Who's reporting / / --- / --- / --- / / Reddit / 1 / US & global users / ... Customer Complaints LOW Source: Reddit Updated 5mo ago ... #### Paid tier feature depth limited compared to established alternatives Reviewers who upgraded to paid describe some analytics as duplicative of freely available YouTube Studio data, questioning the incremental value
Google PlayViewstats by MrBeast - Apps on Google PlayGrounded web searchnothing works anymore you cant view other peoples a/b tests or thumbnail changes anymore and you cant even view peoples channels anymore on mobile and they removed the thumbnail changing for free users etc
Apple App Store‎Viewstats by MrBeast App - App StoreGrounded web searchI love the app but recently both the website and the app have borderline died. The website loads incredibly slow and the app doesn’t work at all. Contacted support a few days ago and just said “they’re working on it” so until they fix it I can’t recommend
OutlierKitViewstats Review 2026: Pricing, Features, Analytics, and Better Alternatives for YouTube Growth Like MrBeastGrounded web searchProblems "This site provides absolute no value for the money they are charging. Multiple crashes, image search for thumbnail is not working properly apart from that research tools are not worth it at all and I'm talking after experiencing this site for 30
TubeGenViewStats Review (2026): MrBeast's Analytics ToolGrounded web search### Reliability complaints, and price hidden until signup. Reviewers cite crashes, slow loading, and login issues, reflected in a 2.5/5 Trustpilot score, and the live pricing page masks Pro until you create an account.

Customer proof

No named customers, testimonials, or customer case studies were found.

External links were grounded in one live web search. Search snippets are leads, not independently scraped page content; rejected links remain available in Review evidence.

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Company, security, and trust

Ownership, policies, security signals, and public trust evidence.

SignalFindingSource
Company and ownershipPlus, Pro Members get access to a dedicated server where you can get real-time feedback, insights, and direct access to our team.source
Contact and supportBasic Identifiers. Contact and account data, such as your full name, login credentials, email address, shipping and billing address, phone number, social media identifiers and handles.source
Legal and privacyCan I cancel my subscription at any time?source
Security and compliancePayment information is encrypted and securesource
Uptime and status pageFor business operations reasons. Your information and Personal Data may, if necessary, be transmitted to third-party subcontractors involved in the provision of our Services, such as technical and hosting service prosource
Domain registered1999-12-16—
Domain expires2026-12-16—

Every trust signal above is backed by a collected page or a registration record.

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Documentation and product updates

Help resources, product guidance, and visible changes over time.

Not established in the collected sources.

Technical

19

Technical and delivery signals

Delivery model, platforms, API, data ownership, reliability claims and release activity.

SignalFindingSource
Delivery model (cloud, self-hosted, desktop, browser extension)Web-based platform; no self-hosted or desktop options mentioned S1.S1
Platforms and appsAccessible via web browser; no native mobile or desktop apps mentioned S1.S1
API and extensibility (API, SDK, webhooks, MCP, plugins)Business API available on Business plan S18.S18
Data ownership and exportUsers grant company a broad license to use their content S69.S69
Performance and reliability claimsSite may be temporarily unavailable for maintenance S69.S69
Release activityNot published on the collected pages.—
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Measured infrastructure

Domain, certificate, and hosting signals, measured directly.

SignalFinding
Domain registered1999-12-16 — Squarespace Domains II LLC
Domain expires2026-12-16
First archived2013-07-25 — web archive
TLS certificateGoogle Trust Services, valid, expires 2027-01-10
Security headersHSTS, CSP, Referrer-Policy
Headers not servedX-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options
Server headercloudflare
Mail handled byaspmx.l.google.com
Nameserversines.ns.cloudflare.com, pranab.ns.cloudflare.com

Not measurable: rdap: exceeded the overall budget; wayback: exceeded the overall budget; tls: exceeded the overall budget; dns: exceeded the overall budget; headers: exceeded the overall budget. A gap here means the lookup was unavailable, not that the finding is negative.

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Technical site audit

A bounded multi-page crawl with page-level issues and URLs.

Scout — Bounded technical crawl

  • Pages crawled: 13 of 15 maximum
  • Technical health: 80/100
  • Critical issues: 0
  • Warnings: 49
  • Notices: 6

Issues

SeverityIssueValueAffected URL
warningTitle length should be reviewed67https://www.viewstats.com/info
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.viewstats.com/info
warningTitle length should be reviewed67https://www.viewstats.com/info
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.viewstats.com/info
warningTitle length should be reviewed67https://www.viewstats.com/pro-upgrade
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.viewstats.com/pro-upgrade
warningPage should have one primary H10https://www.viewstats.com/login
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.viewstats.com/login
noticeLow visible word count64https://www.viewstats.com/login
warningPage should have one primary H10https://www.viewstats.com/signup
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.viewstats.com/signup
noticeLow visible word count75https://www.viewstats.com/signup
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.viewstats.com/pricing
noticeLow visible word count139https://www.viewstats.com/pricing
warningTitle length should be reviewed67https://www.viewstats.com/top-list
warningPage should have one primary H12https://www.viewstats.com/top-list
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.viewstats.com/top-list
warningTitle length should be reviewed67https://www.viewstats.com/affiliates
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.viewstats.com/affiliates
warningTitle length should be reviewed67https://www.viewstats.com/terms
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.viewstats.com/terms
warningTitle length should be reviewed67https://www.viewstats.com/privacy
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.viewstats.com/privacy
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.viewstats.com/pricing
noticeLow visible word count139https://www.viewstats.com/pricing
warningPage should have one primary H10https://www.viewstats.com/forgot
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.viewstats.com/forgot
noticeLow visible word count41https://www.viewstats.com/forgot
warningPage should have one primary H10https://www.viewstats.com/login?redirectUri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.viewstats.com%2Fwelcome%2F1
warningMissing canonical URL—https://www.viewstats.com/login?redirectUri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.viewstats.com%2Fwelcome%2F1
noticeLow visible word count64https://www.viewstats.com/login?redirectUri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.viewstats.com%2Fwelcome%2F1
warningDuplicate title in audit sample7https://www.viewstats.com/info
warningDuplicate title in audit sample7https://www.viewstats.com/info
warningDuplicate title in audit sample7https://www.viewstats.com/pro-upgrade
warningDuplicate title in audit sample7https://www.viewstats.com/top-list
warningDuplicate title in audit sample7https://www.viewstats.com/affiliates
warningDuplicate title in audit sample7https://www.viewstats.com/terms
warningDuplicate title in audit sample7https://www.viewstats.com/privacy
warningDuplicate title in audit sample2https://www.viewstats.com/login
warningDuplicate title in audit sample2https://www.viewstats.com/login?redirectUri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.viewstats.com%2Fwelcome%2F1
warningDuplicate title in audit sample2https://www.viewstats.com/pricing
warningDuplicate title in audit sample2https://www.viewstats.com/pricing
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample7https://www.viewstats.com/info
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample7https://www.viewstats.com/info
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample7https://www.viewstats.com/pro-upgrade
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample7https://www.viewstats.com/top-list
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample7https://www.viewstats.com/affiliates
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample7https://www.viewstats.com/terms
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample7https://www.viewstats.com/privacy
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample6https://www.viewstats.com/login
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample6https://www.viewstats.com/signup
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample6https://www.viewstats.com/pricing
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample6https://www.viewstats.com/pricing
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample6https://www.viewstats.com/forgot
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample6https://www.viewstats.com/login?redirectUri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.viewstats.com%2Fwelcome%2F1

Crawled pages

StatusTitleH1sWordsResponseURL
200Viewstats: Create video ideas, titles, and thumbnails that go viral1989147 mshttps://www.viewstats.com/info
200Viewstats: Create video ideas, titles, and thumbnails that go viral1989151 mshttps://www.viewstats.com/info
200Viewstats: Create video ideas, titles, and thumbnails that go viral1618152 mshttps://www.viewstats.com/pro-upgrade
200Log In \Viewstats064138 ms
200Sign Up \Viewstats075199 ms
200YouTube Channel Statistics - Viewstats1139129 mshttps://www.viewstats.com/pricing
200Viewstats: Create video ideas, titles, and thumbnails that go viral2217160 mshttps://www.viewstats.com/top-list
200Viewstats: Create video ideas, titles, and thumbnails that go viral1697194 mshttps://www.viewstats.com/affiliates
200Viewstats: Create video ideas, titles, and thumbnails that go viral15244399 mshttps://www.viewstats.com/terms
200Viewstats: Create video ideas, titles, and thumbnails that go viral15015148 mshttps://www.viewstats.com/privacy
200YouTube Channel Statistics - Viewstats1139112 mshttps://www.viewstats.com/pricing
200Forgot Password \Viewstats041161 ms
200Log In \Viewstats064146 ms

This is a bounded Scout crawl. Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse scores are not claimed unless a dedicated performance audit is connected.

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Search Console and Analytics

First-party search and behavioral data connection state.

Modeled acquisition channels

ChannelEstimated share
direct40.2%
search31.5%
search organic31.5%
search paid0.0%
social25.2%
social organic24.9%
social paid0.4%
referrals1.8%
paid referrals0.1%
mail0.4%
gen ai0.9%
affiliate0.0%
other0.0%

First-party connections

IntegrationStatusData available after connection
Google Search ConsoleNot connectedClicks, impressions, CTR, average position, queries, pages, countries, and devices
Google AnalyticsNot connectedOrganic sessions, engagement, landing pages, conversions, geography, and devices

No first-party Search Console or Analytics numbers are shown until the site owner authorizes the corresponding Google account. Scout traffic model values above are modeled estimates, not private analytics totals.

Website intelligence — Scout synthesis

First-party claims:

  • The site collects usage data including browser name, timing of site visits, pages visited, clicked links, referral URL, and clickstream data W149.

Scout inference:

  • No search console or analytics data is available in the evidence catalog.

Limits and method

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Limitations and open questions

Known constraints and missing evidence from the collected pages.

The collected pages do not mention specific competitors by name. Evidence gaps include lack of detailed feature documentation, customer reviews, and integration specifics. Open questions remain about data retention policies and the full scope of the Business API.

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Sources, method, and limitations

Evidence inventory, collection method, provider use, and constraints.

This report is based on 9 collected pages from viewstats.com, including pricing, terms, privacy, and feature pages. External proof search was performed but no third-party reviews were collected. Limitations: no customer testimonials or independent reviews were available in the collected evidence.

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