How StatFlare Works
Everything you need to know about analyzing YouTube channels with StatFlare.
Getting Started
What is StatFlare?
StatFlare is a free YouTube channel analytics platform powered by AI. Enter any public YouTube channel handle or URL and get a full analytics dashboard instantly — no account required.
How to analyze a channel
On the homepage, type a YouTube channel handle (e.g. @mkbhd) or paste a full YouTube channel URL into the search bar and press Enter or click "Analyze". StatFlare will fetch live data from the YouTube API and generate your dashboard in seconds.
Dashboard Sections
Channel Header
Displays the channel profile picture, name, handle, subscriber count, and country — pulled live from YouTube.
Stat Cards
Key metrics at a glance: total subscribers, total views, video count, channel age, and average views per video.
View Trend Chart
A line chart showing views per video for the last 20 uploads. Spot spikes, viral moments, or steady growth at a glance.
Engagement Rate Chart
A bar chart showing engagement percentage (likes + comments / views) per video. Higher engagement usually means better algorithm performance.
Likes vs Comments Scatter
A scatter plot comparing likes to comments per video. Useful for identifying your most discussion-driving content.
Upload Frequency Chart
A bar chart showing how many videos were uploaded per month. Identifies posting consistency over time.
Top 5 Videos Table
A ranked table of your best-performing videos with thumbnail, title, views, likes, comments, and engagement rate.
Duration vs Views Chart
Compares video length to view count to reveal whether longer or shorter videos perform better on the channel.
AI Insights
Claude AI analyzes your channel data and returns a channel health score (0–100), strengths, weaknesses, content strategy suggestions, posting frequency advice, and 3 specific actionable next steps.
Credits & Limits
How credits work
Ordinary analytics and browser utilities remain free. Signed-in channel AI analysis and Creator Time Machine have no daily credit quota by default and remain subject to request rate limits. Guest visitors receive a one-time introductory analysis balance that does not refresh daily.
Guest users
Guest analysis credits are checked by the backend and are not refreshed daily. Sign in with Google to continue after using the introductory balance. Ordinary analytics do not use guest credits.
Channel Comparison
Compare two channels
StatFlare supports side-by-side comparison of any two public YouTube channels. Navigate to the Compare page and enter both channel handles. You get a full breakdown of subscribers, views, engagement, and AI insights for both channels simultaneously.
Search History
Saving analyses
When signed in, use Save on an analysis to add it to your account history. Visit the History page to revisit saved channel reports.
FAQ
Is StatFlare really free?
StatFlare is free to use and supported by advertising. You will not be asked to pay to use existing analytics or tools.
Which channels can I analyze?
Any public YouTube channel. Private or terminated channels cannot be fetched via the YouTube Data API.
How fresh is the data?
Data is fetched live from the YouTube API each time you run an analysis. It reflects the channel's current public statistics.
Is my data stored?
Only logged-in users have their search history saved to our database, and only you can see it. Guest analyses are not stored beyond the session. See our Privacy Policy for full details.