Viewstats
Description
🖼️ Tool Name:
Viewstats
🔖 Tool Category:
AI-enhanced YouTube analytics and content strategy assistant; falls under Content Creation & Communication and Productivity & Automation.
✏️ What does this tool offer?
Viewstats is a YouTube analytics platform co-created by MrBeast (James Stephen Donaldson) and Chucky Appleby. It empowers creators with data-driven insights—including trend tracking, thumbnail performance, and content strategy—to help identify what drives virality and audience growth. It supports both a free version accessible via a Chrome extension and website, as well as a more powerful subscription-based Pro tier.
⭐ What does the tool actually deliver based on user experience?
Displays detailed metrics like views, subscribers, and estimated earnings for any channel or video.
Extends YouTube’s interface with real-time analytics overlays via a Chrome extension.
Offers tools to identify top-performing videos ("Outliers"), tracks trending thumbnails, and enables A/B thumbnail comparisons.
Provides alert systems for emerging content trends and allows organizing ideas using Collections.
User reviews highlight accurate revenue estimation and strong competitive research tools.
🤖 Does it include automation?
Yes — Viewstats automates:
Trend detection through outlier analysis.
Thumbnail suggestions based on performance patterns.
Notification alerts when content thresholds or trends are met.
Idea organization through Collections and A/B comparison workflows.
💰 Pricing Model:
Freemium with advanced paid tier — Viewstats Pro.
Free Tier: Provides basic analytics (views/subs tracking) via the web and Chrome extension.
Pro Plan: Around $49.99/month or $479.88/year (20% savings). Unlocks Outliers, Thumbnail Search, A/B Testing, Alerts, and Collections.
Business Plan: From ~$249/month, includes higher usage limits, API access, creator discovery, and custom enterprise solutions.
🧭 Access Method:
Web app — via viewstats.com
Chrome extension — integrates analytics directly into YouTube browsing
🔗 Experience Link:
https://www.viewstats.com