socialMeter for YouTube Live
A YouTube Live live viewer counter for your desk.
How many people are watching your YouTube stream right now, on a small display beside your camera. It reads 0 when you are not live.
Sample numbers. Yours appear once it is set up.
On the screen
What it shows for YouTube Live.
The labels below are the ones printed on the device.
- VIEWERS NOW
- Concurrent viewers on your current live stream. It shows 0 while the channel is not streaming.
- VIEWS
- Views on the live video.
- No today pill
- Viewers right now rise and fall, so the device leaves out a daily gain.
- NEXT MILESTONE
- A bar to the next round number (1, 2 or 5 followed by zeros), with how far along you are.
- Circle and dot
- The circle empties until the next check. The dot is green while the number is live, amber while it shows the last reading, red when something needs a look.
Checks: Every 60 seconds.
What you need
Set up in a few minutes.
It needs your channel handle or ID and a free YouTube Data API key you make once. Your channel handle or ID and key stay on the device. No account with us, no app.
- Find your channel handle or IDYour channel handle (the @ is optional), or a
UC...channel ID. Shows 0 when you are not streaming.exampleMyChannelAlready set up the YouTube subscriber counter? This uses the same API key: just paste it again. - Get your YouTube Data API key
- Go to console.cloud.google.com and create (or pick) a project.
- APIs & Services, Enable APIs, then enable YouTube Data API v3.
- Credentials, Create credentials, API key, then copy it into the API-key box.
- Plug it in and join its Wi-FiPower it with any USB-C cable. Scan the code on its screen (or join the Social Meter-XXXXXX network) and the setup page opens. If it does not, visit
192.168.4.1. - Choose YouTube Live and fill in one pagePick YouTube Live from the list and type your channel handle or ID, then paste your key into the API-key box.
- Pick your home Wi-Fi and saveChoose your 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi, type its password and tap Save. It restarts and shows your number within about 30 seconds.
Same device
Or count something else.
It counts one platform at a time. Switch from your phone whenever you like.
In use
Your count, while you create.
It sits by the mic and keeps counting while you work on the next one.
7 stand colours. Pick one to start your build.
FAQ
Questions.
What does it show when I am not streaming?
0 viewers, with the dot still green: the check worked, there is just no live stream. It picks the stream up on the next check after you go live.
Will it use up my YouTube API quota?
No. It finds your stream from your channel's recent uploads instead of a search, which costs 2 quota units a check, about 2,880 a day against the free 10,000.
Why is there no "today" number?
Viewers rise and fall during a stream, so a daily gain would not mean much. The device leaves it out for every live count.
Does it need my YouTube Live password?
No. It reads the count with the free key you make, never your password. The key stays on the device.
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