socialMeter for YouTube
A YouTube subscriber counter for your desk.
Your channel's subscriber count, live on a small Wi-Fi display, with what today added and how close the next milestone is.
Sample numbers. Yours appear once it is set up.
On the screen
What it shows for YouTube.
The labels below are the ones printed on the device.
- SUBSCRIBERS
- Your channel's subscriber count. YouTube rounds it to three significant figures for everyone, so 54,321 shows as 54,300 and moves in steps.
- VIEWS
- Total views across the channel.
- VIDEOS
- Public videos on the channel.
- N TODAY
- The green pill: subscribers gained since the day's first reading, in your time zone.
- 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.exampleMyChannel - Get your YouTube Data API key
- Go to console.cloud.google.com and create (or pick) a project.
- In the search bar, open YouTube Data API v3 and click Enable.
- Go to APIs & Services, Credentials, Create credentials, API key.
- Copy the key (it starts with
AIza) and paste 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 and fill in one pagePick YouTube 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.
Why does my subscriber count move in hundreds?
YouTube's API rounds subscriber counts to three significant figures for every channel, so a channel with 54,321 subscribers reads 54,300. The device shows exactly what YouTube reports. Views and videos are exact.
Does the YouTube API key cost anything?
No. It is a free Google Cloud key with no billing card. One check a minute uses about 1,440 of the 10,000 free daily quota units.
Can I use my channel ID instead of the handle?
Yes. Type the handle (with or without the @) or the channel ID that starts with UC. Both work.
Can it show live viewers instead?
Yes, that is the YouTube Live setup. It uses the same API key and shows viewers right now while you stream.
Does it need my YouTube 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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