VidIQ

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vidIQ
VidIQ lockup.svg
Type of site
Analytics
Available in
Various
  • English
  • French
  • Spanish
  • Russian
  • Portuguese
  • Turkish
  • Vietnamese
Founder(s) Robert Sandie
Todd Troxell
CEORobert Sandie
URL vidiq.com
RegistrationOptional
Launched2011
Current statusActive

vidIQ is an online education website that offers video tutorials and analytics on YouTube channel growth. The website also has a Google Chrome extension, which allows users to analyze YouTube analytics data. [1] [2] [3] vidIQ has often been compared with the Google Chrome extension TubeBuddy, which has similar features to vidIQ. [4]

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History

vidIQ was founded by Rob Sandie and Todd Troxell in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 2011. Sandie and Troxell were originally focused on the distribution issues of the website, however, they later switched to focusing on YouTube analytics. [5] In March 2013, vidIQ appeared at the Founders Den Demo Night. [6] In June 2013, the website was verified by YouTube after passing the YouTube certification program. [7]

In 2016, the hacker group OurMine hacked into multiple big YouTube channels after their passwords were leaked in third-party database dumps. After hacking into accounts, OurMine used vidIQ's ability to modify all of a channel's video titles and descriptions at once to add "Hacked by OurMine". vidIQ took the data breaches "very seriously" and temporarily paused the site's actions relating to the YouTube API. To prevent further breaches, vidIQ reset the passwords for most big YouTubers and implemented a multi-factor authentication feature for when users try to edit video titles and descriptions. [8]

Reception

In May 2020, Manikanta Immanni of BabbleSports reviewed the website and its Google Chrome extension, in which Immanni praised vidIQ for numerous reasons. [9] Mashable listed vidIQ as one of the best ways to grow a YouTube channel. [10]

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  2. ↑ Cozma, Nicole (August 8, 2013). "Sum up YouTube video stats with VidIQ Vision for Chrome". CNET . CBS Interactive . Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  3. ↑ "VidIQ Launches Chrome Extension Showing Metrics And Previously Disabled Public YouTube Tags". NewMediaRockstars . August 5, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  4. ↑ Immanni, Manikanta (May 31, 2020). "VidIQ vs TubeBuddy 2020, Which one is for you?". BabbleSports. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
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  6. ↑ Ha, Anthony (March 20, 2013). "Survata, VidIQ, And Five Other Startups Take The Stage At Founders Den Demo Night". TechCrunch . Verizon Media . Retrieved September 20, 2020.
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  10. ↑ Binder, Matt (December 30, 2019). "Being a YouTube creator is hard. Here are the top tools to grow your channel". Mashable . Ziff Davis . Retrieved September 18, 2020.
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