Observed arrival · 2026-09-20
YTDetective turns YouTube guesswork into a toolbox
A free suite of 19 tools for inspecting YouTube channels, videos, tags, monetization signals, thumbnails, timing, and performance.
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- For
- YouTube creators auditing channels, videos, and publishing choices
- Worth noticing
- The homepage lists 19 separate tools and gives uncertain checks confidence scores plus last-verified timestamps.
Field notes
The homepage organizes the project as a collection of 19 focused utilities rather than a single general analytics product. Its scope runs from basic lookups, such as resolving a handle to a channel ID, to comparative workflows covering multiple videos or channels. The site distinguishes estimates and signal-based checks from official YouTube decisions, and says repeated requests are cached through Redis to limit API usage and quota consumption.
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✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use
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