Free YouTube Channel Health Check
Paste any channel URL and get an instant A–F health grade — upload consistency, engagement, momentum and reach, scored on real YouTube data. No sign-up, no copying numbers out of Studio.
Check any channel instantly
Paste a channel URL, @handle, or channel ID. Public data only — nothing to connect.
What this health check measures
Four fundamentals, scored out of 25 each, from the channel's most recent uploads. Every number is measured against that channel's own history — not a generic benchmark that treats a 2,000-subscriber channel like a 2,000,000-subscriber one.
Upload consistency
How steady the publishing drumbeat is, measured across the recent upload window. A predictable schedule builds returning viewership and gives YouTube a reliable signal. Erratic posting weakens that even when the total volume is high — four videos in a week then three weeks of silence scores worse than one a week, every week.
Engagement
Likes and comments as a share of views, taken as a median so one viral outlier can't flatter the result. High engagement tells YouTube that viewers found the video worth reacting to, which affects how widely it gets recommended. The target here is 5%.
Momentum
The newest uploads compared against the ones before them. This is the earliest warning sign available from outside a channel: when recent videos underperform older ones, the cause is usually packaging — the title and thumbnail promise — rather than the content itself.
Reach
Median views against subscriber count. A healthy ratio means videos are travelling beyond the people who already subscribed. A low one means the channel is talking to its existing audience — usually because titles are written for fans rather than for strangers scrolling past.
Shorts are handled separately. When a channel has enough long-form uploads in the window, views and momentum are measured on long-form only. Without that, a run of Shorts drags the median down and produces a false "slowing" verdict on a channel that is actually growing.
Questions people ask
How is the health score calculated?
Four signals — upload consistency, engagement, momentum and reach — are each scored out of 25 from the channel's most recent uploads, then combined into a score out of 100 and an A–F grade. Medians are used rather than averages throughout, so a single viral video doesn't distort the picture.
Can I check a channel that isn't mine?
Yes. Any public channel works — paste a URL, an @handle or a channel ID. Checking competitors in your niche is one of the more useful things you can do with it: the same four numbers tell you where a rival is strong and where they're exposed.
Do I need to sign up or connect my account?
No. The check above uses public YouTube data only and requires no account, no connection and no card. Signing up unlocks the diagnosis that public data cannot produce — retention curves, click-through rate and traffic sources, which only the channel owner can see.
How often should I run it?
Monthly is about right. After changing something, give it 30–60 days before re-checking — the recent-uploads window needs new videos in it before the score can move, and reacting to week-to-week noise leads to worse decisions than doing nothing.
How do I improve my score without paying for anything?
Most of it isn't a software problem. Pick a publishing cadence you can hold for twelve weeks. Ask one specific question inside the video rather than a vague prompt in the outro. Write titles aimed at someone who has never heard of you. Those three habits move consistency, engagement and reach without spending anything.
What does the full diagnosis add?
This check sees what your competitors can see. Connecting a channel adds what only the owner can: which second of which video lost the audience, what the click-through rate was against the impressions served, and where the traffic actually came from. That's the difference between knowing a channel has a problem and knowing where it is.
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