Data Anonymization Issue

[pstevens33]

Hi again Miguel,

Ever since the update to the Youtube Analytics API on September 17, 2018, I have not been receiving proper data regarding viewer demographics. This is not a problem with the connector because I receive the same problematic data when using the API Explorer. The following is an explanation of why the data is missing:

https://developers.google.com/youtube/analytics/data_model#data-anonymization

Basically, this excerpt states that if your channel does not meet the minimum traffic requirements, then you will probably be missing some data. Do you know of a potential work around to this issue? And have you seen this issue for your channel's data? I understand that your channel is bigger than mine so you might not be affected. For reference, my channel is www.youtube.com/c/bielite.

Thanks again for all of your work on this. I hope to hear from you soon.

-Parker

[migueesc123]

I'm actually facing some issues with the API as described on issue #16

I wish that I could tell you a workaround, but I wouldn't know what query plan would work to make that happen. If you have the chance, head over to stackoverflow to see what people are saying about this topic - they might have a certain workaround that you could later use with the GetReports function

[pstevens33]

Thanks for the response. I haven't found any questions pertaining to this on SO given that it's a fairly new update. Thinking more about it, I'm not sure if there will be a workaround given that YouTube is explicitly trying to hide small data traffic. Just to clarify, here is a small snippet of the issue I'm facing when invoking the Video Stats function:

You can see that there was an adImpression, meaning there was a view. However, this view doesn't show up because it was the only view for that video/country/day combination. If possible, could you or anyone let me know if you are running into the same issue? I imagine this affects many others.

Thanks again.

[migueesc123]

Hey,

Check out this specific reply

[pstevens33]

Gotcha, I had read through the thread but wanted to give my two cents that it isn't a bug. Instead it is the direct result of this update. Maybe you already knew this and I'm misunderstanding the other thread. My thinking is that Video Stats will no longer work as expected for anyone because you will show 0 views for every line that does not meet a minimum (un-announced) traffic threshold. Personally, I am only meeting this threshold for United States and India traffic so I will not see data for hits from any other country.

Hope this all makes sense. Thanks sir.