# Programming Channels: Views and Upload Pace

**Use case:** 

A ready made comparison of @Fireship, @freecodecamp, @TraversyMedia, @NetworkChuck and @ThePrimeagen. For each channel: how many videos it published recently, the views and likes they got, how often it posts, its best and worst recent video, and whether newer videos beat its own baseline. Read live from the public channel feed, which carries the 15 newest videos.

## Input

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "@Fireship",
    "@freecodecamp",
    "@TraversyMedia",
    "@NetworkChuck",
    "@ThePrimeagen"
  ],
  "windowDays": "90",
  "minVideosInWindow": 0,
  "includeVideos": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "channelTitle": {
    "label": "Channel"
  },
  "videosInWindow": {
    "label": "Videos",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "uploadsPerWeek": {
    "label": "Uploads / week",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "averageViews": {
    "label": "Avg views",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "medianViews": {
    "label": "Median views",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "totalViews": {
    "label": "Total views",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "trend": {
    "label": "Trend"
  },
  "momentumPercent": {
    "label": "Momentum %",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "recentAverageViews": {
    "label": "Newer half avg",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "earlierAverageViews": {
    "label": "Older half avg",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "latestVideoAt": {
    "label": "Latest video",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "daysSinceLastUpload": {
    "label": "Days since",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "isActive": {
    "label": "Active",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "averageLikes": {
    "label": "Avg likes",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "channelUrl": {
    "label": "Channel",
    "format": "link"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [YouTube Channel Monitor: Track Channels and Views](https://apify.com/precious_bathmat/youtube-channel-monitor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/precious_bathmat/youtube-channel-monitor.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/precious_bathmat/youtube-channel-monitor.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).