SocialAutoUpload User Guide · Volume 9 — Managing Posts & Insights · Lesson 16

Analytics

Level: Advanced Time: ~10 min Prerequisites: Lesson 7 Audience: creators

Purpose

Two kinds of insight live in the app, and it's worth being clear which is which: the Analytics page tells you how your publishing is going across all platforms, and the YouTube Analytics page shows real audience numbers for YouTube. This lesson maps both — and is honest about what isn't measured yet.

Analytics page with total posts, published count, success rate and per-platform breakdown — Analytics — totals, success rate and a per-platform breakdown of your publishing.

Analytics — how your publishing is doing

The Analytics page summarizes your publishing activity from this app's own records:

Total Posts, with a week-over-week change.
Published and Failed counts.
Success Rate — of the posts actually attempted (drafts and scheduled don't count).
Platform Breakdown — published vs failed per platform, so you can see which platform is giving you trouble.

This is publishing telemetry, not audience engagement

The app states it plainly: Publishing telemetry from this app (per-channel results). For views, likes and engagement, see YouTube Analytics — other platforms' engagement metrics aren't available yet. In other words, Analytics tells you whether your posts went out successfully, not how many people liked them.

What isn't available (be clear-eyed about this)

Real engagement metrics — views, likes, comments, reach — are available for YouTube only. For Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Telegram, the app doesn't show engagement numbers. If you need those, use each platform's own insights/creator tools. This is a genuine limitation, not a setting you've missed.

YouTube Analytics — real audience numbers

The YouTube Analytics page pulls live data from YouTube for your connected channel(s):

Channel header — subscribers, total views, video count.
Summary metrics — Views, Watch Time, Subscribers Gained, Net Subscribers, Likes, Comments.
Charts — daily views and subscriber growth over your chosen period.
Recent uploads — tap a video for its own live stats (views, likes, comments, privacy).
Period selector — 7, 30, or 90 days.
A channel switcher if you've connected more than one YouTube channel.

💡 YouTube data can lag up to 48 hours

The page notes: "Data may be delayed up to 48 hours." So today's numbers may still be settling — that's YouTube's own reporting delay, not the app.

The upload quota card

YouTube Analytics also shows YouTube Uploads Today — an app-wide daily upload count shared across all users (it's tied to one Google project, not your account alone). It resets at midnight Pacific Time. If it's reached, YouTube uploads pause for everyone until reset; you'll see an "App-wide limit reached" note.

Both analytics pages need a paid plan

The Analytics and YouTube Analytics pages are a Creator-and-up feature (Lesson 2). Connecting and publishing to YouTube works on any plan; the analytics pages are gated to paid plans.

Expected result

You know exactly what each analytics surface measures: Analytics = did my posts publish successfully (all platforms); YouTube Analytics = real audience numbers (YouTube only). And you know not to expect like/view counts for the other platforms inside the app.

Common mistakes

Expecting likes/views for Facebook/Instagram/TikTok in the app — only YouTube has real metrics.
Reading Success Rate as engagement — it measures publishing success, not audience response.
Worrying that today's YouTube numbers look low — data can lag up to 48 hours.
Thinking the YouTube upload limit is yours alone — it's shared app-wide and resets midnight PT.
Looking for Analytics on Free — it's a Creator-and-up feature.

Troubleshooting (quick table)

Situation	What it means	Do this
No engagement numbers for FB/IG/TikTok	The app doesn't provide them yet	Use each platform's own insights tools
YouTube Analytics asks you to reconnect	The analytics permission wasn't granted, or the token lapsed	Reconnect the YouTube channel (Lesson 14)
YouTube API quota exceeded…	The app-wide daily quota is used up	Check back after midnight Pacific Time
Today's YouTube stats look off	YouTube reporting delay	Wait up to 48 hours
Analytics/YouTube pages are locked	They're a paid feature	Upgrade (Lesson 2)

📱 Mobile note: both analytics pages work on mobile; the charts are easier to read on a larger screen.

Next: Lesson 17 — Limits, banners & upgrading.
Read your usage banners, understand what each limit means, and learn the contact-to-buy upgrade path.