Creators often wonder how notifications affect their video views. You can use the "Subscriber bell notifications" and “Bell notifications sent” card in YouTube Studio to learn about the impact of notifications. These cards will automatically appear when you have enough reachable subscribers. Learn more about notification options on YouTube.
Were Notifications Sent to My Subscribers?
View subscriber bell notification metrics
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
- In the left menu, select Analytics
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- Select Audience.
- Find the “Subscriber bell notifications” card.
Learn about subscriber bell notification metrics
The “Subscriber bell notifications” card gives you an idea of what percent of your subscribers get notifications from your channel including: new video uploads, premieres, and live streams.
Subscribers who turned on “All notifications” for your channel
Subscribers who turned on “All notifications” for your channel and enabled YouTube notifications
The Subscribers who turned on “All notifications” for your channel and enabled YouTube notifications metric tells you what percent of subscribers have turned on all notifications for your channel. These subscribers also have notifications enabled for their Google Account and device.
If subscribers ring the bell, but turn off YouTube notifications for their account or mobile app, they won't count toward this metric. Subscribers that “enabled YouTube notifications” are signed in and can receive notifications on at least one device. Learn more about managing YouTube notifications.
View bell notifications sent metrics
The “Bell notifications sent” card automatically shows on the Reach tab of YouTube Analytics when you have enough subscribers. The card is available for individual videos.
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
- From the left menu, select Content.
- Click the video’s title or thumbnail.
- In the left menu, select Analytics
Reach.
- Find the “Bell notifications sent” card.
Learn about bell notifications sent metrics
- Bell notifications sent: The number of bell notifications sent to subscribers who get all notifications from your channel, and have turned on YouTube notifications for their account and device.
- Notifications CTR (click-through rate): The percentage of viewers who clicked the bell notification they got about your video.
- Views from bell notifications: Views you got from viewers who clicked a bell notification and immediately watched your video. This number does not include viewers who saw your bell notification and watched your video later. You can get a breakdown of views from app notifications versus email updates in your Reach report.
Subscriber bell notification FAQs
What does ”turned on “All notifications” for your channel” mean?
There are a few different versions of the bell to help viewers understand the different types of YouTube notifications:
All: Subscribers will get all notifications from your channel, except notifications that exceed daily limits.
Personalized: Subscribers will get a customized subset of notifications from your channel.
None: Subscribers will see this version of the bell if they can’t get notifications from your channel due to their device settings.
The “Subscribers who turned on “All notifications for your channel” metric does not include subscribers who choose to get personalized notification or those who turned off notifications from your channel in their Subscriptions manager or Channel settings. Learn more about settings that impact notifications.
How do I get my viewers to subscribe to all notifications from my channel?
Some viewers will not want to get all notifications from every channel they subscribe to. For some, all notifications can be overwhelming, and can lead to a viewer turning off notifications altogether.
Encourage your subscribers to choose the notification level that’s right for them. If you have viewers who want to get all notifications, but are having trouble getting them, send them the notifications troubleshooter.
I’m below the “Typical on YouTube” range. Is that bad?
Subscribers who turned on “All notifications” for your channel
Many channels don’t fall in this range and still perform well. Notifications are one of many traffic sources for views (for example: Up next, Home, or search). Different channels will see varying percentages of traffic from different traffic sources.
There are many factors that influence whether a subscriber wants all channel notifications all the time. Subscriber notification choice may be influenced by factors like upload frequency, video topics, or other channel subscriptions.
Subscribers who turned on “All notifications” for your channel and enabled YouTube notifications
If you are within the typical range for subscribers who turned on all notifications for your channel, but below the range for notifications enabled, consider asking viewers to use the notifications troubleshooter. These viewers showed interest in getting all notifications by ringing the bell. They may not know that they’re unable to get notifications.
Can I see my subscriber notification metrics for previous time periods?
If I get new subscribers, will my subscriber metrics increase immediately?
Bell notifications sent FAQ
How should I use the “Bell notifications sent” card?
- The “Subscriber bell notifications” card shows what portion of your subscribers clicked the bell
- The “Bell notifications sent” card shows how many viewers got your bell notification, clicked it, and watched your video. This card also shows the number of subscribers you had when publishing your video who were eligible to get a bell notification.
How are my notifications CTR different from my thumbnail CTR?
Why is my notifications CTR lower than my impressions CTR?
- Your channel already sent the maximum of 3 video notifications in a 24-hour period.
- You published more than 3 videos in a short amount of time.
- Your subscriber count changed significantly in the last 24 hours. Learn more.
- You changed your video’s privacy settings before all notifications were sent.
- You skipped notifications for this video.