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Enter any YouTube channel handle and we'll pull live data from the last 12 videos to compute the real engagement rate, then benchmark it against other channels in the same subscriber tier.
Uses the standard YouTube formula: (avg likes + avg comments) ÷ avg views across the last 12 videos.
Pulls fresh video stats on every check. No cached numbers.
Compares the result against the average for YouTube channels in the same subscriber tier.
Works on any public YouTube channel. We never store handles or query history.
No YouTube login required. We use only public video data.
Three easy steps — done in under a minute.
Type any YouTube channel handle (the @username from the channel URL). No @ symbol needed.
Our scraper pulls views, likes, and comments from the most recent 12 uploads.
See the engagement rate as a percentage, plus how it compares to other channels of the same size.
Our free YouTube Engagement Rate Calculator pulls the last 12 videos from any public YouTube channel and computes the engagement rate using the industry-standard view-based formula: (average likes + average comments) ÷ average views. YouTube videos rack up views far beyond a channel's subscriber base, so view-based ER is the only meaningful way to measure true content performance. We benchmark the result against other YouTube channels in the same subscriber tier — instantly tell whether a channel is performing above average, average, or below average.
See our methodology for formulas, benchmark sources, and data refresh cadence.
YouTube videos are distributed far beyond a channel's subscriber base via search, recommendations, and homepage placement. A video can have 10× the views of subscribers, so computing engagement against subscribers under-represents true reach. Using views gives the true content performance signal.
YouTube ER is the lowest of the three major platforms because video views are typically 5–20× the subscriber count. Average ranges: nano channels (under 10k) often see 1.5–3%, micro (10k–100k) sit around 1–2.5%, and mega channels (1M+) typically clear 0.5–1.2%. Our calculator buckets your result automatically.
Yes — we pull live data directly from YouTube's public endpoints. Views, likes, and comments are exactly what's visible on each video right now.
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Some channels disable public like counts. In that case the calculator falls back to comments-only or returns a 'not enough data' message rather than producing a misleading number.
We use the last 12 videos, the industry standard for engagement-rate calculators.
