YouTube Channel Audit

Input: the channel, its last 10-20 uploads with views and dates, and the channel page elements if known. Data source: if ~/.youtube-skills/metrics/channel.json exists (see youtube-connect), read the uploads, views, and subscribers from it. Else ask the user to paste them. Output: the publish bar, the outlier variable to test next, one fix per channel surface, and a 30-day order of work.

Steps

1. Compute the baseline. Median views of the last 10-20 uploads, not the mean. Mark every video above 3x median as an outlier and every video under 0.5x as a miss.
2. Set the publish bar. Galloway's rule: never publish a video you would not rank in the channel's top 20%. Name the view count that marks the top 20% today. Every future packaging pick is judged against it.
3. Isolate the outlier variable. For each outlier, name the one thing that differs from the baseline: topic, title shape, thumbnail type, format, or timing. If two variables differ, the test is invalid; say so. Pick the single variable to repeat next.
4. Compute views per subscriber for the last 10 uploads (views divided by subs at upload). Under 0.1 means the channel is fed by subscribers only. Above 1.0 means browse or search is carrying it. State which.
5. Audit the channel page, one line each: banner (says who it is for and what they get), trailer (an outlier, not the newest upload), bio (buyer question in the first line), playlists (one per lane, outlier first), links (one offer at the top).
6. Write the 30-day order: the one variable to test, the one page fix, the one upload to remove or unlist if it drags the median.

Rules