VidIQ is a San Francisco-based startup that provides an analytics layer for YouTube creators, brands, and marketers. Its product combines YouTube SEO, smart scheduling, listening tools, and a dashboard of viewer and engagement metrics to help users optimize distribution. The platform identifies top influencers across Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube and helps clients engage with commenters to turn them into evangelists. VidIQ also advises on tagging and description optimization using a large store of YouTube searches and recommends optimal upload times. Clients named in the article include AOL (TechCrunch and Moviefone), Mondo Media, and Revision3. To expand the business, VidIQ has raised seed funding to accelerate growth and product development.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Feb 2013