MyVidLogMyVidLogKnow exactly what happened when you changed your title or thumbnail
You swapped a thumbnail last Tuesday. Views went up — or did they? Was it the new thumbnail, or just a good week? MyVidLog is a YouTube title and thumbnail tracker that answers that question with your own data: it automatically logs every packaging change on your videos and shows the before/after impact on views, watch time and click-through rate.
Start tracking free — 5 change-log captures every month, no card required.
How it works
- Connect your channel (read-only). Sign in with Google through YouTube's official API. MyVidLog can only read your channel — it can never edit, upload or delete anything.
- Edit your videos as normal. Change a title, swap a thumbnail, rewrite a description or retag a video in YouTube Studio. MyVidLog takes regular snapshots of your videos and detects the change automatically — no need to tell it anything.
- See the before and after. Every detected change is logged with a timestamp and the old and new version side by side. Use a change-log capture on any edit to measure the aftermath — views, watch time, average view duration and CTR against your channel's own baseline at the moment you made the change.
What you can learn from it
- Which thumbnail actually won. When you swap thumbnails on a live video, the log shows the response in views and CTR after the swap — not a guess, your real numbers.
- Whether a title rewrite helped or hurt. Titles change how both search and browse treat a video. The log ties the rewrite to what happened next, so you can revert with confidence when it hurt.
- Your own packaging playbook. Over months, your change history becomes a record of what works for your audience — which styles of title and thumbnail your viewers respond to.
- A fair comparison. Each change is measured against your recent videos' averages frozen at the moment of the edit, so channel-wide spikes don't masquerade as a winning change.
How this differs from YouTube's Test & Compare
YouTube's built-in Test & Compare is a pre-publish experiment for thumbnails only. MyVidLog complements it: it tracks any packaging change (titles, thumbnails, descriptions, tags) on live videos, keeps the full history of every edit you've ever made, and works on videos that are already published. Many creators use both.
Who it's for
Creators who actively iterate on their packaging: you re-title underperforming videos, refresh old thumbnails, and want evidence — not vibes — about what each edit did. If you've ever asked "why did my views drop after I changed my thumbnail?", this is the tool that answers it.
Common questions
Does MyVidLog change anything on my YouTube channel?
No. MyVidLog connects through Google's official YouTube API with read-only permissions, so it can never edit, upload or delete anything. You make your title or thumbnail change in YouTube Studio as normal — MyVidLog just detects it and logs it.
How is this different from YouTube's Test & Compare?
Test & Compare shows up to three thumbnails at once to different viewers before you commit, and only covers thumbnails. MyVidLog tracks what happens after any packaging change — titles, thumbnails, descriptions and tags — on the real, live video, and keeps a permanent history of every edit so you can look back months later.
What metrics does MyVidLog compare before and after a change?
Each change log links the edit to your video's views, watch time, average view duration and click-through rate afterwards, compared against your channel's own baseline (your recent videos' averages frozen at the moment of the change), so a busy week on your channel doesn't get mistaken for a winning thumbnail.
How many changes can I track for free?
The Free Tracker plan includes 5 change-log captures every month with no card required. Starter (£10/month) includes 15 and Pro (£25/month) includes 30.