Editing Viewstats

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[[File:Viewstats logo.png|thumb|The logo for Viewstats, as seen on [https://viewstats.com viewstats.com]]]

'''Viewstats''' is a independent YouTube analytics website created by the American YouTuber MrBeast,<ref name="mb">{{Cite YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7M3PpjBZzw|title=How I Get Over 100,000,000 Views Per Video|author=MrBeast 2|date=November 24, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet|url=https://twitter.com/MrBeast/status/1795543620595925476|name=MrBeast}}</ref> and co-founded by Chucky Appleby.<ref>https://twitter.com/chucky</ref> It allows users to use general analysing tools, but also helps new YouTubers to grow their channel with Viewstats Pro.<ref name="mb" /><ref>https://www.tubefilter.com/2024/05/29/mrbeast-launches-viewstats-pro-premium-analytics-platform-jimmy-donaldson-jon-youshaei/</ref><ref>https://www.creatorhandbook.net/mrbeast-launches-pro-version-of-viewstats/</ref><ref>https://www.benzinga.com/news/24/05/39053755/mrbeast-launches-analytics-website-viewstats-i-want-to-help-creators-of-all-sizes-improve-their-yout</ref>

Created in December 2023 in beta,<ref>https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/14/mrbeasts-analytics-platform-viewstats-is-out-in-beta</ref> and presented in a MrBeast YouTube video in November 2024,<ref name="mb" /> it is available in a Google Chrome extension via the Chrome Web Store for free,<ref>{{Cite tweet|url=https://twitter.com/MrBeast/status/1795545213877829831|name=MrBeast}}</ref><ref>https://medium.com/@eddyballe/viewstats-1313b09257bb</ref> or it can be accessible to their official website. There is currently a mobile app that is in beta,<ref>{{Cite tweet|url=https://twitter.com/chucky/status/1884354280624140662|name=chucky}}</ref> which is planned to be released in Q1 2025.

==Controversies==
===Alleged involvement in MrBeast drama===
During the MrBeast drama in 2024, Viewstats' live subscriber count stopped updating, starting in August 2024. Its last update stated that MrBeast had 309,164,697 subscribers.<ref>{{Cite tweet|url=https://x.com/pwnyygaming/status/1824472200063435157|name=pwnyygaming}}</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/TimeworksSubmissions/comments/1eo1jw2/mrbeast_live_sub_count_is_frozen/</ref><ref>https://tenor.com/view/mrbeast-viewstats-mrbeast-statistics-statistics-stats-community-gif-7596699859234550974</ref>

It is alleged that this was intentionally done to cover up how many subscribers MrBeast was gaining/losing, either by YouTube, Viewstats, or both parties, especially due to its timing.<ref>https://discord.com/channels/1171577354712252438/1202617059511369808/1277300258472333333</ref> When questioned on Discord, Chucky, the co-founder of Viewstats, stated "lmao the conspiracy theories 😂 don’t worry we’ll fix it,"<ref>https://discord.com/channels/1171577354712252438/1202617059511369808/1271637335246770177</ref> which became a meme in the statistics community. After further questioning from [[TRAINAlytics]],<ref>https://discord.com/channels/1171577354712252438/1202617059511369808/1271639763245469826</ref> he was then banned from the server,<ref>https://discord.com/channels/1171577354712252438/1202617059511369808/1271714466177875968</ref> raising more suspicions.

Eventually, in September 2024, the live subscriber count was fixed. Its first update after it was fixed stated that MrBeast had 313,335,347 subscribers.<ref>https://discord.com/channels/1175557946474766416/1176527797146103959/1280285970486394974</ref>

==External links==
* [https://viewstats.com Official website]
* [https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/viewstats-youtube-video-c/licaccaeplhkahfkoighjblahbnafadl Official Chrome extension]

==Trivia==
* Viewstats is built on [https://next.js.org Next.js], a popular framework for [https://reactjs.org React], and hosted on [https://vercel.com Vercel].<ref>{{Cite tweet|url=https://x.com/rauchg/status/1795133654349328728|name=rauchg}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet|url=https://x.com/chucky/status/1795134614777872645|name=chucky}}</ref>

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