YouTube Launches Its Research Program

Youtube has announced the launch of its Research Program. This program is for academic researchers interested in using YouTube’s global Data API for their research projects. With this program, YouTube aims at equipping researchers from around the world with data, tools, and support to advance the public’s understanding of the Youtube platform and its impact.

About The Program

Eligible researchers from diverse disciplines can apply to use YouTube data to study a variety of topics. The participants of the program will be offered-

Scaled access to YouTube’s public data corpus with as much quota as required for their research
Opportunity to derive insights from global YouTube data
Support and technical guidance from YouTube

More products and tools will be offered over time.

Eligibility

To be eligible for the Youtube Research Program, the following conditions should be met

The applicant must be a student, research-focused staff, or faculty member affiliated with an accredited, higher-education institution that can grant degrees.
The applicant must have a clear research goal, and intend to publish their findings. Research cannot be made available for commercial sale.
Must not be affiliated to Alphabet or Google.

Additionally, the applicant must also review and agree to the policies of the Youtube Research Program.

Once the academic researchers have confirmed their eligibility for the program, they will need to create an API project in the Google Cloud Console. Following this, the academic researchers need to apply for the program with their institutional email.

More information about the Youtube Research Program can be obtained here.

Information about what data will be made available by the Youtube Data API is specified here.

Academic Researchers who are interested to take part in the Youtube Research Program can fill out the application form over here.

About The Program

Eligibility

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