YouTube Shorts Analytics
See what's making viewers swipe away from your Shorts.
Paste any YouTube Shorts URL and get a full AI breakdown in under 90 seconds. Retensis shows you how your Short performs on the signals that actually drive distribution — opening strength, retention second by second, completion rate, and replay potential — so you know exactly what to improve before your next upload.
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Beyond YouTube Studio
The creative diagnosis YouTube Studio will never give you.
YouTube Studio shows views, impressions, and average watch time — scoreboard numbers that confirm a result but never explain it. Retensis analyzes the creative decisions inside your Short — opening speed, pacing shifts, energy dips, visual clarity — and connects them to the retention patterns that actually drive Shorts distribution. You stop guessing why a Short underperformed and start seeing the specific moments that cost you viewers.
The creative diagnosis YouTube Studio will never give you.
Shorts-Tuned Scoring
Scored against the patterns the Shorts algorithm actually rewards.
A generic video score tells you nothing about Shorts performance. Retensis evaluates your content against Shorts-specific signals — the opening structures that survive the swipe, the pacing that holds attention on a vertical screen, and the editing cadences that earn completions and replays. Five scores, each with context about what's strong and what needs work.
- Opening strength scored against Shorts swipe-away behavior
- Pacing analysis tuned for vertical short-form attention
- Completion rate prediction with improvement priorities
- Replay and loop potential evaluation
- Overall engagement prediction with specific fixes
Strong performance
Improve hook and audio for an A.
Retention Intelligence
See the exact second viewers swipe away — and why they don't come back.
The Shorts algorithm weighs retention, completion, and replay more heavily than raw views. The predicted retention curve shows your Short second by second — where viewers lock in, where attention drifts, and where they swipe. Every significant drop-off comes with a timestamp, a reason, and a fix. Completion and loop potential are scored separately so you can optimize for the signals that actually earn broader distribution.
Competitive Learning
Study what's working in other Shorts — without guessing.
Paste any public YouTube Shorts URL to break down its hook structure, pacing rhythm, and retention drivers. See exactly why a trending Short holds attention and apply those patterns to your own content. Compare your scores side by side with creators in your niche.
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Shorts-tuned performance scores
FAQ
Common questions
YouTube Studio shows you results after publishing — views, impressions, average watch time, traffic sources. Those numbers tell you what happened but not why. Retensis analyzes the creative elements inside your Short — opening timing, pacing rhythm, energy shifts, visual clarity — and explains which specific moments are most likely to lose viewers. You get actionable fixes, not just historical data.
Yes. Upload a draft or rough cut before it goes live and get the same full analysis as a published Short. Catch weak openings, pacing drops, and low-energy moments before real viewers see them. Fix the problems, re-analyze, and publish a stronger Short instead of discovering weak points in YouTube Studio after the fact.
Yes — paste any public YouTube Shorts URL and get a full analysis. Analyze your own Shorts before or after publishing, or study top-performing Shorts from other creators in your niche to understand what drives their retention and completion rates.
The analysis evaluates your Short against Shorts-specific patterns: opening speed calibrated for swipe behavior, pacing benchmarks tuned for vertical short-form, completion and replay potential, visual clarity on mobile, and an overall engagement prediction. Each score includes specific notes and fixes, not generic video advice.
Top-performing Shorts typically maintain above 70% retention through the first five seconds and 50% or higher average retention. Retensis benchmarks your Short against these thresholds and identifies the specific moments where viewers drop off, so you know exactly what to improve.
Paste a Shorts URL and see what YouTube Studio will never show you.
Get a full AI breakdown in under 90 seconds — hook scores, a predicted retention curve, swipe-away timestamps with reasons, and specific fixes tuned for the Shorts algorithm. Free to start.
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