This report provides user activity statistics by city.

Table-Specific Information

SELECT Rules

User activity by city queries require maxResults to be set to 250 or less. You must also specify a sort order.

Video Reports:

Parameter	Rule	Values
Dimensions	Required	city
	Use 0 or more	creatorContentType, country, province, subscribedStatus Note: If you include the province dimension, you must also use the country==US filter.
	Use 0 or 1	day, month
Metrics	Use 1 or more	views, estimatedMinutesWatched, averageViewDuration, averageViewPercentage
Filters	Use 0 or 1	country, province
	Use 0 or 1	video, group
Sort	Descending only	views, estimatedMinutesWatched

Content Owner Reports:

Parameter	Rule	Values
Dimensions	Required	city
	Use 0 or more	creatorContentType, country, province, subscribedStatus Note: If you include the province dimension, you must also use the country==US filter.
	Use 0 or 1	day, month
Metrics	Use 1 or more	views, estimatedMinutesWatched, averageViewDuration, averageViewPercentage
Filters	Use exactly 1	video, channel, group, or a supported combination of uploaderType and claimedStatus
	Use 0 or 1	country, province
Sort	Descending only	views, estimatedMinutesWatched

Columns

Name	Type	Dimension	DefaultMetric	DefaultDimension	Description
City	String	True		True	The estimated city associated with the metrics in the report row. Data for this dimension is available for dates beginning January 1, 2022.
CreatorContentType	String	True			This dimension identifies the type of content associated with the user activity metrics in the data row. The allowed values are LIVE_STREAM, SHORTS, STORY, VIDEO_ON_DEMAND, UNSPECIFIED.
Country	String	True			The country associated with the metrics in the report row. The dimension value is a two-letter ISO-3166-1 country code, such as US, CN (China), or FR (France). The country code ZZ is used to report metrics for which YouTube could not identify the associated country.
Province	String	True			The U.S. state or territory associated with the metrics in the report row. The dimension value is an ISO 3166-2 code that identifies a U.S. state or the District of Columbia, such as US-MI (Michigan) or US-TX (Texas). The province code US-ZZ is used to report metrics for which YouTube could not identify the associated U.S. state. If the Province column is specified, Country must be set to US in the WHERE clause.
SubscribedStatus	String	True			This dimension indicates whether the user activity metrics in the data row are associated with viewers who were subscribed to the video or playlist channel. The allowed values are SUBSCRIBED, UNSUBSCRIBED. Note that the dimension value is accurate as of the time that the user activity occurs.
Day	String	True			When you use this dimension, data in the report is aggregated on a daily basis and each row contains data for one day.
Month	String	True			Data in the report is aggregated by calendar month. In the report, dates are listed in YYYY-MM format. Note: If your SQL query uses the Month dimension, then the StartDate and EndDate parameters must both be set to the first day of the month.
Views	Double		True		The number of times that a video was viewed. In a playlist report, the metric indicates the number of times that a video was viewed in the context of a playlist.
EstimatedMinutesWatched	Double				The number of minutes that users watched videos for the specified channel, content owner, video, or playlist.
AverageViewDuration	Double				The average length, in seconds, of video playbacks. As of December 13, 2021, this metric excludes looping clips traffic. In a playlist report, the metric indicates the average length, in seconds, of video playbacks that occurred in the context of a playlist.
AverageViewPercentage	Double				The average percentage of a video watched during a video playback. As of December 13, 2021, this metric excludes looping clips traffic.
Channel	String				(only used in content owner reports) The Id for a YouTube channel. The channel dimension is frequently used in content owner reports because those reports typically aggregate data for multiple channels.
Video	String	True			The Id of a YouTube video.
Group	String				(filter only) The Id of a YouTube Analytics group.
ClaimedStatus	String				(only used in content owner reports) This dimension lets you indicate that a result set will only contain metrics for claimed content. The allowed value is claimed.
UploaderType	String				(only used in content owner reports) This dimension lets you indicate whether a result set will contain metrics for content uploaded by the specified content owner or content uploaded by third parties, such as user-uploaded videos. The allowed values are self and thirdParty.
StartDate	Date				Start date for fetching Analytics data.
EndDate	Date				End date for fetching Analytics data.

Pseudocolumns

Pseudocolumn fields are used in the WHERE clause of SELECT statements and offer more granular control over the data returned from the data source.

Name	Type	Description
Segments	String	Segments the data returned for your request. Either a SegmentId or a custom segment.