YouTube Analysis
How to Export Your YouTube Watch History
Export YouTube watch history from Google Takeout, verify that the archive contains the right files, and prepare it for private browser-based analysis.
Google Takeout guide
Supporting content that strengthens app discovery and trust
Guides are part of the product strategy, not filler. They help users reach the right app page with more context, clearer expectations, and better privacy understanding.
YouTube Analysis
Analyze YouTube Watch History Locally
Analyze a YouTube watch-history export locally, understand useful viewing patterns, and avoid unnecessary uploads of personal Google Takeout data.
Privacy-first analysis guide
Developer Tools
JSON Formatting & Validation in the Browser
Format, validate and debug JSON in your browser without uploading files. Common JSON errors, when to minify, and practices for working with APIs.
JSON best practices
Data Tools
CSV Cleaning Checklist Before Importing
A practical checklist for preparing CSV data before an import: how to spot common issues, clean messy spreadsheet exports, and avoid losing rows.
Data preparation guide
PDF Tools
Browser-Based PDF Tools: Safe & Fast
Why processing PDFs locally is safer and faster than cloud tools: compression strategies, realistic file-size expectations, and when cloud still wins.
PDF security guide
Image / Inspection
How to Resize & Compress Images Without Uploading
Optimize images locally, with no upload to a third party: choosing between JPG, PNG and WebP, quality trade-offs, and handling metadata safely.
Image optimization guide
Data Tools
Privacy-First File Tools: How Local Processing Works
How browser-based file processing protects privacy: the real difference between local and cloud tools, and what actually stays on your device.
Privacy & security guide
YouTube Analysis
watch-history.json: A Field-by-Field Reference
Every field Google Takeout writes into watch-history.json, what each one means, which are missing on removed videos, and what the export does not record at all.
Format reference
YouTube Analysis
Why Your YouTube Watch Count Differs Between Tools
Two analyzers reading the same Takeout export routinely disagree on how many videos you watched. The difference comes from filtering rules, not from bugs.
Data accuracy
YouTube Analysis
Takeout JSON or HTML: Which Watch History Export to Choose
Takeout offers watch history as JSON or HTML. They are not equivalent. One has unambiguous timestamps; the other has dates written in your account's language.
Export formats
YouTube Analysis
What Your YouTube Watch History Reveals About You
A timestamped log of what you watched is more revealing than most people expect. What can be inferred from the export, and why that argues for local analysis.
Privacy analysis
YouTube Analysis
Pausing & Deleting YouTube History: What Takeout Keeps
How pausing, deleting, and auto-delete change what a future Takeout export contains, and how each one shows up as a gap in your own data.
History controls