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3includes 5 credits and one export costs one credit."},{q:"Does it work with private playlists?",a:"Not from the URL alone. Either connect your YouTube account so the tool reads the playlist with your own read-only permission, or switch the playlist to Unlisted temporarily, export it, and switch it back."}];function c(){return(0,s.jsxs)(s.Fragment,{children:[(0,s.jsx)(n.c_,{title:"How to Audit Your YouTube Content With Playlist Exports",description:"Run a full content audit of your channel by exporting your playlists to a spreadsheet \u2014 rank every video, find hidden gems, stale winners, thin metadata and coverage gaps.",keywords:"youtube content audit, audit youtube channel, youtube video audit, content performance audit, find weak youtube videos, youtube content inventory",slug:r,headline:"How to Audit Your YouTube Content Using Playlist Exports",datePublished:"2025-09-04",dateModified:"2026-08-28",faqs:u,breadcrumb:[{name:"Home",path:"/"},{name:"Blog",path:"/blog"},{name:"Audit Your YouTube Content",path:r}]}),(0,s.jsxs)(n.V4,{campaign:d,exitIntent:{tool:l,toolName:"YouTube Playlist Export",outcome:"One export, six passes through the sheet, and you finish with a prioritised list of what to keep, update, promote and retire.",ctaLabel:"Try it free"},children:[(0,s.jsx)(n.p4,{eyebrow:"YouTube \u203a Content audit",title:"How to Audit Your YouTube Content Using Playlist Exports",subtitle:"YouTube Studio shows you one video at a time. An audit needs the whole catalogue in one sortable sheet.",meta:"Updated 28 August 2026 \xb7 6 min read"}),(0,s.jsxs)(n.QG,{children:["To audit your YouTube content, export your playlists \u2014 or your uploads playlist for the whole channel \u2014 into a spreadsheet, then rank every video by views, engagement ratio and publish date to find your best, weakest and stalest c

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