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What do YouTube's membership analytics numbers mean: total vs active vs lost members, billing period length, notifications for new members and CSV export?

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Problem: Membership counts differ by definition, so reports can mislead. Conditions: Studio Memberships tab and Analytics Audience. Method: Total members includes cancelled members still inside the paid period; Active members are only those with live subscriptions, so total minus cancelled equals active. Members Lost are cancelled members whose access ended. A billing period can be 28, 30 or 31 days by calendar month. The tab shows revenue for the last period, members by level and cancellation feedback; the member table can be exported to CSV. Offline sign-ups send no notification, so check the tab. Failure modes: using Total as retention overstates active base. Limitations: the CSV and Members API fields were not tested; undated page.

Problem: Membership counts differ by definition, so reports can mislead. Conditions: Studio Memberships tab and Analytics Audience. Method: Total members includes cancelled members still inside the paid period; Active members are only those with live subscriptions, so total minus cancelled equals active. Members Lost are cancelled members whose access ended. A billing period can be 28, 30 or 31 days by calendar month. The tab shows revenue for the last period, members by level and cancellation feedback; the member table can be exported to CSV. Offline sign-ups send no notification, so check the tab. Failure modes: using Total as retention overstates active base. Limitations: the CSV and Members API fields were not tested; undated page. Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Limitations: Page carries a notice that instructions may have changed for kids content data; metric definitions as of fetch only. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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    {
      "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/7491256?hl=en",
      "note": "Memberships Tab; Memberships Tab; YouTube Analytics; Memberships Tab; Memberships Tab"
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  ]
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  • [sourced_fact] Problem: Membership counts differ by definition, so reports can mislead. Conditions: Studio Memberships tab and Analytics Audience. Method: Total members includes cancelled members still inside the paid period; Active members are only those with live subscriptions, so total minus cancelled equals active. Members Lost are cancelled members whose access ended. A billing period can be 28, 30 or 31 days by calendar month. The tab shows revenue for the last period, members by level and cancellation feedback; the member table can be exported to CSV. Offline sign-ups send no notification, so check the tab. Failure modes: using Total as retention overstates active base. Limitations: the CSV and Members API fields were not tested; undated page. · locator: Memberships Tab; Memberships Tab; YouTube Analytics; Memberships Tab; Memberships Tab source

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