Get Nerdy! YouTube "Stats For Nerds" Volume Data

YouTube’s “Stats for Nerds” Volume Data will help you achieve the right audio levels for your videos. We’ll look at YouTube’s -14 LUFS Reference Level volume, Normalized Volume, and Content Loudness.

We’ll also learn how to calculate the LUFS volume for any video on the platform, and how to master your audio so that you can predict its Content Loudness value and what Normalized Volume YouTube will play your video’s audio even before you upload your video.

This is great, especially if you upload your music to YouTube. You’ll be able to avoid YouTube turning down your song’s volume. It’s all about knowing how to calculate those “Stats for Nerds” Volume numbers compared to YouTube’s Reference Level.

So, grab your calculator and let’s get nerdy!

00:00 Intro
00:58 Stats for Nerds Volume Data
01:29 First Number -- Player Volume
02:00 Third Number -- Content Loudness
02:20 Reference Level -14 LUFS
03:18 Content Loudness
03:44 Calculating Any Video's LUFS Volume
05:18 Wide Range of Content Loudness Values
05:56 Reasons for Differing Loudness
07:09 Second Number -- Normalized Volume
09:00 Normalized Volume is Relative to Player Volume
09:33 Calculating Normalized Volume
11:39 Choose the Right Mastering Level
13:18 Each Streaming Platform is Different
14:15 What's the Takeaway?

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Links to YouTube videos referenced in this video for their Content Loudness…
   • My Apocalypse  
   • Billy F Gibbons - She's On Fire  
   • TEXAS HOLD 'EM  
   • Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved (Officia...  
   • Betelgeuse Blues  
   • Johnny B. Goode  
   • Alex de Grassi - The Zipper (Official...  
   • Ain't No Mountain High Enough  
   • Imagine  
   • Always and Forever  
   • Walk To School (Tales From The Loop s...  
   • Theta (Deep Sleep)  
   • J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in ...