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Never miss a YouTube video that covers what matters to you.

Alertly monitors YouTube for mentions of your brand, competitors or topics worth knowing about.

Plans from $49/month · 7-day free trial · No credit card required
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“Alertly is one of the best marketing investments we’ve made — we use it to track conversations about our brand and competitors and join conversations at exactly the right moment.”

Ana Bibikova Head of Marketing at Zenphi

Creators are talking about you on YouTube.

About your brand.

About your competitors.

About the topics you care about.

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Be the first to know

We send you the YouTube conversations that matter.

Delivered to you

Get daily or hourly alerts by email or Slack, so you don't have to keep checking another dashboard.

Only the signal

AI filters irrelevant YouTube videos and surfaces the mentions that match what you're looking for.

See what YouTube is saying about your market.

Track new videos about your brand, competitors and the topics your team cares about.

Know when new videos cover your brand.

Catch reviews, product coverage and other new videos mentioning your company or products — without manually searching YouTube.

  • Catch new brand and product coverage
  • Spot reviews and customer opinions
  • Keep track of how your brand is being discussed
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Keep an eye on competitor coverage.

See new reviews, comparisons and videos about competing products so you know where competitors are winning — and where they’re not.

  • Track competitor reviews
  • Catch product comparisons
  • Spot recurring strengths, complaints and gaps
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Follow the topics shaping your market.

Track new videos around industries, trends and subjects that matter to your business — and see what creators are talking about as the conversation changes.

  • Follow important industry topics
  • Spot emerging trends and recurring themes
  • Find useful videos without constantly searching
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Tell Alertly what to watch

Add your brand, competitors, products or topics.

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We monitor YouTube (and more)

Alertly continuously monitors YouTube for relevant videos.

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Get what matters

Relevant videos land in Alertly, your inbox, Slack or API.

Ryan Craig CX Consultant

“Alertly was ridiculously easy to plug into my daily workflow. Once my keywords were dialed in, it started surfacing high-signal brand and market conversations at exactly the right time. It's been a win for both business and networking, and I'd highly recommend it.”

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Monitor conversations wherever they happen.

Use the same focused Alertly workflow across LinkedIn, Reddit, X, YouTube, Bluesky and Google News.

Don’t miss the next YouTube video that matters.

Catch brand mentions, competitor coverage and topics you care about on YouTube.

Plans from $49/month · 7-day free trial · No credit card required

YouTube monitoring FAQs

Everything you need to know before you start monitoring YouTube.

What is a YouTube monitoring tool?

A YouTube monitoring tool tracks brand mentions, keywords, competitor references and relevant topics across public YouTube videos so your team can find important coverage sooner.

What can Alertly monitor on YouTube?

Alertly can monitor public YouTube videos and channel updates for your brand name, products, competitor names, industry keywords and other topics your team cares about.

Can Alertly find leads on YouTube?

Alertly can surface videos where creators and operators discuss problems your product solves, compare possible solutions or cover the category you sell into.

Can I monitor competitor mentions on YouTube?

Yes. Add competitor names and related terms to find product reviews, comparisons, criticism and videos discussing why customers choose or leave competing products.

How quickly are YouTube mentions detected?

Alertly starts monitoring as soon as you add a keyword, then refreshes daily by default, or hourly on the Growth plan.

Can I filter irrelevant YouTube videos?

Yes. Alertly uses AI filtering to reduce low-relevance keyword matches and surface videos that better match your goals, language and monitoring criteria.

Can YouTube alerts be sent to email or Slack?

Yes. You can receive daily or hourly alerts by email or Slack, review them in Alertly, or access relevant results through the API.

Can I combine YouTube keyword monitoring with social listening?

Yes. You can monitor brand and product names alongside competitor terms, industry topics and phrases connected to the problems your product solves.

Does Alertly monitor YouTube comments?

Not yet. Alertly currently focuses on mentions across public YouTube videos and channel updates so your team can find relevant coverage without manually searching YouTube.

Does Alertly monitor YouTube audio?

Not yet. Alertly cannot search spoken audio inside YouTube videos.

Does Alertly monitor other social platforms?

Yes. In addition to YouTube, Alertly monitors LinkedIn, Reddit, X (Twitter), Bluesky and Google News.

Is there a free trial?

Yes — you can try Alertly free for 7 days and set up YouTube monitoring in minutes. See plans and pricing.