Privacy Policy

Rating BD ("we", "our", "us") operates the website at rating.bd. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect information when you use our Service.

Our Service uses the YouTube API Services. By using our Service, you also agree to the Google Privacy Policy.

YouTube API Data

We access publicly available data through the YouTube Data API v3, including:

• Channel metadata (name, description, subscriber count, video count)
• Video metadata (title, description, view count, like count, comment count, publish date, duration)
• Channel and video thumbnails

We do not access any private or authenticated YouTube user data. All data we collect is publicly available through the YouTube platform.

Channel Ownership Verification

If you voluntarily initiate a channel ownership claim, we request limited OAuth access to verify you are the owner of a YouTube channel. This access is used solely for verification and is not used to collect additional data.

Website Usage Data

We use Google Analytics (measurement ID: G-J9MV73FS4L) to collect anonymized usage data about how visitors interact with our website. This includes pages visited, time on site, and referral sources. No personally identifiable information is collected.

We use the collected data for the following purposes:

• Rankings: We use publicly available YouTube metrics (views, likes, comments, subscribers) to generate performance rankings for channels, content, and people.
• Analytics and Insights: We analyze trends in content performance, publish timing, format effectiveness, and engagement patterns.
• Display: We display channel thumbnails, video thumbnails, and publicly available metadata to provide context for our rankings.

We do not sell, rent, or share YouTube API data with any third parties. Data is used solely for the operation of the Rating BD platform.

We store publicly available YouTube metrics (view counts, like counts, comment counts, subscriber counts) in our database for the purpose of computing rankings and tracking historical trends. Thumbnails are referenced by URL and cached for performance.

We retain channel and content metrics data for as long as the channel or content is being tracked on our platform. Historical metric snapshots are retained to compute trends and rankings over time.

We use Google Analytics (G-J9MV73FS4L) which sets cookies to track website usage patterns. These cookies collect anonymized data and do not contain personally identifiable information.

You can control cookie preferences through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect certain features of the Service.

If you have granted any access through Google OAuth (e.g., for channel ownership verification), you can revoke that access at any time by visiting your Google security settings.

To request deletion of any data associated with your channel or content from our platform, please contact us. We will process deletion requests within 30 days.

Our Service uses the following third-party services:

• YouTube API Services — for accessing publicly available channel and video data. YouTube Terms of Service
• Google Analytics — for anonymized website usage analytics. Google Privacy Policy