The live event headcount
Signal
A concert stream goes live and the promoter wants numbers now, not tomorrow.
Outcome
Concurrent viewers climb in real time, with a country breakdown showing where the audience is tuning in.
Video Player Analytics for Any Player
See how every viewer watches, without switching players. Add the 5centsCDN analytics SDK to your existing player and get real-time and historical insight into who's watching, what they watch, how long they stay, and how fast playback starts.
Real time · Summer Concert Series Live
Last 60 minutesPlaylist: Concerts
Concurrent viewers48,216Peak 51,380 at 20:41
Views96,410
Unique viewers71,902
Plays94,870Player loads 101,250
Watch time38,940 h
Concurrent viewers
What is video player analytics?
Video player analytics measures what happens where your content is actually watched: inside the player. It tracks how many people watch, how they engage, which content performs, and how quickly playback starts.
Server-side data tells you what was delivered. Player analytics tells you what was watched. Together they give you the full picture, from the moment content leaves the edge to the moment a viewer presses play.
Player analytics
What was watched
- Plays
- 94,870
- Completion rate
- 62%
Why video player analytics matters
Better content decisions
Know what your audience watches, finishes and comes back for.
Confident live operations
Watch concurrent viewers as your live event unfolds, not the next morning.
Fewer viewers lost at the start
Slow-loading players cost you viewers before your content even begins.
Smarter growth
Understand where your viewers are and what devices they use.
Works with the player you already use
There's no need to rebuild your playback setup or move to a new player. Keep your player, your UI and your workflow, and gain full visibility into how your audience watches.
1
Install the SDK
Add the 5centsCDN analytics SDK to your app, alongside your existing player.
2
Analytics start flowing
Views, plays, watch time and load times are collected from real viewers.
3
See it in your dashboard
Real-time and historical reports appear in your 5centsCDN account.
From live headcount to playback performance
Real-time viewer analytics
Monitor your audience live:
- Concurrent viewers, views and unique viewers
- Impressions, player loads and plays
- Watch time across your content
Switch between real-time monitoring and historical trends at minute, hourly or daily granularity. Filter by playlist, title or tag to focus on a single show, channel or campaign.
Views
Engagement and content performance
See what's working:
- Top content, ranked by audience
- Popularity trends over any period
- Play rate and completion rate
- Viewer and view trends over time
Find out which content keeps viewers watching to the end, and which loses them early.
Top content · Last 7 days
By views
- 1Summer Concert Series · Night 3Live replay · 2h 14m184,20071% complete
- 2Harbour Lights · S2 E1 "Low Tide"Series · 48m142,90068% complete
- 3City Marathon 2026 · Full RaceSports · 3h 02m98,40044% complete
- 4Harbour Lights · S2 E2 "Undertow"Series · 51m91,30066% complete
- 5Kitchen Table · Fall Baking SpecialShow · 34m64,70079% complete
Audience insights
Understand who your viewers are:
- Location: country, with a global map
- Device, OS and browser
- Network and traffic source: ASN and referrer
Viewers by country
Last 7 days
United States38%
Canada14%
United Kingdom12%
Germany9%
India8%
Other19%
Top deviceMobile · 44%
Top OSAndroid · 31%
Top referrerDirect · 52%
Playback performance
Every second of load time is a chance for a viewer to leave. Player analytics measures:
- Player loading time: how long the player takes to be ready
- Page loading time: how long the page hosting it takes to load
This is measured from real viewers, on their own devices and networks.
Load times · Last 7 days
Real viewers
Player loading time (median)0.84 s−0.06 s vs last week
Page loading time (median)1.62 s−0.11 s vs last week
Player loading time distribution
Under 1 s64%
1–2 s27%
2–4 s7%
Over 4 s2%
What's next
Playback QoE monitoring
We're continually expanding player analytics. Next up is visibility into buffering, stalls and playback quality, so you can see not only whether playback started but how smoothly it ran.
Video player analytics in action
The series nobody finishes
Signal
Episode one gets plenty of plays, but the completion rate is low.
Finding
Filtering by playlist shows viewers drop off early in every episode.
Outcome
The content team re-cuts the openings.
SDKs for mobile and smart TV apps
Add analytics to any player in your apps with native SDKs.
Flexible reporting
- Granular to summarized: minute-level detail, hourly and daily views, and monthly reports
- Export: download reports as PDF
- API access: pull player analytics into your own dashboards and BI tools
Where player analytics fits in your pipeline
Your EncoderCovered by Live Stream HealthIts output is measured at ingestIngestLive Stream HealthBitrate, FPS, codec, resolution, audio, SCTE-35 cuesAd InsertionVideo Ad AnalyticsAd breaks, pod decisions, fill, creatives, campaigns
Output StreamPlayback QoEComing soonPlayback from external monitoring locationsComing soon
CDN EdgeCDN AnalyticsBandwidth, requests, cache, status codes, audience, raw logsPlayerVideo Player AnalyticsViewers, engagement, content performance, load times
Player analytics covers the final stage: the moment your content reaches the viewer's screen.
Live todayComing soon
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