Question 1

How does Modash know which brands a creator has worked with?

Accepted Answer

Modash analyzes billions of public posts for signs of a brand partnership: YouTube's "Includes paid promotion" label, #ad and #sponsored style hashtags, brand tags and mentions, and captions that say a post is a collaboration. Each post is labelled with the evidence it was based on.

Question 2

Can I check a brand instead of a YouTuber?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Enter a brand's YouTube handle and you'll see the creators who have posted about it. The same handle box works for both, and the tool works out which side to show.

Question 3

Why can I only see 3 collabs?

Accepted Answer

That is simply a limitation of this free tool. It shows 3 recently active partners & 3 pieces of the content. In Modash you can see every brand collab on a creator's profile, with all of the content and metrics. With the Collaborations API you can fetch the data to utilize in your own products and/or internal processes.

Question 4

Does it include YouTube Shorts?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Although they are a much less common deliverable, Shorts count as collab videos alongside long-form videos, and their views, likes and comments add to the totals.

Question 5

What data does the Collaborations API provide?

Accepted Answer

A two-way history of brand partnerships: query a creator to see the brands they've promoted, or a brand to see every creator who has posted about it. For each collab you get the posts themselves (thumbnail, caption, date, views, likes and comments), the type of collab (paid, gifted, ambassador or affiliate) and the evidence it was spotted from, plus totals for each partner.

Question 6

Can I use this to track competitors?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Enter a competitor's YouTube handle to see the creators promoting it, how often and how recently. With the Collaborations API, you can map a competitor's whole creator strategy and catch new partnerships as they're posted.

Question 7

Does it handle brands with multiple regional accounts?

Accepted Answer

This free tool checks the one YouTube account you enter, so a brand's regional accounts (like @cocacola_uk and @cocacola_us) show up separately. The Collaborations API has a feature named groupBrandCollaborations that automatically normalizes and aggregates data from regional handles (e.g., @nike, @nike_london) into a single, unified brand identity.

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