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Creator Analytics

6 terms

  • Audience Retention

    Audience retention is the percentage of a video that viewers actually watch, reported both as an average and as a curve showing how many people are still present at each moment.

  • CPM

    CPM is cost per mille, the price an advertiser pays for one thousand ad impressions, calculated as total ad spend divided by impressions and multiplied by one thousand.

  • CTR

    CTR is click-through rate, the share of people who clicked after seeing something, calculated as clicks divided by impressions and usually expressed as a percentage.

  • Evergreen Content

    Evergreen content stays useful and searchable long after publication because it answers a question that does not expire, rather than reacting to news or a passing trend.

  • RPM

    RPM is revenue per mille, the amount a creator actually earns per thousand views after the platform takes its cut, calculated as total revenue divided by views multiplied by one thousand.

  • Watch Time

    Watch time is the total amount of time an audience spent watching your content, measured in minutes or hours, aggregated across every view rather than averaged per viewer.

Video Editing SaaS

5 terms

  • B-roll

    B-roll is supplementary footage cut over or between your main shots, used to illustrate what you are saying and to hide edits in the primary camera angle.

  • Chapter Markers

    Chapter markers are timestamps that split a video or podcast episode into named sections, letting viewers and listeners jump straight to the part they came for.

  • Jump Cut

    A jump cut removes a chunk of time from a single continuous shot, splicing the remaining pieces together so the subject appears to jump forward with no transition.

  • Safe Zones

    Safe zones are the areas of a video frame guaranteed to stay visible and unobstructed after platform interface elements, crops and device bezels are taken into account.

  • Video Transcoding

    Video transcoding is the process of converting a video file into different codecs, resolutions or bitrates, producing the multiple versions a player needs to stream smoothly on any connection.

Creator CRM & Sponsorship

3 terms

  • Creator Economy

    The creator economy is the set of markets and tools through which independent individuals earn income from an audience they built themselves, rather than through an employer or a studio.

  • Flat Fee Sponsorship

    A flat fee sponsorship is a brand deal paid as one agreed amount for a defined deliverable, with the price fixed in advance regardless of how the content eventually performs.

  • Media Kit

    A media kit is a short document a creator sends to potential sponsors, summarising audience size, demographics, performance evidence, available ad formats and pricing.

Live Streaming Software

3 terms

  • Bitrate

    Bitrate is the amount of data used per second of video or audio, usually measured in kilobits per second, and it sets the ceiling on how much detail a file can hold.

  • Multistreaming

    Multistreaming is broadcasting one live stream to several platforms at the same time, so the same show appears on YouTube, Twitch, LinkedIn or others simultaneously.

  • RTMP

    RTMP is the Real-Time Messaging Protocol, the ingest standard streaming software uses to push live audio and video from your computer to a platform's servers.

Podcast Recording Software

3 terms

  • Double-Ender

    A double-ender is a remote recording method where every participant records their own audio locally and the separate files are synced afterwards, instead of recording the call itself.

  • Multitrack Recording

    Multitrack recording captures each microphone, participant or audio source as its own separate file, so every voice can be edited, levelled and processed independently afterwards.

  • Pop Filter

    A pop filter is a screen placed in front of a microphone to disperse the blasts of air from plosive sounds like P and B, which would otherwise register as loud thumps.

Audio Editing Software

2 terms

  • Loudness Normalization

    Loudness normalization adjusts a finished audio file so its average perceived volume hits a target level, which is how platforms make different uploads play back at a consistent loudness.

  • LUFS

    LUFS stands for Loudness Units relative to Full Scale, the standard unit for measuring how loud audio actually sounds to a listener rather than how high its peaks are.

Content Repurposing Tools

2 terms

  • Aspect Ratio

    Aspect ratio is the proportional relationship between a frame's width and height, written as two numbers such as 16:9, and it determines how your video fills a given screen.

  • Content Repurposing

    Content repurposing is the practice of reworking one finished piece of content into additional formats or channels, so a single recording or draft produces several distinct publishable assets.

Course & Membership Platforms

2 terms

  • Churn Rate

    Churn rate is the percentage of paying members who cancel within a period, calculated as cancellations divided by the number of subscribers at the start of that period.

  • Drip Content

    Drip content is course or membership material released on a schedule after someone enrols, so lessons unlock over days or weeks instead of being available all at once.

Link-in-Bio Tools

2 terms

  • Affiliate Link

    An affiliate link is a tracked URL that credits you with a commission when someone clicks it and then buys, using a unique identifier recorded in a cookie or the link itself.

  • Link in Bio

    A link in bio is the single clickable URL a social profile allows, usually pointing to a landing page that collects all the destinations a creator wants to send people to.

Podcast Hosting Platforms

2 terms

  • Dynamic Ad Insertion

    Dynamic ad insertion is a podcast hosting feature that stitches advertisements into episode audio at download time, so the ads can be changed, targeted or retired without re-editing the file.

  • Podcast RSS Feed

    A podcast RSS feed is an XML file listing your episodes, their audio file locations and their metadata, which Apple Podcasts, Spotify and every other app read to deliver your show.

Thumbnail & Graphics Tools

2 terms

  • Lower Third

    A lower third is a graphic overlay in the bottom portion of the frame that names the person speaking or labels what is on screen, usually appearing for a few seconds.

  • Thumbnail A/B Test

    A thumbnail A/B test serves two or more thumbnail options for the same video to different viewers and compares which one produces more watch time, then keeps the winner.

Transcription & Captions

2 terms

  • Burn-in Captions

    Burn-in captions are subtitles rendered permanently into the video frame during export, so the text is part of the picture and cannot be switched off by the viewer.

  • SRT File

    An SRT file is a plain-text subtitle format that pairs numbered caption blocks with start and end timecodes, and it is the format most video platforms accept for uploaded captions.

AI Video Tools

1 term

  • AI Avatar

    An AI avatar is a synthetic on-camera presenter, built from a recorded likeness or a stock model, that speaks a typed script with matched lip movement and gesture.

AI Writing Tools

1 term

  • Hook

    A hook is the opening few seconds of a video or the first line of a post, written to give someone a reason to keep watching or reading instead of scrolling on.

Digital Product Platforms

1 term

  • MRR

    MRR is monthly recurring revenue, the predictable income from active subscriptions normalised to a monthly figure, excluding one-off sales and other variable earnings.

Landing Page Builders

1 term

  • Lead Magnet

    A lead magnet is a free resource offered in exchange for an email address, designed to convert anonymous audience members into named subscribers you can contact directly.

Social Media Scheduling

1 term

  • Content Pillar

    A content pillar is one of the few recurring themes a creator publishes against, giving every piece a defined place and making the overall body of work recognisable.

Webinar Platforms

1 term

  • Green Room

    A green room is a private backstage area in a webinar or streaming tool where hosts and guests gather before going live, checking audio and video without the audience seeing them.