To allow Spikerz to monitor and protect your YouTube channel/Brand account, granting Google permissions access is required.

This connection enables:

Spikerz uses official platform integrations to securely monitor your account without storing passwords.

By completing this guide, you will:

YouTube access is managed in two separate places, and the one you use depends on how your channel is set up. Follow the section of this guide that matches your setup — if your channel is attached to a Brand Account, complete the YouTube Brand Account flow.

Brand Account

A Brand Account is a YouTube account associated with a brand rather than an individual. It allows multiple people to manage the account through Google's account permissions system. Access is granted from the Google Brand Accounts page, and roles are Owner, Manager, and Communications Manager.
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YouTube Studio Permissions

These permissions are specific to YouTube Studio, where you manage videos, analytics, comments, and monetization. Access is granted from YouTube Studio settings, and roles include Manager, Editor, Viewer, and their limited variants.

Make sure:

⚠️ For each Spikerz workspace, a dedicated monitoring email is generated.
Please generate the email in the workspace settings before starting:

Step 1: Access workspace settings and select "Connect business hub"

​Step 2: Select YouTube tenant

​Step 3: Select the YouTube assets to set up the scanning:

​Step 4: Copy the generated email and proceed set up:

Go to: https://www.youtube.com/ and log in with the Google account connected to your YouTube channel.

Open the settings dropdown at the top right corner and locate "YouTube Studio" in the list:

In the YouTube Studio interface, at bottom left, select "Settings":

Go to "Permissions" in the side bar and insert the "dedicated email address".

Make sure to select "Manager" access, and Save (invite will be sent).

⚠️ Manager is the highest access level YouTube Studio can grant to an invited user, and it is the level Spikerz requires to monitor channel access and settings changes.

After the invite is sent, Spikerz will automatically approve the invitation and proactively start monitoring your channel.

Go to: https://myaccount.google.com/brandaccounts

Log in with the Google account that has access to the Brand Account

In the brands accounts list, select the right account you'd like to set up the connection with.

After selecting the right brand account, access its permission (a verification procedure might pop up at this stage):

⚠️ Owner access is required at the Brand Account level. Manager and Communications Manager cannot view or manage account permissions, which Spikerz needs in order to detect unauthorized access changes.

After the invite is sent, Spikerz will automatically approve the invitation and proactively start monitoring your brand account.

If your channel is linked to a Brand Account, channel access is managed either in YouTube Studio or in the Brand Account — not both at once. Switching from one to the other is not a transfer. Permissions do not carry over between the two systems.
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When you opt out of permissions in YouTube Studio, YouTube asks you to confirm before the change is applied.
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As the confirmation states:

- Everyone who has access to your channel loses their permissions

- Every user must be manually re-added in the Brand Account

- All channel managers gain access to the Brand Account search and watch history

⚠️ This applies to the Spikerz monitoring user as well. If you opt out after completing the YouTube Channel flow above, the Spikerz access is removed along with everyone else's, and monitoring stops until it is granted again.

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Step 1

Complete the opt out in YouTube Studio.

Step 2

Follow the YouTube Brand Account flow above and re-invite the same dedicated Spikerz email with Owner access.

Step 3

Spikerz automatically approves the new invitation and resumes monitoring your channel.
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You only need to grant Spikerz access in the system that currently manages your channel. Granting it in both is not required.

📨 If you need help completing the connection, contact [email protected].