What are Velocity and Outlier Scores?

Intel uses specialized metrics to help you understand content performance:

Velocity Score:

• Shown as a green number (e.g., "13.2x")

  The velocity score measures a channel's current momentum and growth potential. A high score indicates a channel that's gaining traction with:
  • Recent videos outperforming their usual content
  • Consistent publishing schedule
  • Strong viewer engagement relative to subscriber count
  • Multiple breakout videos in the last month
  • Accelerating viewership growth
• This helps you identify channels that are building momentum before they become mainstream, giving you early insights into emerging creators and trends.

Outlier Score:

• Shown as a yellow/orange number (e.g., "10.9x")

  The outlier score measures how exceptionally a video performs compared to surrounding videos from the same channel.
  1. For each video, we look at a window of up to 10 surrounding videos (published before and after)
  2. We calculate the average view count of this window
  3. The outlier score is the ratio of the video's views to this average (rounded to 1 decimal place)
• For example, if a video has 20,000 views and the average of surrounding videos is 10,000 views, the outlier score would be 2.0 - meaning it performed twice as well as typical videos from that channel.
  Higher scores indicate videos that significantly outperformed the channel's usual content, helping identify breakout hits or particularly successful content strategies.

Views/Sub Ratio:

• Shown as "Views/Sub" with a value (e.g., "3.3x")
• Indicates how well videos reach beyond a channel's subscriber base
• "High" label indicates strong performance