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VidIQ
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Founded	2011-07-01
Legal Structure	Private
Industry	Education
Also known as
Official website	https://vidiq.com/

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VidIQ is an online education website that offers video tutorials and analytics on YouTube channel growth. VidIQ was founded by Rob Sandie (CEO) and Todd Troxell in Pennsylvania in 2011.

Consumer-impact summary

Overview of concerns that arise from the conduct towards users of the product (if applicable):

User freedom
User privacy
Business model
Market control

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Incidents

This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the VidIQ category.

Hacked by OurMine (2016)

The hacker group OurMine hacked into multiple YouTube channels after their passwords were leaked in third-party database dumps. After the accounts were hacked, OurMine used VidIQ to modify all the channels' video titles and description to "Hacked by OurMine".^[1]

To prevent further breaches, VidIQ reset the passwords and implemented a multi-factor authentication for when suers tru to edit video titles and descriptions.

Products

VidIQ Vision (2011)^[2]

References

↑ Gutelle, Sam (2016-11-02). "Hacker Group OurMine Hits YouTube Stars Through Their VidIQ Accounts". Tubefilter. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
↑ Cozma, Nicole (2013-08-08). "Sum up YouTube video stats with VidIQ Vision for Chrome". Cnet. Retrieved 2025-08-23.

[1] Gutelle, Sam (2016-11-02). "Hacker Group OurMine Hits YouTube Stars Through Their VidIQ Accounts". Tubefilter. Retrieved 2025-08-23.

[2] Cozma, Nicole (2013-08-08). "Sum up YouTube video stats with VidIQ Vision for Chrome". Cnet. Retrieved 2025-08-23.

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+The hacker group OurMine hacked into multiple YouTube channels after their passwords were leaked in third-party database dumps. After the accounts were hacked, OurMine used VidIQ to modify all the channels' video titles and description to "Hacked by OurMine".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gutelle |first=Sam |date=2016-11-02 |title=Hacker Group OurMine Hits YouTube Stars Through Their VidIQ Accounts |url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2016/11/02/ourmine-hack-youtube-vidiq/ |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=Tubefilter}}</ref>
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+To prevent further breaches, VidIQ reset the passwords and implemented a multi-factor authentication for when suers tru to edit video titles and descriptions.
 ==Products==
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+[[VidIQ Vision]] (2011)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cozma |first=Nicole |date=2013-08-08 |title=Sum up YouTube video stats with VidIQ Vision for Chrome |url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/sum-up-youtube-video-stats-with-vidiq-vision-for-chrome/ |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=Cnet}}</ref>
 ==See also==
-{{Ph-C-SA}}
+[[Samsung]]
+[[Glance]]
 ==References==