Upload Tracker
Reading your dashboard
Upload Tracker shows how long it has been since a YouTube channel, a TikTok account and an Instagram account last posted. This guide covers how to use it and what every dial, colour and light means.
- Getting started
- Reading a dial
- Colours and lamps
- Scales
- Post details
- Messages
- Privacy
- FAQ
- Install the extension
Setup
Getting started
- Pick a profile, or enter accounts. The buttons under the title, such as IHTV and Sevrix, fill in all three accounts and track them straight away. The small logos on each button show which platforms that profile covers. You can also share a link to a profile, for example
…/#ihtv. - Or type your own. Type a handle into each box. All of these work:
@mkbhd,mkbhd, or a full profile link such ashttps://www.tiktok.com/@khaby.lame. YouTube also accepts a channel ID starting withUC. - Select Track. All three platforms are checked at the same time. Each dial fills in as soon as its own result arrives, so one slow platform never holds up the others.
- Leave it open. The timers count up live, every second. Your handles are remembered, so the next time you open the page it tracks them again automatically.
Editing a box switches off the profile highlight, so you can check any account without changing the saved profiles. You can leave a box empty to track only one or two platforms. Recent handles appear as suggestions when you click into a box.
Instruments
Reading a dial
The dashboard is laid out like a car's instrument cluster. YouTube is the large centre dial; TikTok and Instagram are the smaller dials either side. Every dial works the same way. This one is a live example showing a post from 16 days ago.
- NeedlePoints to how much time has passed on the scale. It flutters slightly and gives the occasional rev, just for feel; the reading doesn't change.
- Lit ticksShort ticks are days (or parts of a day), long ticks are weeks. A tick lights up once that much time has passed.
- Scale labels
1W,2Wand so on are weeks;1D,2Dare days. The scale changes automatically to fit, see Scales. - Main numberWhole days since the last post. On the first day it shows hours instead.
- ClockThe hours, minutes and seconds on top of the whole days, counting up live.
- Warning lamp and weeksThe platform's lamp shows the status colour, next to the same time in weeks and days, for example
2 WK 2 D.
Status
Colours and lamps
Colour tells you at a glance whether an account is keeping up. The ticks on each scale are coloured by these same bands, like the red line on a rev counter.
| Lamp | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Green, steady | Posted within the last 7 days. |
| Amber, steady | Last post was 7 to 14 days ago. |
| Red, blinking | Nothing new for more than 14 days. |
Platform colour + SYNC |
Fetching the latest post. A light runs along the ticks while it works. |
Range
Scales
Like a multimeter, each dial picks the smallest scale that fits, so the needle is useful whether the last post was 5 hours or 5 months ago. When the scale changes, the needle sweeps up again from zero.
| Time since last post | Scale | Short ticks | Long ticks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up to 7 days | 0 – 7 days | Every 6 hours | Every day |
| Up to 4 weeks | 0 – 4 weeks | Every day | Every week |
| Up to 12 weeks | 0 – 12 weeks | Every half week | Every 2 weeks |
| More than 12 weeks | 0 – 52 weeks | Every 2 weeks | Every 13 weeks |
Past 52 weeks, the needle rests at the end of the scale and the numbers keep counting.
Posts
Post details
Under each dial is a panel about that account's latest post.
- Platform button: the logo and name open the account's profile in a new tab.
- Thumbnail: select it to open the post itself. If a preview image has expired, the panel shows text only.
- Title and date: the post's caption or title, and when it was published in your local time. (approx.) means the exact second wasn't available, so the time is accurate to within a few minutes.
Troubleshooting
Messages and what to do
| Message | What to do |
|---|---|
| Handle format message | Check the spelling. Use the username as it appears on the profile, with or without @. |
| No account exists | The account may have been renamed or deleted. Open the platform and copy the profile link. |
| Account is private | Only public accounts can be tracked. |
| No public videos / posts | The account exists but hasn't published anything public yet. |
| Rate-limiting / refused | The platform is temporarily limiting requests. Select Retry after a minute or two. |
| Took too long / couldn't reach | Check your connection, then select Retry. |
A Retry button only appears when trying again is likely to help.
Data
Privacy
- Your handles and recent searches are saved only in this browser. Clearing site data removes them.
- The tracker reads public information only: the time, title and preview of each account's newest post. It never needs a login or password.
- Results are kept for 10 minutes to avoid asking the platforms too often. Tracking the same account again within that window returns the saved result instantly.
Questions
FAQ
What does "confirmed 2 hours ago" mean?
That reading came from a teammate's Chrome extension rather than from the website's server, which Instagram blocks. The time since the last post is still exact; the label says when a browser last confirmed it. It refreshes whenever someone opens the extension.
Instagram says it's blocking the server. What now?
Instagram refuses requests from most hosting providers, so the website version often can't read it, even though YouTube and TikTok work. The Chrome extension reads Instagram from your own browser and is not affected. Nothing is wrong with the account.
An Instagram tab opened and closed by itself. Is that normal?
Yes, in the Chrome extension. If Instagram asks for a login before sharing post times, the extension opens the public profile in a background tab for a few seconds, reads the newest posts' times, then closes it. Being logged in to instagram.com in Chrome usually avoids this.
How do I add my own profile?
Select ＋ Profiles, enter a name and the handles, then select Save profile. The boxes start with whatever you have typed, so you can try an account first and then save it. In the Chrome extension your profiles follow your Chrome sign-in; on the website they stay in that browser. Team profiles such as IHTV and Sevrix come with the app and can't be removed here.
Why does Instagram take longer?
Instagram sometimes needs a few extra seconds while the tracker opens the public profile to find the newest post's exact time.
Does a pinned post count as the latest?
No. The tracker looks at publish times, not order, so pinned posts at the top of a profile are ignored.
Do YouTube Shorts and live streams count?
Yes. Regular videos, Shorts and past live streams all count as uploads. Scheduled premieres don't count until they go live.
Why is the time slightly different from the app?
Platforms round publish times differently, for example "2 days ago". The tracker shows the precise time, so it may not match those labels exactly.