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What counts as a "view" on YouTube?

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applesaucemanny's avatar

just clicking the page and wait for it to load

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Tink1113's avatar

Watching a video?

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delta77's avatar

yes, but how much of the video? 20% of it? the first minute? when does it become a view? right, when it starts playing?

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applesaucemanny's avatar

@delta77 just the page not the video

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richardhenry's avatar

The view count poll takes place half way through the video, at the same point the key frame is generated. You can see it in the activity monitor.

@applesaucemanny Nope.

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@richardhenry darn google has failed me once again

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