What counts as a "view" on YouTube?

just clicking the page and wait for it to load

Watching a video?

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

@delta77 just the page not the video

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.

@richardhenry darn google has failed me once again