YouTube is a very famous foreign live video website. Here users can see various types of long videos and short videos. However, many netizens are wondering how YouTube playback volume is calculated. Let’s take a look.
Everyone knows that the Youtube platform is the largest video website in the world. The content of the website includes a variety of news and information, various musicians, interesting people and things from various countries... With hundreds of millions of users, it has become the largest video traffic pool. On top of the world.
First, YouTube wants to make sure that real people are watching the video. Therefore, views will only be counted if both of the following conditions are met:
①The user initiated the viewing behavior purposefully.
② Watched for at least 30 seconds.
If you skip a video but watch it for more than 30 seconds in total, the views will be counted. If the viewing time is less than 30 seconds, it may not. Repeat views can accumulate up to a certain point (for example, someone watches a video multiple times a day). Experts believe that YouTube stops adding new views after four or five views in a day. So don’t make the mistake of thinking you can keep your friends or team members watching a video over and over again.
But how does a video shorter than 30 seconds accumulate views? Experts aren't sure how many times a user has to watch for it to count as a view. It’s important to note that there is only a 30-second viewing limit, as this factor helps YouTube decide if the video is worth monetizing, while videos shorter than 30 seconds are considered unmonetable.
Viewers must watch videos on YouTube in a logical and authentic way. If an account randomly jumps from one video to another and watches it for 30 seconds, but the videos don’t seem to be related in any way, it means they were not created by the same user and are not recommended in the recommendation engine. This way YouTube will assume the viewer is a bot and stop counting their views.
Other circumstances also do not count as a viewing:
1. Users leave spam comments.
2. Watch the video automatically played on the embedded page.
Views about live viewing
Live videos are better used to engage with users, while editing and uploading videos is a better way to increase views or reinforce your brand. Nowadays, YouTube also has a live video feature where users can watch live streaming in real time. But do views in a live stream count as regular views?
The answer is yes. YouTube counts live views just like it counts views of pre-recorded videos. As with all videos on the platform, the only prerequisite for live streaming is that you comply with the Community Guidelines, so within 24 hours your YouTube live video views may be adjusted if viewers:
1. Use the same IP on multiple devices simultaneously
2. Open many different windows to watch simultaneously
3. Refresh the page after watching for 30 seconds or less
This happened when Korean pop group BTS released their single "ON." In the first 24 hours, the number of views dropped from approximately 83 million to 48 million. Despite this, the song became the biggest premiere ever on YouTube, with 1.54 million live viewers.