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Did you read the second sentence, though? It seems like it applies here.

• Google234 7y ago
  Is that actually technically possible? I don’t think so
  • Asuchug4 7y ago
    Why not? YT view counter is famous for being stuck on some low value like "300" when thousands of people are watching. It just isn't something worth updating in real time.
    • Google234 7y ago
      That’s a thing from like 2015 that was in place to to make sure that the views were real. I’ve uploaded videos that have gotten 10s if views. Really, how hard do you think it is to make a counter?
• martin_e 7y ago
  > Did you read the second sentence, though? It seems like it applies here I guess I didn't! :) That's interesting because I looked around to see if that was possible and did not find it to be so. I wonder if they have some back door access to YT videos due to, well, being YC? Interesting.
  • banachtarski 7y ago
    .. more likely, the youtube view counting algorithm doesn't include embedded views.
    • gnicholas 7y ago
      In general, it does. https://boostlikes.com/blog/2014/08/youtube-video-views-embeds-count https://boostlikes.com/blog/2014/08/youtube-video-views-embe...