> I cannot imagine ~18,000 views is the top 1% We're comparing the wrong numbers. If it was a 1 minute video, probably not. If it was an hour long video, well,

> I cannot imagine ~18,000 views is the top 1% We're comparing the wrong numbers. If it was a 1 minute video, probably not. If it was an hour long video, well, there's quite a difference in bandwidth consumed per view. The isolated view count is not a good metric for comparing bandwidth, unless you multiply it by the length of the video. 1000 people who watch a 1 minute video is 1000 minutes. 1000 people who watch an hour long video is 60,000 minutes, consuming much more bandwidth with the same view count.