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Go complain to Youtube, where the views should be measured on the backend instead of via an API call. Does anyone realize how many missed views this implies??

archerx 1y ago
I realized this when I watched one of my friends music videos to give the extra view (they had less than 100) but the views number didn’t go up because of my ad blocker.
- SchizoDuckie 1y ago
  afairc sub-100 views are not counted in realtime anyway.
  - reddalo 1y ago
    I think it was 300.
    - ConfuSomu 1y ago
      Then it used to stop at 301 views, while the system was verifying the veracity of the views, or at least, that's what I've been told…
  - archerx 1y ago
    When I watched it without the ad blocker the views went up by one. I feel like it's a lot more realtime now because I swear I see the view counter updating as I'm watching some videos.
- esafak 1y ago
  Because Google still can't count that low, amirite?!
poly2it 1y ago
How many?
- tomasphan 1y ago
  [dead]
- SchizoDuckie 1y ago
  Only YouTube can tell, that's the fun part.
  - emsign 1y ago
    And because only YouTube knows this, they can tell us anything they want.
thrance 1y ago
It does kinda make sense for once, you probably wouldn't want to just count API calls for views. I heard you need to watch a significant portion of the video before it counts as a view.
SoftTalker 1y ago
They certainly are counting views on the backend also, and I'm sure they know exactly what the cause of the discrepancy (or "drop" as they term it) is.
- giancarlostoro 1y ago
  They probably use a combination of the API and raw server requests due to how easy it would be otherwise to spoof viewership for ad revenue fraud. Would not surprise me anyway.
slightwinder 1y ago
I also see the opposite problem: can one abuse that API to artificial inflate the view count?
Workaccount2 1y ago
Ad-block views don't help anyone anyway, so I'm not sure why this would matter. If anything it's more accurate.
- owisd 1y ago
  View count is used to guide to price embedded sponsors, so in the short term matters while things get recalibrated.
giancarlostoro 1y ago
What if its both? ;)

archerx 1y ago

I realized this when I watched one of my friends music videos to give the extra view (they had less than 100) but the views number didn’t go up because of my ad blocker.

SchizoDuckie 1y ago
afairc sub-100 views are not counted in realtime anyway.
- reddalo 1y ago
  I think it was 300.
  - ConfuSomu 1y ago
    Then it used to stop at 301 views, while the system was verifying the veracity of the views, or at least, that's what I've been told…
- archerx 1y ago
  When I watched it without the ad blocker the views went up by one. I feel like it's a lot more realtime now because I swear I see the view counter updating as I'm watching some videos.
esafak 1y ago
Because Google still can't count that low, amirite?!

poly2it 1y ago

How many?

tomasphan 1y ago
[dead]
SchizoDuckie 1y ago
Only YouTube can tell, that's the fun part.
- emsign 1y ago
  And because only YouTube knows this, they can tell us anything they want.

thrance 1y ago

It does kinda make sense for once, you probably wouldn't want to just count API calls for views. I heard you need to watch a significant portion of the video before it counts as a view.

SoftTalker 1y ago

They certainly are counting views on the backend also, and I'm sure they know exactly what the cause of the discrepancy (or "drop" as they term it) is.

giancarlostoro 1y ago
They probably use a combination of the API and raw server requests due to how easy it would be otherwise to spoof viewership for ad revenue fraud. Would not surprise me anyway.

slightwinder 1y ago

I also see the opposite problem: can one abuse that API to artificial inflate the view count?

Workaccount2 1y ago

Ad-block views don't help anyone anyway, so I'm not sure why this would matter. If anything it's more accurate.

owisd 1y ago
View count is used to guide to price embedded sponsors, so in the short term matters while things get recalibrated.

giancarlostoro 1y ago

What if its both? ;)