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> 3558 seconds since YouTube updated the viewCount Based on their sample rate, it looks like YouTube only updates the view count every 3 hours. I know it's har
by arscan 14y ago
> 3558 seconds since YouTube updated the viewCount
Based on their sample rate, it looks like YouTube only updates the view count every 3 hours. I know it's hard to pull in that data quickly, but I didn't expect YouTube to be that slow.
I wonder if they'll do something special here... if the updates continue at the same frequency, it won't show a billion until a few hours after after it actually hits that number. It is a pretty huge milestone for YouTube and I imagine they will want to celebrate the moment in real time.
- ck2 14y agoIt might be how they use mysql and Go to script it http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4947632 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4947632
- citricsquid 14y agoThey cache view counts heavily on highly viewed videos for validating views, here's a good video on why it happens (with information from Youtube -- the 301 refers to the first point at which video views stop incrementing in real time): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIkhgagvrjI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIkhgagvrjI
- swah 14y agoThey could at least set the view count to max(view_count, likes+dislikes) on client side to prevent that annoying "301 views but 5k likes" issue.
- mserdarsanli 14y agoThen they may need to explain the possible decrease in the view counts
- conradfr 14y agoI have sometimes notice that the view count on the search results was higher than the one on the video page.
- manojlds 14y agoLike the instance like count on Facebook that they started with Zuckerberg's post.