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YOUTUBE COUNTS VIEWS FROM VIDEO START DATE

YouTube is changing how it counts video views starting August 24, now registering a view the moment playback begins. The shift aligns YouTube with competitors like TikTok, Instagram, and X.

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YouTube will start counting a view as soon as a video starts to play, from August 24, lining up with the system used by Instagram, TikTok, and its Shorts videos (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Emma Roth / The Verge: YouTube will start counting a view as soon as a video starts to play, from August 24, lining up w…

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YouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playing

The change comes a year after YouTube applied the same approach to counting views on Shorts videos.

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YouTube public view counts will likely get higher starting next week

The platform will start tracking views the same way across video formats.

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