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YouTube has announced a significant change to the way it counts views on its platform, a move that will affect how creators and advertisers measure video performance. Starting August 24, a view will be registered as soon as a video begins playing or a user enters a live broadcast. The Google-owned platform had never officially disclosed its previous counting method, but it was widely understood that a view was only tallied after a user watched at least 30 seconds of content.
The update arrives one year after YouTube applied a similar counting approach to its Shorts feature. It is also worth noting that competing platforms such as TikTok and Instagram already count views the moment a video starts playing.
In a post on the YouTube Community, the company explained the rationale behind the shift: "Historically, we've used multiple view counting systems across different formats. However, we've heard that creators want to eliminate this metric confusion and accurately understand their true exposure, which is why we're making this update."
This adjustment is expected to lead to significantly higher view counts across the platform, particularly for videos that capture only brief attention spans. As a result, public view counts may no longer serve as a reliable indicator of a video's popularity for either creators or advertisers.
To help creators adapt, YouTube will retain the original view metric, now rebranded as "Engaged views," and make it accessible through its Analytics tools. This will allow creators to see how many viewers chose to continue watching their content beyond the initial play.
The company has also clarified that this change will not affect creators' earnings or their eligibility for monetization through the YouTube Partner Program.
The view-count update comes just a week after YouTube introduced another creator-focused policy, which raised the requirements for new creators to begin earning money from ads and subscriptions starting next year. Under the new rules, creators will need at least 8,000 qualified watch hours over the past year or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days to start earning.
Currently, the thresholds are 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours over the past year, or 1,000 subscribers and 10 million Shorts views over the past 90 days. Additionally, creators must maintain 10 million Shorts views over a 90-day period to earn money.
The decision has drawn backlash from users, who argue that the higher thresholds will make it more difficult for creators to enter and remain in YouTube's monetization program.
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