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YouTube will soon count a view as soon as a video starts to play, lining up with the system used by Instagram, TikTok, and its Shorts videos. The update will go into effect on August 24th, \u00ab\u00a0which means creators will likely see their total view counts increase faster moving forward,\u00a0\u00bb the platform says<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Instagram<\/a> and TikTok<\/a> similarly add a view to a video when it starts to play or replay, while X counts a view<\/a> when a user watches a video for at least two seconds. YouTube applied Instagram and TikTok’s<\/a> view-counting method to Shorts last year.<\/p>\n

YouTube says it’s going to keep its original view-counting method under an \u00ab\u00a0engaged views\u00a0\u00bb metric in \u2026<\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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