YouTube changes view counting methodology
YouTube is modifying its view counting methodology to register a view when a video begins playing, rather than requiring longer engagement. This change, effective August 24th, aligns YouTube with competitors like Instagram and TikTok, and will result in creators seeing their view counts increase more rapidly.
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