It might not match the number you see on the watch page. Keep in mind that Realtime activity only shows estimates of potential view activity. If you're looking at a video you uploaded, you can monitor your views more closely using YouTube Analytics.
These paid advertising views are counted as views because they indicate that a viewer interacted with the video. If your video is used as an ad on YouTube, we may count views of your ad as views on your video. Note: Using several devices to watch the same video and streaming the same video across several windows and tabs are examples of low-quality playbacks. To verify that metrics are accurate, YouTube may temporarily slow down, freeze, or change your metric count, and discard low-quality playbacks. Metrics are algorithmically confirmed to maintain fair and positive experiences for content creators, advertisers, and viewers. On some videos and channels, your metric count might seem frozen or not show the metrics that you expect. Keep in mind that we're constantly confirming and adjusting engagement events.
Change in metricsĪfter legitimate engagement events are counted, your metric count should update more often. The timing of these changes varies depending on a video or channel's popularity and viewership. There are even video clips listed to give you a preview of the movie.
There are reviews from users that might help you decide to watch it or not.
Note: It may take time for your metrics to appear in our system during the first few hours your video is published. Once you select a movie title, it lists the brief plot, the rating, the length, the actors and the genre it belongs to. It takes our systems some time to figure out which views, likes, dislikes, and subscriptions are legitimate. We want to make sure that your metrics are high quality and come from actual humans and not computer programs. These metrics can be an important measure of your video or channel’s overall popularity. YouTube engagement metrics (views, likes, dislikes, and subscriptions) reflect how many times a video or channel has been interacted with.