TechnologyEnglish · 2 days ago

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

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

TechnologyEnglish · 2 days ago

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

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

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