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YouTube Now Counts Views When Videos Begin Playing, Not After Threshold

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YouTube has shifted its view-counting methodology to register views at the moment a video starts playing, rather than after a predefined viewing threshold.

SEOFOMO News reports that YouTube is changing how it counts views—now registering them when playback begins rather than after a minimum watch duration. The shift aligns with how the platform already handles Shorts, a change implemented a year prior, and may affect how creators understand their content performance metrics.
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