Post by atomicshrimp on May 23, 2018 7:35:49 GMT
My videos don't typically get a lot of views - but I sometimes get the feeling the reported view counts are not a true reflection of actual viewing - it's almost like the view count is being capped or rationed for my channel.
This might just be paranoia on my part, of course, but here's what I think I see:
If I upload one video at a weekend, it gets about 200 views. If I upload two videos, they get about 100 views each; if I upload three, they get about 70 views each
It could be that my subscribers all feel they only ever want to watch one video per week from me, but it seems like producing more content just spreads a controlled or rationed set of views thinner.
Also...
I upload a video and it gets to about 180 views or so, with maybe 25 likes and 3 comments, then later, the likes go up to maybe 40 and a dozen more comments appear, but the view count only increases to 185
It could be that people are revisiting the video to comment or like it, and are pausing it before YT registers a valid 'view', but again, it feels like I'm not getting a completely honest view count.
Am I just being crazy and paranoid?
This might just be paranoia on my part, of course, but here's what I think I see:
If I upload one video at a weekend, it gets about 200 views. If I upload two videos, they get about 100 views each; if I upload three, they get about 70 views each
It could be that my subscribers all feel they only ever want to watch one video per week from me, but it seems like producing more content just spreads a controlled or rationed set of views thinner.
Also...
I upload a video and it gets to about 180 views or so, with maybe 25 likes and 3 comments, then later, the likes go up to maybe 40 and a dozen more comments appear, but the view count only increases to 185
It could be that people are revisiting the video to comment or like it, and are pausing it before YT registers a valid 'view', but again, it feels like I'm not getting a completely honest view count.
Am I just being crazy and paranoid?
