NONE@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agoIf a YouTube video is watched using a frontend such as Newpipe or Indivious, does it count as a view for the video? Why or why not?message-squaremessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down11
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-squareIf a YouTube video is watched using a frontend such as Newpipe or Indivious, does it count as a view for the video? Why or why not?NONE@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoPage loads don’t count as a view though, because otherwise things like search engine indexing would count as a view. It’s only considered a view if the video is watched for at least 30 seconds.
minus-squareshrugal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoSearch engines are easy to detect and filter out though, they have very distinct UA strings.
Page loads don’t count as a view though, because otherwise things like search engine indexing would count as a view. It’s only considered a view if the video is watched for at least 30 seconds.
Search engines are easy to detect and filter out though, they have very distinct UA strings.