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Your YouTube video views are about to skyrocket. Heres why.

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Your YouTube video views are about to skyrocket. Heres why.
Mashable
Mashable1 hrs ago
Your YouTube video views are about to skyrocket. Heres why.
YouTube is changing how video view metrics are counted on the platform.
TechCrunch
TechCrunch🏁 first to report3 hrs ago
YouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playing
The change comes a year after YouTube applied the same approach to counting views on Shorts videos.
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