Why are my YouTube Views frozen?

Hey there! Coming over from a YouTube Facebook group and this video was great! Definitely learned something new about my channel as far as views are concerned. The freezing totally makes sense! But I had no idea it was being done. Thanks for such an informative video with great personality!. read more

Afterward, the view count updates more frequently, but keep in mind that we're constantly validating views, so view count can always be adjusted. Frozen view count On some videos, the view count might seem frozen or not show all the views that you expect. read more

The Technical Answer. YouTube is relatively secretive about how they calculate an actual view, but the most common response is that if someone makes a legitimate request for a video and sees the video and has a positive user experience, that’s a view. read more