YouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playing

Source: techcrunch.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center · Published: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:09:33 GMT

The change comes a year after YouTube applied the same approach to counting views on Shorts videos.

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