YouTube new update: YouTube is changing the way you count views for shorts on your platform. Till now, views for the company short were counted only when it was run for a certain number of seconds. This metric will change from 31 March. YouTube will measure views for shorts in the same way as Views for Instagram reels and Tiktok does for short videos shared on its platform (it will be given further information later). YouTube changed the way you count the views on shorts. YouTube wrote in an update on its support page that later, it will lose views on shorts based on the number of video plays or replays. In addition, he is completely removing the need for minimum watch time for views on shorts.
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YouTube wrote in the post, “We have heard that you want to understand how many times your shorts are seen, that is why we are updating this.” The company also explained in detail how this change will affect analytics metrics and money on its platform. According to the details shared by the company, it will maintain the original shorts view metrics under the ‘Angel Views’ option in the Advanced Mode section in YouTube Analytics. Anged views will enable the metric creators to see how many viewers choose to continue watching their shorts. This will show the view for shorts based on the metrics updated under shorts views shown on YouTube.
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Talking about money, YouTube has written that a change in the way of calculating the views by the company will not affect the way of earning creators or becoming eligible for their YouTube partner program, for which they should have at least 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 legitimate public watch hours in the last 12 months or in the last 90 days. YouTube’s latest declaration has made it easier for creators to understand the number of views on their videos on various platforms. Apart from this, YouTube has launched a new feature in its ‘Ask Music’ playlist feature that came last year. Ask Music feature uses AI to cure the playlist based on the details given by the user. Now, according to a report by Android Authority, YouTube has made changes in this feature that will enable users to strengthen the AI-curated playlist using follow-up suggestions.