Need Advice External audience

[Ufri]

Is it possible for the external audience to provide watch hours

 

[SILTHW]

Yes, external views count as watch hours. The challenge is that external views are often bought or gained by gaming the system. So YouTube may not approve monetization if they feel the external views artificially created watch hours.

 

[The Storm is coming]

Of course it is possible you can look it up in the analytics.

 

[Ufri]

Yes, external views count as watch hours. The challenge is that external views are often bought or gained by gaming the system. So YouTube may not approve monetization if they feel the external views artificially created watch hours.

Some of my videos are in the form of music I do share on other social media, so that the external views are more than my other videos . And I'm afraid of this

 

[Stanley | Team TB]

YouTube is aware of the IP's for these external views. So long as they are not coming from a suspicious source it won't hurt you.

 

[Bertha Mukodzani]

Yes, external views count as watch hours. The challenge is that external views are often bought or gained by gaming the system. So YouTube may not approve monetization if they feel the external views artificially created watch hours.

What counts as external views please?

 

[SILTHW]

What counts as external views please?

This is Goggle/YouTube's support article on it:

Understand your YouTube video reach - Android - YouTube Help

The Reach tab in YouTube Analytics is your key to understanding how viewers find your content. It provides a quick snapshot of key metrics like click-through-rate, watch time, views, and more.

support.google.com

 

[Bertha Mukodzani]

This is Goggle/YouTube's support article on it:

Understand your YouTube video reach - Android - YouTube Help

The Reach tab in YouTube Analytics is your key to understanding how viewers find your content. It provides a quick snapshot of key metrics like click-through-rate, watch time, views, and more.

support.google.com

Thank you for this