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Hit 1,000 thumbnail clicks from 47 views, math doesnt add up
Tbh my analytics showed 1,000 clicks on a video with 47 views and I spent an hour trying to figure out if the thumbnail was lying to people or just my tracking was broken, has anyone else seen numbers that impossible?
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shanec6110d ago
That 47 views number is probably from YouTube's stale counter lagging behind while the click data was already live. I've had a Shorts video show 38 views in the dashboard but the actual watch page said 2,100, the numbers just sync at different speeds. Check the real-time view count on the video itself, not the analytics page, and give it a few hours to catch up. Also keep in mind your total channel views can get mixed in if you promoted the video through a community post or a link, that inflates the click count without counting as a watch. Do you have any external traffic sources turned on for that video?
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