YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caused by ad blockers

Re:YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caus... by nemomarx on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @12:45PM (#45278246)

do we know what happens if you run premium and an ad blocker together? I would hope they would still pay the creator for my views but I'm not sure now

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Re:YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caus... by carlosjobim on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @01:15PM (#45278630)

They pay creators more when a person with premium is watching their videos. Ad-blockers have no relevance in this case.

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Re:YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caus... by machinate on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @02:27PM (#45279539)

Apparently ad blockers can interfere with key view metrics.

Unclear what premium uses to disburse the 55% share that goes to creators; hopefully it's not those ones.

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Re:YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caus... by carlosjobim on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @03:31PM (#45280386)

I don't think it's likely that the ad blocker is interfering, because you need to be logged in to use premium.

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Re:YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caus... by kelnos on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @09:40PM (#45283920)

I expect my (Premium) views are no longer counted, because my ad blocker is blocking the API endpoint that counts my views.

The fact that I have Premium is irrelevant; if YouTube isn't getting the metrics that says I watched a video, then it won't be counted.

Certainly YouTube could change the method they use to count views so it would work in my case, but they probably don't have an incentive to do so.

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