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

YouTube changed how it counts a public view on August 24, 2026. One frame of playback now counts. Here's what that means for ...

YouTube counts views from the first frame starting Aug. 24, 2026, matching TikTok and Instagram. 'Engaged views' keeps the old standard for creators and marketers.

Same video, more views. A cool trick you can pull off when you're in charge of defining what a "view" is, like YouTube.

YouTube is set to introduce a new system to count public views, starting from August 24. As it is expected to boost views across all formats, find out how content creators will be impacted.

Major metric shift: YouTube will register a view from the first frame across all formats starting August 24, replacing the 30-second threshold for long-form videos. Impact on earnings: Despite higher ...

Views of YouTube Shorts count toward a channel’s total watch time, but do not count toward monetization eligibility. To monetize YouTube videos you need to accumulate 4,000 hours of watch time within ...