Do unlisted videos count towards views?

[ASMR Zelda]

Hi all, does YouTube count your unlisted or private videos towards views?
I'll be out of the country for a month in a place with pretty low bandwidth so I wanted to upload about 10 - 15 videos before I leave and put them unlisted. That way I can publish them on the days of my schedule.
But is YouTube going to count them and bring down my watch time statistics drastically?

 

[Dave Pollack]

Hi all, does YouTube count your unlisted or private videos towards views?
I'll be out of the country for a month in a place with pretty low bandwidth so I wanted to upload about 10 - 15 videos before I leave and put them unlisted. That way I can publish them on the days of my schedule.
But is YouTube going to count them and bring down my watch time statistics drastically?

I would use the schedule function to have them go live exactly when I wanted- no need to worry!

 

[ASMR Zelda]

I would use the schedule function to have them go live exactly when I wanted- no need to worry!

That's a good point. But if you schedule them, they still upload as Unlisted. I just want to make sure that won't affect my stats