How long for new tags to take effect?

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I've just recently gone through and updated/added tags on several of my videos so now I'm curious if anyone knows how long before the changes to the tags will take effect/reflect any changes in views.
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I've moved this to the main YouTube discussion forum. ^^ The YouTube SEO forum is for SEO tutorial threads. :)

I added a few new tags on my Drunken Sailor video the 2nd day it was out. After I made changes, the video disappeared from all of its higher tagged search ranks for 1 day, and then reappeared where it had been the next day. That makes me think it takes about a day to update....
 

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When I look at old videos and try to update rages, as soon as I refresh the page, if the tags rank, it shows up. So I think it's nearly instant
 
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Great question, i also wanted to know this. Thanks guys
 

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I also think it takes like a day or 2 for not only youtube to redirect traffic to new tags but also people need to find it in its new location due to tag change... but this is mostly a guess from my own experiences.
 

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Given that it takes at least 24 hours for analytics to show up for your video, which includes your tags, I'd presume it was the same!