Random Thoughts on Watch Time

[Pixel & Bracket]

I just has the most random thought: if somebody watches your video at 2x speed, is it considered half the watch time?

 

[Dave2017]

Good question I dont know

 

[Scootakip [Lana]]

I don't think that the Youtube video speed effects watchtime. I might be wrong, though.

 

[Noobzilla]

I just has the most random thought: if somebody watches your video at 2x speed, is it considered half the watch time?

If you watch a 16 minute video at 2x speed, you were watching for 8 minutes, so your view counts as 8 minutes of watch time.

 

[Sladee]

Yea im pretty sure it counts as half the length of the video since they were physically only watching for half the time.

 

[Pixel & Bracket]

But technically they still viewed the full video, so would it be the full watch time? Haha

I thought about this because I know a lot of people watch tutorials at 1.5x speed and that's mainly what my channel is.