Viewer Retention Question

Alasdair Cooper

Alasdair Cooper

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So recently my audience retention has been increasing steadily which is nice, but I was thinking about a question last week and wondering if anyone has an answer. So, say I have an hour-long video, someone starts to watch it and they get 30 mins in and stop for whatever reason. Then the next day they remember, come back to this video and start off from the 30 minute mark and watch the rest to the end.

Does Youtube then count this as 2 separate views at 50% retention each, or does it remember and count it as 1 view with 100% retention?
 
I don't know, but whenever I come back to a video it starts playing where I left off, so if YouTube saves that kind of data I assume they will count it as one view with 100% retention. In any way they wouldn't count it as 2 views if it's from the same person...
 
Alasdair Cooper said:
So recently my audience retention has been increasing steadily which is nice, but I was thinking about a question last week and wondering if anyone has an answer. So, say I have an hour-long video, someone starts to watch it and they get 30 mins in and stop for whatever reason. Then the next day they remember, come back to this video and start off from the 30 minute mark and watch the rest to the end.

Does Youtube then count this as 2 separate views at 50% retention each, or does it remember and count it as 1 view with 100% retention?
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Good question. I'm not sure, but I did find out some things:
- I was able to get 190% retention from 1 view. Probably means someone watched it longer then the video length.
- I know when you watched a video, and you watch the second time; it will still count as 1 view instead of 2.

So I assume your last point is valid. In your example it does remember and count it as 1 view with 100% retention.
 
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