Why do Youtube Videos Freeze at 301 Views?

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So, why exactly does it stick at 301?​
If you look at a lot of YouTube videos (as most of us here do), you've probably noticed that the number 301 appears much more than any figure on a videos view counter. It strikes us to be interesting because this figure is seemingly 'stuck' at 301 (or 302 and 303); whereas the like and dislike indicators suggest that the video has been viewed many more times than that.

Basically, YouTube doesn't want people to manipulate how many views a video gets. So for a clip's first 300 views, their system allows any view to count. But, after that, views are verified using a complicated algorithm which takes up to a day to kick in.

Why the views so often pause at 301 is because the verification process' code is written in a way that allows one more unverified view after 300. Sometimes, if that last allowed view comes in simultaneously from different parts of the world, the freeze will occur at 302, 303 etc...

Since the likes and dislikes are never subjected to verification, they tend to get way ahead of the view count in the hours when a video first goes viral!


Hope this clears this problem up for people out there!!!! :D

Cheers, JTA [Joe] :)
 
JayWash124 said:
I actually saw a video on this a few months ago Pretty interesting stuff
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i thought for some people that the video there is quite complicated for people to understand fully :) I felt that it was a good idea to simplify what is actually said in this and around the internet into more of a brief summary that is easy to read and understand :)
 
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