YouTube Analytics

[labrodent]

I had no idea where to post this, so if this isn't a good spot, I apologize, and thanks in advance for putting it in the right spot.

I'm confused on the video analytics stats on YouTube. When you view the stats page, at the bottom there is a chart. It has the name of your video, number of views, estimated minutes watched, and likes.

I can't figure out how they are coming up with the number in estimated minutes watched. Can someone expand on this for me?


Thanks

 

[UltimateKirbyBoi]

I am quite sure they can record at which point in your video that people decide to quit the page or click another link. Thus they take the times and average it.

 

[Cameron Dubs]

This is the combined time that people have watched your video.

For example, say a video has 5 views (I know it's low, but it's easy to explain like this)

Here are the times of the views:
View 1: 80 seconds
View 2: 60 seconds
View 3: 40 seconds
View 4: 60 seconds
View 5: 90 seconds

The total second count is 330 seconds, which is 5 minutes 30 seconds. Therefore 5 minutes 30 seconds will be the estimated minutes watched.

 

[labrodent]

This is the combined time that people have watched your video.

For example, say a video has 5 views (I know it's low, but it's easy to explain like this)

Here are the times of the views:
View 1: 80 seconds
View 2: 60 seconds
View 3: 40 seconds
View 4: 60 seconds
View 5: 90 seconds

The total second count is 330 seconds, which is 5 minutes 30 seconds. Therefore 5 minutes 30 seconds will be the estimated minutes watched.

Ok that's what I thought. But the percentage number next to that doesn't add up. Where is that from?

 

[Sergeant Fox]

That's how much that video makes up that total amount of statistic for your month or any other time frame you select. Its essentially letting you not only know which video gets the most views but also the amount of time percentage wise compared to your other videos.