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Can Someone Help Me Understand YouTube?

SophieKim

Published on July 11, 2024

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Today, I just uploaded my last vlog about an hour ago. I decided to watch it on my sister's iPhone. While watching it, I saw the number going up from 6 to 8 views and the thumbs up from 1 to 3. A few minutes later I decided to check the video's views. While looking at it live, the number of views was going down to 3 views! Then it went back up slowly from 3 to 5 views. So it looks like people are watching and I cannot help thinking . . . YouTube is reducing the number of views right from the first hour of my video. So why do you think that is happening right in front of my eyes?

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