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Whether you run your own YouTube channel or are interested in someone else's channel, you might want to find out the number of channel views. You can check a YouTube channel's total views with a few simple clicks. This wikiHow will teach you how.
Checking a YouTube Channel's Total Views
From a YouTube channel's page, click the …more button, then scroll down to see their total views. You can also view your channel's total views in YouTube Studio in the Analytics section. If you need to look up this info for a lot of channels, you can use a third-party site like ViewStats.
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Navigate to a YouTube Channel. Go to www.youtube.com and search for a channel. Click on the channel's title from the search results to open it.- You can use this to see the total view count of either your own YouTube channel or any other YouTube channel.
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Click the ...more button. It's near the top of the page. Look for the clickable bolded text after a snippet of the channel's bio. It's underneath the channel's name, subscriber count, and total video count.Advertisement -
Scroll down to the "Channel details" header. Under this header, you'll see the total view count next to an icon of an arrow moving upwards in a zig zag. It's right above the channel's join date at the bottom of the popup.
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Log in to your YouTube account. Open www.youtube.com in your web browser and log in to your account, if you haven't done so.[1] -
Click on your profile icon at the top-right corner. The menu panel will show up after you do so. -
Select YouTube Studio from the drop-down menu. It has an icon of a play button surrounded by concentric pentagons, and is right above the Purchases and memberships option. -
Click on Analytics. It's located in the left-hand menu and has an icon of a bar graph. -
Click the dropdown under the Advanced mode button. In this dropdown, choose Lifetime. -
Check your channel views. Your channel's total lifetime views will be shown in the middle of the screen. You will also see a graph showing the distribution of your channel views over time.- You can also see your channel's total watch time and subscriber count. If you click on one of these tabs, the graph will change to show the chronological data of these metrics as well.
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Go to www.viewstats.com. ViewStats is a third-party website that aggregates stats about YouTube channels. If you want to look up a lot of channels in succession, this might be a more efficient option than going to each YouTube page individually.- Because this is a third-party site, the stats may not always be updated in real time. Any stats you see on this site should be viewed as approximate.
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Search for a YouTube channel. In the search bar in the middle of the screen, type the name of a YouTube channel and click the magnifying glass button or hit ↵ Enter on your keyboard.- You could search for your channel or any other YouTube channel.
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Check the channel's view count in the upper-right corner. Under the "Total Views" header, you'll see the channel's total view count.- There will also be a number after the view count. This is the channel's global views ranking. If a channel has a star by this number, they're in the top 100 channels with the most lifetime views.
- To view the global total views leaderboard, click the Top Lists dropdown and choose Top Channels. Then, under the "By Total Views" header, click Most Views (All Time).
- There will also be a number after the view count. This is the channel's global views ranking. If a channel has a star by this number, they're in the top 100 channels with the most lifetime views.
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Log in to your YouTube account. Open www.youtube.com in your web browser and log in to your account, if you haven't done so.[2] -
Click on your profile icon at the top-right corner. The menu panel will show up after you do so. -
Select YouTube Studio from the drop-down menu. It has an icon of a play button surrounded by concentric pentagons and is right above the Purchases and memberships option. -
Click on Analytics. It's located in the left-hand menu and has an icon of a bar graph. -
Click the Audience tab. It's at the top of the page, under the "Channel analytics" settings. -
Choose a time period. In the dropdown in the upper-right corner of the page (under Advanced mode), choose the time period for which you want to view your unique viewers. -
Review your stats. YouTube will display how many unique viewers you've had, as well as how many returning viewers. Unique viewers differ from total views slightly, as this shows how many individual users watched your videos during the selected time period. Total views shows the overall aggregate of all views, including duplicate views by the same user.[3]
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1Can you see who views your YouTube videos? No, you cannot see who exactly watches your YouTube videos. The only way to get an idea of who has seen your videos is to look at the comments or to check social media. People in the comments—especially those referencing part of your video—have likely watched it. People may also be discussing the contents of your video on social media, which means they've likely watched it as well.
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2How does YouTube count a view? A view is counted once a user clicks play on the video and watches for at least 30 seconds (these 30 seconds don't have to be consecutive). If an ad plays before the video and the user clicks off before the video actually starts, it doesn't count as a view.
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3How can I tell how much a YouTube channel makes? There's no easy way to know exactly how much a YouTube channel makes. YouTube channels can earn money through multiple streams—including ad revenue, merch sales, affiliates, sponsorships, channel memberships, and more. Social Blade gives a rough estimate of how much a YouTube channel could be making, but this isn't always accurate. The only way to know for sure is if the creator discloses how much they make from their channel.
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QuestionHow much time do we need to have one view on our video, does time length matter if a video is short or long?
Jaslene RodriquezCommunity AnswerNo, t doesn't matter how much time you have on there; all what matters is how many people watch it.
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This article was co-authored by wikiHow staff writer, Hannah Dillon. Hannah Dillon is a Technology Writer and Editor at wikiHow. She graduated with a B.A. in Journalism from North Dakota State University in 2013 and has since worked in the video game industry as well as a few newspapers. From a young age Hannah has cultivated a love for writing and technology, and hopes to use these passions in tandem to help others in the articles she writes for wikiHow. This article has been viewed 173,969 times.
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