How are views of YouTube videos counted?

Views of YouTube videos show how many times a video has been viewed and can be an important measurement of the video's popularity as to how popular this video is. Google wants to ensure that the videos are watched by real humans and not by computer programs. During the first few hours after a video is published, Google will only show views that are considered valid by Google's system. It cannot show all views at that time because Google wants to first decide if all the views on the video are by Human. After calculating quality views, the views are updated and told how many times the video has been viewed. The process of including all quality views can take some time depending on the popularity and viewer of a video. Later, the view count is updated, but keep in mind that Google is constantly validating views, so the view count of the video can be lowered at any time. Frozen Video Views Count On some videos, the view count may look paused or may not sho...