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Watch time is how long people spend watching a video. YouTube, TikTok and Instagram all treat how long someone keeps watching as a sign of interest.
Retention curve sketcherexperience
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Why YouTube switched to watch timeprose
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YouTube learned in 2011 that a click did not mean a video was actually watched , so in 2012 it added watch time, which videos someone watched and for how long, to its recommendations . Views dropped 20% right after the…
How other feeds use itprose
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TikTok gives finishing a longer video from beginning to end as its example of a strong indicator of interest, weighted above weak ones . Instagram says its most important Reels predictions include how likely you are to…
Average view duration and retentionprose
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YouTube defines average view duration as the average minutes watched per view and watch time as the amount of time viewers have watched , so total watch time is average view duration times views. A retention curve shows…
Anatomy of a retention curvefigure
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The log
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