YouTube recommendations

Tune your video. Watch three versions of YouTube rank it.

Same video, same 1,000 impressions. Only the goal changes.

Your video

Click-through rate14% Share of people shown it who click.

Average view duration1:00 How long a viewer stays, on average.

Survey: rated 4 or 5 stars30% Only 4 and 5 star ratings count as valued.

Illustrative numbers per 1,000 impressions. YouTube names these signals but publishes no formula; the real system also predicts each viewer's own survey answers.