Can I Watch My Own Videos to get Views on Youtube? | Experiment with PROOF!

[@SoHereASMR]

For everyone out there who just started YT, wish you all the best and may we all be successful!!

[@inked_icons]

Same to you! Looks like you’re almost at 2k! You’re killin it💪🏼

[@Crazynymous]

Same, how I wish 😢

[@user_roblox_gaming12]

Thake you you to

[@vlogbyarup1214]

Thank You So Much. 😍

[@CheveGaming]

Same to you!

[@BasuraVidz]

Honestly this is kind of reassuring for me cause that means that there ARE other people watching my videos! I always thought that i was accidentally giving myself more views by watching them then getting excited for nothing because i i thought i was giving those views myself.

[@prodbynissan]

Reallll

[@becoming.océane]

exactlyyyy

[@GodMineptas]

Me😂😂😂😂😂

[@MyRockyLyfe]

Me too 😂

[@DragonmlbbOFFICAL]

REALLLLL

[@salute10]

To all the creator's out there don't give up just stay consistent and be positive yall

[@nng_shorts]

A subscribe for a fellow content creator please

[@Clear_Hearts_Grey_Flowers]

​@Adelard Brooklyn support your brother the best you can :)!

[@Clear_Hearts_Grey_Flowers]

@Adelard Brooklyn well be positive tell him to not give up and tell him that it will require work but in the end it will be rewarding

[@StrissYT]

We all going to make it!

[@AutoPlace101]

Thank u man,am a new creator with 19 sub and 54 shorts video,we pray for better days

[@tox_anituber]

This doesn't seem to be working for normal videos. But I've been doing this with my shorts just moments after I upload them. Just watching it like 4-5 times to get that extra engagement up. And it somehow works. *By uploading at a time when my subscribers are most active + rewatching 4-5 times* I get my videos in more people's feed and get more views. I've managed to gain 1k+ views on each of my 30 shorts with only 300 subs.

[@GarryGooTube]

that is youtube shorts for you,, 1000 vieews on a short short is nothing

[@drxp6477]

My highest views was 3.7k ​@GarryGooTube

[@symptomofsouls]

I'm telling you, when my video stops getting views, I will set it to play in the background while I'm doing something and every time it tricks KZbin into recommending to people. It works 100% of the time

[@dragox876]

How do you set to play in background

[@Nixkk]

@@dragox876 loop it

[@ExplorewithHAROLD]

Maybe that's why invalid traffic is an issue....just guessing

[@geekyasmr2908]

Bro this can terminate your channel

[@symptomofsouls]

@@geekyasmr2908 I wouldn't have to do it if KZbin would recommend videos to people. My own subscribers weren't getting them in their feed

[@Wildicon19]

I am happy to hear that KZbin monitors this behavior. I do however watch my video to make sure it is performing the way I intended it to on KZbin, to make sure my audience gets what I put out there for them to view. Then I let the viewers decide, and then I will analize the results and focus on the successive points to help improve my channel!

[@TheSickNeeds]

If I don't watch my own videos who will? 😂😂😂😛

[@ireneagala]

😂😂😂😂funniest comment ever, but who will o??😂😂😂

[@inked_icons]

This is what I’m saying! 😅🤷🏻

[@PaulexJanson]

😂😂😂

[@TheSickNeeds]

wow I'm actually getting subscribers off this comment.....but they still ain't watching! 😂😂😂

[@inked_icons]

@@TheSickNeeds your last video was 1 year ago! 😂🤪

[@Unknown-yw2jv]

KZbin is doing their job. I feel it's better to have legit views.

[@christhechilled]

You trust AI way too much!

[@teedermcdribble]

I put 3 of my shortest vids on a watch later list and let them play for hours. It showed almost 600 views total and by the end of the day it only showed about 150. The next day I tried it again and at first it showed about 500 and then the next day it showed only 10. About a year ago I let it run all day and it showed about 1,500 views and it stayed on there but it seems that they don't consider us watching our own vids as actual views anymore. Thanks for the info.

[@myweldingtales]

My first video gained a significant number of views, but then the views sharply decreased. I asked my friends for help, but it didn't yield any results. The moral of the story is that it's better to spend time improving the quality of your videos rather than focusing on increasing view counts.

[@LateBoomer1964]

I'm glad KZbin has put this in place, simply because when I get a notification in email that someone has commented on my video, when I click to respond it takes me to the vid and starts playing it. I want to interact with my viewers but I DONT want to do something against terms of service! So to me this is a good thing. Thanks for the valuable information.

[@KuriosumMensch]

You could also answer your comments in the YT studio or via the notification bell without opening the actual video. 😘

[@TheHouseOfLangford]

This is interesting to hear. I can see from the comments that people have varied results. I don't actively watch my own videos but if I want to show someone something specific then I do open up one of them on my phone. I also go back through some older ones to remind myself of stuff too 😂 I have crochet unboxing videos and can never remember which patterns came in which boxes so I wonder if those views are adding up...

[@SophiaLoren858]

To every creator out there, a u t h e n t I c v i e w s dun took many social media stars career off 2 the next level fr fr no cap

[@5canwalk]

I sincerely appreciate you doing this experiment for us, especially for a taboo activity that KZbin dislikes and high-flying KZbinrs don't like to deal with.🎉❤

[@amazing5476]

Bro! U deserve much more subs! Like, some creators make videos wayy worse but have like a million subs, and try talk with no hype or energy. Keep your work up you are going far! Ima sub to Ur channel but everybody else should

[@VEEDCREATORS]

Thanks so much, means a lot!

[@amazing5476]

@@VEEDCREATORS I only speak the truth😁

[@VEEDCREATORS]

Well, thanks again!

[@isaacrhodes2024]

Agreed! Subbbed👍🏼

[@outandaboutwithrob]

We all do 😊

[@kanat-al3ab9ari]

To every creator out there, even if you are just starting out and have few views, don´t give up, stay consistent and do what you love, and love what you do. (Fighting!)

[@Cake_Bank_2023]

Thanks for the Motivating Comment 🙂

[@thomasholleman21]

​@@Cake_Bank_2023It's a bot

[@ranqingldbt3621]

If you have like 20 videos, you can play your video playlist and the views will count. It will not work if you continuously watching the same video.

[@DPSComputing]

Great video! Loved your style. Subbed to your other channel as well - I knew it couldn’t be your first time because you seem to have mastered loads of different parts of the production process - fantastic video. It kept me watching right till the very end! The same also goes for other people watching your videos - you can get multiple views from the same person (for example, people tend to return to music videos more than once, as well as tutorials) but the algorithm tries to detect whether it’s normal viewing behaviour - so rewatching a video CAN be pretty normal but would still only count as one view usually unless you came back to it again at a different time. Overall it’s a good thing for all as it keeps the metrics realistic rather than open to abuse by bots etc. It definitely shows that the best way to succeed is by making quality content which you certainly nailed here. Well done! New sub here and looking forward to new videos!

[@VEEDCREATORS]

Thanks so much for the kind words! You are 100% right with what you say about KZbin and watching behaviours - and yes, quality content is the only real way to grow sustainably! Thanks again

[@DPSComputing]

@@VEEDCREATORS you are more than welcome 🙏. Thanks for the reply. I think it gets down to that there are things you can do and work out to increase odds in your favour but there’s not one ‘right’ answer given the complexity of the various algorithms and data analysis behind the scenes with what is likely to be city-size data centres. It is really fascinating. Obviously if there were simple recipes for a killer video it would be easy to repeat but again there’s things you can do to increase the likelihood and I can see you already sharing tips in some of your previous videos so I’m looking forward to checking those out too! Looking forward to seeing what’s coming next. Keep up the great work!

[@The80sFreak.]

To every creator out there, even if you are just starting out and have few views, don´t give up, stay consistent and do what you love, and love what you do.

[@HTxGhost24]

I'm struggling just trying to learn how to do everything on my phone, I want to do like reactions but do I do picture in picture or what? I don't know anything about where to start

[@UltimateMysteriesQuest-s2h]

Just launched my new KZbin channel and video after days of struggling to create a video! Watched my video to check how it registers. Keep the hustle. God Bless Us!

[@Rod-Skinner]

Going to ask this, but if it was a playlist of say 20 videos? There is an automatic gap between videos so they will be counted. This is my experience. I am not saying it is worth it and the only reason I know it does happen is because sometimes I will play one of my own playlists as it seems to randomly kick-off views and revitalise videos previously dead. It is sort of a way to wake up the youtube algorithm. I could be 100% wrong :)

[@S_U_M_E_R]

Does this actually work

[@Rod-Skinner]

@@S_U_M_E_R Well in my experience it depends on a lot of luck and is very device dependent, an xbox or smart TV playing through a play list gives you views, Is it worth it.? Honestly no but if you are hunting watch time view hours as well it is a no-brainer

[@CallMeGameGirl]

It works. My bf just experimented with that one night. I'm sure youtube will catch on tho. KZbin does a shit job of pushing videos out and they also don't like people trying to push passed their stupid shitty algorithm. Like I'm sorry there are millions of people and only 2 people see a new video. I call BS lol.

[@S_U_M_E_R]

@@CallMeGameGirl It doesn't work, i've tried myself, after the 301st view, the algorithm will kick in, and test if the views are from the same people (even if you are in incognito, or using tor) its crazy how good the algorithm is. if it deems that the views are from the same people, the views will be reverted and not counted. I'll save you the trouble of testing yourself, but by all means try it!

[@Moneymotivation464]

To whoever’s watching this keep going with your KZbin channel. Don’t give up 🙏

[@lfamilygamingdad]

Here's a few things I have learned about doing this. Do not watch short videos over and over again. Even different short videos. It will get flagged. Do not watch a playlist full of shorts. The best way to make this work is to watch a playlist of full-length videos, and you can have multiple yt accounts. I have found I can get away with running 3 browsers on my different playlist, and I get the views and watch hours. After a few hours, I switch to a different youtube account and repeat. If it gets caught as spamming, then your IP address will not count for likes or views for a day or two. I tested this at work and home.

[@aimfuldrifter]

Does the spam alert last longer than 2 days? What about slowing down your short videos? Will it count as a long video and count the likes?

[@lfamilygamingdad]

@@aimfuldrifter I would watch a short once to add the like, and that's all. Apparently, watching your videos on repeat is against YT terms, so I stopped doing that a while ago.

[@aimfuldrifter]

@@lfamilygamingdad Well, watching short videos once do not count as it seems and the like is shown on that specific profile but doesn't count on the main one. There's no problem with the longer (1 minute and above) videos. I'd just like to boost some videos with a couple likes from accounts of my family to encourage people to like. You know how it works - the snowball effect. People tend not to like if there aren't any.

[@pedroramires5049]

Wat if I get like 10 fhone and each fhone watches my vedios the whole day can it work like that

[@lfamilygamingdad]

@@pedroramires5049 it's not worth it. One KZbin says it's illegal. Two, it's very time-consuming and costly. If you are on the same IP address/wifi, then that's how it is tracked, and it won't work on 10 different phones. There are ways around this, but honestly, it's not worth it. Plus, if you leave a channel running for longer than a few hours, it will stop counting the views and watch hours. I'm not sure about the exact time, but I know when I did it and I left the channel running for about 10 hours, it stopped counting the views and watch hours. I haven't watched my videos on repeat since finding out it was against the yt rules and my channel has been doing so much better. I'm not sure what content you make, but the few things that really helped me grow naturally were shorts, 10-minute videos, and posting daily long content for a few months. I have recently gone back to shorts and do 4 per day and one longer video per day. When I say longer, that's between 10-60 minutes. This requires a lot of planning and scheduling to do. I also work 60-72 hours a week at my normal job. I will spend up 40-50 hours a week working on my yt channel.

[@top_fps_clips]

You can actually farm views more effectively if you close and open the browser after each view. The key here is that the session gets a reboot and KZbin is unable to detect this. You'll get one view for each reboot

[@hamadax97]

100% this

[@NaudVanDalen]

You can watch your own playlist to get a lot of views, but because you're not repeating the same video over and over, it counts almost all the views.

[@quot.ationshub]

To all new KZbinrs like myself, don’t worry, we’ll get there. Just keep going and be consistent. :)

[@tipsfornoobs]

That's so true!

[@rhodahkarimi]

True

[@margaritasworldFi07]

Keep going 😊

[@starlandandmore]

When a video is played over and over,it won't get counted, KZbin has said that when the play button gets clicked non stop, it won't get counted,,if you watch your video 3 or 4 times in a row,leave it,come back maybe an hour later,watch another 3 or 4 times,it will get counted, I've tried a few experiments myself.

[@ReasonableGenshin]

Underrated channel. Growing up in this niche isn’t easy. Keep it up!

[@tigmus]

you need an autoclicker so you will refresh your page every 10-20 seconds, you can keep the autoclicker 1 hour and you'll see the views.

[@svansy]

There's also retention. If you watch a video on repeat 10x, it'll register only 1 view, but will count 1000% retention (of course if not viewed from your own account). I noticed that self views get registered. Watching ones own private videos, the views get registered - an eternally private video can only get views from its creator. But they get annulled over time. Probably KZbin checking the origin of the views?

[@NotEntitylol]

When I upload a video I got 2.4k subs and it seems to work I use 3 alt accounts and watch it twice on each and it helps push the video out into the algorithm!

[@CherryGrapes49]

will never give up...for my kids...my inspiration❤️😍

[@alvinstrr]

Goodluck

[@luvbluerose]

You got this! ✨💅🏼

[@theunknowngamer2789]

his editiingg level on this low channel is very good appreciated man

[@belu.dominguez]

This was a very interesting experiment! Thank you soo much for clearing this up to all of us. Also, to all the creators out there, I know it can be hard to get the content out there and struggle initially. I am struggling with that too, but the important thing is that we can't give up and keep creating

[@shanerazvlogs]

❤

[@CherryGrapes49]

not giving up ever....for the love of diapers and milk and therapy of my children😍❤️🌹

[@belu.dominguez]

@The artist 16 That's very sweet! :') I appreciate every help I can get

[@luvbluerose]

I just started two months ago and I feel like stopping but I continued to keep going 💗

[@belu.dominguez]

@@luvbluerose Ohhh never stop! I'm so happy you decided to keep going 💖

[@JennJennntv]

You have to add your videos to a playlist and play the playlist lol

[@OneBeingOne]

Hey great work brother. Keep up the good work. 1k coming soon. All the very best.

[@VEEDCREATORS]

Thanks so much!

[@intyourlife3202]

Step 1: get alt account who is only subbed to you Step 2: turn off KZbin history settings Step 3: refresh KZbin home page and your vid will pup up, click on vid Step 4: set vid to 0.25% watch speed (will multiply the watchtime by 4) Step 5: go to google history and wipe account Step 6: repeat steps 3-5, you’re welcome

[@conversationswithcikoh]

I watch my own videos to listen as an audience - to identify areas of improvement and identify missed edits😊

[@wilsonsilasmkandawire]

Nice video. It's very honest and practical in it's approach.

[@VEEDCREATORS]

Thank you, glad you liked it!

[@sushibrewski]

Holy shit it works for my channel! My vids are popping off !!

[@100kSubsOneCatVideo]

Just create what you want and if it's good people will come so keep going

[@Memezillla]

Amazing, also the watch time was the thing I noticed that was most affected

[@personalfinancebusters]

Yes your views count. On Chrome, I go into Incognito Mode and watch my Video 20 time opening new tabs at the same time to save watching time and it Worked ! For the Short Term Paul

[@shawnpowell4618]

THIS WORKED FOR ME!! LISTEN.. What I have seen in the past is IF you taker a video and rename it after a few days and maybe change the keywords, YT seems to give it another boost to let people SEE the new content and see where to rank it.. I use to get another 30 views or so by doing this.. I did it with videos that were not taking off at all and it definitely worked..

[@AI_Music_Radio]

Your video was so fun to watch😂Good job!

[@SunnyGirlFlorida]

Thank you so much for your channel! You answer so many questions I have had.

[@VEEDCREATORS]

You are so welcome!

[@coincidence82]

Watch in incognito mode , definitely works

[@ShadowBannedForever]

It took me only a short time to figure out that they were counting my views of my own video's. Probably not a good idea to try too get views that way though.

[@cuesee.psyche]

Thank you for doing this experiment so now we know how it works!

[@VEEDCREATORS]

No problem!

[@kitamototv4218]

I am very happy for you sir. Great content.

[@VEEDCREATORS]

Thank you!

[@EwanArnolda]

Thank you for conducting this experiment.

[@PragmaticCardCollectors]

Thanks for clarifying this. How about registering the watch hours? What were the results?

[@RorysRamblings]

Thanks for the information! Also used veed a few time and love it!

[@Fm_drama_edits]

Does that affect our channel if we keep watching our vedios by ourselves? Please answer 🙂🙂

[@kylieeditz.x.x]

i do this 24/7... not bc i want to but bc the vid is so frikin good

[@slMuffinn_art]

Me too but then I start to see all the mistakes I made while editing and stop

[@iqinitiative]

To whoever is watching this video like me, I hope your channel grows ✌️

[@remyalexander8763]

Its about 6-7 views per day for each video before yt stops counting, also if you do this try not to watch the same video, switch between videos.

[@BenjaminTJames]

Thanks for the video! Sometimes I'd view my video through analytics for a few seconds and thought I saw the view count go up slightly, so was curious about all this. Nice to have an idea of how it works.

[@gamblebeeslotsnmore8576]

New Friend Here! Your channel came across my screen. Looking forward for more of your experiments . Good Luck 👍

[@VEEDCREATORS]

Thank you!

[@Marcus_Ortiz]

the answer is _YES_

[@Red_Foxx]

i remember doing some thing similar ages ago but with privet window tabs i would get the link and open like 6 search pages and play them all. i think it help my video but im not 100% sure

[@Msfrugalosity]

Also, view from different devices. However, it is exhausting watching your own videos.

[@GWS856]

2:16 didnt expect to see jack make an appearance in such a different video

[@commercewithmak]

This is great - Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge Lots of respect from Sri Lanka

[@VEEDCREATORS]

Glad it was helpful!

[@commercewithmak]

@@VEEDCREATORS always bro 😉

[@LatonyasCooking]

I probably need to watch ALL my content 1000 times 😂7 days a week 😂

[@capapofa]

See your channel after the afterlife

[@Contmotore]

Now try this with a different IP(aka VPN) everytime you watch the video, alongside opening your browser in incognito.

[@beyond_xen]

I do this mainly to watch it to make sure nothing went wrong with the video, and I'm also afraid to click away to tank my watch time if I'm just reviewing something. So I let all of it play usually.

[@rationalism_communism]

first of all you need to put the link on your browser everytime. also if you put your video in private mode then it works as well.

[@BrokenG-String]

I'm pretty sure the views are counted bcuz the views were increasing on my video even though it was set as private... Don't know why yt counts them. I was just trying to review my video and troubleshoot the stupid chapters feature which doesn't seem to work no matter what I do. Hope this doesn't affect the retention analytics because I would click off the video soon after checking what I needed to check.

[@GarroboGamerCR]

Such good content! As a small youtuber who is struggling to get monetized, your videos are highly valuable! Thank you for that, you deserve way more subs and keep up the good work! Subbed :D

[@VEEDCREATORS]

I appreciate that, thank you!

[@GarroboGamerCR]

@@VEEDCREATORS thank you for you hard work! I will stick around!

[@tipsfornoobs]

Keep at it, you'll get there soon

[@fox_hero090gaming]

Bro really amazing content! I try my best to create good videos and still struggle.

[@Restless_Vanguard]

You have to refresh the page not just hit replay.. It works to an extent (or atleast years ago it did) but after you rack up views it starts to take them away after a week or two (again this was some years ago so not sure if its the same). Edit: Yeah guess you figured it out in the end lmao.

[@iamkevib9718]

Can finally Reminisce About the Uploads without getting banned, Thanks.

[@sultragameplays]

I sepnd hours doing a video And not getting views😢

[@user-ln5jo5mc7l]

People don't want views, smart people want customers!

[@MisterGamerYouTube]

Amazing video bro!

[@chubbyninja3147]

From my experience, replaying videos is only seen as one view but it will push retention, coz youll have a 10000% retention rate from watching a video 100 times

[@louisborselio8608]

I read that someone has to watch 30 seconds of an ad to get your video counted as a view

[@raysoragames]

I don't think it's a good idea, yes you'll get more views, but that's kinda like having fake subscribers. I'd rather grow an audience that likes my content and genuine viewers that are interested

[@Mouse_Metal]

My own views of my videos get removed in 24 hours. What is really weird is the fact my views get removed on totally different, unrelated channels too.

[@lordlendyllchua4312]

Actually it worked. But it kinda boring.

[@MsTwiththeTea1980]

Great information as always 😊👍🏾

[@user-vx4yd9pn6z]

bro u should refresh the page while watching then you will get more views

[@Toast3337]

I'll try that 😁

[@Mecreator]

To explain why KZbin register only 1 view if you watch the video with the same account: I have done this with 10 or 15 tabs open And saw that the views where going up But a day later The views where gone. Because KZbin has its tricks that you can’t watch the same video over and over again. But what you can do is watching the video like every day And not nonstop Maybe that work 🤷‍♀️ I’m going alps dive deeper into this trick. Because sometimes i have only 4 views in a video ( and sometimes that’s even me watching. Because i get sometimes too bored of what the KZbin algorithm gives me) Maybe I’m going to make a video of it in the future

[@daydreamstudies]

it's all about IP ADDRESS, yt know the ip address of your channel(video owner) and the ip adress of the viewers. I've tried different Internet provider to watch my video and it works well!

[@certainlycornenel74]

As A yutuber on the views the next day well first the video had 9 views then the next day It gotten 61+ more views and 6 more subs!

[@itsakshatgaming7811]

Great bro liked your editing too👍👍

[@fun_and_profit]

When I die and they play the video of my life story, at the very end, the recommended videos will have that damned swimming guy tutorial on it. 02:16 I can not escape him. Good video, you're way less annoying than a lot of these 'get views' channels.

[@VEEDCREATORS]

Thanks!

[@QueenKillz90Gaming]

You also have to close the link each time you view or go to something else and go back to it because it’s not going to count

[@Nogardtist]

the reasons to watch your own content is a) quality control to check how bad its compressed and what audio glitches youtube compression causes b) respond to comments no other reasons

[@VioletEmerald]

Sometimes we enjoy watching our own video again periodically for lots of reasons depending on the type of video.

[@RhinoDudeWozz]

Omg amazing content bro

[@VEEDCREATORS]

Thank you!

[@broshjo439]

i think this is incorrect i dont think replaying the video would count as a view because you stayed on the same page and maybe if you reloaded the page and watched again if would of gotten more views but it probably wont stay

[@olegtarasovrodionov]

You forgot to refresh the page every time when you watch the video I tested self-watching as well. And it turns out that I had to reload the page and I still couldn't get faster than 1 view per 30 seconds

[@VEEDCREATORS]

There's an updated version of this experiment on my channel

[@Cresentmoontales]

Is there a penalty for watching your own videos

[@Aethra22]

I have done 150 watch hours in 7 days..by watching my own videos…my 1 hour video has 160+ views and all are mine😉I want to share the tricks but my pc is trash

[@galavizK]

thanks for recommending me VEED

[@VEEDCREATORS]

Any time!

[@nightcorexoxmusics6018]

thank you for this kind of experiment it helps me a lot cause I'm a small content creator

[@The-Chair516]

That’s sad to know. I thought people were actually watching my video, but it turned out it was just me. Anyone out there who sees this, spare a view for the view less (Me)

[@itz-un1]

Top notch video, keep up the good work!

[@mikkey246]

I hear theres a limit but i am at 8 views from watching my own video