In July, we explained to you the anomaly of why YouTube videos initially max-out at 301 views. Now, the company have revealed that video’s view counters will be updated in a more real-time fashion, with the exception of bot-based hits, which will still have to go through a verification process. Essentially, this means that view moderators are confident they will be able to distinguish the difference between intended human viewings, and those made otherwise, in a more timely manner. Therefore, the need for a view-count placeholder will be extinguished.
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The YouTube creator team tweeted out a graphic that further explains the crossover, which you can see below.
We're saying goodbye to 301+ and hello to more up-to-date video views. pic.twitter.com/33OQuOvxcs
— YouTube Creators (@YTCreators) August 5, 2015