Ever wonder how exactly Google/YouTube counts a “view” in YouTube? Is it each time a video page in YouTube is opened? Is it each time a video is played? Does “Autoplaybacks” count?
YouTube Anna, an official YouTube representative has confirmed that “autoplaybacks” do not count towards the view count of a video. She said,
It appears that a view is counted only when a user initiates the play feature on the video. That can be at YouTube.com, at a third-party site with the embedded version of the video or in a search result.
Forum discussion at Google Groups.
