YouTube's latest view count tweak called 'serious grade inflation'
Kantrowitz · x · 2026-09-03
Tom Kantrowitz commented that YouTube's latest view counting tweak constitutes 'serious grade inflation'—meaning the new methodology systematically inflates the view numbers shown on videos. The post is brief and lacks algorithmic details, but touches on platform metrics transparency, a topic creators care deeply about; others including Lenny Rachitsky followed up on how it warps creators' sense of normal.
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