Views count starts. Watch time counts staying. A video can have fewer views and still be the one that built your channel.
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A million views at two seconds is a thumbnail accident. Ten thousand views with people finishing is a format. YouTube cares about both, in different shelves. Short-form apps often care more about completion than about the raw view the counter shows you.
When you choose what to make next, sort by watch time or completion in your niche, not by the single highest view count.
They ask for views because it is easy. Bring average viewers or retention too, or you will price yourself like a billboard that nobody reads.
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