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Watch time - YouTube Tutorial

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Watch time

- [Instructor] All right, it's time for watch time and no, I'm not talking about an Apple product. Watch time is an important analytic YouTube uses to gauge if viewers like your channel. So, understanding the analytics behind it can be extremely insightful. You can get there from your overview dashboard by clicking on Watch Time and then selecting the See More button at the bottom of the chart. Here, once again, you see the See More window, which offers more details. Your top five performing videos' watch time is displayed in the line chart by hours and below, you can see their totals for the specific date range selected as well as what percentage they make up for your total amount. This can help you identify which video is bringing in the most watch time. Now, in 2018, YouTube made a big change that makes monitoring your watch time even more important. In order to monetize your videos, your channel now needs to…

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