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Would this deserve a new list? It seems YT counts video views in the playing songs. Skemous (talk) 17:27, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 24 January 2025

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Replace the line

The video later had its view count adjusted to the low millions.^{[citation needed]}

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The video later had its view count adjusted to the low millions.^[1]

193.210.193.105 (talk) 15:55, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: There ought to be a better source that can be verifiable by more people... ⸺(Random)staplers 00:48, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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^ Ranta, Petri (April 4, 2024). "Discordiin tulee mainoksia – striimaajille luvassa palkintoja" [Discord will have ads – Streamers to receive gifts]. Mikrobitti (in Finnish). Retrieved January 24, 2025. Videon suuri katsojamäärä kuitenkin saavutettiin kyseenalaisin menetelmin, sillä se pyöri Discord-käyttäjillä ruudun kulmassa automaattisesti. Youtube onkin myöhemmin pudottanut sen katsomiskertojen määrän 2,8 miljoonaan, mikä on vain 0,2 prosenttia aiemmasta. [The high view count of the video was achieved through questionable means, as it ran in corner of Discord users' screens automatically. YouTube has since lowered its view count to 2.8 million, which is only 0.2 per cent of the previous figure.]

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change baby shark views 15.52 to 15.57 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqZsoesa55w) 168.102.1.72 (talk) 12:37, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done Have updated 15.52 billion to 15.57 billion, but that 50 million increase was only 0.3%? Martinevans123 (talk) 13:09, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Change the days of baby shark as the most viewed video from 1605 to 1608 AnantChat123 (talk) 18:27, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Add Never Gonna GiveYou Up by Rick Astley as it has 2 billion views on YouTube 47.185.171.206 (talk) 23:50, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Ranta, Petri (April 4, 2024). "Discordiin tulee mainoksia – striimaajille luvassa palkintoja" [Discord will have ads – Streamers to receive gifts]. Mikrobitti (in Finnish). Retrieved January 24, 2025. Videon suuri katsojamäärä kuitenkin saavutettiin kyseenalaisin menetelmin, sillä se pyöri Discord-käyttäjillä ruudun kulmassa automaattisesti. Youtube onkin myöhemmin pudottanut sen katsomiskertojen määrän 2,8 miljoonaan, mikä on vain 0,2 prosenttia aiemmasta. [The high view count of the video was achieved through questionable means, as it ran in corner of Discord users' screens automatically. YouTube has since lowered its view count to 2.8 million, which is only 0.2 per cent of the previous figure.]

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