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It's short, I promise! Videos I mentioned explaining the situation: - @JoshStrifeHayes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX1eEe8erkQ - @penguinz0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FUJwXeuCGc And see my blog post with some more updates: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/digging-deeper-youtubes-view-count-discrepancy I'll share more data on X/Bluesky/Mastodon/etc. as I can compile it! Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy Merch: https://www.redshirtjeff.com Main Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JeffGeerling 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GeerlingEngineering