YouTube Removes Stats for Number of Videos a User Has Viewed

YouTube has permanently removed the stats display for the number of videos a user has watched from user profile pages. Anyone who spends much time on YouTube quickly so the number of videos they viewed reach into the thousands or tens of thousands.

When I first noticed the display was gone, I assumed it was because people were complaining to YouTube that they did not want the world to know they had watched 300,000 videos. By chance I was browsing a YouTube developer/bug report forum on their site and came across the following post from a legitimate YouTube staff member:

“We’ve seen some of you asking what occurred to the number of video views displayed on your channel. Unfortunately, due to technical constraints, we had to permanently disable this feature. This is not a bug, it is no longer an available feature on the site.”

Looks like you can kiss that stat goodbye.

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One Response to “YouTube Removes Stats for Number of Videos a User Has Viewed”

1. Chad says:

   January 10, 2010 at 9:44 pm

   Damn. I noticed it was missing a while back, but I figured it was likely still visible in a different menu somewhere.

   I was personally amazed at how many videos I had viewed (and minutes spent on those videos) while I was logged into YouTube. It’s strange knowing that info won’t ever be available again.