{"id":31224,"date":"2024-02-05T07:28:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T14:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viralyft.com\/blog\/?p=31224"},"modified":"2024-04-27T00:55:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T06:55:25","slug":"youtube-views-vs-subscribers-vs-likes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viralyft.com\/blog\/youtube-views-vs-subscribers-vs-likes","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Views Vs Subscribers Vs Likes: What Matters More?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subscribers, views and likes \u2013 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">metrics<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> every YouTuber follows. <\/span><b>Your YouTube channel needs a healthy mix of all three of these elements to grow.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But what\u2019s the difference between the three?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re not sure which metrics you need to be focusing on or what they mean to the algorithm, we\u2019re going to clear up any confusion that you may have by the end of this article.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are <span style=\"color: #5339d3;\">YouTube Views?<\/span>\ud83d\udc41\ufe0f\u200d\ud83d\udde8\ufe0f<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A YouTube view is what it sounds like: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">someone viewed your video. <\/span><\/i><b>But what if a person only watches your video for 2 seconds?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Is that a view? <a href=\"https:\/\/viralyft.com\/blog\/how-does-youtube-count-views\">YouTube defines a view<\/a> as:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\">\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-chevron-right\" style=\"color:#5339D3\"><\/i> 30 seconds watching a video<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-chevron-right\" style=\"color:#5339D3\"><\/i> 4 \u2013 5 repeat views are possible per viewer, per day for a video<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If someone watches your video for just 25 seconds, it doesn\u2019t count as a view. But the time spent doesn\u2019t need to be 30 seconds straight. A viewer can pause the video or skip to another part in it and watch it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A total of 30 seconds of view time on a video is a view.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YouTube pays per 1000 views<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, so you definitely want to do everything you can to <a href=\"https:\/\/viralyft.com\/blog\/increase-youtube-views\">get more views to your videos<\/a>. High-quality views can turn into subscribers and also help you start earning money.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are <span style=\"color: #5339d3;\">YouTube Subscribers?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><b>Subscribers are your \u201cgroupies.\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People spend an average of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">36 minutes<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the site every time they visit it. And the site or app gets a combined 94.54 billion visits every month. Billions of users are on YouTube, but all you need is a very small number of them to see your content to make money and build a brand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And if your content is especially good, people will subscribe to your channel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why is this important?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Your subscribers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\">\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-chevron-right\" style=\"color:#5339D3\"><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can see your new, recommended content<\/span><\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-chevron-right\" style=\"color:#5339D3\"><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Will continue watching your content<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You&#8217;ll gain and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/viralyft.com\/blog\/why-am-i-losing-youtube-subscribers\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lose subscribers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> over time, but you should always want more subs since your content will be shown to them when they open the app or go to the website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But subscribers are different than views because there\u2019s no guarantee that a subscriber will watch your next video.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are <span style=\"color: #5339d3;\">YouTube Likes?<\/span>\ud83d\udc4d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><b>\u201c<\/b><b>Subscribe and like this video,\u201d is a phrase that you\u2019ll hear one creator after another repeat. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Likes are a \u201cvote\u201d for your video. Someone liked the video, alerting YouTube to let others see the video, too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And a like is a form of engagement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YouTube\u2019s algorithm will use likes as a way to boost your content, but since they\u2019re not the only engagement metric, you\u2019ll also need to tick off a bunch of the algorithm\u2019s other items, such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\">\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-chevron-right\" style=\"color:#5339D3\"><\/i> Comments<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-chevron-right\" style=\"color:#5339D3\"><\/i> Views<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-chevron-right\" style=\"color:#5339D3\"><\/i> Watch time<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-chevron-right\" style=\"color:#5339D3\"><\/i> Shares<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-chevron-right\" style=\"color:#5339D3\"><\/i> Etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/viralyft.com\/blog\/best-time-to-post-on-youtube\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">post at the right time<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you might even get more <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">likes<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> because people are on the platform. Likes are a form of social proof that someone cares enough to watch your video and give it a \u201cvote.\u201d You should always ask your viewers to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">like<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> your content and subscribe <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">because<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it\u2019s a call-to-action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simply telling your viewers to like your video will skyrocket the number of views you receive.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>YouTube Subscribers Vs YouTube Views Vs YouTube Likes: <span style=\"color: #5339d3;\">Which One Matters Most?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>So, you know the difference between a subscriber, view and a like<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. But which is most important? Unfortunately, this is a difficult question to answer because every little thing can help you succeed on YouTube.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#8217;s break down each of the three in terms of importance:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #5339d3;\">Why\ud83e\udd14Views are More Important<\/span> Than Subscribers?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Views from a purely monetary aspect are more important than subscribers because you earn money for views<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. And if you\u2019re after money, you certainly want to have more views because they\u2019re more important.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And some will even tell you that views are more important than subscribers, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">but<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this is only true with some audiences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Imagine this:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\">\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-chevron-right\" style=\"color:#5339D3\"><\/i> One video gets 1 million views because it goes viral<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-chevron-right\" style=\"color:#5339D3\"><\/i> 10 videos get 50,000 views each<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have the same RPM, you\u2019ll earn double for the single viral video. But if you have 500,000 subscribers and you have a 20% watch rate, each video will receive 100,000 views. Over the long-term, you want to gain more subscribers and have a consistently high number of views.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YouTube earnings are sporadic, and if you have a consistent number of subscribers watching your content, you can have greater earning consistency.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Why <span style=\"color: #5339d3;\">Likes Also Matter?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><b>\u201cLikes\u201d also matter because <\/b>they\u2019ll help you get more video views and are also important for your channel\u2019s ability to have YouTube recommend it more.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You won\u2019t find a video that\u2019s viral without likes because:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\">\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-chevron-right\" style=\"color:#5339D3\"><\/i> It\u2019s a small part of the recommendation engine<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-chevron-right\" style=\"color:#5339D3\"><\/i> Likes help the video go viral<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hundreds of <a href=\"https:\/\/viralyft.com\/blog\/youtube-algorithm\">factors influence YouTube\u2019s algorithm<\/a>, and many of these factors remain unknown to us. Likes are one of the important factors of YouTube that we know for sure will influence the algorithm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that you know the difference between subscribers, views and likes, you\u2019ll want to <a href=\"https:\/\/viralyft.com\/blog\/youtube-analytics\">go into your YouTube Analytics<\/a> and start dissecting your videos. Which videos receive the most:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-list\" style=\"margin-left:0px\">\n<ul>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-chevron-right\" style=\"color:#5339D3\"><\/i> Subscribers?<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-chevron-right\" style=\"color:#5339D3\"><\/i> Likes?<\/li>\n<li><i class=\"sui sui-chevron-right\" style=\"color:#5339D3\"><\/i> Views?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you begin focusing on these crucial metrics, you\u2019ll start to see what type of content your audience likes and how to adapt your next video to improve each of these three elements. Review your Analytics data often to keep a pulse on your channel.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s a view? What\u2019s a like? Are they more important than subscribers? 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