This week I'm breaking down a policy change YouTube announced a few weeks ago that's about to reshape how every creator reads their own analytics. It's a quick, practical episode for anyone who publishes on YouTube - or watches their view count as a signal of how they're doing.
In This Episode, I Cover:
- Why YouTube changed how Shorts views were counted a year before this update
- What actually counts as a "view" starting August 24, 2026
- Where your old, more honest view count is still hiding in your analytics
- Whether this change touches your monetization or Partner Program status
- Why I still don't care about a view under three seconds long
- Which channels are about to see the biggest (and smallest) jumps
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Work Less, Earn More is the podcast that explores how to get the most out of every hour you work. Gillian Perkins brings more than a decade of experience as an entrepreneur and educator to help you design a business that's not only flexible and fulfilling, but highly profitable. She shares strategies that are working in her own business to save time and maximize profits. She also features interviews with successful business owners on how they’re achieving big things in their businesses with crazy-little time investment. Share Work Less, Earn More with an overworked entrepreneur you know who could use a change of pace!