I’m currently at work and have to use Youtube to listen to music (other sites are blocked) and just let music play. The new Drake and Future joint came on, but in the form of an Ad. The same thing happened when that Taylor swift song came out some months ago. IIRC YouTube streams count toward sales.

Now had I not skipped the Future/Drake joint I wonder if it would’ve counted as a stream or if it automatically did once it came on. Now I’m sure the song would’ve done numbers anyway based off the strength, but how much of these streams are just smoke and mirrors?

Unless you let it play for at least 30 or 60 seconds (dont remember exactly which one of the 2), it doesnt count so no those ads do not count

Also I think there's a stipulation that a consumer has to click play to a playlist or a song for it to be counted so random ads like this shouldnt work (not sure about this rule tho)

If you let a Youtube ad run for 30 seconds plus, Drake and Future deserve the stream

Lmao drake song always pops up.. no matter if i play some frank occean nike without aututone or some trav leak they ruined the algorithm

if it’s streamed from something like pandora or the radio function on apple/spotify it’s counted for less than a regular stream

with the work I do, I’m not able to get to the computer immediately to skip an ad lol

I don’t stream so steaming is meaningless to me

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