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Published on Jun 22, 2012

Numberphile pays a visit to YouTube and learns the secret behind one of the website's famous idiosyncrasies - why view counts on new videos often freeze at 301. Subscribe to numberphile for new videos about numbers every week.

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  • KlokEdits

    Am i the only one wich video is already stuck for weeks?

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  • TheSexybreast2

    You say that it just frozen for 1 day but my other account had a video that freeze for about two weeks now! plz help me!!!

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  • somtob9

    Kggshsa

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  • HkeiGamer

    yes i am

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    in reply to tecumseh93 (Show the comment)
  • Abdulrahman Janahi

    I was watching my own videos till it reached 301 -_-

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  • Loma Ducaci

    Hmm, this is an alright method to work from home but its not as awesome as Wealthy Life Demo (google it). I have gone through this before and it did not work too well, Wealthy Life Demo is making my brother over $5,000 every 20 days. So search Google for the phrase Wealthy Life Demo to discover how you and your family can as well.

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  • KlokEdits

    I know :), but i didnt uses any of those tricks, it turns out alot of my classmates have been watching my edits alot haha

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    in reply to GotterVibez (Show the comment)
  • GotterVibez

    this happens as long as you use all sort of tricks (bots / autorefresh plugins) to grow your views amount yourself. The views are still counted on their servers , but the counter seen here on the video will pass 301 views only when the real views will reach 301...

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  • ASyraF SYahiRiN

    Watch my channel please -minecraftianboi1

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