YouTube Video Pace Calculator
See how fast a new video is getting views and how it compares with your earlier videos. No viral prediction.
I have an earlier reading of this video
Compare with my earlier videos at the same age
One per line. Use the same age you entered above for all of them.
Enter the views and the age of the video to see how fast it is getting views.
Good to know
- No calculator can tell you whether a video will go viral, so this one does not try. It shows how fast views are arriving and how that compares with your own earlier videos at the same age.
- View counts on a brand new video lag behind, and YouTube may not count every view straight away, so early numbers can jump when they are updated.
- Views per hour are an average since upload. Most videos get more views in the first hours than later, so the average falls with age even when nothing is wrong.
- To get your earlier videos’ views at the same age, check YouTube Studio: the video’s Analytics page can show views in the first 24 hours or 7 days. Use the same age for all of them.
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About the Video Pace Calculator
?What the video pace calculator does
It shows how fast a new video is getting views: views per hour since upload, the pace between two readings you took, and how the video compares with your earlier videos at the same age.
It does not predict that a video will go viral. Nothing can, and a score would be invented. It only reports the pace of the numbers you type. Everything runs in your browser.
→How to check a new video’s pace in 3 steps
Enter views and age
The views the video has now and how many hours (or days) ago it was published.
Add an earlier reading
Optional. If you noted the views at an earlier time, the tool shows the pace between the two.
Compare with earlier videos
Optional. List the views your earlier videos had at the same age to see the multiple.
✓What is in the tool
Views per hour
Average pace since upload.
Pace between readings
Whether views are arriving faster or slower than before.
Against your history
This video as a multiple of your earlier median at the same age.
Hours or days
Enter the age in whichever suits you.
No made-up score
The tool does not score or predict.
Private
Nothing you type leaves your browser.
★Examples
Average pace
4,200 views, 36 hours after upload.
Example:
4,200 ÷ 36 = about 117 views an hour on average.
Pace between readings
1,500 views at 12 hours and 4,200 at 36 hours.
Example:
It gained 2,700 views in 24 hours, or 112.5 an hour, against 125 an hour before.
Against earlier videos
Your earlier videos had 3,100, 5,000 and 2,400 views at 36 hours.
Example:
The median is 3,100, so 4,200 views is 1.35 times that.
♥Limits to know about
Not a prediction
Early pace does not tell you where a video will end up.
Averages fall with age
Most videos get their fastest pace early, so the average drops over time.
Counts can lag
View counts on a new video update with a delay.