Simultaneous MLT YouTube Views

[Tomás F. Calvo]

David, thank you for keeping up with this, I’ve kept an eye on it, and it seems that the overall numbers are going up? Also, does it seem that She Loves You is regaining some of the momentum it lost when the account was hacked?

I’m not doing charts, so it’s just my impression, so I could ne wrong.

Thanks!

[David Herrick]

Hey, Tomás.

The total number of views per day for September was 33953, for October was 33561, and for November was 37654. For She Loves You in particular, the numbers were 1804, 1834, and 1558. So there’s not really a strong trend lately in either case, but maybe something will develop.

[David Herrick]

Recent data for Everybody’s Talkin’:

For December 2nd, V = 3865 and C = 9.48. For December 3rd, V = 2673 and C = 6.56. For December 4th, V = 1882 and C = 4.62. For December 5th, V = 2075 and C = 5.09. And for December 6th, V = 1858 and C = 4.56.

Meanwhile, averaged over the past week, Now and Then is at V = 1066 and C = 2.59, and In It for Love is at V = 265 and C = 0.51.

[David Herrick]

Averaged over the past week, Everybody’s Talkin’ is at V = 1415 and C = 3.47, and Now and Then is at V = 1029 and C = 2.50.

[David Herrick]

Averaged over the past week, Everybody’s Talkin’ is at V = 1163 and C = 2.85.

[David Herrick]

Averaged over the past week, Everybody’s Talkin’ is at V = 1170 and C = 2.87.

[David Herrick]

Happy New Year, everyone! Here are the viewing stats for December. All data cover the period from December 1st through 31st, except for Everybody’s Talkin’, which is just for the last four days. And of course, Kansas City is fresh out of the oven and too hot to handle just yet.

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simultaneous views:

1) Please Mr. Postman / Wipe Out: C = 9.42 (+4.19)

2) Here Comes the Sun: C = 4.24 (+1.46)

3) Vincent: C = 3.86 (+2.70)

4) While My Guitar Gently Weeps: C = 3.73 (+0.42)

5) Drive My Car (2012): C = 3.64 (+0.29)

6) She Loves You: C = 3.05 (-0.14)

7) Everybody’s Talkin’: C = 2.39 (new)

8) You Can’t Do That: C = 2.20 (-0.09)

9) I Saw Her Standing There: C = 2.18 (+0.26)

10) Now and Then: C = 2.12 (-2.41)

11) When I’m Sixty-Four: C = 1.81 (+0.22)

12) Nowhere Man: C = 1.74 (+0.15)

13) If I Fell: C = 1.68 (+0.15)

14) Hey Bulldog: C = 1.56 (+0.50)

15) Look What They’ve Done to My Song, Ma: C = 1.39 (-0.14)

16) Wish You Were Here: C = 1.38 (+0.12)

17) This Boy: C = 1.33 (+0.19)

18) Till There Was You: C = 1.33 (+0.06)

19) I’m a Believer: C = 1.26 (+0.20)

20) She’s a Woman: C = 1.23 (-0.18)

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views per day:

1) Please Mr. Postman / Wipe Out: V = 3322 (+1477)

2) Drive My Car (2012): V = 1881 (+149)

3) Here Comes the Sun: V = 1744 (+599)

4) She Loves You: V = 1488 (-70)

5) Vincent: V = 1302 (+912)

6) While My Guitar Gently Weeps: V = 1176 (+131)

7) You Can’t Do That: V = 1009 (+40)

8) Everybody’s Talkin’: V = 972 (new)

9) I Saw Her Standing There: V = 929 (+113)

10) When I’m Sixty-Four: V = 895 (+111)

11) Now and Then: V = 872 (-991)

12) Nowhere Man: V = 775 (+68)

13) If I Fell: V = 760 (+69)

14) Till There Was You: V = 700 (+31)

15) Hey Bulldog: V = 675 (+218)

16) In My Life: V = 649 (+85)

17) This Boy: V = 566 (+81)

18) Day Tripper: V = 531 (+42)

19) You’re Going to Lose That Girl: V = 531 (+42)

20) Sound of Silence: V = 513 (+116)

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Viewership is up almost across the board. (It’s a Christmas miracle!) Mr. Postman has reasserted his dominance, and Vincent has unexpectedly surged into the top five.

[David Herrick]

Averaged over the last hour of 2023, Kansas City is at V = 16032 and C = 39.9. More daily data in a few days.

[Jung Roe]

David

Mr Postman is still chugging along on top month after month. At 4.2M views it is the 3rd most watched video, and probably the most viewed in the shortest span of time. The pull of this cover is so strong, vocals are so wonderful and irresistible.

[Tomás F. Calvo]

I see “Drive My Car” broke the 7 million mark!

🎉

[David Herrick]

Wow, that was fast! As of December 31st it was on pace to break 7M on January 10th. That’s nearly 7000 views per day since New Year’s Eve!

[David Herrick]

Recent data for Kansas City:

For January 1st, V = 11128 and C = 27.7. For January 2nd, V = 5935 and C = 12.8. For January 3rd, V = 3264 and C = 8.12. For January 4th, V = 2602 and C = 6.48. And for January 5th, V = 3238 and C = 8.06.

[David Herrick]

Here are a couple of graphs that illustrate the month-by-month viewing trends for MLT videos on YouTube in 2023.

First is the average number of views per day for all videos combined. The peak in July coincides with the release of all the Cavern Club videos, and the drop in August is probably at least partially due to the “big hack”.

[Tom Fones]

David,

what do you mean by the big hack?

[David Herrick]

I mean when someone hacked into the MLT YouTube account in August, and the videos weren’t available for a number of days.

[David Herrick]

Next is the daily viewing rates for each of the “top ten” videos of the year, not including videos released during 2023. You can see the summertime battle for supremacy between Please Mr. Postman and Drive My Car. The variations bear little resemblance to a similar graph I posted for 2022, so it’s probably safe to say that the time of year isn’t the main reason for the changes.

[David Herrick]

Finally, here’s the top ten videos expressed as percentages of the total number of views for each month. (For example, Please Mr. Postman accounted for about 14% of all views in January, but dropped to less than 5% in July.) The idea here is to divide out variations in the absolute numbers and look at the performance of each video relative to the others.

[David Herrick]

Recent data for Kansas City:

For January 7th, V = 2750 and C = 6.84. For January 8th, V = 1406 and C = 3.50. For January 9th, V = 997 and C = 2.48. For January 10th, V = 817 and C = 2.03. And for January 11th, V = 864 and C = 2.15.