Simultaneous MLT YouTube Views

[Jung Roe]

Thanks David for pulling the stats. I’m really glad to see I Bought Myself A Politician doing well and surging. Mr Postman is amazing.

[David Herrick]

I managed to catch I’m Looking Through You within an hour after it was posted on YouTube, but I’ll probably still mostly be doing just end-of-the-day updates on the numbers. (I don’t think there’s much new to discover in the hour-by-hour stats after the first day.)

One hour after release, C = 87.5 and V = 43224. After two hours, C = 50.1 and V = 24720. After three hours, C = 62.1 and V = 30672. After four hours, C = 47.8 and V = 23592. For the rest of Nov. 7th (in my time zone), C = 65.2 and V = 32170.

For Nov. 8th, C = 55.7 and V = 27481. For Nov. 9th, C = 40.8 and V = 20141. For Nov. 10th, C = 34.2 and V = 16872.

[David Herrick]

Continuing with I’m Looking Through You, for Nov. 11th, C = 37.6 and V = 18570. For Nov. 12th, C = 40.0 and V = 19772. For Nov. 13th, C = 30.0 and V = 14834. And for Nov. 14th, C = 25.3 and V = 12492.

That’ll do it for the daily updates. I’ll give weekly updates on this video through the next top 20 report at the beginning of December.

[Jung Roe]

It looks like I’m Looking Through You is holding strong at 18,570 views a day, about to hit 100K views in just 4 days! Glad to see I Bought Myself a Politician is still pulling strong at #3.

[David Herrick]

Over the past week, I’m Looking Through You has averaged C = 19.2 and V = 9467. Still doing very well!

[Jung Roe]

I’m Looking Through You is nearly at a 1/4 million views in just two weeks. Very nice.

[David Herrick]

For the past week, I’m Looking Through You has C = 12.2 and V = 6009. It looks like it’s going to be very highly ranked in the new top 20 lists coming up next weekend.

[David Herrick]

Here are the numbers for November. The data are taken over the period from November 6th through December 3rd, except for I’m Looking Through You, which is averaged over just the last five days of that interval.

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simultaneous views:

1) Please Mr. Postman / Wipeout: C = 9.40 (+0.98)

2) Drive My Car (2012): C = 8.03 (+3.81)

3) While My Guitar Gently Weeps: C = 7.00 (+2.20)

4) I’m Looking Through You: C = 6.32 (new)

5) Wish You Were Here: C = 4.50 (+0.24)

6) MonaLisa Twins Interview 2016: C = 3.93 (+2.32)

7) Sound of Silence: C = 3.62 (+0.50)

8) Stuck in the Middle With You: C = 3.53 (-0.28)

9) Nowhere Man: C = 3.42 (+1.53)

10) I Saw Her Standing There: C = 2.98 (+0.94)

11) If I Fell: C = 2.70 (+1.09)

12) Lola: C = 2.59 (+0.82)

13) You Can’t Do That: C = 2.51 (+0.50)

14) Africa: C = 2.47 (+0.64)

15) When I’m Sixty-Four: C = 2.34 (+0.65)

16) I Bought Myself a Politician: C = 2.31 (-2.44)

17) I’m a Believer: C = 1.81 (+0.39)

18) I’ll Follow the Sun: C = 1.72 (+0.48)

19) Till There Was You: C = 1.70 (+0.49)

20) This Boy: C = 1.69 (+0.53)

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views per day:

1) Drive My Car (2012): V = 4154 (+1969)

2) Please Mr. Postman / Wipeout: V = 3316 (+348)

3) I’m Looking Through You: V = 3121 (new)

4) While My Guitar Gently Weeps: V = 2206 (+692)

5) Sound of Silence: V = 1526 (+211)

6) Nowhere Man: V = 1523 (+681)

7) Stuck in the Middle With You: V = 1401 (-109)

8) Wish You Were Here: V = 1332 (+71)

9) I Saw Her Standing There: V = 1267 (+398)

10) If I Fell: V = 1219 (+489)

11) You Can’t Do That: V = 1155 (+230)

12) When I’m Sixty-Four: V = 1155 (+322)

13) Till There Was You: V = 895 (+260)

14) I Bought Myself a Politician: V = 891 (-939)

15) Lola: V = 810 (+255)

16) Lazy Sunday Afternoon: V = 753 (-258)

17) You’re Going to Lose That Girl: V = 744 (+177)

18) Africa: V = 732 (+189)

19) I’m a Believer: V = 725 (+157)

20) This Boy: V = 719 (+226)

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So it looks like the numbers have largely recovered from their October slump! Only three of the top 20 videos have dropped in viewership, and they’re all among the most recent, so that’s to be expected.

It will be interesting to see if any of the Christmas-themed videos experience a surge this month. I’ll compare the December data to November next month and report on any upticks.

[Jeffery Ohlwine]

Many thanks, David! Very encouraging numbers! I expect an uptick in Christmas vid views, too.

[David Herrick]

I got kind of a late start on this one, but for the final hour (New York time) of Dec. 21st, the number of views per day for Songbird is clocking in at V = 15360, and the number of simultaneous views stands at C = 42.3. I plan to do daily updates for the next week.

For Dec. 22nd, V = 14351 and C = 39.5. For Dec. 23rd, V = 6049 and C = 16.7. For Dec. 24th, V = 3551 and C = 9.8. For Dec. 25th, V = 2431 and C = 6.7.

[David Herrick]

Continuing with Songbird, for Dec. 26th, V = 1867 and C = 5.1. For Dec. 27th, V = 1670 and C = 4.6. For Dec. 28th, V = 1379 and C = 3.8. For Dec. 29th, V = 935 and C = 2.6.

So compared to MLT’s last original release on YouTube (I Bought Myself a Politician), Songbird’s viewership has fallen off considerably faster. I kind of expected that, given the latter’s more introspective nature. It’s still a great song, of course, and it passes through my head several times a day. Too bad YouTube can’t count mental views.

I’ll be out of town and off the grid for the next few days, but when I get back I’ll compile the stats for December.

[David Herrick]

Here are the top 20 lists for the dates from December 4th through January 3rd. (Songbird, the newest video, is tabulated only from December 30th through January 3rd due to its rapid change.)

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simultaneous views:

1) Please Mr. Postman / Wipeout: C = 8.61 (-0.79)

2) Songbird: C = 4.35 (new)

3) While My Guitar Gently Weeps: C = 4.22 (-2.78)

4) I’m Looking Through You: C = 3.31 (-3.01)

5) Drive My Car (2012): C = 3.09 (-4.94)

6) Wish You Were Here: C = 2.68 (-1.82)

7) Nowhere Man: C = 2.46 (-0.96)

8) I Saw Her Standing There: C = 2.12 (-0.86)

9) Sound of Silence: C = 2.06 (-1.56)

10) You Can’t Do That: C = 1.99 (-0.52)

11) If I Fell: C = 1.97 (-0.73)

12) When I’m Sixty-Four: C = 1.72 (-0.62)

13) Lola: C = 1.66 (0.93)

14) Stuck in the Middle With You: C = 1.64 (-1.89)

15) Africa: C = 1.61 (-0.86)

16) MonaLisa Twins Interview 2016: C = 1.56 (-2.37)

17) This Boy: C = 1.41 (-0.28)

18) Till There Was You: C = 1.38 (-0.32)

19) I’m a Believer: C = 1.29 (-0.52)

20) Day Tripper: C = 1.27 (-0.33)

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views per day:

1) Please Mr. Postman / Wipeout: V = 3035 (-281)

2) I’m Looking Through You: V = 1634 (-1487)

3) Drive My Car (2012): V = 1601 (-2553)

4) Songbird: V = 1579 (new)

5) While My Guitar Gently Weeps: V = 1332 (-974)

6) Nowhere Man: V = 1094 (-429)

7) You Can’t Do That: V = 914 (-241)

8) I Saw Her Standing There: V = 900 (-367)

9) If I Fell: V = 893 (-326)

10) Sound of Silence: V = 866 (-660)

11) When I’m Sixty-Four: V = 847 (-308)

12) Wish You Were Here: V = 793 (-539)

13) Till There Was You: V = 726 (-169)

14) Stuck in the Middle With You: V = 648 (-753)

15) This Boy: V = 602 (-117)

16) In My Life: V = 592 (+33)

17) You’re Going to Lose That Girl: V = 568 (-176)

18) Day Tripper: V = 552 (-144)

19) Lola: V = 520 (-290)

20) I’m a Believer: V = 516 (-209)

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So like October, December seems to have been another “down” month across the board with respect to viewership. Perhaps everyone was too busy baking/eating Christmas cookies. I’m guessing the numbers will rebound in January, though!

[David Herrick]

Here are the December stats for the Christmas-related videos: the number of views per day, followed by the percentage change relative to November:

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Merry Christmas from the MonaLisa Twins (2009): V = 21 (+104%)

WWT / Santa Twins are Coming to Town (2014): V = 1.7 (-30%)

WWT / Santa Twins Behind the Scenes (2014): V = 3.1 (-36%)

Winter Wonderland (2014): V = 28 (+75%)

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2015): V = 75 (+61%)

Wonderful Christmastime (2016): V = 120 (+65%)

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (2017): V = 147 (+108%)

Little Drummer Boy (2018): V = 105 (+72%)

Christmas Album Trailer (2019): V = 17 (+21%)

Snow Falls Softly at Night (2019): V = 71 (+109%)

All I Want Christmas to Be (2019): V = 146 (+97%)

Walking in the Air (2020): V = 152 (+23%)

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So except for the two DVD ads, we are indeed seeing the expected Christmastime bump in views.

[Jung Roe]

That’s awesome David, thanks. Mr Postman is amazing always on top. Great to see Songbird near the top at 1579 views a day and 4.35 simultaneous views at any one time.

[Johnnypee Parker]

Thanks for these stats, David. To think that when I watch Wish You Were Here there are two and half other people watching it at the same time. I wish that half person could become whole again. ????☕️☕️

Thanks again, these numbers are very interesting. I think you are correct regarding less viewership in December due the holiday festivities.

JP

[David Herrick]

JP, you just reminded me of a passage from my favorite children’s novel, The Phantom Tollbooth. I’ll pare it down a bit here:

Milo: “Pardon me for staring, but I’ve never seen half a child before.”

Boy: “It’s 0.58 to be precise. We’re just the average family… mother, father, and 2.58 children. And as I explained, I’m the 0.58.”

Milo: “It must be rather odd being only part of a person.”

Boy: “Not at all. Each family also has an average of 1.3 automobiles, and since I’m the only one that can drive three-tenths of a car, I get to use it all the time.”

[Johnnypee Parker]

Nice!