re: 1/4 billion people have watched President Donald J Trump and Tucker.

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No. You have to actively click on the video for it to count a view. Simply scrolling past it does not count as a view.

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I don't care what the number is for the interview, but am interested because this debate has come up before. How does your suggestion square with the following from Twitter as a requirement to count as a view -

Twitter video view metric is triggered when a user watches a video for at least 2 seconds and sees at least 50% of the video player in-view.

I'm not much of a Twitter user. Is it possible to actively click on a video and have less than a full view of the video player?

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No. You have to actively click on the video for it to count a view. Simply scrolling past it does not count as a view.

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The twitter FAQ on view count says you are an idiot. LINK

Who counts as a viewer?

Anyone who is logged into Twitter who views a Tweet counts as a view, regardless of where they see the Tweet (e.g. Home, Search, Profiles, etc.) or whether or not they follow the author. If you’re the author, looking at your own Tweet also counts as a view.

Note: Embedded Tweets will not add to view counts.

How are views calculated?

Multiple views may be counted if you view a Tweet more than once, but not all views are unique. For example, you could look at a Tweet on web and then on your phone, and that would count as two views.