So you can know how many times your videos are viewed on Instagram
It is already official After the rumors that arrived a few days ago, the photography social network Instagram jumps in and adds a view count to videos posted by users. An element quantifier that will not only serve to know if a video is being really viewed by followers and other users , but you can make a difference when it comes to valuing themA point that the best-known commercial brands and instagramers (Instagram users) will take advantage of to monetize your content
Although it has been being tested for days on some Instagram user accounts, it was not until a few hours ago when the application has confirmed the implementation of the video counter with its own publication. This now habitual way of presenting news has given the starting signal to a more feature for videos, which will continue to improve in 2016, as they say. A content that continues to add users, both creators and viewers This is stated by Instagram, where blame their own applications Boomerang (for creating loops) and Hyperlapse (for creation of time-lapse or accelerated videos) of the increase in the success of this type of content, since more and more users are creating stories or sharing moments on video.
With all this, from this moment on, and retroactively, a is applied reproduction counter to videos shared on Instagram Just go to one of them to see, just below the content, and where the Likes appeared before , a play triangle, and a number As we learned through rumors, a new play is added to the counter when a userstay at least three seconds in the video, whether or not you are paying attention to the content in question. If you just hover over the video, playback will not be counted.
But what about the Likes? Instagram Keep collecting feedback from users with Hearts or LikesThe only difference is that now you have to click on the counter of reproductions to be able to access the counter of LikesIn this new screen, the counter appears in a large size at the top, while at the bottom, the users who have given Likes, whether they are followers or not, are listed.
This new feature may seem useful to regular Instagram users, who will now have a data However, this function makes more commercial sense, where the value of reproductions can be transformed into money to reward an advertising action, or into cache to users with accounts full of followers that ensure many reproductions of their content.And it is that Instagram continues to search for a formula for economic profitability beyond the recent announcements , which already have a duration of 60 seconds, instead of the 15 that allows any user.
The new feature is now available on Instagram for both Androidas for iOS. You don't need to download any updates to see the new counters.
