>>15358251>>15358302>>15358900On desktop, you need:
1. to be using a browser without adblocker extensions installed
2. the stream cannot be muted
3. the stream tab must be the active tab in your browser window
4. the browser window must be the active window in your OS
5. you are signed into a youtube account (or you have a uid token that has accrued sufficient activity for the algorithm to be able to sort you)
6. that youtube account (or uid token) consumes more than just one niche area of content like hololive, ie it behaves like a "regular youtube account", ie it surfs mindlessly and clicks on algorithmically recommended videos
... to be counted as a viewer.
Unironically, that massive dip when SC reads start? That is 90% people putting the tab into the background to listen as a podcast, and only 10% people leaving.
