Youtube embedded video views do not count

Question

Many resources claim that views of embedded youtube video DO count, if it there is no autoplay. But it doesn't count actually, and there is no autoplay! The code is:

<iframe width="420" height="315" 
        src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bPnFnHSSO3E?rel=0" 
        frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>
</iframe>

The views of the video using this code DO NOT COUNT even if I play the whole embedded video till the end! The views are incremented if watched directly on youtube, so it is not the "300 views problem".

I have tried to add the enablejsapi option, but it doesn't work as well.

<iframe width="420" height="315" 
        src="//www.youtube.com/embed/bPnFnHSSO3E?rel=0&enablejsapi=1" 
        frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>
</iframe>

The rel=0 option is not affecting that either.

I have found several resources mentioning the issue but without clear solution:

• http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/my-embedded-videos-dont-count-as-views-on-youtube
• https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/youtube/MYnJlwIPEts
• https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130215234209AAE0jH7

I was testing this in Chrome 34.0.1847.131 m (current version) in such a way that I had the video open on youtube, reloaded it, and the view count was one higher. Then I loaded the embedded videos in another tab, ran them till the end several times (sometimes I even tried to use private window and different IPs using two different proxies), and I reloaded the window on youtube - the view count was still only +1 higher, not +3 or +4 higher as it should be.

Answer 1

Your video have 301 views, its a security system for the views, look:

When a video reach 301 views, the counter stop (is still counting on background) but youtube checks for the authenticity of the views, this takes a couple of days, remember, youtube works on a lot of servers at the same time, so they need to gather all the views metadata and aprove it (because a lot of people use robots to get a lot of views).

After aproval the view count goes back to normal.

Hope it helps

PD: sorry for the bad english.