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YouTube iframe embedded videos don't show up in YouTube watch history

When watching videos using the YouTube embedded player, videos don't appear in my YouTube watch history, even when I'm logged in.

Is this the intended behavior? Is there a way to change it?

<iframe id="ytplayer" type="text/html" width="640" height="360"
  src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/M7lc1UVf-VE?autoplay=1"
  frameborder="0">
</iframe>
Solution

  • Thanks to @C3roe I found the solution:

    A user has to manually start playing the video via the YouTube player, otherwise it doesn't count as a view and also doesn't show up in the user's watch history.

    The YouTube iframe API mentions the views, it seems to also apply to the watch history:

    Note: A playback only counts toward a video's official view count if it is initiated via a native play button in the player.