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Videos ending in each second around the two lines

From 2.6 times as many YouTube videos end just after 8 minutes as just before · Data as of 5 Nov 2026

Videos ending in each second around the two lines

Length relative to the lineAround 8 minutesAround 10 minutes
3 s before3,6776,155
2 s before3,6266,170
1 s before3,9426,513
On the line10,26211,436
1 s after16,9319,338
2 s after16,7878,197
3 s after14,7097,992
4 s after13,6277,457
The same October 2026 videos counted one second at a time, around eight minutes (480 seconds) and around ten minutes (600 seconds). At eight minutes the count jumps as the line is crossed and stays high. At ten minutes it spikes on the round second and then falls back.

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2.6 times as many YouTube videos end just after 8 minutes as just before
YouTube allows ads in the middle of a video only if it runs longer than eight minutes. In 9.5 million uploads, lengths pile up just past that line.

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