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Why Do YouTube Views Freeze At 301?

Numberphile pays a visit to YouTube and learns the secret behind one of the website’s famous idiosyncrasies — why view counts on new videos often freeze at 301. posted on June 23, 2012 at 1:29am EDT

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Should have turned it over to CGP Grey, he would have done it in 90 seconds. http://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey?feature=g-u-u
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I hit 300 a couple of days ago, it happens to me infrequently, but it is always exciting for a smaller youtuber like myself.
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