When a video goes viral on YouTube, it’s often talked about by millions. For example, a GT video has 7 million views or 1 million likes. Most of us are used to the familiar ‘million’ concept for YouTube. Imagine if it changed randomly and noticed that YouTube is counted in a different numerical system like lakhs and crores? The same thing happened with many YouTubers. YouTube gets hundreds of thousands of views for them. We’ll tell you how to change YouTube views in YouTube apps (Android, iOS, and iPad) and on the web.
There is also another side to the story. What if a user is not familiar with millions? They prefer to see their regional numeric system for YouTube views. This post will also tell you how to change YouTube views from millions to one in your area.
Let’s start with how to change the number of views on YouTube.
Fly: For those unaware, 1 Lakh = 100k, 10 Lakh = 1 million and 1 Crore = 10 million.
How to Change YouTube Views on Android
On Android phones and tablets (Samsung, OnePlus, Mi, Asus, Huawei, etc.), you will need to change your phone’s language to get back millions. Let’s understand with an example. Recently YouTube introduced support for regional numeric system (lakhs and crores) in India. That’s why YouTube users in India who keep their system language as English (India) woke up to hundreds of thousands of views.
They will need to change their system language to English (UK) or English (US) to move to millions.
Here are the steps:
Stage 1: Open Settings on your phone and go to System or General Management or Additional Settings depending on the option available on your phone.
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Step 2: Tap Language & Input, then tap Languages.
Stage 3: Here you will see the languages enabled for your device. The first one will be taken by default and used for all applications. If an app does not support the first language, the second language is used and so on.
Now, if you want to change the views to millions, you need to make English (UK) or English (US) as your default language (it should be at the top of the list). Similarly, if you want skins on a regional system, change the default language to the supported language. Read what happened by changing the device language at the end of the post.
Note: YouTube does not support all types of numeric systems.
Now, if you don’t see English (UK) or English (US), click Add language. Tap the language to add it to the list. Once added (or if it already exists), drag the English (UK) or English (US) item to the top with the help of the two horizontal line icons next to the language. If you don’t see the three-bar icon, tap Edit. Then change its location. Return or press the Apply/Done button to save the changes.
Step 4: Restart your phone. Open YouTube. The new view count system will be displayed.
How to Change YouTube Views on iOS and iPadOS
Like Android, you need to change device language on iPhone and iPad to change for YouTube. Choose English (UK) or English (US) if you want millions of YouTube views, and choose a different default language if you want it on a different system.
Here are the steps to change system language for iPhone and iPad.
Stage 1: Open Settings and go to General.
Step 2: Tap Language & Region, then tap iPhone or iPad Language.
Stage 3: Select English (UK) or English (US). Press Done to save the changes.
Step 4: Restart the phone. The new counting system will be reflected when you open the YouTube app.
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How to Change YouTube Views on the Web
Interestingly, on YouTube’s desktop site you get a native option to change the language without affecting the system language.
Open youtube.com in a browser and click on your profile picture icon at the top. Select Language from the menu.
Note: If you are not signed in to YouTube, click the three-dot icon at the top.
Choose English (US) or English (UK) for millions.
What Happens By Changing Phone Language?
Changing your phone language or the language of YouTube (on the web) will not affect your YouTube trends list or recommendations. These are affected if you change your country in YouTube settings.
If you’re switching between various variations of the English language, you won’t notice any drastic changes other than the spellings. For example, you will see ‘center’ in American English and ‘centre’ in British English.
However, if you switch to a completely different language, your system language will be affected. So you can get menus, app name, settings etc. You will see it in a completely different language. The language used by third-party apps depends on the app itself. For example, changing the system language will affect the WhatsApp menu and setting language.
However, the system language is independent of your keyboard language. Therefore, changing the system language will not affect the language you type on your phone’s keyboard. This can be changed in the keyboard settings.
Opinions Matter
While YouTube views will be the same across all numerical systems, their format is crucial, especially if you’re used to a certain type of counting system like millions. Android phones, iPad, iPhone, Windows computer, Mac etc. We hope the above methods will help you restore your preferred metric system.
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