# Using link click counter to count YouTube Onebox play?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-link-click-counter-to-count-youtube-onebox-play/29944>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** click-counter\
**Created:** [June 12, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-link-click-counter-to-count-youtube-onebox-play/29944 "2015-06-12T20:02:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![WaitroseCarpark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/waitrosecarpark/32/198599_2.png) [@WaitroseCarpark](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WaitroseCarpark)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 12:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-link-click-counter-to-count-youtube-onebox-play/29944/6 "2019-09-24T12:05:02Z")

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Just replying to +1 on this feature.

When people have messed up their embed and leave a link for video sometimes the numbers vary wildly and it’s a really good indication to my users of popular/unpopular content which is lost if you can only see the preview.

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