“Viewers from external sites have the highest engagement rates.” — what the data says

What the check does

AVD, retention, sub conversion of External vs all other sources. Agrees if External AVD ≥ p75 of cross-source AVD distribution. Sample-size flag triggers when External views < 100 channel-wide.

The reading

6.00

Checked on 6 videos ·

How the verdict has moved

First checked Aug 22, 2026; the verdict has not moved since.

Where the belief comes from

Common assertion.

Checked against

Every figure on this page is checked against @iamartharrison’s tracked data, through Sep 14, 2026. The tally above reads 4 pooled public channels’ files.

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The rest of the record

This belief sits in a ledger of fifty, each one re-checked every day. These surfaces carry the rest of it.

Back to the belief ledger

Every belief on record, what changed in the last 90 days, and the verdict words explained.

How the record is made

The path a number takes from YouTube to this page, every condition attached to it, and what the projections have been worth.

Benchmarks

What channels in the shared pool actually run at, and how a video's views build day by day.