WTF is shortening?
Published August 26, 2019
At a glance
Views
1,719,284
Likes
49,171
Comments
3,149
Performance vs. channel
All-time outlier score
Engagement rate
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About
Everything you've ever wanted to know about vegetable shortening; its birth from a cotton byproduct, why people use it, why it's called "shortening," and whether or not it's going to kill you. SOURCES IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE Record of Wallace McCaw's 1905 trademarks for shortening and soap: https://library.si.edu/digi…
- Published
- August 26, 2019
- Made for kids
- No
More features coming
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How WTF is shortening? is doing
It has 1.71M views in total. It ranks #3,506,422 among tracked YouTube videos by views.
Key facts about WTF is shortening?
- Total views
- 1.71M
- Total likes
- 49.1K
- Total comments
- 3.14K
- Published
- August 26, 2019
- Global rank by views
- #3,506,422
Frequently asked questions
How many views does WTF is shortening? have?
WTF is shortening? has 1,719,284 views, 49,171 likes and 3,149 comments, ranking #3,506,422 among tracked YouTube videos by views.
How accurate are these YouTube video analytics?
View, like, and comment counts come from YouTube's public API and refresh regularly. Growth and revenue figures are estimates built from tracked historical data, so they can differ slightly from what the creator sees privately in YouTube Studio.
What is the outlier score?
How this video's views compare to the channel's usual Shorts or long-form video. A 2x score means double the usual views for that channel, 0.5x means half.
What is engagement rate and how is it calculated?
Likes and comments per view, compared to this channel's typical engagement rate — shown as above or below what's usual for the channel.
How is the revenue estimate calculated?
It's a rough public estimate based on a $0.7–$2.0 CPM (revenue per 1,000 views) applied to view count — not actual creator earnings, which depend on ad rates, audience geography, and monetization settings YouTube doesn't expose publicly.
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