YouTube Watch Time History: How to See Every Video You've Watched (and How Long)
YouTube's history page shows what you watched. It doesn't show how long you spent, how many times you replayed it, or whether you meant to watch it.
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Insights on YouTube habits, attention management, and building a healthier relationship with video content.
YouTube Screen Time on Android: How to Check, Limit, and Actually Fix It
Android has three ways to check YouTube screen time, but none of them tell you whether the time was intentional or drifted -- the distinction that actually changes behavior.
How to stop YouTube autoplay (and why turning it off is harder than it should be)
YouTube autoplay is designed to remove the moment of choice that would let you leave. Here are three methods to disable it permanently on desktop and mobile.
What Your Clarity Score Reveals About How You Choose Videos
The Clarity score measures how often you actually chose the next video versus following where the algorithm led. Here is what the number means and what moves it.
How to check and limit your YouTube screen time (and why the built-in timer misses the point)
YouTube tells you how many hours you watched. It does not tell you how many of those hours you meant to watch. Here is what a real YouTube screen time tracker looks like.
I Put a Meter on My YouTube the Way I Meter My Electricity
I track my home's electricity to bring the consumption down. I had never done the same for YouTube, the thing that quietly eats the most of my time, across every device I own. So I built one meter that finally sees them all, and the number started to fall.