Yes — YouTube promotion views do count. When you promote a video through Google Ads, every legitimate view generated by those ads is tracked in YouTube Analytics just like an organic view. These are not inflated or artificial metrics. They’re real views from real people, and they count toward your video’s total view count and watch-time performance.
The difference lies in how you use those ad views. Simply buying views without a strategy may boost numbers temporarily but won’t deliver meaningful growth. At Dynamoi, we’ve built a backend integrated with the Google Ads API that optimizes campaigns not just for impressions, but for organic follow-on views that help channels grow long term.
One powerful tactic is using playlists. If you promote one music video, we recommend embedding it in a playlist of 10–20 related videos. When a user clicks the promoted video, they’re naturally guided into more of your content. In practice, this means one ad view can turn into four, six, or even ten organic views as the playlist progresses.
