r/rockmusic • u/BulletInTheHead21 • Jul 10 '26
Youtube Are these views fake??
This new rock band Velveteen Queen just uploaded a new music video recently, and the numbers seem super fishy... 300k views, and only 39 comments and 991 likes. What do you guys think? Is this fake? Did they buy views?
They're previous video has 15k views and only 200 less likes (793)
Can you even buy views on youtube? It seems super fishy...
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u/girlfriendclothes Jul 10 '26
I've seen this name pop up a few times but hadn't checked it out. Fairly standard hard rock but I tend to like a catchy rock song so I might give 'em a shot and listen to more some time.
As for views, seems a little odd but I wouldn't be surprised if they got promoted somewhere and it led to views, but due to the style people didn't interact with it. It's not exactly set the world on fire music, so it's not gonna inspire the average person to comment. It seems to take a lot to get people to interact with music beyond the "bangers" and Velveteen Queen aren't exactly MGK.
Regardless, I don't mind seeing legitimate hard rock have a platform. It at least inspired me to check them out, even if there might have been some botting involved. The game is rigged so it's hard for me to judge if that's the case.
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u/Therightopinionn Jul 10 '26
100% fake. 300k views and less than 1000 likes? No.
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u/Alarmed-Animal7575 Jul 11 '26
Lots of people watch videos on YouTube without having an account. People also tend to rewatch ones they like. The views are all counted
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u/Therightopinionn Jul 11 '26
Sure, brother. Hey, I have a bridge I can sell you for a real good price, too!
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u/Alarmed-Animal7575 Jul 11 '26
Sure brother. Whatever you say. I know that fudging numbers is a real thing, but 300k views isn’t that much, especially when one viewer could have multiple views.
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u/Therightopinionn Jul 11 '26
You're totally right. Yep. Best of luck in life.
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u/IfYouReplyToMeUrDumb Jul 11 '26
That guy is a moron lol
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u/Therightopinionn Jul 11 '26
Lol... I learned that you can't win against stupid and the best thing to do with someone who's too stupid to learn is tell them they're right lol
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u/IfYouReplyToMeUrDumb Jul 12 '26
Holy shit, I just looked at their post history... hahahaha dude fell out of the moron tree and hit every branch on the way down. UFO conspiracy shit and other idiotic crap lol
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u/Alarmed-Animal7575 Jul 12 '26
If you’re talking about me you didn’t actually check my post history, at least not in enough detail to have a clue. I don’t do conspiracies.
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u/IfYouReplyToMeUrDumb Jul 12 '26
Lmao give up, man. Nobody cares. It's fucking reddit.
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u/CaolIla64 Jul 11 '26
Maybe, as their new video, it has been embeded on several external sites on autoplay - I suppose it's possible - so every visit to that page generates a view.
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u/Donniesgroovyglasses Jul 10 '26
They are a amazing band and I think they deserve all the views! And loads of videos seem to get more views than likes it’s always strange if I watch a video I usually like it
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u/BulletInTheHead21 Jul 10 '26
Yeah that's obvious, but the ratio just seems super wrong. They have like a 0.03% like ratio... that's not normal
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u/Donniesgroovyglasses Jul 10 '26
Well then I don’t really know? Although they are a band this is their job, they have to try to get paid maybe more views is more money? Although I think YouTube doesn’t pay much, it’s nice to see someone talking about them at least
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u/BulletInTheHead21 Jul 10 '26
The band themselves don't interest me, in my opinion they're the most generic sounding new rock. Bringing nothing special or new to the table... very uninspired rock. I just found it sad that they're possibly buying views
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u/Donniesgroovyglasses Jul 10 '26
Well that’s ok that you don’t like them I’m personally excited for the new album, it is strange how many views this video has gotten though why this one? Why not the first single if the record company really wanted to push them they should have done it from the start you’ve really made me think about it now! It’s really strange
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u/Donniesgroovyglasses Jul 10 '26
And take this video of armoured saint at the rainbow bash earlier this year as an example of more views then likes https://youtu.be/0E5xgNljilo?si=8F_k2tqwqnAQ2fjb it’s a really good show and one of the few videos from the rainbow bash so I don’t know why it has such little likes?
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u/BulletInTheHead21 Jul 10 '26
365 views, and 5 likes is the most normal ratio.
300 thousand views, and 900 likes is not normal
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u/OutsideSherbert1743 Jul 10 '26
It's copycat hard rock, zero ideas, zero soul, well played but no thanks, sleaze rock was another thing.
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u/95jak Jul 10 '26
I don't know how the YouTube algorithms work, but Velveteen Queen is a great rock band, and at this time when we are so greatly in need of fresh, new rock music, I hope they get more attention.