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Tracking and clip status

How CLIPPING tracks views on your clips, what Tracking, Not tracking, Tracking stopped and Banned mean, and how to use the Clips page.

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Once a clip is accepted, CLIPPING reads its views from the platform automatically. You don't need to report anything.

How views are counted

  • Views are tracked from the moment you submit and update through the day until the cycle closes.
  • A clip needs more than 1,000 views before its views count. Until then, a tracking clip shows an Under 1K chip.
  • On YouTube, engaged views are counted, the watch time that matters, rather than impressions.
  • When a new cycle starts, tracking for that round starts fresh.

Clip statuses

From left: Tracking, Not tracking, Banned (hover for the reason) and a paid clip.
StatusWhat it means
TrackingViews are being collected and count toward this cycle
Not trackingThe clip isn't part of the current cycle, for example because the cycle it belonged to has closed. This isn't a penalty
Tracking stoppedThe campaign is paused, or the clip's bounty is paused or has ended. You'll see this in Your clips on the campaign page
BannedThe clip was removed and won't be paid. The reason shows on the clip when there is one

A clip can also carry a Paid chip once its payout has been sent.

Use the Clips page

Clips lists every clip you've submitted and how it's doing.

clipping.net/dashboard/clips
  • At the top: Clips, Tracking now, Views, and Likes and comments.
  • Filter by status (All, Tracking, Not tracking, Banned, Paid), platform and campaign.
  • Sort by Newest, Oldest or Most views.

Open any clip for its detail sheet. Overview shows views, likes, comments and engagement (likes and comments per view), plus its status, any reason it was removed, when you submitted it, its campaign and bounty, and any note you added. Analytics charts how its views grew. An unpaid clip can be deleted with Delete clip; deleting stops its tracking and can't be undone.

Keep your clips up

Keep every post public and unedited until you've been paid. A post that's deleted, made private or broken can't be checked and is removed in review. Hiding likes or view counts breaks the rules too.