Three numbers YouTube keeps apart
YouTube records these figures in different places, and each Folgup service changes exactly one of them:
- Views versus watch time. Views count how often a video or Short was played. Watch time is the total time viewers spent watching, in hours. A views package buys plays, not hours, and a watch time package buys hours, not plays.
- Subscribers versus views. Subscribers belong to the channel and sit under its name; views belong to one video.
- Public figure versus Studio figure. Views and subscribers are public, although other viewers see a shortened subscriber count. The exact subscriber number and every watch time figure are in YouTube Studio.
Picking the service by its unit
If the number under a particular video should change, the service is YouTube views. If it is the count under the channel name, it is YouTube subscribers. If you track hours in YouTube Studio, it is YouTube watch time, ordered for a regular video and never for a Short.
Example: a cooking channel uploads a Thanksgiving turkey tutorial. A higher play count under that tutorial is a views order. More hours in the channel's analytics is a watch time order for the same video. Both use the video link; only the unit differs, and each package name states its unit.
Links YouTube and Folgup accept
A video link looks like youtube.com/watch?v= followed by an ID, or the short form youtu.be/. A Short has /shorts/ in its path. A channel is entered with its handle link, youtube.com/@name. In the app, Share and then Copy link gives you either one.
Views and watch time need a video set to Public; a Private video plays for nobody but you. An Unlisted video can be reached only through its link, so ask support before ordering for one. For subscribers, keep the channel's handle unchanged until the order is complete.
Card payment and the dollar amount
Checkout charges your card in US dollars through Stripe, and the amount on the package is the full amount. Folgup shows no prices in other currencies, because only your bank knows the rate it will apply on the day of the charge. Every package for every platform is listed side by side on the prices page.
Refill when YouTube corrects a count
YouTube checks views and can lower a displayed count after the fact. If the purchased number falls during the refill period, Folgup tops it up free of charge, up to the delivered amount, unless an exclusion applies: a private or deleted video, a changed handle, or a link that was wrong from the start. The period starts once delivery is complete.
What Folgup does not say about YouTube
- Nothing about recommendations, search results or the home page. YouTube decides how videos are surfaced.
- Nothing about the YouTube Partner Program or channel income.
- No delivery deadline. Duration varies with the package chosen and with how much you order.
- No affiliation with YouTube or Google.