Playing Time (Interval)

Playing Time (Interval) is the combined viewing time across all devices for the sessions that played in the time range. For each session, this metric sums the playing time in the selected time range.

Updated 2026-08-08 playing-time-interval

Playing Time (Interval) is the combined viewing time across all devices for the sessions that played in the time range. For each session, this metric sums the playing time in the selected time range.

For these sessions, playingTime includes only the time that the player reports that video is playing during the selected time range. For instance, it does not include time during pause, ads using Client-Side Ad Insertion (CSAI), rebuffering, or playing time outside of the specified period (in this diagram, playTime1).

For aggregation, this metric is the sum of the Playing Time (Interval) that played in the selected time range across all sessions in the time range. Playing Time (Interval) is an 'interval' type metric.

Playing Time (Interval) is available in the Trends dashboard in Time Series format.

Differences may appear between Playing Time (Ended) and Playing Time (Interval) because *Playing Time (Ended)* duration is an ended-type metric that displays the duration of only the plays that ended in the current interval, while *Playing Time (Interval)* is an interval metric that displays the duration of only the minutes played in the current interval.
Metric Details Description
Dashboards Trends, MetricLens
Dimensions Use MetricLens dimensions to filter this metric by metadata segments for enhanced root cause analysis. For example, limiting data to specific ISP and player dimensions can narrow the root cause of lower Playing Time (Interval) to a known provider and player type.
Diagnostics No
Manual Alert Support No
AI Alert Support No
Metric Adjustment None

For more metric definitions, see the Metric Dictionary.