A play is counted when the viewer sees the first frame of video.
This metric counts the number of plays that started in the current interval, and does not include unsuccessful play attempts. Unsuccessful play attempts count as Video Start Failures (VSF) or Exits Before Video Start (EBVS).
This metric shows the number of plays that started in the intervals of the selected time period.
As a percentage, this metric shows the percentage of Attempts that resulted in plays in the selected interval.
Plays is a 'Started' type metric and is counted in the interval in which the play started. For more information, see the Metric Dictionary.
Plays is available in the following formats:
- Plays — the total number of plays that started during the selected time period.
- Plays content summary — the total number of plays that started during the selected time period for the top content assets.
- Plays time series — a time series for the selected time period, where each point is the number of plays during that specific interval.
The number of plays is also shown as a percent of attempts in the current interval, in the Plays (% of Attempts) metric.
Related Detail
| Metric Detail | Description |
|---|---|
| Dashboards and Metric Presentation | Trends, Overview, Real-Time, MetricLens, Top Rising Content |
| 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 changes in Plays to a known provider and player type. |
| Diagnostics | No. |
| Manual Alert Support | No. |
| AI Alert Support | No. |
| Metric Adjustments | Playing states with less than 200 ms of continuous playing time are considered false playing states and not counted as plays. This adjustment also improves the accuracy of other metrics, such as VST, VSF, and VPT. |
For more metric definitions, see the Metric Dictionary.