Wait Time Before Exit

This metric measures the amount of time that viewers wait before exiting a session during EBVS, before the video starts playing. It is displayed as a distribution across a series of 4 predefined duration buckets. For example, you see the number of sessions where the viewer waits between 0-20 seconds before exiting, between 20-40 seconds, and so forth.

Updated 2026-07-27 wait-time-before-exit
Widget Name Dashboards Real-Time Historical Description
Wait Time Before Exit

Overview

  Yes  Yes This metric measures the amount of time that viewers wait before exiting a session during EBVS, before the video starts playing. It is displayed as a distribution across a series of 4 predefined duration buckets. For example, you see the number of sessions where the viewer waits between 0-20 seconds before exiting, between 20-40 seconds, and so forth.

With Client-Side Ad Insertion (CSAI), pre-roll ads are included in the video startup and contribute to the wait time if the viewer exits during the pre-roll ad before the video starts.

With Server-Side Ad Insertion (SSAI), pre-roll ads are not included in the video startup and do not contribute to the wait time metric.

For more details about CSAI and SSAI sessions, see Metric Events.

For more metric definitions, see the Metric Dictionary.