YouTube Just Made It Easier for People to See Just How Long They’re Watching Videos

Facebook and Instagram released similar tools earlier this month

YouTube announced Monday that it consolidated all of its tools that enable people to control and monitor their usage of the video site in a single location.

The video site’s parent company initially introduced the tools at its Google I/O annual developers conference in May.

Director of product management Brian Marquardt said in a blog post that people will be able to access a new profile in their account menu, which began rolling out Monday, enabling them to:

  • See how long they have watched videos on YouTube that day, the day before and over the past seven days.
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