YouTube and Nielsen Update NFL Game Numbers to 19.7 Million Global Viewers

Turns out more people watched the Los Angeles Chargers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs than we previously thought. In a blog post published on Friday, YouTube reported that the actual average minute audience was 19.7 million viewers globally rather than the previously reported 17.3 million. The discrepancy was due to an internal technical issue which led to a subset of legitimate views on YouTube's end not being categorized as actual views. "We've revalidated the numbers with Nielsen, after providing them with the updated first party data. This is an unfortunate situation and we'll do . . .