View_count in videos-endpoint bug

[BarryCarlyon]

@tvtop

From yesterday, I’m noticing similar troubles with endpoint https://api.twitch.tv/helix/users (view_count). It is not updating views of the user’s channel. I get this data at the beginning of streams and at the end and value is the same after several hours .

view_count in users is deprecated

Get Users API endpoint – “view_count” deprecation

As of today, messaging has been added to the Twitch Stream Manager indicating that the “views” count along the top of the page will be removed on April 14, 2022. For further information regarding how this change affects broadcasters, please see the Stream Stats section of the Stream Manager Twitch Help Article. Why is this change taking place? “views” counts the number of times a channel page is loaded on a desktop browser and is not inclusive of the mobile experience or related to watching vi…

view_count is users is not related to view count on videos