Is “Media Play” triggered for videos when a contact views the video or watches a percentage of the video? Ideally, I want to be able to see that a contact has watched the video, not just clicked on the URL to view it. Is that possible?
And if I’m using the link for the file (rather than embedding the video somewhere), will the “Media Play” value still be triggered?
Hi @NGrow for video analytics, Video views is the number of times your video loaded on your page in the visitor’s browser, but Video retention shows a measure of what parts of the video content were played.
If you’re not embedding the video and you’re using the link to the HubSpot video file, I’m not sure if it will trigger the same way without testing it out - I haven’t run into this use case before.
The best way to confirm would be to run a dedicated test to see if the results are visible in analytics.
@NGrow as I understand the video analytics in HubSpot, a video view happens when your video is loaded on your page in a visitor’s browser. Video retention measures of which parts of your video content were played. This seems to be how the custom report builder media plays are also measured.
I don’t see the ability in HubSpot right now to see how long a specific viewer watched a specific video. I think a tool like Wistia can, but I don’t believe as of October 2023 that exists in HubSpot. The nice thing with video analytics is that video plays will be included in revenue attribution reports, so that’s good overall. It’s not the granularity you’re asking for.
Thanks to both of you! I think those points answer my questions for now, and I’ll just need to do some testing to confirm.
Happy to help. @Jnix284 & I are often on the same page, although we don’t share a brain. She’s definitely smarter. 
@danmoyle we must’ve been typing at the same time, we might not share a brain, but I think there’s some sort of ESP thing happening 