Algorithm, Search & Distribution
Playback location
Also called: where views played
Found in Advanced mode under where viewers are watching. The report splits views by the surface the player sat on, and not by how the viewer found the video, so a watch page view could have come from search, from browse, or from a link somebody sent. The embedded category is the useful one for most people, because it tells you how much of your audience is watching on somebody else's website or app instead of on YouTube. Traffic sources answers a different question, and the two reports rarely line up neatly against each other.