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How VRank Weekly Momentum works.
Select up to three qualifying videos, measure seven complete days of public view-count growth, then rank the sum inside a public subscriber cohort.
The highest-viewed confirmed Gorilla Tag videos published in the prior 30 days.
Public end views minus public start views, never less than zero.
The summed gain is ordered only among eligible, claimed creators in that size band.
weekly_momentum = Σ max(0, end views − start views)Calculated by VRank from public YouTube view counts · momentum_v1Who is eligible
- An active adult creator or parent/legal guardian operates the claim.
- The public channel has at least three confirmed Gorilla Tag videos in 90 days.
- At least one confirmed qualifying video was published in the prior 30 days.
- Seven complete public observations are available with no unresolved anomaly.
Cohorts and publication
Under 1K, 1K–10K, and 10K+ use the public subscriber count returned by YouTube. A cohort publishes no ordering until at least eight creators are eligible. Equal totals share a rank; there is no hidden tiebreaker.
Policy gate
VRank will expose no calculated momentum or ordered leaderboard until the applicable YouTube derived-metrics review is accepted. Raw public profile facts can be previewed separately.
Corrections and limits
Stale or incomplete data produces a pending state, not a silent penalty. Public Shorts and long-form views follow YouTube’s current definitions and are not normalized by an invented private formula.