Why did my Vimeo views drop?
The Vimeo help pages give 4 common reasons. The first to rule out: An embed set to Do Not Track can keep the player from collecting full analytics, so views on that page can look low.
Is it broken, or just quiet?
A number can fall because fewer people came, or because something stopped counting them. Below are the causes the Vimeo help pages give, and how to check each one yourself.
What causes it?
An embed set to Do Not Track can keep the player from collecting full analytics, so views on that page can look low.
In the Vimeo help:
If you've added a DNT (Do Not Track) parameter in your video embed code, it may be blocking the player from collecting accurate analytics.
FAQ: Analytics, read 2026-11-12.Plays inside a slide deck are not tracked, so a video shown mostly in presentations can show few views.
In the Vimeo help:
We can't track analytics for videos embedded within Google Slides and/or PowerPoint.
FAQ: Analytics, read 2026-11-12.Your own plays while signed in to your account are left out, so checking a video yourself does not add views.
In the Vimeo help:
When you're logged in to your account, your impressions, views, and downloads do not count toward your video analytics
FAQ: Analytics, read 2026-11-12.When a video plays in another player, repeat plays by one viewer in a session are not counted, so views can look lower than plays.
In the Vimeo help:
Multiple impressions/views by the same viewer in the same browser session will not be counted
FAQ: Analytics, read 2026-11-12.
How do I check it myself?
Look at which sites your video is embedded on to see whether a site that used to bring views has stopped.
In the Vimeo help:
All Vimeo members can see which domains their videos are embedded on (e.g., facebook.com, myradsite.biz).
FAQ: Analytics, read 2026-11-12.Compare views with unique viewers; if views fell while unique viewers held steady, fewer people are replaying the video.
In the Vimeo help:
Each viewer is counted once, even if they have played the video multiple times
Analytics Glossary, read 2026-11-12.
How does Vimeo work with Feder?
- Connect Vimeo to Feder and it joins your Reach apps.
- When you connect Vimeo, Feder checks the connection straight away and shows Connected only when that check passes. If a reading cannot be taken later, Feder shows it as not read, never as zero.
Some numbers are too quiet to judge daily, such as a form filled in a few times a week. Until there is enough of your own history to judge a change, Feder says it is still learning and scores nothing, rather than guessing.
See whether you can trust the numbers in Vimeo, one of your Reach apps. Feder only reads. It never changes anything in Vimeo.
What else goes wrong with these numbers?
- Why are my Vimeo impressions so much higher than my views?Vimeo
- Why don't my Vimeo views by website add up to my total?Vimeo
- Why did Google Analytics stop collecting data?Google Analytics
- Why aren't my key events showing in Google Analytics?Google Analytics
- Why does Google Analytics show (not set)?Google Analytics
See every question.
Where do these answers come from?
Every cause and check on this page comes from the Vimeo help pages, quoted above with the date we read them. Last reviewed 2026-11-12. We read them again by 2027-11-12. If one changes, this page changes or comes down.