How Twitch clip views work
Every Twitch clip has a public view count: the number under the clip on twitch.tv. This page reads that number from Twitch itself, from the same data the Twitch website uses, and checks it again every 5 seconds while the page is open. Paste any clip link and you get the exact count.
When a clip gets a view
Twitch counts a view when someone plays the clip: on twitch.tv, in the Twitch app, or in a player embedded on another site. Twitch does not publish exactly which plays count, so think of the number as Twitch's own count of plays, not of people.
Why the number stands still and then jumps
Twitch adds new views to a clip in batches. On a busy clip you can see the same number for a few minutes, then a jump of hundreds at once. That is Twitch catching up, not this page missing views: the chart under the counter marks every jump as it lands.
Views per hour and the stream it comes from
Views per hour is the clip's views divided by the time since it was made, so a clip that went viral this morning shows thousands and a clip from 2021 shows a handful. Under the counter you also see who clipped it, the game, and the second of the stream the clip starts at, with a link that opens the stream (VOD) right there while Twitch still keeps it.
The channel's top clips
The list under the counter has the channel's most viewed clips of the last 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days or of all time, the same choices as the Clips tab on the channel, sorted by views. Open any of them here to follow its count.
Put the view count on stream
Open a clip and use Put the view count on your stream for an OBS browser source or an embed code, without ads. Next to the Twitch sub counter on screen, it shows chat how the latest clip is doing without anyone leaving the stream.