# Play Counts & Skips

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/play-counts-skips/727331
**Category:** Plex Labs
**Created:** [July 7, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/play-counts-skips/727331 "2021-07-07T18:11:29Z")
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### Author: ![arejay73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@arejay73](https://forums.plex.tv/u/arejay73)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/play-counts-skips/727331/1 "2021-07-07T18:11:29Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [Plexamp: Play Counts & Skips (How does it count?)](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-play-counts-skips-how-does-it-count/463186):

Can someone explain how the Play Counts and Skips are calculated? The post referred seems to have conflicting information. I would like to use this meta-data to create some smart playlists.

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### Author: ![anon18523487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@anon18523487](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon18523487)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/play-counts-skips/727331/2 "2021-07-07T18:48:08Z")

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If the music library is set to track progress, “Played” is calculated at 90% (maybe 80%), I have to double check. If the library does not track progress, it will be at 50%.

“Skip” is if you start playback but stop before it hits the numbers above.

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### Author: ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/play-counts-skips/727331/3 "2021-07-07T20:48:31Z")

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Skip is counted if the track changed between two and twenty seconds in, and the track duration was over 40 seconds.

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### Author: ![anon18523487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@anon18523487](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon18523487)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/play-counts-skips/727331/4 "2021-07-07T20:50:39Z")

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Thanks for jumping in. I thought it was just

not finished played = skipped

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### Author: ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/play-counts-skips/727331/5 "2021-10-05T20:51:17Z")

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