Why do YouTube views freeze at 301?

This glitch was finally "fixed" in August 2015, but may it live on in our hearts. This video's viewcount in August 2016 - 4.1 million SUPPORT US ON PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/numberphile Numberphile pays a visit to YouTube and learns the secret behind one of the website's famous idiosyncrasies - why view counts on new videos often freeze at 301. Subscribe to numberphile for new videos about numbers every week. Website: http://www.numberphile.com/ Numberphile on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/numberphile Numberphile tweets: https://twitter.com/numberphile Videos by Brady Haran Brady's other channels include: http://www.youtube.com/periodicvideos (Chemistry stuff) http://www.youtube.com/sixtysymbols (Physics and astronomy) http://www.youtube.com/DeepSkyVideos (Space stuff) http://www.youtube.com/nottinghamscience (Science and behind the scenes) http://www.youtube.com/foodskey (Food science) http://www.youtube.com/BackstageScience (Big science facilities) http://www.youtube.com/favscientist (Favourite scientists) http://www.youtube.com/bibledex (Academic look at the Bible) http://www.youtube.com/wordsoftheworld (Modern language and culture) http://