YouTube has begun experimenting with live viewer counts, so you know how many people are watching videos at the same time as them.

As spotted by Android Police, the server-side test is being run within the Android version of the YouTube app, and sees text positioned below the title and above the like, dislike, share and Add to buttons – but isn’t very noticeable at all. This text, as you can imagine, simply displays the number of people watching while at the same time as the user in real-time, taking the place of the overall standard view count.

The in-app test hasn’t previously appeared on any other YouTube platform – though it looks very similar to the view count that the Google-owned video sharing site implements on its live videos.

YouTube recently introduced a new sharing feature to its mobile app. The feature enables users to share video with friends and family directly on YouTube, and engage in conversation about the shared video – essentially turning the platform into a mobile messaging service.