Following Taylor Swift's controversial music removal from Spotify, her YouTube views (including her Vevo channel) doubled within the first week. As reported by Mashable, from Nov. 3 to Nov. 9, Swift went from approximately 12.5 million daily views to just short of 24 million views. By Nov. 16, Swift had reached 35 million daily views, receiving an extra bump from the release of the song "Blank Spaces" on Nov.