Thanks for reaching out. Yes, the watch time hours of a video are also deducted if the video is deleted/takendown. Hope this clarifies.
@TeamYouTube if I delete my video then my watch time decreases or not
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Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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