Get Users API endpoint – “view_count” deprecation

I understand that the metric is misleading and the reasons why you are getting rid of it. We use it in our app as a general indication how the streamer’s channel is growing regarding his viewership. Imagine it as something like his overall views on his YouTube channel (sum for all of his videos).

Is there something we could substitute it with right now? For example it would be great to have at least total view count for all of streamer’s VODs (but now we would have to go through the pagination to sum it).
Although not everyone is using those. Some general indication of the impressions of the channel would be awesome.