diff --git a/benchmarks/render_loop_overhead_bench.js b/benchmarks/render_loop_overhead_bench.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4c3e559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/render_loop_overhead_bench.js
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// benchmarks/render_loop_overhead_bench.js
+
+class WatchHistoryTelemetry {
+  persistMetadataForVideo(video, pointerInfo) {
+    // Deprecated - effectively a no-op in real code
+  }
+}
+
+class ModalCoordinator {
+  constructor() {
+    this.watchHistoryTelemetry = new WatchHistoryTelemetry();
+  }
+  persistWatchHistoryMetadataForVideo(video, pointerInfo) {
+    if (this.watchHistoryTelemetry) {
+      this.watchHistoryTelemetry.persistMetadataForVideo(video, pointerInfo);
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+class App {
+  constructor() {
+    this._modal = new ModalCoordinator();
+    this._coordinatorsReady = true; // Simulating initialized state
+  }
+
+  _initCoordinators() {
+    if (this._coordinatorsReady) return;
+    this._coordinatorsReady = true;
+  }
+
+  persistWatchHistoryMetadataForVideo(...args) {
+    this._initCoordinators();
+    return this._modal.persistWatchHistoryMetadataForVideo(...args);
+  }
+}
+
+const app = new App();
+const video = { id: "test", title: "test" };
+const pointerInfo = { key: "test" };
+
+const ITERATIONS = 100_000_000;
+
+console.log(`Benchmarking overhead for ${ITERATIONS.toLocaleString()} iterations...`);
+
+const startWithCall = performance.now();
+for (let i = 0; i < ITERATIONS; i++) {
+  if (
+    pointerInfo &&
+    typeof app?.persistWatchHistoryMetadataForVideo === "function"
+  ) {
+    app.persistWatchHistoryMetadataForVideo(video, pointerInfo);
+  }
+}
+const endWithCall = performance.now();
+const durationWithCall = endWithCall - startWithCall;
+
+const startWithoutCall = performance.now();
+for (let i = 0; i < ITERATIONS; i++) {
+  // Simulating the removal of the call
+  if (false) { // Condition becomes false or code is removed
+     // Removed
+  }
+}
+const endWithoutCall = performance.now();
+const durationWithoutCall = endWithoutCall - startWithoutCall;
+
+console.log(`With call: ${durationWithCall.toFixed(2)}ms`);
+console.log(`Without call: ${durationWithoutCall.toFixed(2)}ms`);
+console.log(`Improvement: ${(durationWithCall - durationWithoutCall).toFixed(2)}ms`);
+console.log(`Relative improvement: ${(durationWithCall / durationWithoutCall).toFixed(2)}x`);
diff --git a/js/channelProfile.js b/js/channelProfile.js
index 83cf0913..e590072a 100644
--- a/js/channelProfile.js
+++ b/js/channelProfile.js
@@ -4690,12 +4690,6 @@ export async function renderChannelVideosFromList({
       typeof app?.deriveVideoPointerInfo === "function"
         ? app.deriveVideoPointerInfo(video)
         : null;
-    if (
-      pointerInfo &&
-      typeof app?.persistWatchHistoryMetadataForVideo === "function"
-    ) {
-      app.persistWatchHistoryMetadataForVideo(video, pointerInfo);
-    }
 
     const shareUrl =
       typeof app?.buildShareUrlFromEventId === "function"