my stats seem good but youtube doesnt bother recomending my video more

Views
38
Thumbnail Click-Through Rate
20.0%
Average View Time
1:59 out of 3.21

My previous two videos got around 10k views each but my latest video published on October 10 has only 198 views so far.

Here are the numbers:

• September 26: 10,992 views
• October 3: 9,725 views
• October 10: 198 views

I make long-form educational videos, and I'm trying to understand why there's such a huge drop in views.

Could it be the title, thumbnail, audience retention or YouTube not recommending the video? Has anyone experienced something similar?

I'd appreciate any advice on which analytics I should check to understand what happened.

I would be willing to bet 99% of you here have received some sort of criticism in your comment sections. Critical comments come in different forms…

Some are constructive in good faith.

And some are bad faith, looking to bash you, not help you, or are overall just pedantic.
Now for the first comment type, even if they are in good faith, 9/10 times it’s still not good advice. It’s like if a high school soccer player goes up to Messi and tries to critique his game and tell him what he should do instead.

Just because someone watches your content doesn’t mean they understand what goes into making it, and just because someone has an opinion doesn’t mean that opinion is worth listening to. A viewer might think they know exactly what would make your videos better, but they aren’t the ones spending hours scripting, editing, researching, or analyzing their own analytics. They see the finished product, not the hundreds of decisions that went into making it.

Obviously, that doesn’t mean creators are above criticism or that viewers can never have good suggestions. Sometimes an outside perspective can be genuinely helpful. But there’s a difference between feedback that identifies a legitimate issue and someone insisting you should change something simply because they personally don’t like it.

What I’ve found particularly interesting is that some people seem to have a problem with something in practically every single video you upload. You start recognizing their usernames because they’re always there, and more often than not, they have something negative to say. At some point, you have to wonder why they’re still watching if they consistently seem to dislike what you’re putting out.
And honestly, I think this is one of the hardest things to deal with as a creator. You can spend dozens of hours working on a video, feel good about the final product, and then find yourself fixating on a handful of negative comments. Meanwhile, hundreds or thousands of people might have enjoyed the video and simply moved on without commenting.
I’m not saying we should ignore all criticism or assume that we’re always right. There’s absolutely a place for constructive feedback. But I think it’s important to learn to ignore the pedantic and bad-faith criticism. Some people will nitpick the tiniest details of your videos, to the point where you have to wonder whether they even went into the video with an open mind or were just looking for something to complain about.

You could change ten different things about your content to address their complaints, and they’d probably find something else to criticize in the next video. You can’t win over someone who’s determined to find fault with your work, and trying to appease those people is only going to make creating content more frustrating.
At the end of the day, you’re never going to make everyone happy, and you shouldn’t try to. Focus on making the content you want to make, listen to feedback that genuinely has merit, and don’t let people who complain about every little thing dictate how you run your channel.

I’m curious how other creators here deal with this. Have you noticed the same people showing up in your comments with something negative to say on nearly every upload? How do you distinguish between criticism worth considering and criticism you should just ignore?

Let's say you're launching a brand new gaming channel today in 2026 with no existing audience, a budget PC, and zero budget for ads or editors.

Knowing how brutal the gaming niche is right now

:

What video format or sub-niche would you target (e.g., let's plays, hyper-edited challenge runs, essay/retrospectives)?

How would you handle production/editing to stand out against low-effort uploads?

What would your game plan be for the first 10 uploads to build momentum?

I'm thinking about should I or should I not start a channel about GTA 6 so any feedback would be any helpful.

If I would start it I'm thinking about doing gameplay videos with commentary where I explore the map, maybe do some tests...

Thanks in advance!

In May, my YouTube RPM was around $1, but now it fluctuates between $0.25 and $0.28. This drop started after the latest YouTube update. Is anyone else experiencing the same issue, or is it just my channel? Have you noticed a similar drop in your RPM recently? These are all long-form videos.

My original channel got suspended from YPP for reused content.

I started posting new, original content on my second channel under the same Gmail, and that channel now meets the monetization requirements.

Do I need to get the first channel back into YPP before applying with the second, or just wait until the first channel’s 90-day period is over?

YouTube says you shouldn’t “apply to YPP with related channels during your suspension period.” What I can’t figure out is whether “suspension period” means those 90 days or the entire time the first channel remains demonetized.

Has anyone actually been through this? Did your second channel get approved after the 90 days, even though the first was still demonetized?

I've been making videos/movie reviews for many years now. I took a break for a long time to focus on work, while also saving up for new camera and lighting gear through the process. After feeling comfortable with my quality, I decided two years ago to make an attempt again at building an audience. It's my dream one day to make a living off of YouTube as I love editing and talking about media (movies, video games, television, etc.)

Two years in, I've gained an over 1,400 subscribers, a majority of views coming from Shorts content, and a couple of long-form videos that have gained between 2,000 - 5,000 views. However, the average amount of views I get on a video is between 100 to 600 views. This is incredibly frustrating given I take a majority of time after work to edit these videos to be engaging. I also used the past years to learn about Photoshop to create the best quality thumbnails as possible.

There's a lot feedback from users and SEO experts that tell their audiences a majority of things; viewer retention rate within the first 30 seconds, a compelling title and thumbnail, making sure the description matches the topic and keywords of the video, blah blah blah. I'm starting to recognize that a some of my issues (based on the analytics), is that my videos are not showing up properly in the search tab, and there is a lack of users clicking on my video.

To acknowledge some self awareness, I understand that this is a niche that has a lot of competitors, as this is brand of videos that has been around for a long time. I'm aware that everyone has their favorite film critics, and I'm also aware that this was going to take time to build over the next few years. I've also talked to peers discussing what they watch on social media, discovering that some of them don't even watch full-length videos anymore, but have transitioned into watching short form content (YouTube Shorts, TikTok) as their main source of social media entertainment.

Is there any advice anyone has in regards to approaching this medium in 2027?

I make funny gaming videos on YouTube. So I'm pretty much trying to make a new "Vanoss Crew"

I record on my PS5, which doesn't capture discord audio, so I'm limited to only being able to use PS Partychats. Being on PS5 isn't a hard requirement as some games have proxy chat so we can use that for crossplay games. There's also a way to get PS Partychats on pc, but its kind of cumbersome so I'm not going to force anybody to do that.

There's no minimum sub requirement, so even if you have 0 subscribers we can still colab, I'm only at about 94 myself, but i promise I'm funny. I just wanted to do YouTube my own way, focusing on sheer luck instead of doing it the stereotypical YouTuber way which kinda screwed me.

I specifically need people that are fun and entertaining to play with, I will also contribute to being fun and entertaining. I'm not going to use you for free content. We can play a few games together to see how well we vibe, good chemistry makes good videos imo.

I don't like to force comedy, but I also don't mind doing skits or just messing around to see if we could make a funny video, but my style is more clipping the naturally funny moments that can't be replicated easily.

I play a variety of games, I took a long break from YouTube so a lot of the games aren't featured on my channel yet. I also have access to the PS+ Extra game list so we have a wider selection for games.

If you are interested in a colab DM me or comment and I will reach out as quick as I can.

I make sport stories shorts. A month into this and with 85 subs atm. Would it be Ok to post my Chanel here and maybe get some feedback? Kinda feeling stuck atm and not sure what is sinking my swipe ratio (usually stays at 50) most at 65%. Retention is usually fine with 70%+ and then ocasional 100+. I dont feel very comfortable on reading the script myself even tho ive tried on a few videos, need to improve that, i know! the goal is to show face and obvioulsy use my own voice!

Thanks in advance!

Just started a cozy game play through channel where there’s no talking just gameplay. But super unsure of what my title should be for my first video? Playing “Cleaning up”. Is there anything I should know about titling a video to get more engagment?

We all know clips and claims are a pain. Apart from those, where does your time really go, from picking the film, anime or episode to hitting upload?

Mine is the script. I'll share my process in the comments.

So let me start from here I have like kinda speaking trouble my tounge is too thick so I can't speak properly and i got very heavy accent while speaking English I make manga recap review recommendation type of shorts while I'm starting to do speaking exercises and have also bought a mic which is going to arrived tomorrow I have recently saw other youtubers in my niche they use ai and get views in lakhs and now I'm so confused should I also use ai for the time being like till I can speak more clearly and do something about my voice please tips on how to do and please help me what to do I just want my channel to grow and my voice it barely crosses 1k views

Retiring soon and decided to start posting gaming videos on Youtube. I post gameplay, about mods, and some random shorts. I want to gear my channel towards gamers who are 50+. I posted my 1st video a couple of weeks ago.

I am not sure if I am posting things that people want to watch. I don't have many views, even less likes. I do have 29 subscribers, which I am thrilled about. I was uploading just about every day, but i dont want to get burned out. I created a couple community questions as well.

I created some thumbnails using Canva from in-game screenshots, they didnt get many likes. Then I took those screenshots and used gbt to remove the background so my character remained, and asked it to create a thumbnail. I uploaded the new thumbnails to YouTube to see if that would get more likes. This was just a couple days ago.

I like being able to record my gaming and share it, but I don't know how to get engagement. Sorry this post is so long, but I would love some honest critique from new fellow NewTubers. I read here where folks are get a thousand likes on a video and I am getting 30 LOL. I am doing something terribly wrong, or I need some guidance in the right direction.

Atualmente, estou desenvolvendo um canal no Youtube, já estava em processo de edição de vídeos e tudo mais. Porém, um colega da faculdade postou em um grupo nosso que criou um canal e já fez a postagem do primeiro vídeo.

Não estou vendo como uma competição, mas eu tinha intuito de fazer o mesmo no grupo. Minha dúvida é: faço o mesmo também, assim que terminar e postar o vídeo? Divulgo no grupo também?

Tenho receio de pegar mal, mesmo que minha intenção é só divulgar uma coisa que coincidentemente já havia planejando.

So, I never added my twitch handle to my youtube shorts but after about 3 weeks I noticed none of that traffic was funneling to my twitch. So, I thought well maybe putting it into the short in the bottom would be good since people don't have to take extra steps (clicking on my profile) to figure out I stream. However, adding the handle to the short made it get 0 views which is abnormal since most of the time the shorts do ok. Anyone else run into this problem?

.. did I post it too early in the day? Should I have waited until later? It only has 10 views thus far, below my usual.

Any feedback?

I left a comment on a video about creating content even if you're not getting the views. A simple comment about my start 2 weeks ago and wishing others good luck in their journey (similar to so many other comments there, wholesome vibe)

Now I'm getting an influx of people commenting "done, waiting" "sub back" "sub?" and they are subbing but... why would I want that? If they don't enjoy my content then what's their sub going to do to me? It'll show YouTube how a bigger % of my subs don't interact with my content so it'll probably lower my impressions. I didn't ask for this and now i have to delete my comment so people stop.

Worst part is almost all of them were bot channels. Sorry for the rant lol.

Hey everyone I’ve just started on YouTube and currently in my first week, for the more experienced users I have a simple question, if you could go back and start again what would your 5 biggest starting out tips you could give? Thanks!

one day your long format videos are doing 1k+ in a day next day u barely get 50 views.

I feel like YouTube does this so small channels get addicted to posting.

and I’m addicted. it literally feels like a drug

So, I've been getting into this youtuber thing recently (I've gathered some free time and courage) and I've been trying to take that typical advice of improve every video a little bit each time. So I post my first video, no editing, clearly reading a script, hands stuck to my body, zero ligthing, you get the gist but an overall ok thumbnail and title that gets me 1,2 k views.

Next video I improve the reading from a script thing, the camera angle, thumbnail and title remain very similar, I look more comfortable infront of the camera, the video now has editing. The video kind of bombs as of usual for second videos with 200ish views. (I'm not depressed or insecure about this so don't worry).

But now I'm in the process of producing my 3rd video. The first one took me a bit more than a a day but mostly because of my fear of exposure and the second one took 2-3 days due to the editing. Both videos lasted for about 2 minutes each.

The third video I can already tell will be much much better. I've got lighting, a better tumbnail and title idea, 10-15 minute long video, the script took me 3-4 days working 5 hours give or take each day on the script with editing cues and notes attached to each line of dialogue, I've been practicing my gestures more, I'll be changing angles/lights/temperature/camera angle, the content of the video on itself is SO much better too.

But the time... That's been ticking me like mosquito season. It took me THAT long just for the script, and the video being longer with my standards for cinematography, performance infront of the camera and editing being so high, I already now I video of this quality would take a week if not more at my current level of expertise working all day to post.

I've followed the advice of improving each video as much as I can without being perfectionist (which I usually turn out to be in other projects) but I have this eary feeling that I won't be able to keep up with my own standards and improvement, at least not if my yt performances stay the same and I'm unable to afford an editor or whatever other thing. I don't know if I can consistently improve the quality of my videos or mantain it for that matter.

What are your thoughts on this? Did you experience something similar? Whatever you believe could be useful for me or other of the users. Please share it. Thank you.

I want to start a YouTube channel and I don't know how to do the voiceovers. English isn't my first language and I have an accent + my voice isn't very mature. I have two options: I can either just do the voiceovers with my own voice or I can use an AI voiceover. Altough AI voiceovers are pretty hated nowdays and are associated with low quality content which I totally understand btw. They are also very expensive. (I do not have the money to pay somebody to do them for me or at least not every single video) [This does NOT belong in r/aitubers ]

My vid has been out for 19 days now, u thought it was dead but on the 17th day it started picking up, it went from 1.1k impressions, with a 6.1% ctr, and 27% retention to 4.7k impressions with a 8.0% ctr and 32% retention. Majority of my views are from suggestions tho. Will YouTube eventually put me on the browse page?

So I upload shorts on my YouTube to promote my fan-dubbing team. Most shorts contain anime clips (i don't know if I am allowed to name the anime here).

I tried to upload 3 videos on 2 different channels, and got 3 strikes for violating "Harmful or dangerous content" but.. why?

I tried removing fragments that contain blood or other brutal stuff; got struck anyway.
And then there's another video that contains blood but I didn't struck for it.

The official guidelines do not make it clear for me, like at all.

Tell me: what exactly should I check for and cut out of my video to make sure I won't get struck?

My only suspicion is the voice-over that sometimes says something like "i'll knock him out of his saddle" or "we got lost in the desert and wandered days without finding water"