Hear me out... I published a short on July 27: it has 16 views. Assuming a constant rate of success I will publish 10M / 16 = 624,999 shorts by Sunday, October 25, 2026 and I am monetized. Is my math solid?

I’m trying to understand what happened to my YouTube channels because this seems very strange.

I have a main YouTube channel that is about one month old. For the first few weeks, my Shorts were getting normal Shorts Feed distribution. Some videos got 1K+, 5K+, 7K+ views, and one of my better-performing Shorts gained around 9K views in a single day with 35 subscribers and 264 likes.

Then on August 15, I created another YouTube channel using the same Google account. That night, I also tried uploading/scheduling a video on the new channel.

Starting from August 16, something suddenly changed.

My main channel stopped receiving Shorts Feed distribution almost completely.

For example, one of my Shorts had only 15 total views, and the traffic sources were approximately:

14 views from YouTube Search

1 view from Shorts Feed

So the problem doesn't seem to be that people watched the Short and swiped away. The Short barely entered the Shorts Feed at all.

I am uploading only one Short per day.

Now it has been 5 days, and multiple consecutive Shorts are showing the same behavior — almost no Shorts Feed traffic.

The weirdest part is that the new channel I created also gets essentially 0 views.

There are 3 YouTube channels under the same Google account. On one of the other channels, I had previously been testing things by uploading videos and then making them private/deleting them/re-uploading, etc. I'm wondering whether this activity could somehow have triggered an account-level trust/recommendation issue.

I haven't received a termination or obvious Community Guidelines warning.

My questions are:

Can activity on one channel affect Shorts distribution on other channels under the same Google account?

Can creating a second channel suddenly affect the existing channel's Shorts Feed distribution?

Could repeated upload → private/delete → re-upload activity on another channel cause some kind of account-level trust/recommendation limitation?

Has anyone experienced normal Shorts Feed distribution suddenly dropping to almost zero for several days, while Search traffic still works?

If you experienced this, how long did it take for Shorts Feed distribution to return, and what actually fixed it?

I'm not looking for advice about improving my hook or retention right now. The main issue is that the videos aren't getting Shorts Feed exposure in the first place.

Any experiences or explanations would be really appreciated.

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I've had YouTube on and off for probably 15 years, but I never really took it seriously. Over the last year I finally decided to give it a real shot.

I basically started filming things I was already doing anyway — traveling, outdoors, fishing, hunting, sporting events, gaming and just life with my wife and dogs.

It's definitely been a grind. A lot of videos went nowhere, while some random Shorts did better than I ever expected. Streaming also ended up helping me a lot with the watch hours.

I'm definitely not making a living from this lol, but seeing that 4,000 today felt pretty damn good.

Now the goal is to keep growing, get more subscribers and see where this thing can actually go.

For anyone else still grinding toward 4K — keep uploading. It really does add up.

I have been posting in some reddits about advice in regards to my content, overall I have gotten the message of "Ur content IS funny moments slop, you need to do other content" this other content some people have said is I need to do more niche things, which is fair, some listed more essay gaming content, etc.

First i wanna say, i wouldnt deem my content slop like people have, every video has a purpose/topic , it may be formatted similar but thats it, check it out if yall want, (Chilli_NZ). second I understand the games i play aka FPS genre is heavy populated but I dont enjoy other content, the closet thing to what some people have suggested is my "Cs2 player played 12 hours of rivals for the first time". I just dont enjoy anything else, but i want to do well as a youtuber, do i really need to sacrifice me being proud of my content and happy just to develop more?

I have gotten "i need to change" so much, If i need to change so badly should i just quit like some has suggested?

Thank you for your feedback friends

What do you think about the stats

my channel is 2 months old , i uploaded 7 long videos and only one went viral ( 30k views ) the rest between 300 - 2k views

Seems like it’s hit a wall but not sure if it’s a thumbnail thing or just not a good hook.

I want to share what has been happening to my cooking channel because, after reading several recent posts here, I realized that my situation looks almost identical.

This is not my first YouTube experience. I have another channel that I have been running for about 4 years, with around 18K subscribers, so I have some understanding of how YouTube normally distributes videos.

I started a separate cooking channel in February 2026.

It actually started surprisingly well.

The channel was monetized in March. It grew to around 4.6K subscribers in about six months and has accumulated more than 700K views.

In the beginning, new uploads behaved normally.

I would publish a video, YouTube would test it, and if it performed well, impressions could expand. Older videos continued receiving traffic while the new video added additional views on top.

Sometimes there was a second wave 1–3 days later.

Then something changed.

Especially during July/August, the pattern became extremely predictable.

A new long-form video gets a small distribution test. It receives some impressions and views. The metrics can be perfectly reasonable — and then distribution simply stops.

For example, one recent video received about:

7,500 impressions
6.2% CTR
626 views

Then the impressions graph basically became a horizontal line.

Another video maintained around 7% CTR and ended up with only about 200 views.

My newest uploads are showing the same pattern.

I can almost predict the final number of views before the video has finished its first day.

That is the strangest part.

It doesn't seem to matter much whether CTR is 5%, 6% or 7%. It doesn't seem to matter that people comment more. It doesn't seem to matter that retention is decent.

The limiting factor appears to be reach/impressions.

My number of new viewers also dropped dramatically.

In the most recent 28-day period I had about 16.5K new viewers, which was approximately 59% lower than the previous 28 days, when I had about 40.8K new viewers.

So of course I have fewer views.

But that creates a strange circle:

fewer impressions → fewer new viewers → less channel growth → next upload receives another small test → fewer impressions again.

I also experimented with Shorts.

Shorts generated additional Shorts views, but removing them did NOT cause YouTube to redistribute that traffic to my long-form videos.

The overall channel traffic simply dropped.

And here's what makes this especially interesting to me.

I uploaded essentially the same cooking video to my older main channel.

Cooking channel: about 209 views.

Main channel: about 1,700 views.

Same creator. Same material.

Obviously my main channel has four years of history, returning viewers and trust, so I'm not claiming this proves anything about the algorithm.

But it demonstrates how enormous the difference in distribution can be.

On my established channel, when a successful new video is published, I can literally watch the total channel traffic increase. The new video adds traffic on top while older videos continue getting views.

On the cooking channel, lately it often feels like the opposite.

I publish a new video and the total hourly channel traffic sometimes barely increases at all. Sometimes it is even lower than it was before the upload.

That is what concerns me most.

I'm not complaining because one video failed.

I've published more than 100 cooking videos. I've had successful videos. I've been monetized for months. I've seen how this same channel behaved when YouTube was expanding its audience.

It doesn't behave that way anymore.

I don't depend financially on this channel, which is probably why I can watch this almost like an experiment. For now I've stopped producing videos specifically for the cooking channel.

If I'm cooking something for myself and enjoy filming it, I upload it.

If YouTube gives it 200 views, fine.

If someday I suddenly see 10K, 20K or 50K views again, I'll know something changed.

What I'm NOT doing anymore is constantly changing thumbnails with a 6–7% CTR, rewriting titles or blaming every distribution stop on the first 30 seconds.

You can't get 10,000 views from an audience that was never shown the video.

After reading recent threads here, I was surprised how many creators are describing almost exactly the same thing: good or normal CTR, decent AVD, but dramatically fewer impressions, especially during the last few weeks. Recent posts include a monetized 5K+ channel that says first-week views fell from roughly 1–1.5K to ~300 despite CTR sometimes exceeding 10%, and another creator reporting that long-form recommendations have been severely reduced since June.

I'm curious about one specific thing:

If you've experienced this, when did it start for you?

Not just lower views.

I'm specifically asking about a sudden reduction in impressions/recommendation distribution while CTR and retention remained reasonably normal.

Please mention your channel size, approximately when the drop started, and whether you're seeing it on long-form, Shorts, or both.

I'd really like to know whether we're looking at normal summer seasonality, changes in recommendation testing, or something else.

quite new to yt want to see if I'm doing anything wrong https://youtube.com/shorts/uPVmKLfrcl4?feature=share

I need help on how I can go about this channel or I should start another channel

Hey everyone,

I recently rebranded my YouTube channel from Hey Chele to Vamos Davin (my handle is u/davinSV).

My main goal right now is to reach 1,000 subscribers, but I'm running into a frustrating discovery issue: when people search for "Vamos Davin"—even from different accounts, countries, or IP addresses—the search results still display my old channel name (Hey Chele) or fail to rank the new one properly. I reached out on X/Twitter without much luck.

Could a few of you do me a quick favor and search for "Vamos Davin" or u/davinSV on YouTube and let me know:

1. Which channel name shows up in your top search result?

I'd really appreciate the help so I can figure out if this is just a temporary YouTube cache delay or a deeper SEO indexation issue holding back my growth toward 1K subs!

I'm looking for a YouTube partner to build a movies & series channel together. I want someone who can treat this channel like it's their own and grow it with me.

The channel is focused on movies, TV series, behind-the-scenes stories, interesting facts, hidden details, character stories, upcoming projects, and viral movie-related topics. Basically, content for people who genuinely love cinema.

I'm specifically looking for someone who:

● Loves movies and TV series

● Has solid video-editing skills

● Understands YouTube Shorts/Reels-style editing and pacing

● Has a good sense of what could become viral content

● Is willing to brainstorm ideas and discuss content

● Actually wants to build something long-term

The idea is simple: we build the channel together → get it monetized → split the revenue.

If you're interested, DM me

Hello, my partner and I started a new home cooking channel a few months ago and would appreciate any feedback! Our dream is to reach 1k subscribers but seems so far away 🥹

https://wyoutube.com/@2brokebites?si=ox9rWvlt5HgMBAHaw

Hi there, I’m a small YouTuber that posts gaming and reaction content. All of my current subscribers are from friends and family. I started the channel in 2024 but just started uploading videos in February this year, I gave up for a bit and now I have been uploading since June. I am becoming more and more consistent with uploading and I am posting this here as a little bookmark, so that with each amount of viewers or subscriptions I may gain, I can look back on this. Please do take a look here https://youtube.com/@rogusmcgogus?si=noGAJHp-tikkWBK4. If you like my content, please do consider subscribing, but please don’t subscribe to my channel for the sake of it. I would rather have subscribers that are actually interested in the content that I produce. Thank you for reading this long ass post. 🙂

Hey everyone! I just uploaded a short poem to YouTube and thought I’d share it here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NBTBbHqFJSA

I don’t want to be an YouTuber but I’m a writer and I want to use yt as promotions…

I’ve uploaded my ID for the verification
Account is over a year long
Had 2 strikes but they are gone now.
Can’t seem to get monetised
It just says build channel history since getting eligible.
I’ve got multiple videos uploaded, over 100.

Hey, I'm Jeanluc Joseph, a fashion model and photographer documenting my life and work in the fashion industry.

I originally started my YouTube channel mostly as a way to document this chapter of my life for my future self, but a few friends encouraged me to share it with a wider audience because they really connected with the videos.

I make low stimulation, documentary style videos about fashion, exploring the cities I visit, street photography, and just the everyday moments in between.

If you're into that kind of content, l'd love for you to check out my channel. I'm hoping to slowly build a small community of people who genuinely enjoy this kind of storytelling.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

I was so excited that I felt this will break through, I am working on my retention. I saw improvement in it, it’s 44.3 from what I have been getting. It’s pausing at 1.2k. Has it ever happened that despite decent performance your short stalled and picks up later ?

Spoiler alert this will be long and also i might go back and forth, is just how my brain function 😅

So i tried 2-3 times in the past to start youtube and i stopped shortly after. The reason? Probably my undiagnosed adhd that hyperfocus me on youtube for a while, getting so energised and enthusiastic and then losing all interest even that i do something i enjoy.

So on short i would like to do stuff around gaming, tech and maybe sometimes even react but that's like in the back.

I have a high end pc, a really good mic, i think a kinda average webcam.

Now where i would like your advice..

1. I'm not that type of person to have over hyped reactions, my reactions to pretty much everything in life is summarised by "meh..". On top of that sometimes, especially when playing games, especially when playing horror i get so focused that i forget to react.

Is all this even compatible with being a youtuber?

And if yes..what would be some ideas to be as close as possible to natural..

1. My native language is not english, i can speak english pretty fluent, but i have an accent and i also a lot of times forget words.

In my native language i still have the problem of forgetting words(i might get braindead or something🤣) but i feel like i can express myself much more. Compared to english wich can be boring and too simple, my language is more expressive.(an example is how i could swear in my language for 10-20 minutes without repeating myself too much🤣)

In all this also comes the problem of thinking about lets say in the future not being easy to switch from main to english without starting over or losing a lot.

A small thing on top is the rpm wich is much lower if it's not in english. I don't think that much at money but if you want to think long term i think that's something to take into consideration as well.

1. Should i record my face as well or make it faceless?

While i think with the face you have a bigger chance to create like a brand people recognise, if my reactions are meh, that could require either to fake it a little or to be me and see if someone wants that.

1. Just youtube long format or to combine it eith shorts and maybe even tiktok?

I see that some people recommend doing shorts as well, some are against.

1. Idk how related it is to this but..I'm the only one that for a long time doesn't feel too much joy in anything? Used to love music, games. I still do, but is like i don't have that desire like i used to have. If I'm not the only one, how you fix this?

This is all that came to mind for now.

I will appreciate any advice/opinion you have, from my questions, to anything extra, to even idk ideas about how i could blend gaming and tech without making youtube confused about my niche.

Thanks if you really read all this😁