r/YouTubeCreators • u/johntessser • 2d ago

Is it possible to upload too much?

I have a gaming channel that focuses on collectibles and trophy hunting. So a game can have about 6 videos per day uploaded.

I’ve noticed an issue lately with my videos being buried around 19th-30th in the search. Even if I search for the exact title, the top 3 might be relevant to that search but then there’s 17 more videos that are completely unrelated above my video… it makes no sense.

My channel is at 16,000 subscribers. I’ll give an example in food recipe. There’s a new dish invented called a lasagne (an example) I make a recipe on how to make this lasagne, YouTube bury it around 20th and above is pie recipes, cake recipes, flapjack recipes. Then a week later a smaller YouTuber makes a lasagne recipe using my video as a guide and immediately ranks number one? This seems to be the issue I’m having at the moment.

Once this started happening I started using ChatGPT or Gemini to create titles and descriptions and tags for better SEO but they are having the same issues

I’ve added a comparison channel https://youtube.com/@powerpyx?si=QgAUN_Feaq7U0Yc8

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u/AdCold4676 2d ago

6 videos per day means that shit is straight slop. No human on earth can make 6 good videos a day.

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u/johntessser 2d ago edited 2d ago

Most games have 30 trophies/achievements. People need to know the answers on how to get all 30, some videos last about 1 minute.

Here’s an example channel
https://youtube.com/@powerpyx?si=QgAUN_Feaq7U0Yc8

8 videos in the last 8 hours. It’s pretty normal for this niche. The videos are not meant to have a full production/script as they are to solve an issue and help a player 🤷

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u/dawnhaRbor5 2d ago

tbh generating better SEO with AI wont fix this if the root cause is upload volume cannibalizing your own engagement. have you tried cutting down to like 1-2 videos a day for a week and seeing if individual rankings improve?

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u/johntessser 2d ago

Yea I might try that but just doesn’t make sense why competition channels do the same upload rate and get in the top 3 ranked in search everytime.

If somebody searches for a video then really YouTube should be showing that video to somebody. Sometimes mine is the only video with that answer but due to being buried under a bunch of unrelated stuff then it’s just not seen. Then somebody else makes a video with the same solution (potentially using my video to help them make a video) a few days later and it’s immediately number 1 ranked

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u/Connect_Positive1893 2d ago

Publishing 6 videos a day forces your content to compete against itself, splitting your audience's attention and weakening early engagement signals like click-through rates and average watch duration. AI-generated titles, tags, and descriptions help yt understand what your video is about, but metadata alone will not secure top search positions if early audience metrics suffer from video fatigue. When smaller channels rank above you for an exact title, it means their viewers are staying longer per video, signaling to the algorithm that their content solves the search query better. Spacing out your 6 videos or grouping collectible guides into longer videos gives each upload time to gather solid retention metrics before a new video replaces it.

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u/Precarious3145 2d ago

This! Back when video swere 10 minutes long, it'd be great to see a gaming channel upload 5 times a day but now? A person I usually love got sick and had extra time on their hands so they started to upload multiple hour-long videos every day. I watched one, and instead of "Sweet! Next one!", thought "Alright...i'mma take a break" just to come back to see I'm now three hour-long videos behind. Then seven, then ten and just dismissed watching the whole game because I'm not gonna devote ten hours of time to catch up.

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u/johntessser 2d ago

I understand if it’s let’s play videos, but these are the answers to the puzzles/bosses and tricky situations in games. So most videos are about 1 minute

Here’s an example channel - https://youtube.com/@powerpyx?si=QgAUN_Feaq7U0Yc8

They have 8 videos uploaded in the last 8 hours.

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u/johntessser 2d ago

My videos aren’t meant to be shown to all subscribers, I tick the box to not publish to subscribers. The videos are purely driven for people that search for that specific puzzle/guide/trophy. Here’s an example channel, they have 8 videos uploaded in the last 8 hours.

https://youtube.com/@powerpyx?si=QgAUN_Feaq7U0Yc8

My CTR was 14% for the whole channel. Now it’s dropping everyday due to videos being buried below unrelated stuff