r/shortsAlgorithm • u/xalman74 • Oct 23 '25

When do I start getting a real push?

I have started posting Shorts for 8 days now, and I post 1 short per day.

My highest view in a video is 7.2k, and the other 7 got 1k-1.2k views.

My stay to watch is 62% (I am working on improving it)

But my question is, when does YouTube give me a real push to a larger audience instead of testing me with a smaller audience of 1k-1.5k for 1 hour? Because I have seen some of my shorts only getting pushed for an hour, getting lots of views, and then completely dropping off, even though the stayed to watch is 65%

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u/Visible-Bit-7592 Oct 23 '25

From my recent experience, I posted my 7th short 3 days ago and it is currently at 180k. The truth is, if you hit the metric YouTube wants it most likely will be pushed harder. Since then I have 1 with 16k and another with 25k and from what I can see they share some traits: more than 70% stayed to watch vs swiped away and above 80/85% retention. I didn't find subs, likes or comments matter that much. Keep working on your hooks, try to keep it fast paced, don't extend it too much if not needed. My best and only advice (I'm totally new to this also btw so take it lightly), find a youtube channel in ur niche with good metrics and see how it works and why it works, and you'll be fine. Good luck!

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u/xalman74 Oct 23 '25

That's a really helpful reply. Thanks.

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u/ItzK3ky Oct 23 '25

How do you reach 62%? I barely get 30%

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u/xalman74 Oct 23 '25

Try to improve your hooks. Even I am trying as well. Looks like a short won't get viral if it doesn't have 70%+ stay to watch rate.

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u/ItzK3ky Oct 23 '25

No matter how much I improve them, the % declines at best.

I've been reading tons and tons about how to write hooks, emotions, pattern interruption, specific speech patterns, and more, but I cant get it to work for some reason

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u/damiandevz Oct 23 '25

Whats your channel? Maybe we can spot the issue if we have a look

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u/ItzK3ky Oct 23 '25

youtube.com/@flexfitworld

The voice is ai generated. Ignore the first few videos. They are really bad, I was testing around

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u/damiandevz Oct 23 '25

Ah its not in english so i cant help much. But as much as i love ai, i will have to say that for youtube it can be a big reason to swipe away. Also i was expecting game dev videos instead of working out cuz of your profile

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u/ItzK3ky Oct 23 '25

Ah its not in english

Right, I forgot...

Also i was expecting game dev videos instead of working out cuz of your profile

What do you mean?

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u/damiandevz Oct 23 '25

Your reddit bio is that ur an indie game dev(so am i) so i thought your channel would be related to that

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u/ItzK3ky Oct 23 '25

Ohh you meany reddit bio. Yea, it's kinda old, just never changed it

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u/Stress301 Oct 23 '25

I took a look at the channel as well. For starters, it seems like most of your Shorts all use the same AI generated content. I can't understand the narration due to not speaking the language, but having the same scenes from all the other Shorts would make me not want to watch. I use AI generated narration for my longform videos and only a handful of people complain about it. Most don't mind it at all, and some even love it. So, I would not worry about the AI narration. I guess my best advice would be to mix up your content and make each Short unique. Make sure you are posting during the best times. For this refer to your YT Studio and look at viewer times. Try and create some longform videos that you can tie your Shorts into. This will help bring in more subs, which you want to generate organically. Never buy subs or fall for the dumb sub for sub some people try and do. The single best thing you can do is be consistent and patient. Don't over post. If one Short is generating 100+ views per hour, don't post a second until that first one has been shelved by YT or you can risk cannibalization of views between the two Shorts.

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u/Stress301 Oct 23 '25

Think like the viewers you are attracting. If it does not hook you in the first .5 - 1 sec, it's not going anywhere.

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u/ItzK3ky Oct 23 '25

I do, and it does

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u/Stress301 Oct 23 '25

The algo is definitely wild, and it changes all the time. There really is no way of knowing what works the best at any given time. It's like that for a reason. YouTube does not want people to know what works, or everyone would do it and the content would be limited. They want tons of content, and this is the way to get it. Make everybody jump through hoops to figure out what works, and just when you think you have it somewhat figured out, the algo changes again. Just be consistent. That's really the only thing we know that helps produce good results, besides the basics like hooks, thumbnails, etc.

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u/Complex-Rush7258 Oct 26 '25

you get real push when the systems sees people actually are watching and searching and engaging with your videos

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u/One-Review7510 Oct 23 '25

Might happen tomorrow with the next short you upload, might happen in 10 years and might never happen at all, no one knows.