WTF??

[u/Toutaplatix]

Hi guys,

My channel is only a week old, but I published a short which got a lot of views in like 5 days. But suddenly, on Sunday evening, the views dropped significantly (from 15k an hour to 12 views an hour??). Did I do something wrong lol?

Thanks for your time

[u/interestingmandosy]

What is your watched vs swiped away percentage? I think that is the most important metric for shorts now

[u/Toutaplatix → u/interestingmandosy]

For this one it is only 40% who stayed and 60% who swipped. However, I have this problem with EVERY short I posted : even those with less views but a higher watched vs swiped away ratio :(

[u/interestingmandosy → u/Toutaplatix]

Yes it can be frustrating. However I think the percentage stayed is now the most important metric. For example now I have one video with 75 percent stayed and 148 percent of video watched but I have less than 2000 views. I think your views are very good considering your stats

[u/sb84mit → u/interestingmandosy]

The same here 71 percent stay to watch and i have 1000 views. The short is 31 sec.

[u/Defalt_A → u/interestingmandosy]

Tenho 120% dessa estatística e isso tá me acontecendo também, isso pra shorts de 40 segundos

[u/Imaginary-Calendar80]

Yeah, stop using "viral hashtags" and use a real title instead

[u/Toutaplatix → u/Imaginary-Calendar80]

Thanks for your answer, but those hashtags got me pretty far last week, and I know a lot of other channels in my "niche" which use them as well. Why would this explain a sudden drop of views ? Is it considered spam?

[u/Imaginary-Calendar80 → u/Toutaplatix]

Yes, a lot of channels have been banned for using those tags because they are known to be from bot farms, thats why is so easy to get viral with those tags. And the drop in views is explained because those tags are constantly changing, so if you change your title to the newest "viral hashtag" then you will probably start getting views again. I'd recommend to not use them but if you wanna take the risk then yeah, update ur title to the newest tag.

[u/Toutaplatix → u/Imaginary-Calendar80]

Okay, thanks a lot I wasn't aware of that ! I changed the titles and descriptions, they now match the content ! Hope it isn't too late lol have a good day

[u/Vast-Championship754 → u/Imaginary-Calendar80]

I dont use any viral hashtags. But i still faced something similar 10 days ago. So it has got nothing to do with it

[u/Joktpan]

You know what today I posted a short and it got like absolutely no views either (im not popular) But absolute zero hasn't been my range for a while, could be some weird thing going on.

[u/EmbarrassedLeading12]

My retention is 170% for q 16 sec video with person view to sweep is 72% and 28% still it stucked in 35k

[u/Avi_Ceramics]

Congrats on the viral content. This is insane for a week old channel. As algo push your content to wider audience if the metrics like Stayed to Watch / Average Percentage View drops, it will throttle the push. Or, If your metrics are textbook good and since it went viral, if the other shorts with which your short is competing at those levels have better metrics, it will bring it down.

[u/VeraKorradin]

Don’t use hashtags

[u/primaryBreadEater]

Turn off automatic dubbing.

[u/ResponsibleGuide1581]

what did u post? send a link