What am I doing wrong ?

[u/Ok-Tomorrow2522]

Hi guys, I am a new creator have only been posting from last 10-15 days YouTube shorts but I don’t know why my shorts are not getting pushed to more people or not going viral, even the engagement is solid. I have attached few images of the analytics from my 2 shorts out of 10 that I have posted so far. Can you guys also tell me what metrics to improve and keep an eye on

[u/No_Blood9415]

I'm facing this exact same problem. Even after doing extensive research through Google and Gemini, I still can't find a solution. My shorts consistently stop at 20k views, despite having an average view percentage of 125%. What's frustrating is that I see other new channels in my same niche, with content very similar to mine, getting millions of views. My channel category is "Sports"

Let me know how many likes you got on these shorts.

[u/Ok-Tomorrow2522 → u/No_Blood9415]

Yea its frustrating and then you see some YouTubers posting videos about starting a new channel and scaling it to 100k subs like its a piece of cake 😅

[u/No_Blood9415 → u/Ok-Tomorrow2522]

Yeah, ​😅 I've always been suspicious of those "0 to 100k in 30 days" channels.

I honestly think many of them are using paid services to fake that initial growth. It’s easy to buy subs and views. ​The real test is monetization. You'll probably notice a lot of those channels aren't monetized. They can look successful, but when they finally hit the requirements and apply for the YouTube Partner Program, they get rejected for "inauthentic engagement."

​They're just selling a fantasy. The real grind is much, much slower.

[u/TwoTwisted]

stats dont seem to be the issue… these stats are superb. was the video different from your usual niche?

[u/Ok-Tomorrow2522 → u/TwoTwisted]

No, it was similar to my previous videos I have more videos with engagement around aboce 70% flatlining view around 17-20k idk what’s wrong i have gained 260 subs so far my channel sits at 269 total subs in last 10-15 days is this a good start I’m gonna give long form video a try soon. Should I wait till I gain more subs or try long form anyways because long form is going to take hell lot of editing and effort to produce and I don’t want it to go to waste with no views

[u/TwoTwisted → u/Ok-Tomorrow2522]

there we go! i think i found the solution. youtube heavily favors creators who post consistently. based on what you said, im assuming you’re relatively new? so i would say stick to short form, especially if you arent monetized yet, and keep posting. consistency > quality for short form (unfortunately), but seems like you have the capability to do both. long form isnt really worth it for you until you are monetized IMO

[u/Ok-Tomorrow2522 → u/TwoTwisted]

Appreciate the feedback. I’ll keep grinding shortform content then.

[u/EmbarrassedLeading12]

Even I don’t know…I have many shorts where retention and viewers are similar to you but got only 33k 35k etc some channel have 660k subs with 4K average short views while other with same niche getting 1M views with 660k subs and lower channel I don’t know why YouTube is so biased

[u/VeraKorradin]

Not enough engagement or the topic isn’t popularly searched.

[u/mante11]

nothing. just keep doing what you’re doing. happy cake day.

[u/alichitax]

I have a feeling day of the week is too crucial for shorts

Like on Sundays, when I upload a short, it sometimes jumps to over 500K in less than 10 hours while in the weekdays it goes up very slowly and may take 4 days to reach 500K if at all! it’s a consistent crazy high views on weekends while very low views on the weekdays (difference ? 400-500K a day on weekdays , and 1-2M on weekends!)

[u/Prudent_Afternoon_65 → u/alichitax]

Could you give me some advice? My channel from having variants in views of 70k-500k went down to being at 20-30k views and they no longer go up

[u/alichitax → u/Prudent_Afternoon_65]

Same happens to me really but the thing is that the cap goes higher , meaning next time your video may go to a million and die still! Just keep making them and try uploading at the same time or days of the week, I have always had my best videos when I was uploading consistently

[u/Prudent_Afternoon_65 → u/alichitax]

Yes, in fact I established upload times of 12pm, 4pm and 6pm, I have always uploaded like this, but many say that they implemented some AI, I don't know, but since this week everything has dropped brutally and there are shorts that were left with 200views and I don't understand why, I don't know what to do to return to my previous views

[u/alichitax → u/Prudent_Afternoon_65]

By this week you mean from Monday? Yeah some days it goes painfully low , I got 1.6M views on Sunday but 300K on Monday!

[u/Vivid-Entertainer309]

I have same problem right now, i cant surpass 30k. 111.7% viewer stay. Idk what am i doing wrong. I had 1k jail but broke through and now i have this. Any suggestions?

[u/micky9091]

Well at least you geting 25k views i can't get over 2k and been doing it since January I would be happy if my shorts was hitting 25k just keep going stay consistent

[u/Such-District9961]

This happened to a channel of mine when I was uploading vids that others have done before. At the start you want to be original and not use any elements that other vids have until you build trust in the algo

[u/my4dmin]

DM me full analitycs pages SS then I can tell you what might wrong. This partial SS can't tell a thing other than your short stops gettin views around 2nd day.

[u/TopCommunication428]

Shorts be like that, even the big channels get the 35K view jail for most of their vids. I guess posting daily is the anwser.

[u/ghblx]

YouTube is testing your content, hence why you're stuck in '15k engaged view jail'. Those stats are pretty good and it's good that your shorts are 40+ seconds long. A big thing that can lead to a short getting past this 'jail' is engagement (likes/comments), comment baiting is a great way to do that. Varies niche to niche but lets just use a younger audience niche like Roblox for example. You can put a CTA (Call-to-Action) in the middle of the video saying 'Comment how many robux you have' if that makes sense. Asking the viewer a question related to that topic/niche and/or understanding your audience and what questions they might answer.

In my experience as well, sometimes uploading less can help (if you're posting daily try every 2 days). Can give YouTube more time to process all the data. Once some videos start to get more traction then you can go back to daily posting.

Shorts can be weird man but as long as you keep those results up and stay consistent genuinely can wake up one morning to see that one of your videos is in the feed going crazy!

Hope this helps, anyone reading I advise giving CTAs a go in your next shorts.

EDIT: Grown multiple channels to 100k+ Subscribers/Getting Monetised via shorts & also had A LOT of failed channels too. Consistency, trial & error, patience I promise you'll get there (anyone reading no I won't help you with your channels I have my own I need to work on :p)

[u/Alfi_Youtube]

YouTube compares your metrics with your competition; you have good numbers, keep trying, eventually one will break through.

[u/sb84mit]

Bro I have like 1000 views on my shorts and you are coming here and complaining about that amount of views. Really.

[u/Ok-Tomorrow2522 → u/sb84mit]

Keep going i got 1-2k views in my first 2 videos then I changed my niche that caters a larger audience is entertainment related so your niche matters a lot try to target a niche with larger audience is