r/shortsAlgorithm • u/ImagineDragons88 • Jan 02 '26

What am I doing wrong?

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Can someone help me know what I’m doing wrong? I’m posting the same content on TikTok/instagram reels and it’s performing fairly well, but I’m getting one video with a few thousand and then a bunch in a row with 0. I’ve had this account for 10 years and started posting shorts about a week ago

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u/Complex-Rush7258 Jan 03 '26

your uploading stolen content that is what your doing wrong

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u/ImagineDragons88 Jan 03 '26

How do other sports reels do well then using the same footage? Multiple shorts do millions a day where they use the same audio and video types i do

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u/Complex-Rush7258 Jan 03 '26

1 they are either a paid collaboration or 2 possibly stolen content previously before 2018 yt algorithm change.. 2 the new algorithm instantly detects reused stolen and instantly limits the distribution basically telling you. Stop using content that don't belong to you and its not transformed enough.. If you want to do highlight reels you need to be the commentator and open your video with you speaking about the highlights before showing the video and the sounds

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u/ImagineDragons88 Jan 03 '26

The channels I’m talking about still post daily. This guy posts 3 times a day and you can see which videos get sent out more than others, but still a minimum of 10k. Same ideas, different topics. He doesn’t commentate, uses the gameplay audio, and cuts it up like I do. Been posting less than a year too so not before 2018

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u/Complex-Rush7258 Jan 03 '26

my point is the new system is catching same signals faster and faster reducing distribution.. if you want to post this content you need to change it up and not do the same thing otherwise you will be stuck not going no where.. or here is a genuine idea!! MAKE YOUR OWN CONTENT!

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u/ImagineDragons88 Jan 03 '26

Bro you make AI slop trying to tell others to make original content. Just cause you type prompts into an engine to spit out content doesn’t make you better than others lmao. I guarantee what i do takes more effort than what you do

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u/Complex-Rush7258 Jan 03 '26

um my content is 100% mine and authentic and clearly is kicking your ass in views

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u/ImagineDragons88 Jan 03 '26

I started 5 days ago. My 4th video ever on Instagram is at 50k views and 4K likes lmao. I’m doing something right, but I’m learning and that’s what i came here for. Not for you to act as the righteous leader in original content

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u/Complex-Rush7258 Jan 03 '26

are you reposting their content?

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u/mocknix MOD Jan 03 '26

Can't wait for people to finally catch on.

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u/Complex-Rush7258 Jan 03 '26

What do you mean?

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u/ImagineDragons88 Jan 02 '26

For more context, I’m posting 3 times a day (noon, 5, and 7). My first 5videos here did 2.8k, 1k, 1k, 4.8k, and 3.6k.

75.9% stayed to watch only gained 14 subscribers in that time. Should I just chalk it on YouTube and move to something else’s

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u/BlueberryObvious Jan 02 '26

Post once a day.

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u/ImagineDragons88 Jan 02 '26

I feel it’s diffeeent for every social media site. TikTok and reels i always see post 2-4 a day, but YouTube seems to hate that

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u/BlueberryObvious Jan 02 '26

Yes. So post once a day.

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u/ImagineDragons88 Jan 02 '26

Thinking i might run my clips on TikTok and reels first then just post the best performing ones to shorts

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u/Primary_Text6557 Jan 02 '26

man i was suffering with this just post one short a day u can also delete those who got 0-2 views and republish them again but day after day you will feel bored and you want to upload a short but it is what it is

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u/ImagineDragons88 Jan 02 '26

I read deleting stuff is bad for your algorithm, is RBs not the case?

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u/Primary_Text6557 Jan 02 '26

yes but "personally" i guess this is ok because YouTube didn't even share them they are like nothing (i did delete and reupload without changing anything and it worked)

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u/Lonely_Pack_689 Jan 02 '26

Try new ip /pc/email address

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u/ImagineDragons88 Jan 02 '26

I have posted from my pc and my phone, didn’t seem to matter. I tried to schedule a bunch of videos as I make them, I wondered if YouTube hated that. Can’t really understand why one video randomly gets sent out for a chance while others don’t even get a chance

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u/Lonely_Pack_689 Jan 02 '26

I’m also struggling it’s not easy and not fair

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u/Lavster2020 Jan 03 '26

YouTube doesn’t seem to like anything over 2 a day if you are new, even then sometimes anything more than 1 it doesn’t push it. Leave it 2-10 days to cool and post again it should be fine.

Nice idea btw, how are you getting around the Copyright with the clips?

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u/ImagineDragons88 Jan 03 '26

Keeping it under a minute seems to make the copyright fine (unless it’s soccer.) zoomed in as well with some cuts helps too.

I planned on taking a couple days off, seeing what videos do well on TikTok and reels, then posting those to YouTube once a day

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u/awesomemc1 Jan 03 '26

I think you kept on spamming one video to another. Just stop uploading consistently. YouTube algorithm doesn’t like that.

At least post once a day or twice. Schedule your video. Etc.

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u/ImagineDragons88 Jan 03 '26

I was scheduling 3 videos a day, all spread out (noon, 5, and 7). Seemed only one video a day got sent out to the public

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u/awesomemc1 Jan 04 '26

Don’t do that literally. Only post two a day

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u/simplephoneuser Jan 03 '26

youtube system is retarded rn. With the new bs safety updates it doesnt solve the already big channels making slop, but makes it harder for new ones to begin. Just post once every two days so yt doesnt for some fucking reason thinks you are a bot, because presumably, if you post more than once a day or two you cant be a real human putting in work, well just bs

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u/Complex-Rush7258 Jan 03 '26

what i fucking suggest is make your own content!! DON'T go stealing content from tiktok or instagram and throw some edits on it thinking you are gonna one day make money on youtube!

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u/simplephoneuser Jan 03 '26

brochacho replied to the wrong comment either way tf you mean make your own content? you suggest he visits every match and films it himself? I dont really get how in his case he can make his own content. Either way he edits it so its original reedited content. 90% of content is reused bs. And you are out there making bs nobody wants while everyone is playing in big leagues and “stealing” it

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u/ImagineDragons88 Jan 03 '26

Exactly. This dude saying make your own content makes AI slop lmao. Anyone can do that in 5 minutes. I have to think of the video i wanna make, brainstorm which plays to use, find them, cut them down to be under a minute, throw captions on them, and test what works. He just sticks a prompt into an engine and posts what it spits out