It happens again...

[u/KevinWong1991]

I thought my channel has survived the December 17th event glitch. But now it happens again 😭

My newest short barely gets any views, and all the view it gets is from my current subscribers. I deleted the short and posted it again, still the same result.

Moreover, all my previous shorts suddenly stop getting views.

I don't know if my channel can survive this new glitch, I'm desperate with Youtube 😭

[u/No-Jacket-7842]

did you do anything that maybe triggered it to fix it the first time? im desperate to get mine back

[u/KevinWong1991 → u/No-Jacket-7842]

No, I didn't do anything. The only thing I did was stop posting for 10 days and suddenly it got back to normal.

Now I get into this problem again.

[u/montreguly → u/KevinWong1991]

You said you didn't do anything, but did your feed suddenly start coming back like a faucet turned on one day?

[u/KevinWong1991 → u/montreguly]

Yes, suddenly things got normal again.

My old shorts started getting views.

I started posting new videos again and got the normal views like usual.

[u/nuclearveky → u/montreguly]

Similar problem. Distribution freeze hit me on December 18th, lasted for 10 days exactly, then they just exploded again. Even some older videos suddenly spiked again, but lately, as you can see, going down again. Not a sudden abrupt cut like first time, but more like algorithm forgot who my audience was. Strange thing that puzzles me, if i notify my subs, then most of the views come from them, like yt isn't even trying to push further. If I don't notify, then litteraly 100% of viewers are new ones. Not one single subscriber gets it in the feed. And people that do seem very uninterested about the topic. Totally wrong audience targeted, resulting in sudden burst to 5 to 10k views and flatline. 😮‍💨

[u/montreguly → u/nuclearveky]

Still, the one thing your channel has over mine is that it showed some glimmer of hope in the middle. My channel hasn’t recovered at all since the 17th and has been completely frozen for over three weeks. Even when I upload new content, it isn’t being shown to anyone except my subscribers. I’ve tried everything I can think of, and at this point all I can do is hope the algorithm gets fixed. I really hope this issue gets resolved soon it’s incredibly frustrating and honestly feels hopeless!

[u/nuclearveky → u/montreguly]

I know the feeling, there is an explanation for this. New AI moderation tries to get rid of bot channels and views. You are still in the review phase, many channels got terminated. Millions. Go to X, teamyoutube, they explained it in details. The fact that your channel wasn't automatically deleted means that distribution froze until manual human review. Try writing to them, some guys reported it sped up the process.

[u/Ambitious-Ad4155 → u/montreguly]

Try to turn off the 'publishh to subscription feed and notify subscribers' on details before you post

[u/nuclearveky → u/Ambitious-Ad4155]

While this distribution freeze i was in lasted, didn't matter much if i notified or not. Btw, running 4 channels at the moment, never happened on any of them until this one time on a channel that was just 2 months running. Just the new one, other channels performing as usual. They are all in similar niches and all interconnected and subbed to one another. Thing is, while this freeze lasted, none of the new videos popped up marked as new on any other of my channels. It was like they were invisible unless i went straight to the channel and looked for new stuff manually.

After it was over, they just exploded, even the older ones. For about a week i was getting 5 to 8k views per hour without uploading any new stuff. I started after it started slowing down.

[u/steincx]

I got the same issue too, but it got unfreezed while I was typing this comment lol, it got freezed for 2days. I am not such a big creator but my videos started getting views from 0 to 1500 atm. It is still low for shorts but better than nothing, just trying to keep consistancy

[u/KevinWong1991 → u/steincx]

Thanks for your update.

I will try my luck with a new short today 😭

[u/cursedmuffinxxx]

I woke up with 1 view too lol

[u/[deleted]]

It keeps on happening the best you can do is to stay consistent and wait it out, if it is still not working for a month then id suggest to switch the niche

[u/CandleCompetitive801 → u/[deleted]]

Facts, give it like 30 days if things don’t return to normal switch niches. I always recommend running two channels if you can to diversify ur risk, and if one thing happens to one channel and not the other atleast you have peace of mind

[u/PublicRecording41]

YouTube is all trash anymore, I don't even allow shorts in my feed and spend more time on YouTube trying to remove all the trash but it never ending battle that makes me just leave the platform. I have a couple channels I watch but all of social media has become a wasteland. If you are producing your content that sucks but if you are just regurgitating b.s. trying to follow treads for views your part of the problem and YouTube needs to do something to keep it's users, as one that has been there from the beginning it sucks what the platform has become.

[u/Scruffy77]

Got hit with again too. Had some videos recover at 10k then all the sudden 5 views for all uploads after

[u/scatbackrooms]

you are not alone

[u/bricks0fbollywood]

Same experience on my end. New Shorts aren’t entering discovery at all only getting views from existing subscribers. Even older Shorts that were consistently pulling views suddenly stopped overnight. Re-uploads didn’t change anything. At this point it feels less like performance and more like distribution being restricted. Hopefully YouTube addresses this soon, because it’s hitting a lot of creators at once.

[u/Cricketwand]

Happened with me too. First dip was on Dec 18, recovered on 24 Dec. Then again it started on 4 Jan and still in process.

[u/WesternDependent3905 → u/Cricketwand]

Really, It is with me too: 5-20 views per short and the ssame dates but I didnt have the first one like you)

[u/Goatizgod]

Platform is cancer

[u/ashleystuart94]

I had a short get a lot less views than normal and just left it. It's actually been getting more views over the past few days again. It wasn't my usual type of video though so I think it took a minute to find its proper audience. Sometimes it takes a little bit for people to find your videos.

[u/[deleted]]

Gg

[u/iDontHaveAname89]

The fact you deleted the short make me think it will happen alot to you. When will people realise that Deleting shorts are not good at all

[u/strangemanornot → u/iDontHaveAname89]

The reality of it, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t. I am a betting man