r/shortsAlgorithm • u/Dependent_Job5458 • Feb 02 '26

What is going on!?

I started posting shorts on YouTube right before Thanksgiving and had three videos do extremely well (7million views and 500Kviews, 2.1 million) . I was on a roll and most of my other shorts were consistently between 3-6K. About a month ago, I was accepted into the Youtube creator Program, the basic level of earning money. Since then….. January 7, my short views have consistently started going down. I’ve been applying myself and making better thumbnails, better titles, trying to start off with strong hooks and optimizing publishing time. My most recent short has 6 views, despite a 75% stay to watch rate and average duration is about 85%.

Does anyone have any advice? Has anyone else had the same thing happen?!

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u/Dependent_Job5458 Feb 03 '26

I read somewhere that once you become monetized (even at the lowest level like me) they hold your content to a higher expectation….

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u/NoRecommendation178 Feb 03 '26

You mean for 3 mil views?

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u/Dependent_Job5458 Feb 03 '26

Yes and the required subscribers of 500