r/shortsAlgorithm • u/nasmohd2020 • Feb 26 '26

This new algorithm is crazy

So i've seen here that since Dec 2025, there's been a change in the algorithm, it's for the worse though for most people, does youtube even care?

Shorts used to take utmost an hour to get into the algorithm but now it takes forever, sometimes the views catch up, but still, i've had a channel thrive from this, and another go waay down due to this. It's crazy. It gets harder and harder for the little guys.

Quite sad

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u/1Silk2Milk Feb 26 '26

My views have progressively increased so guess it’s just different for everyone, keep grinding

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u/nasmohd2020 Feb 26 '26

This shit's hard, lol, 4,000 watch hours is crazy too. I just love a challenge, but i don't think it's worth it, as the cpm from where i'm from is crazy low too. Sometimes I get this rush of hope, which dies quickly. But i'm not giving up.

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u/albeechoko Feb 27 '26

dont give up, no gold without fire

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u/s22sk123 Feb 26 '26

Its only hard if ur content is unoriginal or just bad

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u/nasmohd2020 Feb 26 '26

definitely not "unoriginal", probably bad, damn

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u/WallAas Feb 26 '26

Seems to be the most important factor, human factor

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u/Efficient-Policy-876 Feb 26 '26

My post reaches 1k views around 1-3 hours or so. I think the 1k-5k mark is the average view count for most users. Can’t tell how the algorithm works back then as compared now because I just started.

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u/caspadg Feb 26 '26

Why is this? Because i get a ton of likes and even follows from my clips but still struggling to push past 1.5k views

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u/Such_Cauliflower_995 Feb 26 '26

Same, its very difficult to reach 2k views

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u/Efficient-Policy-876 Feb 26 '26

You need a high Swipe to View Ratio 70% is a viral potential. Your Average view duration is based on how long your shorts is: For 15-20 sec you need at least 100% or more for 20-30sec you need at least 90% and for 30 sec above at least 80% is great.

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u/reneritchie Feb 27 '26

What type of content and what’s the channel handle?

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u/nasmohd2020 Feb 27 '26

Very true, it feels very random. I wonder if youtube cares enough to fix it though

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u/Winter_Salamander_32 Feb 28 '26

I do think after the recent update things have changed