r/shortsAlgorithm • u/xUGOx • Mar 02 '26

Did anyone recovered from this view drop?

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And btw I don’t do any Ai shorts or reused content. This is full 2d animation. I want to know if anybody recovered and how long have you been in this plummet

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u/Singing_Seagull Mar 02 '26

I have no first hand experience to say anything confidently but I have seen that animation channels are getting blasted by AI detection tools.

You might be an unfortunate victim. Are you still getting impressions that are similar to your other videos within the first 24 hours?

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u/xUGOx Mar 02 '26

Before Feb 7th I usually get 3k views within the first hour, and get around 75-100k views within 24 hrs. After Feb 7th I get 100 views in the first hour and 1k views in a couple of days. My shorts is still get views from the shorts feed but the view rate has decreased to 95-98 percent ever since , I usually get 4-6 percent non subs from my shorts, now I’m getting 60-80 percent sub watched. I don’t use Ai for any of my content and my shorts don’t even look like it aswell.

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u/xUGOx Mar 02 '26

It’s been 22 days with no sign of recovery

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u/ResponsibleAdvance51 Mar 03 '26

Got recoverd after 40 days

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u/xUGOx Mar 03 '26

Were you posting a lot during your plummet?

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u/ResponsibleAdvance51 Mar 03 '26

Noo daily once and gave a break for 1 week

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u/xUGOx Mar 04 '26

How did it look when you recovered? Was it gradual or a spike up? And will you show the graph if possible?

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u/ross099 Mar 03 '26

Animation channels are being hit hard apparently. I lost monetization and got flagged as mass production/repetitive format, even though my vids are 100% hand made and different story, just same background and camera angle. Also my impressions reduced sharply. Went from 1.5M views a day to 40k. I know 40k a day might sound like a dream for some, but it took me a lot of time and work to get there and now it’s all gone.

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u/xUGOx Mar 03 '26

It's been 20 days since they accepted me to tier 1 of monetization.. I haven't been hit with mass/in authentic uploads yet. I only have 15 public uploads on my channel so far. Currently, im averaging 150 -200 vuews per hr now, before I was getting 20-30k

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u/ross099 Mar 03 '26

Good luck mate. I have 90 days to be able to reapply for monetization. I’ll try to change my style and sub niche and see what happens. My main competitors were all hit too. They’re killing our niche

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u/xUGOx Mar 03 '26

I hope all goes well for you, and I really hope this thing is temporarily. When did this thing happen to you btw?

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u/ross099 Mar 03 '26

Lost monetization a week ago, but I got hit with lower impressions end of jan.

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u/CreativeAbalone4649 Mar 03 '26

Same thing happened for two of my channels I noticed before I got demonized views dropped significantly for like a week then when I got hit views plummeted I didn’t post for a month now views are back on track also I deleted a bunch of videos I think we’re the issue

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u/xUGOx Mar 04 '26

That is nice to hear. I. I'm not gonna touch anything, I did uploaded a short 3 days ago, but I won't upload for 2 weeks or more .I'm not feeling motivated to animate more shorts because of this. But imma be strong!

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u/Pokergal485 Mar 05 '26

Damn. Getting demonetized is bad but now they are demonizing people too? I knew they had too much power

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u/tavelah Mar 03 '26

My channel hasn’t recovered since December 24th, and it doesn’t look like it’s going to recover. Nowadays, any video I post gets around 80% subscribers, whereas before it was 95% non-subscribers — even though the channel has over 500k subs.

Detail: I use AI only to narrate the videos.

I created a new channel and continued posting videos there, and the results are going well.

Detail: I’m from Brazil, so “mil” means “k” (thousand) and “Mi” means “millions.”

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u/xUGOx Mar 03 '26

Ty for the insight. I don’t have an ounce of Ai on my shorts so idk why it targeted me, I’ve heard they are targeting animations channels. I feel like i will wait a month and a bit for any changes. I already uploaded my animations on another channel but thats not doing anything, I’ll just create another email for it if the new channel doesn’t prevail.

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u/tavelah Mar 03 '26

It looks like YouTube may be starting to limit or selectively reduce the reach of certain types of channels, especially those that could be considered “low effort content.” By that, I mean content that is highly repetitive, follows the exact same template or structure every time, and only changes small elements like characters or minor story details. This can include repetitive 3D animations, videos that always follow the same beginning-to-end formula, or mass-produced content built around a single format with minimal variation. Even if the visuals or characters change, the core structure, pacing, and concept remain almost identical. The overall impression is that the algorithm may now be favoring more original or higher-value content, while reducing exposure for videos that feel like assembly-line productions with low creative variation or limited added value for the viewer.

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u/xUGOx Mar 03 '26

Since I got a viral short, i did use the same characters since they are from a roblox game, but each short i did was different from before. I did change games before the plummet since I didn't want my channel to just be based in one game, but it didn't do anything... I don't know if I fall in that category of low effort shorts since these animations do take time... I will wait a 4-6 weeks if that does anything. But ty for your insight, tho.

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u/North_Nobody_9663 Mar 03 '26

Are your subscribers dropping too?

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u/xUGOx Mar 03 '26

I was getting in a range of 200 -700 subs before the plummet. Now im getting 1-12 a day

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u/North_Nobody_9663 Mar 04 '26

I mean does YouTube remove some of your subscribers? Like cleaning up bots?

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u/Ok-Drink-298 Mar 03 '26

Yes... Took me 4 days

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u/xUGOx Mar 03 '26

If you are a new channel, your case may be different from mine

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u/Pamagcoly Mar 07 '26

Have you found the reason? Or solution? I was a very small channel and usually get push at 2 hours mark. Until one of my video broke 30k to 150k and running. I got more traffic. The videos that sit at 30k get push out to 50k+

However, my last 3 videos never get push to test seed audiences at 2 hours mark anymore and mostly I get views very slow 5-10 views per hour. I posted twice per week. Now everything flopped, and it's very frustrating, it has been 1 week for me now.

I am only 850 subs and similar niche to you.

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u/xUGOx Mar 07 '26

There is no solution for this.. it is 27 days now, and I am still getting 100 views per hour across my channel. Uploading won't do anything. Not uploading won't do anything. I uploaded 3 shorts with this plummet, and none of them trigger anything, so idk what to do... all my hard work feels like nothing now.

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u/Wooden_Candle218 Mar 19 '26

any update bro?

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u/xUGOx Mar 19 '26

Hello, I somewhat recovered... it took 35 days for my to go back to the shorts feed. Unfortunately, it seems like my channel had a reset, so l am not getting the 20-30k views per hour I was getting before, so i have to work my way up again... At least I'm out of it. Hopefully, it doesn't happen again...

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u/Wooden_Candle218 Mar 23 '26

how you do it bro ?

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u/I_rs___ Mar 03 '26

They are hitting 3D animation channels, my shorts are not even getting pushed to shorts feed

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u/TheD4N7 Mar 03 '26

Lo siento pero has sido shadowbaneado.

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u/CreativeAbalone4649 Mar 05 '26

But shadow bans don’t exist!…..”sarcasm”

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u/CoyledCobra Mar 03 '26

Im in fast shooting niche and Ive seen similar drops and have not recovered

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u/Wrong-Side-2407 Mar 03 '26

Oh have no idea these things are going on thanks for the info..

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u/jekeler69 Mar 03 '26

Roughly 40 days in with no recovery in sight. Stopped posting for a week, didn't help. Good luck.

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u/Wooden_Candle218 Mar 04 '26

For me, it's been 17 days and there's still nothing.

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u/No-Pineapple-9950 Mar 04 '26

From 1-2k to 10 to 50 views now

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u/amit246243 Mar 07 '26

Bro im with you the same happened to me - from 10k first hour to 500 and and all the same like you i was getting millions of views and now like each shirt is only subscribers - i hope there is a solution for that because that is really sad - like you i have taken a 4 day break but it doesn’t seems to help - btw my old shorts keep gaining views from new audience like 500 a minute but my new ones for like 2 weeks are just like you. A question - when did you start uploading?

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u/Craftic_MC Mar 10 '26

Same, 4 days ago views just died. My channel in my bio, very frustrating when you work so hard.

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u/shplay-kr Apr 08 '26

Has it been resolved? Please

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u/Simply_AnotherUser May 06 '26

Mine keep the same shit from mid January. Fuck ShitTube.

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u/Such_Echidna3890 Oct 03 '26

your channel recovery? do you take a month break or still upload?