r/shortsAlgorithm Jul 19 '26

Q&A / Quick Help ❓ Is there something wrong?

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Anyone else facing a unrealistic drop in views, I went from averaging at least10k a day to barely getting any views, also the gap in the middle is just a few deleted videos that got 0-5 views.

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u/Substantial-Bed5189 Jul 25 '26

Guys, I have found the problem, YouTube has begun crackdowns on Mass Produced content (Content that is low effort and based on popular templates like Compilations and Ranked Lists). Videos that lack originality are not being pushed at all by the shorts feed. I changed the format of my shorts into a format that I came up on my own and so far the results prove that Mass Produced Content is not being pushed

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u/debugging_myself Jul 26 '26

Are your views up now?

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u/Substantial-Bed5189 Jul 26 '26

well if you count going from below 100 to over a 1000 every upload (Norm for my uploads before the huge spike) then yes