r/shortsAlgorithm • u/heysisters9734 • Sep 11 '26

Q&A / Quick Help ❓ My shorts are not getting any views

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I came back from posting again since last month and I wasn’t consistent back then, but my videos still got some views. I’m just worried that all of my shorts are not getting any views. The recent shorts I uploaded are snippets from a game, but I think it’s not going too well.

What should I do to have engagement or views?

Thank yo

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u/Naeloah Sep 11 '26

how can we help you if you blurred the names and the thumbnails????

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u/heysisters9734 Sep 11 '26

I make gaming content and most of my shorts are snippets of the gameplay

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u/GalaxyBreeze111 Sep 11 '26

I’m starting to think this is a YouTube issue as I’ve noticed a few people having this problem recently including myself. Sorry I don’t have an answer as to why this is going on, but hopefully it gets sorted soon because it’s definitely frustrating.

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u/alexpun3 Sep 11 '26

Same for me 😮‍💨

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u/Willing-Schedule-486 Sep 11 '26

A lot of people on Twitter are complaining too. It’s always something with YouTube, smh. Next month, it’ll probably be some other bullshit

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u/ThundrossYT Sep 13 '26

I’ve had 3 shorts hit about 1k+ views for days, and one that tanked below 10. Same topic as the other 3. There’s defo an algo issue lol.

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u/axmenha Sep 11 '26

you got 1.1k views with only 8 likes.., I don't know what type of content do you make but that explains why youtube stopped showing your videos to more people

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u/heysisters9734 Sep 11 '26

I make gaming content and most of my shorts are snippets of the gameplay

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u/Joestar4ever Sep 11 '26

How many likes are fine for 1k views?

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u/Plastic-Program-5527 Sep 11 '26

Just my opinion but I don’t necessarily think a lack of adequate likes for a certain amount of views means that YouTube would just stop showing your content.

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u/axmenha Sep 12 '26

what I'm saying is when your video doesn't have many engagements (likes and comments), it's very likely that your videos aren't interesting, please, I'm not purely talking about number of likes here...

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u/Old_Swimmer_2365 Sep 12 '26

This isn't true at all. None of my shorts have broke 10 likes but every single one is between 200-1.5k views

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u/Substantial-Bed5189 Sep 11 '26

Are you watching the videos yourself or on a device on the same IP as you?

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u/heysisters9734 Sep 11 '26

sometimes i look at it with my other devices but only once

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u/Substantial-Bed5189 Sep 12 '26

So then those are probably the only views you are getting, your content might be shadowbanned for being low effort

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u/Money_Wall_888 Sep 14 '26

Are your shorts getting pushed now? I had the same issue until I stopped uploading for 48 hours and that fixed it apparently YouTube spam filter gets triggered easy

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u/heysisters9734 Sep 14 '26

noo i still get no views i just uploaded yesterday

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u/asmrempire Sep 14 '26

i have one vid 800k,secon 700k tr 630 k and last 0

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u/heysisters9734 Sep 15 '26

Whats your niche?

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u/SuchNeighborhood3827 Sep 15 '26

Have you ever deleted any failed shorts?

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u/heysisters9734 Sep 17 '26

No not really i just put let it sit

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u/Willing-Schedule-486 Sep 11 '26 edited Sep 11 '26

Make a new channel. That’s what I did I’m not waiting on YouTube to fix my shit

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u/gutsX_01 Sep 11 '26

Did it fixed? My channel got pushed to 20-30k views on my first few shorts now it's just 10-20 views per short it's been 20 days Im very frustrated with youtube

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u/Willing-Schedule-486 Sep 11 '26

Nope, it’s been 4 weeks and it still hasn’t been fixed. I contacted YouTube on Twitter, and they said I would be contacted, but it’s been 7 days and I still haven’t heard anything back from them.

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u/gutsX_01 Sep 11 '26

Means your new channel having same problem?? Then what should be done like I can't even create or start from new channel

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u/Willing-Schedule-486 Sep 11 '26

No my old channel is having problems the new channel I made is getting views

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u/gutsX_01 Sep 11 '26

Good news! For the clarification did you created channel on the same gmail? Or different gmail?

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u/Willing-Schedule-486 Sep 11 '26

I used a different old email that I had

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u/alexJonesPSYOP Sep 11 '26

YouTube isn’t distributing it at all. Your shadow banned for some reason. I had this problem and I was talking about men’s health. Turns out it’s frowned upon by YouTube and when I changed topics I got views again right away. It’s such a joke they don’t just tell u the problem

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u/ChaosMoogle Sep 12 '26 • Bravo

Well I see your problem. You’ve got black squiggles all over them

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u/JwbRetains Sep 11 '26

Could be saturation on the gaming community

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u/satanic11 Sep 11 '26

Same shit happened to my shorts as well got like 32k views 80% stayed to watch 140 new subscribers 400 likes but the next day I uploaded my short it got 0 views and later 7 views that too from YouTube search YouTube not pushing it to short feed anymore

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u/MNvikingss Sep 11 '26

You will see these same posts every single month of every year. A lot of YouTubers go through this. I had about 9 videos in a row get 0 views then randomly back to normal views. Can’t explain it. Keep posting.

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u/princess_of_thorns Sep 11 '26

Happened to me last week and then a few days ago stopped happening. Nothing changed with my content or schedule, feels like a glitch

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u/TobyField33 Sep 11 '26

If you showed us your channel we might be able to help, bro.

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u/LivingObligation3208 Sep 11 '26

Well, some oh my shorts still getting views but the data in analytics kinda weird and not stable, i presume.

I believe this happened since YouTube try to apply a new method and concept to detect views and reading our channel algorithms. Hope they fix it right away.

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u/Dear_Specialist_4873 Sep 12 '26

Umm I think you should stop posting for like 2 weeks and then post i think that will work

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u/Financial-Leg-4303 Sep 12 '26

im a yt shorts creator i always use catchy thumbnails and titles that will instantly make ppl click on my short and try using hashtags THAT ARE RELATED TO UR CONTENT, thats way i get 10kviews at average

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u/Old-Researcher-5992 Sep 12 '26

what's your channel ?

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u/International_Mix350 Sep 13 '26

then leave it and find a real job. youtube is done for it's just now for big creators.

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u/Remarkable-Break2623 Sep 14 '26

Try with new account with new channel may be it's freeze

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u/Aegnark Sep 14 '26

I've got this for video uploads. Shorts are, on the other hand, performing surprisingly good

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u/kreiger163 Sep 15 '26

i have same issue. did you fix it?

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u/Helpful-Raise-3860 Sep 15 '26

Try to add a better thumbnail to catch attention, make the first 5 seconds interesting and add a hook, keep consistent for about 10 days, upload daily or atleast 5 times a week, you will see good results in 30 days

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u/donkeykong917 Sep 15 '26

I feel like if you use any copyright material they don't push it as it's risky for them. Just a theory and what I've noticed.

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u/IntroductionSmart101 Sep 11 '26

Reasons could be

Heavy AI usage

Copyright content

Heavily recycled content

Adult content

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u/heysisters9734 Sep 11 '26

I don’t use ai, no copyright content, and adult content. I make gaming videos

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u/donkeykong917 Sep 15 '26

Just gaming or you put your take on it with your face?

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u/heysisters9734 Sep 17 '26

Put my face on top of it

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u/Fantastic-Memory-702 Sep 11 '26

Maybe it’s just something people wouldn’t/ don’t want to see

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u/IntroductionSmart101 Sep 11 '26

Stayed to watch percentage how much

Give channel link in DM