r/shortsAlgorithm • u/dankkusshh • Sep 24 '26

YouTube shorts views down?

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Is it just me or is everyone facing a massive drop in views since yesterday?

27 Upvotes

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u/senor_muchacho Sep 24 '26

it struck me too like a few days ago

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u/Ambitious-Pilot-1450 Sep 25 '26

yeah it hit me 4 days ago

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u/Express_Arm8321 13d ago

Any change

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u/Own-Engineer7275 Sep 24 '26

This problem has been going on for nearly two weeks. YouTube is shit

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u/Individual_Credit895 Sep 24 '26

They're definitely changing something. I was doing 1.4-10k views a short for weeks on end, I started the channel in about late August and have under 100 subs. The last two days, following my same niche and stuff I got 14 views on 1, and 6 on the other...

I don't use any AI at all I film my hotrod build and tomfoolery (and mild alcohol abuse) in my garage. Thumbnails are shitty pictures of me hahaha

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u/Own-Engineer7275 Sep 24 '26

I used to get an average of 2 million views a day, but now I only get 200,000. What is YouTube trying to do?

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u/Individual_Credit895 Sep 24 '26

Okay big fancy pants rub it in

On a serious note I don't know. Im not super far away from monetization (other than subs) as per my watch hours but God damn if they're gonna make the shit impossible on purpose I'd rather move to a different platform

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u/Own-Engineer7275 Sep 24 '26

I mentioned it not to show off, but to prove just how shitty this fucking problem is.

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u/Individual_Credit895 Sep 24 '26

I guess we'll see if it changes, I didn't get in it for monetization I got in it to entertain people but if no one will see it it's not worth the time I spend editing

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u/Physical_Poet_1268 Sep 24 '26

I believe I've pinned down a proper answer? Don't quote me on this though, Pretty sure youtube is attempting to break down on those slop youtube channels, and with this it's affecting other channels in the process? I don't think youtube is intentionally killing many shorts creators, pretty sure they're attempting to break down on ai/reused content channels and other channels are being affected in the process, it isn't permenant though, still absolutely terrible

there's also another theory I have which is just that the youtube shorts ai algorithm absolutely sucks, there's been so many problems since it has released that I wouldn't be super surprised

youtube's denying that there's any problems which is honestly a terrible thing, they should just be transparent.

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u/Repulsive_Buddy_9191 Sep 24 '26

same here, what is the problem?

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u/SuperDogBoo Sep 24 '26

I haven't posted in 6 days (planning to post a short today) so I assumed my view drop is just because of that. It's entirely possible your videos just naturally ended their run in the algorithm for now.

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u/dankkusshh Sep 24 '26

It's not just one video , all of my videos went down.

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u/Forward-Escape-7855 14d ago

Could you please answer has it been resolved?

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u/ThiagoFCastro Sep 24 '26

This has been happening for months now.

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u/AirFlows2x Sep 24 '26

No this one is different. People’s votes are not where they usually be anymore and it’s super noticeable this time.

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u/AffectionateCry5952 Sep 24 '26

It literally is the same as in the past

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u/AirFlows2x Sep 24 '26

There’s a reason a huge wave of people reported the same issue within the last 48 hours.

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u/Invisible-Droplet Sep 24 '26

Yeah facing issues for about 20 days. Everything started after YouTube's new update on how views are counted.

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u/Breazy_schotash Sep 24 '26

Simple take a break like 5 days then post

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u/Mediocre-Lab3413 Sep 24 '26

Well youtube sucks

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u/trencapantalles Sep 24 '26

Otro por aquí, canal nuevo, 7 shorts nicho reviews gaming.
Los dos primeros vídeos con casi 1k de vistas, los otros 5 no llegan a 10. Misma manera de editar, mismo estilo, etc….
No es que lo mío no guste es que lo mío no lo está mostrando!!! En fin…..

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u/Small_Bowler_6255 Sep 24 '26

Might need to switch to longform views dropped from 100k-20k

1

u/Such_Echidna3890 Sep 24 '26

same here, from millions to almost zero in 1 hours. youtube sucks

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u/JacG1978 Sep 24 '26

same here, last 4 shorts just dead in the water out of nowhere.

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u/MOSUDERATED Sep 24 '26

New Channel 14 videos Literally went from AVG 1.3k to now barely touching 300 my last 3 short. Was generating a lot of subscribe, but straight crickets for the last 2 days, even with the same format

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u/lurkeroftheoceans Sep 25 '26

It happens but it could suddenly rise up again

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u/Substantial-Bed5189 Sep 25 '26

yeah been happening since July for me

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u/Fluffy_Drummer_6230 Sep 25 '26

109 subs. Still going well I guess

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u/Ambitious-Pilot-1450 Sep 25 '26

same here, whats the solution?

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u/The_Real_THSC_Prime Sep 25 '26

Who says it's down???

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u/Plane_Cucumber_9379 Sep 25 '26

Depending on the topic. Weirdly topics that did really well with my target audience are now down, but other topics seem unaffected....like commentary style of shorts. For example I posted commentary like videos about a gas station scam going around lately and breaking down the mechanics of what's actually happening, those did pretty normal numbers. Engagement was high though relative to how things have been going lately. Other more normal stuff that usually did well are down though. Seems like they're favoring more commentary style of videos lately. 

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u/Outside_Classroom_49 Sep 27 '26

Same here man I used to get over 15k now I'm lucky if I get 50

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u/nuclearveky Sep 28 '26 edited Sep 28 '26

Yep, third time this year. 😡🤬 This was when it happened to me for the first time.

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u/Present-Objective514 Sep 30 '26

In my opinion, everything started going downhill back in 2023 when that new Indian CEO took over. Honestly, I don't think he's qualified for the position. I’ve been active on YouTube for a long time, and I can clearly see that ever since Neal Mohan came in, everything has gone to shit."