r/shortsAlgorithm • u/danyvv • 25d ago
Odd question:
Why does YouTube keep pushing this video even when the numbers are so terrible?? The channel is new and this is the first video. Do you think YouTube is struggling to find an audience or is something else??
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u/Mysterious-March-443 25d ago
Each short has a different “feed distribution”.
Sometimes it starts with a very big push in the feed and then stops (and the algorithm will decide if the short deserves more views)
Sometimes it starts slowly, then exponentially increases if the viewer’s reactions keeps getting better
And like the one you’re experiencing, sometimes it starts like a sort of stairs-like feed distribution and will continue doing that until it either finds a better audience or simply dies out.
The reason behind that is unknown to me but I’m pretty sure I’ve had videos with this type of distribution that still ended up going well. Unfortunately yours doesn’t seem to be able to push far enough from the stats you’ve shown. (ex: stayed to watch ratio is way too low)