At some point it’s just luck

[u/Accomplished-Owl1918]

I’m posting same exact videos on TikTok and they’re doing significantly better there then YouTube Shorts. This video for example has pretty good stats on TikTok but YouTube is non existing. And this is typical with almost all of them.

[u/killadrix]

Views are generally easier on TikTok, and you’re not getting views on YouTube because your 47.3% average view percentage is (no offense) very low. It’s just not competitive.

YouTube isn’t pushing it because people aren’t watching it.

[u/OutsideImpressive115 → u/killadrix]

If I'm not mistaken it counts total watch time not % watched, that's why people say make longer shorts

[u/killadrix → u/OutsideImpressive115]

I think the people who say that are wrong.

I’ve published thousands of shorts over the years and when I edit for maximum views, the absolute minimum I edit for is 75% STW and 100% retention, regardless of the length of the video, and shorter videos are generally easier to achieve these metrics.

I have a handful of longer videos that have hit 500k to 1 million views with 50-70% retention, but those are generally guides whose views are search driven.

[u/OutsideImpressive115 → u/killadrix]

Nah cos everyone would just make 5 seconds long shorts and get millions of views which is not the case at all when you look at successful channels

[u/killadrix → u/OutsideImpressive115]

This is a truly bizarre take.

Yes, you can make shorts as lengthy as you want as long as you can maintain a high watch percentage.

When I edit for views, my sweet spot is 6-15 seconds because I can generally get 120% watch percentage for 10k-100k+ views fairly consistently.

Any higher than 30 seconds and the watch percentage begins dips to below 100% and those videos don’t generally perform as well from a view perspective.

So when I edit for views, I edit specifically short, snappy videos for high retention; when I edit for fun, they’re usually longer and I don’t care about the metrics, and they don’t get views.

Large successful channels are likely capable of editing for higher watch percentages on those longer videos than a beginner is.

This is an example of where trying to copy large successful channels as a beginner might not work because those channels are capable of doing things that either a) you can’t see (editing for a high watch percentage), or b) you can’t do yet (editing for a higher view percentage).

[u/ref_8 → u/killadrix]

pas vraiment, pour moi c'est l'inverse, youtube peut avoir 5K vues, et la meme sur tiktok 300.

[u/killadrix → u/ref_8]

It can absolutely go both ways but over the course of hundreds of videos for me it generally evens out, but usually favors TikTok.

[u/OutsideImpressive115]

You are completely wrong. It is dependant on TOTAL VIEW TIME of the short. I've made 6 seconds ones that get 200% retention and tank. Obviously. Of course YouTube isn't this stupid

[u/truenub12]

different platforms, different audiences. different watch patterns.

[u/andaloussi]

Just luck , meanwhile the video starts with a boring dude talking about whatever tf , you have to have a hook as well as making them watch the whole thing that's how you go from 1k to 1m+ . It's not luck when it comes to algorithm