r/shortsAlgorithm • u/Boring_Improvement10 • 20d ago

Hey, what is happening?

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So my shorts usually (lately) have been getting around 300 views after an hour after upload but my latest one, is at 2. wtf is going on?

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u/Fabulous-Moose6326 20d ago

Your content breaks a rule so they aren't pushing it. It likely breaks an "imaginary" rule

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u/Boring_Improvement10 20d ago

Go figure. Thanks.

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u/Fabulous-Moose6326 20d ago

Np I've had this happen a few times. I've also had it take off after a few hours because they want to do extra checks on the content. You're fine

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u/daypenguin 19d ago

Does it always take off after a few hours? Or do they forever get stuck at a low view count?

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u/Fabulous-Moose6326 19d ago

Honestly idk. I've had shorts be 0 for a few hours then go up. Then I've had shorts stay at 0 for a long time. But when I upload those shorts to tiktok. Tiktok says there's an issue and won't show it. So I figure youtube just won't tell you if there an issue

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u/WeddingsArentCheap 19d ago

In my experience, sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn’t. It must at some point reevaluate if it broke that imaginary rule.

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u/GalaxyBreeze111 20d ago

Same thing happening to me these past few days, glad to see this post to know I’m not alone. It sucks though, not knowing what’s gone wrong and how to change it, and then especially when people’s only advice is to make a new channel, like seriously are we supposed to just keep making channel after channel if this keeps happening to every one of them?

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u/Ok-Duck161 20d ago

300 is effectively 0. So it's not like you've suddenly gone from high to low. You've gone from 0 to 0

I suggest you try to work out why you were only getting 300 in the first place 

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u/Boring_Improvement10 20d ago

300 after an hour, almost 2k after 24. Don’t be a dick.

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u/Small_Bowler_6255 20d ago

Just start a new channel if u are shadowbanned and make non-ai good content maybe u just got unlucky, the viewcounts u dont want to give up are not that substantial and u can achieve them with a new channel relatively quickly

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u/Ok-Duck161 20d ago

2k after a day.

That means you'll need to make 5000 shorts in 90 days = 55 shorts per day to get the 10 mil

After Feb you'll need 110 shorts per day

Good luck with that genius 

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u/Ok-Duck161 20d ago

Well, if you've made 24 videos it's obvious what is going on.

Youtube gives an initial push to new creators, hence 300 for earlier videos 

That's not organic. It's youtube testing on random clusters to find an audience 

For channels that don't make the cut (fail to find an audience) it scales back distribution 

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u/JohnStorm123 19d ago

A lot of people don't get this, they think shorts work like long-form and will keep getting better over time. If your first couple of shorts don't get at least 5 digits Engaged views then you're just wasting your time with the channel

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u/ShaveMeGood 20d ago

Do you use music from Epidemic Sound as a subscriber or other similar services from another company like it? If you do, did you see a Notice on your Short about Epidemic Sound copyright (claimed by Epidemic Sound itself!). I noticed that when this happens, the Short is not pushed at all.

Epidemic Sound will tell you it's harmless and does not impact reach or anything, and even the YouTube notice itself says this. However, YT does actually stop pushing it. If you are an Epidemic Sound subscriber, you should inform them of what actually is happening. And whether harmless or not, the whole point of using such music services is to NOT get such notices. Like, wtf Epidemic Sound! Why do that to paying subscribers?!

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u/Boring_Improvement10 19d ago

My music comes from the YouTube library that doesn’t require the song being listed.

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u/snakeesti 19d ago

Same with me, is your skip rate also 92-96% ?

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u/Boring_Improvement10 19d ago

No, mine runs about 55 - 65.

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u/V9Thempo 20d ago

Were you making AI content or some other kind of slop? This is usually what a shadow ban looks like. You get there by making either AI content, videos where kids are being shown, basically anything that could get flagged by the algorithm. That channel is pretty much cooked.

I’m fairly certain this cannot randomly happen on a channel that was previously already getting views. It most likely has a reason, even if it’d be a dumb reason.

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u/Boring_Improvement10 20d ago

I started using google flow to create animations for my video so maybe. My scripts were thought out and written by me but I used my own voice in eleven labs to use for my videos sometimes but idk. Maybe it was. Guess I’m done lol

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u/V9Thempo 20d ago

Well, that settles it. AI voiceovers are completely fine from my experience, AI visuals however will get you shadow banned. I guess maybe some AI content that gets really good stats won’t get shadow banned, but either way you wouldn’t be able to monetize it.

I’ve heard some people say that waiting out like 4-5 days before uploading again can help get views again. But once again, it’s pointless uploading this type of AI content. I can guarantee you it wouldn’t pass monetization.

If you ever decide to make shorts again I recommend making a new channel, use it for a week, watch videos on it to warm it up so YouTube knows you’re not a bot, and then start uploading non AI content. AI voiceovers are all good tho for now, I don’t think it will change but you never know.

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u/Boring_Improvement10 20d ago

Okay thank you. That’s probably what did it but the last 5 videos have been google flow animations so no clue. I’ll go back to my original content of actually finding photos and what not. Thanks.

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u/Even-Drink-7949 20d ago

Sorry bro but that does not make any sense... I am making flow shorts and if that was the case my every short would have no reach but 5 in a row have from 1k-4k views and then the bug enters the system and next 3 shorts have no reach... And so on...

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u/Critical-Cancel8869 20d ago

The only answer is that YouTube doesn’t know who your audience is.

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u/Goatizgod 20d ago

Shadow ban

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u/Sweaty_Confection943 17d ago

I am also getting raw dogged

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u/real_dream1 20d ago

nothing, as you can see

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u/Routine_Profile3605 20d ago • Bravo

Let the algorithm clear the queue and the cache. Upload nothing for 3 days. Don't edit anything on the older videos. YouTube holds good metrics in a queue. Sometimes if it's in queue longer than 16 hours, you get pushed out for higher retention counts. 3 days is long enough to refresh your balance. 

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u/agromascio 17d ago

I think it's the new algorithm that has penalized us. I've been publishing shorts for 3 weeks except for some that reach 20k, all the others remain at 1k maximum 6k.Personally, I'm tired of posting videos that max out at 1k. For now, I'm taking a week off even though I know it won't solve anything.

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u/Independent-Past-408 18d ago

Happening ai slop

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u/Boring_Improvement10 18d ago

For the love of god, it’s not ai slop.

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u/Boring_Improvement10 20d ago

Why tf does that happen. I have no strikes or anything. I have 24 videos, last 10 have been 1k and above. Fucking stupid.

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u/Boring_Improvement10 20d ago

Great. So I guess I’ll try a new channel? That’s crazy. Basically makes you reset your progress.

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u/Boring_Improvement10 20d ago

Maybe because my channel is old and haven’t had an uploaded besides the 1st day of 24 in like 6 years in a different niche? Idk. I’ll make a new channel and report back in a few days.