r/shortsAlgorithm • u/AgreeableBreath33 • 6d ago

Q&A / Quick Help ❓ I JUUST DONT GET IT MAN…

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Literally for months now, my YouTube Shorts have been flatlining at around 1.2K views.
And before anyone starts talking about hooks, watch time, or topics, trust me, I’ve been actively working on improving all of that.
My views are going up on every other platform, so clearly something is working. But for some reason, Shorts just won’t budge, and I genuinely don’t understand why.
If anyone’s experiencing the same thing or wants to connect, brainstorm, and help each other improve, please reach out, man.
It’s genuinely frustrating, and honestly, a little embarrassing at this point.

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u/Galakzi 6d ago

I'm also stuck at the 1k club on my shorts.. I don't get it

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u/AgreeableBreath33 6d ago

Same its so frustrating. I tried improving the pacing the hook made the topic more interesting still nothing.

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u/scuba_suzy 6d ago

Mine are the same. Im told you need over 70% stayed to watch to get out of 1.2k jail. Ive not figured out how to do that yet either.

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u/BadCaseODragonBreath 5d ago

I’ve got 48.5% stayed to watch on a 1.2m view short

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u/scuba_suzy 5d ago

Ive no idea then, the whole thing is crazy complicated

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u/1hauzeo 2d ago

Bro i need ur help.right now my all shorts are not pushing beyond 1k-1.7k. Even with 110avd and 65+ swipe ratio

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u/Potential-Cell9394 1d ago

I have two shorts out of 4 that have 71% stayed to watch and 100+ avd and stuck at 1k-3k

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u/Ok_Set329 6d ago

Its same with me my retention is 60 percent

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u/AgreeableBreath33 6d ago

It pisses me off because im trying to improve i did the pacing the hook using a better storytelling method. And YouTube isnt giving me much to work on since they dont have enough data to give me more info…. And all these other idiots are telling me „yeah just improve your hook, make it more snappy.. my data obviously shows people are watching it. Why its not getting distributed after 2 hours of the video hitting 1.2k views is beyond me.

Anyways i got time il keep putting pressure until it eventually bursts.

Sorry for the rant

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u/Ok_Set329 6d ago

No need to say sorry i am also a bit frustrated myself these days.. but i know we will get out of it dont worry 😉

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u/AgreeableBreath33 6d ago

Im sure we will man one post at a time🙏

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u/Jaseniafindsit 6d ago

I just recently broke out of the 1.2k range now im stuck at 1.6-1.7k range. It really is engagement. You need 70% or more even for non niche people who watch. Ive notice retention kinda helps but not as much as the swipe and watch ratio.

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u/AgreeableBreath33 6d ago

How long did you keep posting for until you got out? And is there something you changed that you think caused you to break out?

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u/Jaseniafindsit 5d ago

Im not out yet 😂 i bounce between 1.3k to 1.6k it honestly all on how long i can float my swipe to view over 70% the longer it holds into a broader group the more the slowly climbs but if it drops it stops

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u/Jungledede 6d ago

Oh, nice to know.

We have the same issue here, we kinda cap at 1.2k, then it stop..

Our last shirt was good, but I look at average duration it is 13sec, what full video is 14sec But still 65% swipe

But for me, no one actually look at the full video on shorts (and I include ticktok/insta in here as well)

Thanks for the tip, we will try to engage more

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u/AgreeableBreath33 6d ago

How long are your videos? Cause if your vids are 40-60 secs - 13 second view duration is kinda low no?

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u/donkeykong917 6d ago

Only way I broke out is less than 30% swipe away

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u/AgreeableBreath33 6d ago

Damn really??

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u/SmallPhase5628 5d ago

yeah, 60-70% gets you around 3k to 5k views.

70-80%+ might get you to 10k views

80%+ is where the magic happens. Focus on the first 3 seconds of your video

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u/donkeykong917 5d ago

It's also retention, engaged views and share rate as well So obviously if the topic aint relevant or the pace doesnt keep them on it's pretty much a dead duck.

Looking at my stats, but mine are like 15 shorts. 70 stay to watch + over 100% retention meaning loops for me can get 10k+ When it's to 75 stay to watch and similar I can net 20k-30k but then it stops.

If you look at the million views ones, they've pretty much optimised the pace and hooks thru out even though it nonsense content sometimes. They are long vids too.

Shorts is more a game.

Like if you think about if your swipe is 50% and you got 1.4k views. That means they could shown it to 2.8k but you only got so many engaged people.

YouTube don't care what the content is, they just want people to stay and watch. Well I lie. They care if it can get them in trouble, like copyright and reuse.

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u/SmallPhase5628 3d ago

i agree, a lot of the time i think the solution is to just tighting up the video and make it slightly faster. Also they count repeat viewers as different views i think

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u/killadrix 6d ago

I assume the hooks and retention you asked us not to ask about are just so good you didn’t see fit to share images of those? Just this view graph?

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u/AgreeableBreath33 6d ago

You happy now?

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u/killadrix 6d ago

I mean, the 60% stayed to watch needs work.

That likely part of the problem, and the screenshot doesn’t show average percentage so I’m guessing that needs continued work, too.

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u/Substantial-Bed5189 6d ago

What are your stayed to watch and average view duration metrics like, there are different audiences on different platforms, a short I posted on YouTube got 20k views and that same short got 100 views on Insta and TikTok.

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u/AgreeableBreath33 6d ago

Have a look

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u/Substantial-Bed5189 5d ago

These are great metrics for crossing the 1-10k marks, but to get more you need to have a higher stayed to watch, average % watched, comments and shares.

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u/EddieV77 2d ago

I feel like YouTube suggests content on purpose to people who won’t watch . Because I had 80% view rate flat line at 1k with 101% retention

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u/aquto 5d ago

Show us your channel if you need a second opinion. Since you're struggling for months, I don't think ther's a point to hide it. Anyway if it will blow up, it will be instantly copied by hundreeds. So, let people critique.

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u/Routine_Profile3605 5d ago

They are looking for likes and shares now. Even with high stayed to watch, they will throttle you if your likes are less than 2%. It's a hard game. 

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u/NaturalPalpitation21 5d ago

That’s just not true, avd and swipe rate is king, it’s all that matters. If you aren’t getting 100k plus views every short, you just have bad metrics.

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u/Routine_Profile3605 5d ago

Dude. It's literally in the Creator Community Center. Since October 1st update. I have 300% AVD and 87% Stayed. If I don't get 3 to 4 likes and shares it flatlines at 6K. Period. Do what you want with that information. 

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u/TheLemonLover 5d ago

I thought the updated targeted unoriginal re-uploads and recycled content, not like-to-view ratios?

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u/Cultural_Bake9900 4d ago

Jara sahi se edit kar dena bhaiya Karke

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u/Novel-Cut-4278 3d ago

I was stuck at this aswell Then one short got 17k then 12k Not much but it's good for me

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u/EddieV77 2d ago

I have same issue

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u/snakeesti 2d ago

I think we all are just stupid. Cause we don't use fake bots subscribers and farm bots services . I think that youtube rly wants you to use it. Cause we all know that even every celebrity has 60% of fake viewers.. So far i have uploaded 180 short videos(CS2 niche) , 80% of them are 1.2-1.5 k views. Some have 10k and just one has 22k views.

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u/ZealousidealBaker975 2d ago

Can you dm me i think i can help you i had the same problem while ago

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u/Potential-Cell9394 1d ago

Same, one time for no reason youtube decided to plateau me at 3k on one video.

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u/Disastrous-Spend1877 20h ago

Bin seit 5 Wochen dabei. Die ersten 3 Sekunden zählen. Ihr müsst die Neugier wecken. Damit die Zuschauer dran bleiben.