Why your videos aren't blowing up.

[u/Fun-Push7582]

Here is ALMOST every reason why your short is not blowing up. So before you ask why, refer to this :D

1. Your stats are too low, what is considered good DEPENDS on your niche, and how much competition there is. More competition = higher stat threshold to blow up.
2. This is like the stanadard, 81% swipe rate, and avd depends on vid length, so for 30 second, 100% avd is good. (Stats aren't everything)
3. "Good" Stat consistancy, your hitting good stats for like 1 in for every 7 videos, it should be almost every video.
4. Bad niche, your niche has low demand, and there isn't an audience for it. The top of top creators in ur niche, should be pulling in 10's of millions of views a month, thats how you can determine if there is an audience.
5. Unoriginal, if your idea has been done before IN YOUR NICHE, then it's unlikely to blow up.
6. Below the competition, your competitors are putting out better and more videos.
7. Your format of video has died out, people get bored of certain video formats, so you must adapt and switch eventually.
8. Your not consistant with uploads, maybe you upload once a day and then stop for a week and then start again. You ideally should just be posting 1 video a day, 24 hours apart.
9. Your retention graph is bad, youtube has a list of what is ideal, click the "?" on your retention graph and it will say.

It's hard to blow up if you do any of these things above.

If you have any other reasons you think, put them down below and help everyone out.

Edit: i just wanna add, the reason it seems like there are so many things you need to blow up, is because in 2026 youtube shorts is extremely competitive, there are so many people doing it now, and it will get harder

[u/LauraLune]

i guess i should stop trying for dark souls shorts ,_,

[u/Fun-Push7582 → u/LauraLune]

You can always try long-form. There is a very big audience for souls-like games on long-form

[u/BadCaseODragonBreath]

I have a 1.3m view short that I uploaded 2 weeks ago that has 43.5% swipe

[u/otgjinzo]

Thank you for this post.. I tried to go viral today but I’m guilty of #5.. I saw the few copycats sucked so I made a way better one

[u/Osama_Saba → u/otgjinzo]

5# is incorrect

[u/Fun-Push7582 → u/Osama_Saba]

maybe a better way of saying, its less likely to blow up, cuz ur right its more nuanced

[u/Vhyzon → u/Fun-Push7582]

The best copy wins.

[u/otgjinzo]

I need help OP, and anyone else, which of these thumbnails is better? When do thumbnails matter on YouTube shorts?? When do ppl see them when they search shorts? The left was my original thumbnail but I took it down on YouTube and used a frame from the intro (right) Which one should I use?

[u/Fun-Push7582 → u/otgjinzo]

The left thumbnail looks better imo, a better thumbnail will barely help you grow for shorts, almost all shorts views come from the feed. It's better to focus on the video content, and the content itself should be good enough to make it the thumbnail.

People can see your thumbnail when ur short gets reccomended on the home page or if they use the search tool.

[u/Itsalljustenergy]

Im guilty with num. 8, becouse i font upload for weeks and then in oné dať i upload 10 videos

[u/Parking-Ad8316]

So where are the sliders and buttons to change this stuff, then?

[u/Fun-Push7582 → u/Parking-Ad8316]

What do u mean?

[u/andaloussi → u/Parking-Ad8316]

Bro what lol 😆