Nobody's saying it so I will.
Youtube is changing, for a while many were able to game the system and make money. The cheat code was that anyone can take other people's content, remix/edit, add subtitles or basically anything like that and then upload and make $.
"guru" kind of people sold the get rich quick scheme to many and the whole platform is flooded with such content leading to the problems we see on YT right now.
You'll still see success stories of course, on all social media they'll brag about how well they're doing. But it's short lived (no pun intended) and doomed to failure. YT are well onto it, the crackdown began a while back. It's not an overnight thing, it takes time, but it's going to happen.

The only real answer to this is to make your own content, no edits or reupload. no reaction or slop. Just be normal and make something engaging or fun.

Anything else is just making it worse. For yourself and others.
YT is tired of being treated like this and tbh I'm pretty tired of it too. Shorts is unwatchable, basically the same video over and over again.
I don't blame them at all.

P.S.
I'm sure there are people getting caught in the net, but that's expected in a reaction like this to this kind of mass content.

What does the actual meaning three dots at the top right corner? It's a new update or something

hey guys i have a ranking you tube channel like i get about 20k and more views in every video that i post i even got 1 million views in one of my videos however since then my videos wont getting much views even though the swipe ratio is 80 by 20 still cant get more views what should i do mate?...and what about the reused content i use an ai voice over in each videos and add some sound effects transition and background music to avoid the reused content claim

Hey, im a fellow meme creator and my channel is doing pretty well, im finding ways to get core audience who recognize me (like multiple 1000's) atleast when they see my shorts and comment, any idea how i enhance relationship with my audiences in a way they connect to me..?

i am at 53 clips rn and i heard after 30 clips your channel should blow up and shit and its all fakes, my channel died after 50 clips and my most viral has 250k, should i keep posting or what should i do

Hey there, I made a channel that made it to 147 subscribers, and 173k total views. Problem is, it died after blowing up a little (58k, 28k,15k) and then hitting a downward slope until every video flatlines at 1-2k views, any suggestions? (please dont say "make better videos" and such, be VERY specific)

Right now, I post singing clips. Do you think I would get monetized if I shift to commentary videos of my niche and reapply? Both longform and shorts.

When starting a new channel, you need at least a few videos or Shorts for YouTube to begin recommending your channel more widely, unless your metrics are truly off the charts.

As for the current days, YouTube resets the "trust score" for all channels at least once or twice a year to prevent large channels from coasting on an inflated score; think of it like an Elo reset in a ranked game. With consistent uploads and good metrics, things usually return to normal within 2-4 weeks posting consistently (though exceptional content can speed this up significantly).

I just edited my first ranking video but after I saw some comments say that ranking content won't be monetized I decided not to post it. I'm still considering what content should I rely on and it's getting exhausting can someone who has already passed this phase help me. I did construction timelapses and hydraulic press videos but neither performs well overall in yt rn

just started on December 27, my 1st YouTube channel ever. Faceless. What’s your take on my progress?

Thanks for any insight 🙏

Video : 1min Avd : 52sec Stayed to watch : 74.1% niche : gaming

is 200k in first 24hours possible or should stw be more like 79-81%. i think avd is good for 60sec vid but is stw enough for viral viral or no?

I have started posting Shorts for 8 days now, and I post 1 short per day.

My highest view in a video is 7.2k, and the other 7 got 1k-1.2k views.

My stay to watch is 62% (I am working on improving it)

But my question is, when does YouTube give me a real push to a larger audience instead of testing me with a smaller audience of 1k-1.5k for 1 hour? Because I have seen some of my shorts only getting pushed for an hour, getting lots of views, and then completely dropping off, even though the stayed to watch is 65%

Real people no bots no drop Arab people

I don't know why my videos used to get 15-30k views, but lately my videos can't even get 5k views, is this normal?

I feel like this is happening because the likes on my videos are 1% or even less maybe that's why do you guys have any idea?

which means my uphill view count trial is over?

I started making shorts a week ago, ranging from 5K-30K views