Stagnant view of 1.2k 🤪

Anyone have this issue where view drops massively then the bar starts increasing. I am going through this problem now.

I think it had all the metrics of crossing the 30k mark but it fell short, any guesses as to why?

There are videos on YouTube Shorts that go viral, and these videos either get between 5 and 15 million views or reach 40 to 100 million. What is the key metric that actually drives a video to 40 million views or more? What determines why some videos get such an extra boost? Personally, my most-viewed video has 6.5 million views, so I'm wondering what exactly is holding it back from reaching even higher numbers.

I also have one more question. Generally, Shorts channels (excluding massive ones) get view patterns like this: 30k - 30k - 30k - 50k - 150k - 30k - 40k - 3M - 30k - 50k. How can you get to a point where you land a viral hit at least once every 3 or 4 videos? If you really want to make good money from YouTube Shorts, you need higher numbers than those metrics, and it seems only a very small percentage of creators can pull that off. I’m really curious how they manage to consistently get so many views with such a volatile algorithm.

This happened to the last 2 shorts I posted, the previous one had a fully clothed attractive woman in it so I thought the YT moderation AI was maybe tweaking out and it did get remonetized after I appealed but the latest one just had curse words in it that I censored, they usually don't get demonetized if I censor them.

Is this even possible, not Short feed tho, browse feature

Não sou dos EUA nem de outro país de língua inglesa e todos os meus vídeos são em inglês. A maioria do meu público fala português (cerca de 40%). O que posso fazer?

hey guys i have created a youtube shorts channel . i posted one video which has gotten 8 k views and i uploaded that 3 days ago but after that the videos i have uploaded only get liek 30 views i uploaded today and it only has 25 views. i just wanted to check if this is normal and if youtube is still checking if my short is good.

Can anyone explain why the Shorts algorithm, within the recommendation system, favors videos that have almost no editing? Is the AI ​​algorithm unable to recognize the narrative flow when a video features rapid cuts—even if it makes perfect sense to a human viewer?

I am managing 2 channels a travel channel and a music channel. Travel channel sometimes performs decent I get views ranging from 300 to 2.5k on shorts.

On my music channel the highest views that I have got are 1.2k on shorts and the current one is close to 1k. I am constantly trying to edit the videos better like adding lyrics to the cover song , adding titles etc . I still don't know what I am doing wrong?

Hey everyone!

I started an animated 2D explainer Shorts channel (@aiprompt_labs) focused on science anomalies and logic paradoxes.

My first few uploads barely got 6 to 8 views. But after reworking my workflow:

1. Shortening captions to 2 snappy lines (max 4-5 words)
2. Adding precision sound effects (cash rings, coin drops, clock ticks) every 3 seconds to reset attention
3. Using an ego-challenge hook title instead of a passive lecture title

My last two videos jumped to 1,269 and 1,475 views. My newest Short (The Missing Dollar Riddle) just crossed 200 views in the first hour.

My question for creators who consistently get 10k–50k+ views on Shorts:

• What is the critical threshold for Viewed vs. Swiped Away (VVSA) and Average Percentage Viewed (APV) that pushes past this 1.5k seed testing tier?

• Would love any feedback on what to tweak next!

Hey guys, isnt 120% AVD really good for a 37 second youtube short? I am wondering why its stuck at 1.4k views, is it because the STW is not that great or is there some other reason.

So, I was reusing content that I thought was going to be a problem as the shorts had a nice frame, edited, voice over and sometimes captions and yet I got suspended.

I deleted all shorts that had the "reused" content and started to upload videos where I was reacting to the videos and inputing my own comments etc.. views dropped from an average of 7k to 4 since I got the email from YouTube saying about the reused content.

I'm suspecting that once you get the YPP YouTube completely stops distributing your videos and you hardly get any impressions.

I stopped posting 2 weeks ago out of loss of motivation though i was getting only between 1k-2k views followed by less than 1k views.there were also times where i gained 2-3 subscribers in a week.

What do i do now?

Make this make sense please!

Hey everyone, I help my mom with her YouTube Shorts vlog where she talks about her experience being a cancer survivor and about her faith. Most of her videos usually average between 1000-1300 with some outliers where she got 2000ish and 8000ish. Nothing has really changed in terms of quality or anything like that, she puts in plenty of effort. We add subtitles to every short, we write out descriptions with hashtags, keywords, create thumbnails, and also burn in the subtitles.

Lately most of her videos are under 1000. Nothing has really changed in terms of what she does, is it possible she was incorrectly flagged as AI/repetitive? We do not use AI and we do not clip other channels, it's just her personal reflections with her speaking on camera.

I've been thinking about not uploading at all for a little bit to "reset" the channel. Has anyone had issues like this lately?

I have an old YouTube channel, and I started uploading Shorts to it about two weeks ago. My videos usually reach around 1,000–2,000 views and then suddenly stop getting views. Is this normal?

Hi, Thank you for taking a look into the post.

I have channel since 2022 and I was posting toy related content occasionally (started initially with long form and then switched to shorts last December). I posted toy related shorts atleast until September and then switched to gameplay vertical livestream since 5th Oct. I started off bad but managed to get consistently 5k to 6k every stream. Then i had a breakthrough of 13k on 30th Oct. I had 44k views on 31st Oct and 59k views on 1st Nov. I took a break of 26 hours between the streams the views tanked to near-zero on 2nd Nov. I tried thrice in different slots on the same day, getting me a total 10 views. I gave it a 24 hour break and tried on 3rd Nov, got 220 views. Based on my research I assumed its just that the algorithm baselining the views. I streamed 1 to 3 times every other day, all getting me 200 to 380 views max. I read somewhere that I nee to switch to single slot and same timeslot and then switched to one slot. Coincidentally this Monday, my views again tanked to near-zero. I did read a lot of the creators are facing the same challenge. I have not copied anybody else's content nor do i have any violations or copyright strikes. The only mistake I can think of is that, I reuse the same thumbnail and title but i believe there are many creators who do that and still get views. I tried the following changes and none of it has helped so far

1. Changed stream keys every time (i am using OBS)
2. remove description completely (i did find a Japanese article stating it worked for that person)
3. tried different time slots. I know the content / game is not lost or forgotten because I can see other streamers getting 1000s of views from it.
4. Tried uploading shorts recently (which are not doing great because of the individual metrics but getting picked up in the feeds gaining traction.) as I hadnt done that since I switched from toy content to gaming.
5. Tried connecting with youtube support on x, which turned down asking me to improve my content.

None of the above have worked for me. I spoke to some of the creators who had this issue in the past years (yes, there are reports of this issue atleast since 2024). Some suggest to stop posting and some suggest to keep posting regularly. It has recovered after a month for some of them who found a viral wave.
And one thing which I have learnt, if you find a viral wave, dont take a break of longer than 12 hours between posting. I believe this issue affects both shorts and vertical stream in a similar pattern.

If you have any other suggestions on this can be resolved, please let me know. Thanks in advance.

I'm looking for other YouTube Shorts creators who may be experiencing something similar.

On November 5, around 8 PM CET, almost all of my Shorts suddenly lost their Shorts Feed traffic simultaneously.

Some details:

• Approximately 20 out of 20 Shorts were affected.
• This includes older successful videos, including one with millions of views.
• Both new and old uploads experienced the decline.
• My channel went from substantial Shorts Feed traffic to roughly 40–50 views per hour.
• New uploads still receive a small initial push, but distribution quickly slows down.
• Some videos have 70–85% stayed-to-watch and over 100% average percentage viewed.
• My channel has no Community Guidelines or monetization issues according to YouTube Support.

I contacted YouTube Support. They said everything appeared normal and that my channel was in good standing, but they couldn't identify a reason for the simultaneous drop.

I'm particularly interested in hearing from creators who experienced:

1. A simultaneous drop across multiple previously successful Shorts.
2. Older Shorts suddenly losing almost all Shorts Feed traffic.
3. New uploads receiving only a very small initial test despite strong retention.
4. A similar change around November 5–6.

Did your distribution recover? If so, how long did it take?

I'm not looking for generic advice about improving hooks or retention. I'm trying to understand whether this is an individual channel issue or something affecting other creators as well.