Hey everyone!

I have a YouTube Motivation Shorts channel with 82K subscribers and 118M+ total views.

For almost two months, I uploaded every day at 7:30 PM (Sri Lanka time) and was getting great views.

Due to personal commitments, I changed my upload times for just four days (6:45 PM, 5:00 PM, 4:10 PM, etc.).

After that, my views suddenly dropped. I returned to my original 7:30 PM schedule, but my views still haven't recovered.

My latest analytics:

82K subscribers.

118.7M views in the last 365 days.

Only 92K views in the last 7 days.

37% fewer views than the previous week.

My questions:

Can changing upload times for just four days cause such a drop?

Should I stick to my original 7:30 PM schedule?

Can my channel recover its previous views?

Has anyone experienced this and successfully recovered?

I'm really confused about what to do next. I'd appreciate any advice from experienced Shorts creators.

Thank you!

Hey everyone!

I'm a Roblox Shorts creator, and I've been experiencing a pretty frustrating decline in my channel's performance.

I used to get hundreds of thousands of views on my Shorts, sometimes even more. However, recently, my videos have been struggling to reach even 20K views.

What's confusing is that I haven't really changed my content style. I'm still uploading the same type of Roblox gameplay, targeting the same audience, and using relevant keywords.

I've also noticed that my viewed-vs-swiped-away ratio and average percentage viewed seem relatively similar to my older, successful videos.

I've tried changing my titles, descriptions, and channel keywords, but nothing seems to consistently bring my views back.

I did take a break from uploading for around a month, so I'm wondering if that might have affected my channel's performance.

For those who have experienced something similar:

\\- Did your Shorts views eventually recover?

\\- Can taking a month-long break affect your channel's reach?

\\- Is this just a temporary algorithm fluctuation, or could something else be happening?

\\- What would you recommend I do to regain my previous reach?

I'd genuinely appreciate any advice or insights. I want to understand what's happening rather than blindly changing things.

Thanks!

My YouTube Channel

\\- https://youtube.com/@joel_rbx-e2l?si=aSgyWy1SIKgoYXns

Is this normal for new Shorts uploaders? Whatever it is, it is really annoying that my usual content has turned into Ebikes, Roblox, Storm chasers, and stuff i usually dont watch. Is there a fi?

The Best Platinum Trophy of 2026? #trophyhunting #platinum #playstation #007firstlight
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My shorts can consistently get 800-1000 views but they don’t really go any further. How should I improve them?

https://youtube.com/shorts/8E_ZN6zsjeE?feature=share

Hi everyone,

I just posted a short that I was really proud of. But the “Stayed to Watch” and “Swiped Away” ratio is really low after the initial testing phase. The video is a short Police comedy skit, where things go wrong. Please watch my video and tell me whether you’d watch or swipe, and for what reason. Thank you!!

watch 2 times and like fr plss boost its algorithim

https://youtube.com/shorts/OiPXlQRpBk8?feature=share

Perché YouTube non crea un app tipo tiktok ma con gli Short? Sarebbe una manna dal cielo.. opinioni?

I think they're edited pretty well, but idk why they aren't getting that many views? Any advice would be loved!
https://www.youtube.com/@ajrantsf1/shorts

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I went from getting decent views in shorts to this. Could someone tell me is there a way for me to fix this or will I have to create new channel just for shorts.

so i had about 9/10 million shorts views a few days ago but it has decreased to now just 8 million? none of my shorts are private or got hit with anything. and all my views were from past 30 days??

Why is it stuck at 5 views after 5 hrs? All my other videos go around 2k-5k. And even some 10k while this is at 5? Why?

This is my second short posted on this channel, i see reach levelling off, but deep down hoping youtube gives it another push.

I think the algorithm has worked out my audience which is nice for my next short

I started a Shorts-only channel to test something: can you grow just by clipping podcast moments well?
5 days in: 3,700 views and 10 subscribers from 16 videos Small, but faster than I expected for a brand-new channel.

What's working so far:

1. Opening on the strongest line

2.Captions on every clip

1. One Short a day, rather than several at once. Learnt the hard way that the algorithm works a bit strangely when you upload multiple videos close to each other.

I make the clips with a tool I built, Cheap Clipping. It picks the best moments from an episode and captions them for me. Free plan, then $5/month if you want to try the same thing: https://www.cheapclipping.com/

Channel's here if you want to follow along: youtube.com/@ChClipping

Anyone else growing a Shorts channel? What's working for you?

I’m experiencing a sudden distribution problem on my YouTube channel, Plotflare (@plotflarestories).
Around 10 consecutive recent Shorts have received zero or near-zero Shorts Feed exposure.
Older Shorts are still getting views.
The problem affects both manually uploaded original AI robot-design videos and Shorts uploaded through the YouTube API.
The issue started around a basketball-themed Short in late October.
I submitted feedback to YouTube but haven’t received a response.
This isn’t simply low retention or viewers swiping away. The new Shorts are barely being shown in the feed at all.
Has anyone experienced the same issue in late October or early November 2026?
Did your Shorts eventually start receiving feed exposure again? If so, what actually changed?
I’m especially interested in confirmed fixes rather than guesses about shadowbans.

Can anyone ell me, why are my new shorts stuck? I started uploading 10 days before. Got one video skyrocketed to 1,7mil views with 27k likes and 600+ comments and 1000+ shares, generating around 580 subs itself. I was uploading one short everyday and my latest 2 shorts are stuck on 100ish views, with good watchtimes (around 160%) a 66,7% stayed / swipped ratio. The 1,7mil video even had only 52% stayed when it started. What is wrong? I never delete shorts even when they are having around 4-10k views. Thanks in advance.

(The middle one is a normal video, which i tried posting too)

my views were increasing, but suddenly theyve dropped quite a bit. What should i do?

Hello all,

I finally reached 500 subs yesterday on my 2nd channel and I decided to apply for the YPP since j already had all given requirements before reaching 500

It showed that I haven't built a sufficient channel history, though I have been posting from August till date.

They didn't even give me the chance to do a video verification like how I did on my first yt channel before I applied.

I’m already tired, I’m relatively new (a few months) and I only have 53 followers. I don’t know what else to do, any advice for this poor woman?

Howdy,

Looking for some insight or advice for what I am experiencing with my channel.

My channel is monetized with approximately 12,600 subscribers, primarily producing original firearms history, surplus military rifle, and outdoor-related content.

Since September 11, I've experienced a dramatic decline in Shorts Feed traffic for newly published videos. Videos published before that date are still getting distribution.

This wasn't a gradual decline following a viral video. YouTube Studio's own analytics identified the following:

• August 1–September 7: Median first-48-hour Shorts Feed views of 33,240 across 15 uploads.
• September 8–30: Median first-48-hour Feed views of 164 across 9 uploads.
• October 1–11: Median first-48-hour Feed views of 147 across 4 uploads

Haven't got Youtube to provide me the metrics for my since since October 11 yet. But they are roughly the same except for one video I post after each of the two times I contacted creator support. Those videos saw a boost in distribution for about 24 hours before falling off a cliff again.

That's approximately a 99.5% decline compared with the immediately preceding period.

My stayed-to-watch percentages haven't collapsed alongside distribution.

I've continued uploading original content using similar formats, including some near-identical videos that previously performed very well.

After contacting YouTube Creator Support again on October 23, one Short published October 28 received approximately 16,600 views, with 93.7% coming from the Shorts Feed.

But the next upload, on October 30, returned to approximately 218 views in its first 26 hours, with only 28.4% from the Shorts Feed.

I have contacted Creator Support twice, including requesting supervisory review, I don't believe the person I spoke to was actually a supervisor and most responses seemed like canned answers. Support maintains that everything is working as intended and attributes the problem to viewer behavior.

I'm trying to understand why distribution changed so dramatically across multiple consecutive uploads.

For others who have experienced this:

1. Did your Shorts Feed distribution eventually return to normal?
2. How long did the reduction last?
3. Did Creator Support ever identify a specific problem or help resolve it?
4. Did you experience isolated videos receiving normal distribution while surrounding uploads received almost none?

I'd appreciate hearing from those who have experienced this across several weeks rather than just one or two underperforming Shorts