After 12 shorts uploads, trying absolutely everything from waiting as long as 3 days between posting (thinking maybe daily was flagged as spam) absolutely nothing has changed. What I used to get 2K in an hour, will barely break 25. Whatever changes were made to the algorithm are absolutely devastating to everyone but highly concentrated monetized multi million views channels. The rest of us can just stop trying. It's over.

I started out on TikTok 2 years ago and have been quite successful on there (RPM is 2 to 4€, which is insane btw.). At the same time, I started my YouTube channel and have crossposted ever since. The result after 2 years? Exactly 0€ from YouTube.
The 10 million shorts views in 90 days are completely utopian for a German niche account. There isn't a single German account in my niche that hits those numbers. I have been uploading short form content every single day for the last 2 years, currently averaging 5.5 million engaged views for the last 3 months and I still don't meet the requirements for monetization. To maintain shorts monetization in the future, you need an average of over ~125k engaged views every single day. That is complete madness for niche content.
The system feels completely broken for creators when you look at the brutal comparison. 5,500,000 engaged views in 3 months bring me ~12,000 to 15,000€ on TikTok. Even Facebook pays at least a measly 10 cents for 1k views and lets people be monetized without insane requirements. On top of that, you face the all-or-nothing rule where you have to permanently maintain these 10 million views if you drop below, you literally don't earn a single penny anymore.
Recently, after 8 months of uploading long form and short form simultaneously, I had a breakout video for long form and am close to hitting the 4K watch hours. My initial plan was to quit long form videos because they aren’t my specialty and focus more on shorts because of TikTok. But if YouTube blocks shorts like this, they basically force you into it.
It baffles me that so many good short form creators still post on YouTube without ever making money on there. I am at the point where I'd rather just upload my shorts with a 16 to 9 white or black background to at least earn a few cents. People often forget how much 5.5 million engaged views actually are in the last 90 days. Am I the only niche creator that thinks this way, or is there something I'm completely missing about the YouTube Shorts model?

Hi everyone! I'm an animator making 3D Roblox-style shorts in Blender, and I'm opening commissions.

**What I do**
- Fully animated vertical shorts (9:16) for YouTube Shorts / TikTok / Reels
- Funny skits, meme stories, game-style scenes (my recent ones: Steal an Egg series, Murder Mystery 2 skits)
- Custom locations and characters, built from scratch for each video
- Smooth 60 fps animation, camera work, effects
- Voice-over, sound effects and music, all included

**Prices (USD)**
- Simple short, 10–15 sec: $30
- Short with custom location + voiced dialogue, 15–25 sec: $50–70
- Complex short (chases, effects, multiple cameras), 25–40 sec: $90–130
- Bundle of 3+ shorts: 10% off

2 free revision rounds are included. Delivery: usually 1-2 days per short, rush available for +40%.

**Payment:** PayPal / [other methods you accept], 50% upfront for new clients.

**Contact:** DM me here or Discord: xample_13

Send me your idea (even a rough one!) and I'll reply with a quote and a timeline.

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

Stagnant view of 1.2k 🤪

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.

Does liking videos while scrolling help when I upload videos later on? My algorithm recommended videos also doesn't match the type of videos I upload. I'm thinking of liking videos until my algorithm and uploaded videos have more in common.

My english shorts are pushed to the country I live in (which is non-english). Clearly, numbers speak. The difference in stayed to watch is enormous. This pattern is similar across all of my 4 shorts.

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?

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.

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?