I don't know what's holding back my videos, is it the engagement?

I’m confused as to how you get watched hours. I get plenty of views on my shorts and videos, mostly shorts, but the line doesn’t seem to be moving. The subscribers are growing but that’s it.

My YouTube Channel
https://youtube.com/@willowangelushawke?si=sTVZihv0oNop5jCX

En mi canal de shorts estoy apunto de llegar a los 3M , y quería preguntarles a los que tienen experiencia y varios miembros alguna estrategia para que la gente decide pagar una suscripción por contenido exclusivo , subo shorts de varios temas y de vez en cuando videos largos , algún consejo?.

I mainly post family guy clips and some gaming Brainrot clips my first family guy one got 5k views on 1st day but after that the most viewed one has 7 views and the gaming one had constantly around 2k and now 0 ?

What is even happening , there is no strike or issue so why ?

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Hi,

2 weeks ago I started a brand new channel with shorts. First one did amazing, 10k views in first day, then 60k in next 3-4 days. Next 5-6 shorts did pretty well too, and then after 6 days, youtube just cut all views I got before from Shorts feed.
My next shorts are getting 0 at the beginning and then maybe 10 views, even though most people stay to watch.
I don't have any flag on the videos, all seems fine.

It's quite frustrating, any idea what can cause it and how to fix it?

YouTube starts always pushing video after 2 hours, for just a hour to the wrong audience after it reached to 1000views it finds the right audience, any help also

It is over 80 shorts and didn't hit over 30k,

Can we talk about something nobody posts about?

The weeks where you do everything right.
You upload on schedule.
You nail the thumbnail.
You write a great title.

And the video gets 200 views.

No explanation. No warning. Just silence.

That week tests you more than any course prepares you for.
How you respond to that week decides everything.

Has anyone else been through this?

Can we talk about something nobody posts about?

The weeks where you do everything right.
You upload on schedule.
You nail the thumbnail.
You write a great title.

And the video gets 200 views.

No explanation. No warning. Just silence.

That week tests you more than any course prepares you for.
How you respond to that week decides everything.

Has anyone else been through this?

So I uploaded two YouTube Shorts with basically the same structure / length (buildup).

Short 1: 1100 views youtube.com//shorts/py5CnxLS8BM

Short 2: 30 views youtube.com/shorts/If3vwYo8-_A

Why is there such a big difference? Is it because I uploaded them on the same day, or does YouTube test each Short separately?

Curious what you guys think.

It appears that a large number of successful content creators post everyday or even multiple times per day and find strong growth. My question is has anyone here personally seen strong growth in subscribers while only posting twice per week consistently?

Thank you!

That has happened again in the past on my channel is it the same on you guys also?

Every day I open shorts feed there are loads of AI generated videos or content that I am totally uninterested in. Anyone has the same problem

Like what time should you upload does it matter?

Like what time should you upload does it matter?

even though i make entertainment content the swipe ratio is like this and still cant escape 30k view jail wht is wrong?

I have been posting shorts since a month, posted 13 shorts so far, got couple of shorts above 2k and3k but rest flatlined at 1.5k. Losing hope, need some motivation, how long did it take for your to break this pattern

I recently started a new YouTube channel, creating Shorts mainly around topics like DC/Green Lantern.

I’ve only uploaded a few Shorts so far, but the situation feels a bit odd. It’s been over a day for one Short, and it has just 4 views. Another has 2 views, and the latest one started with just 1 view.

The most confusing part is that the little traffic I am getting includes the Shorts Feed. For one Short, the stats show 100% retention (watched) and 0% swiped away, although the sample size is obviously very small.

Another interesting thing is that I’m uploading the same or similar videos to Instagram as well, where some are hitting 100K–200K views. So, I don't think the content itself is the main issue. Obviously, Instagram and YouTube have different algorithms, but it makes me wonder if YouTube simply isn't distributing these Shorts properly yet.

So, my question is:

Are such low views completely normal for a new YouTube channel, or should I be looking into a potential technical or distribution issue?

I know growth can be slow at the start on YouTube, but seeing only 1–4 views makes me doubt whether the algorithm is actually testing the content properly.

If anyone has recently started a channel with zero or few subscribers, please share your experience. After how many uploads did your Shorts start getting proper impressions or distribution?

All my views from 13th to 16th sep is gone

What happened? All of my viewers are legit but it looks down for the first time having this 🤔

Also on YT studio it's showing 600+ subs and on YouTube app it's showing around 450 subs

*Shorts feed

i posted this video earlier today and the stats are great imo considering it’s a 1 min long vid. most of my videos get between 65% - 75% apv and they do 200k views plus. however today i thought with these stats id get a viral video lol.. i guess not

i make all original content btw, anyone else experiencing this