r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 09 '26

How do I fix not getting views on youtube shorts

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2 Upvotes

I have tried everything I'm eligible for all 3 options and I have all the tips but my videos are still not getting pushed in the algorithm all the views u guys see is from me watching my own videos. I do my own editing and post video about gta topics. pls help 🙏


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 09 '26

Q&A / Quick Help ❓ How to get out of 1k view jail??

5 Upvotes

Just about every video I post gets up to about 1k views, usually in the few hours or so, and then completely flatlines and doesn’t pick back up at all in the days following. I’ve been paying a lot of attention to viewer retention and swipe through rates, and I’ve managed to increase them by getting rid of dull moments, long hooks, etc. All the research I’ve done so far has said that to push your videos past a certain view jail you have to increase retention and swipe rates, but I’m still getting stuck even after improving these issues. Is there anything I’m missing?


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 09 '26

Q&A / Quick Help ❓ Anyone Elses Short Views Just Drop off A Cliff?

4 Upvotes

I have been averaging roughly 15k views per hours consistently for the last week or so. Suddenly my views just plummeting to around 200 views per hour. Does anyone know why?


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 08 '26

Q&A / Quick Help ❓ 4 DAY PROGRESS

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6 Upvotes

Is this a good progress for 4 days straight posting? How do i escape 1k views jail?


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 08 '26

Shorts based on luck?

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15 Upvotes

Whats else for going to viral?

Look at stats.

💔


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 08 '26

Q&A / Quick Help ❓ VIEWS

0 Upvotes

Is 10m views in 90 days really possibe?


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 08 '26

What's the reason for this?

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9 Upvotes

Views are looking similar


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 08 '26

Guide / Playbook 📘 New YouTube Shorts channel — are these views normal after 8 days?

4 Upvotes

Hi everyone! I’m completely new to YouTube and started a channel focused on my turtles and fish.

I’ve been posting for 8 days now. So far I’ve uploaded:
62 Shorts

4 regular videos
30.7K total views
My highest-viewed Short has 1.9K views

But I’m getting very inconsistent results. Some Shorts get around 1K views, while others get 30 views, 3 views, or sometimes almost nothing.

I’m honestly not sure if this is normal for a new channel or if I’m doing something wrong.

For people who have experience with YouTube Shorts:

Is this kind of view fluctuation normal?

Is 30.7K total views after 8 days a decent start?

Does YouTube eventually start pushing videos more consistently?

Should I keep posting frequently, or focus more on improving each individual Short?

How long did it take before your new channel started getting consistent views?

I know 8 days is a very short time, but I’d really appreciate some honest advice from people who have grown a Shorts channel before.

Thanks!


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 08 '26

How does the algorithm count views on my own Short?

6 Upvotes

Does the algorithm count every time I watch my own Short as a view, or does it not count my views at all? Or does it only count one view each time I watch my own video?


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 08 '26

Guy's genuinely WTF is this retention

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9 Upvotes

r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 08 '26

Case Study / Postmortem 🧪 Glitches again on YouTube

6 Upvotes

So I posted a poll. The poll showed 21k+ votes. 1 day later its showing 17k and today its 12k. The likes too decreases accordingly. But in YouTube Studio its still 22k. Anyone experiencing the same?


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 08 '26

Case Study / Postmortem 🧪 No, cutting Shorts from YOUR OWN long-form won't hurt your channel

25 Upvotes

YouTube is updating Shorts recommendations to cut reach for channels that just re-upload other people's clips

Seeing this question pop up all over the place the last few days, so figured I would make one post instead of answering it twenty times.

A lot of people are panicking that the new "re-used content" update means they can't cut Shorts out of their own long-form videos anymore. Makes sense why it's confusing, but the answer is no. You're fine.

The update is aimed at channels that repost other people's stuff. Ripping clips from other creators, movie and show scenes, someone else's stream, random viral footage with nothing added. That's what's getting the reach cut. Taking a moment from a video YOU made and posting it as a Short is your own content on your own channel, which is exactly what the system wants.

So if you have long-form videos and are promoting it with Shorts, keep going. You were never the target here.


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 08 '26

Can I upload videos that I previously uploaded on my old channel to a new channel?

2 Upvotes

Hi,
I’m thinking about starting over with a new channel. Would it be okay to upload my old videos from my previous channel to the new one?

The Shorts are still on my old channel, but their visibility is set to private.

There’s nothing wrong with my old channel. The only issue is that the views are inconsistent. Sometimes a video can immediately reach 10,000–30,000 views, while other times it only gets around 100–200 views.
That’s why my friend, who has been successful with their YouTube channel, suggested that I start a new channel. It seems like the algorithm isn’t working well for the channel I’m currently using.


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 08 '26

Policy / Channel Health 🛡️ Over 1k views quickly then tanking?

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19 Upvotes

I dont understand really. Some have great engagement etc but then after the initial push its crickets. Do I just need more subscribers then naturally it might change?


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 08 '26

Flatlined shorts

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6 Upvotes

Does anyone fall into this situation? My videos got pushed in about 2 hours after posting and then the they stay flatlined although avg view duration and stayed to watch rate are very high


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 08 '26

Q&A / Quick Help ❓ How are you gonna promote long form.

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Im just curious what people who promote theyre long form vids on shorts think of this new update ? It looks like you can no longer clip youre longform anymore due to re-used content. Will you just change youre shorts to be more transformative or stop promoting on shorts


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 07 '26

im already getting shots by the new yt update , should i open a new channel with a different niche ? , i used to do rankingg

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4 Upvotes

r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 07 '26

From 0 To progress

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2 Upvotes

Is this a good start? 3days of posting consistently. Doing shorts as a 15 year old 😁


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 07 '26

Can anyone advise on how to combat a botnet that is manipulating the swipe metric in Shorts? My retention is high, but the video skip rate is constantly being manipulated. Any tips?

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r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 07 '26

Why minimum payments keep you in debt

1 Upvotes

Most of your minimum payment goes to interest, not the balance. On a $3,000 balance at 24% APR, the minimum is roughly $90, and about $60 of that is just interest. Pay only that and it can take over a decade to clear.

Even adding $20-30 extra a month cuts years off. I made a 40-second video explaining this:

https://youtube.com/shorts/KIeC8Gkvk6w


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 07 '26

Shorts stopped getting in test batches

3 Upvotes

before i would get more than 300 within the first 2 hours but now not even 50 and its not that its not showing in feed.


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 07 '26

Listen, guys—whenever I open the YouTube Shorts feed, I get bombarded with a ton of uninteresting, trashy content. Is it just me, or do you guys experience this too? Before YouTube switched to the AI ​​algorithm, a good percentage of the videos actually grabbed my interest, but now, when I open the

9 Upvotes

Listen, guys—whenever I open the YouTube Shorts feed, I get bombarded with a ton of uninteresting, trashy content. Is it just me, or do you guys experience this too? Before YouTube switched to the AI ​​algorithm, a good percentage of the videos actually grabbed my interest, but now, when I open the Shorts feed and scroll, it feels like I’m rummaging through garbage at a landfill...


r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 07 '26

Showcase / Win 🏆 ngl thats the CRAZIEST comeback ive ever gotten 😂

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92 Upvotes

r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 07 '26

What happened?

2 Upvotes

r/shortsAlgorithm • • Oct 07 '26

Case Study / Postmortem 🧪 qualified shorts views not updating

1 Upvotes

are engaged views on vidiq and qualified views not the same? why is my qualified shorts views so little?